They never really replaced the hulls. Taiho (itself a “replacement“ and Shokaku are gone by the time Katsuragi (the 3rd and last Unryu finishes) and Leyte Gulf is done 2 weeks after that.
January 16, 2026 at 3:20 AM
They never really replaced the hulls. Taiho (itself a “replacement“ and Shokaku are gone by the time Katsuragi (the 3rd and last Unryu finishes) and Leyte Gulf is done 2 weeks after that.
I did get lucky with setting CAP fairly far out and bouncing Shokaku and Zuikaku's strikers on takeoff (what air defense doing?). Wildcat AI fumbled the bag though.
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 AM
I did get lucky with setting CAP fairly far out and bouncing Shokaku and Zuikaku's strikers on takeoff (what air defense doing?). Wildcat AI fumbled the bag though.
I lost a flattop (Lexington), in exchange for sinking Zuikaku and wrecking Shokaku.
Yorktown was uh, fairly banged up.
Yorktown was uh, fairly banged up.
January 10, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I lost a flattop (Lexington), in exchange for sinking Zuikaku and wrecking Shokaku.
Yorktown was uh, fairly banged up.
Yorktown was uh, fairly banged up.
Not yet brave enough to try Of Cranes, Patriots... and Friends, dealing with Shokaku, Zuikaku and Kaga simultaneously is going to be hard. I think I'll be lucky if I can scrape out a Tactical Defeat and Strategic Victory.
January 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Not yet brave enough to try Of Cranes, Patriots... and Friends, dealing with Shokaku, Zuikaku and Kaga simultaneously is going to be hard. I think I'll be lucky if I can scrape out a Tactical Defeat and Strategic Victory.
Once you've managed to smash both Shokaku and Zuikaku's flight decks and wiped out their initial strikes by scrambling 30+ fighters, you have all these fighters lying around just cluttering up the flight deck and hangar.
January 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Once you've managed to smash both Shokaku and Zuikaku's flight decks and wiped out their initial strikes by scrambling 30+ fighters, you have all these fighters lying around just cluttering up the flight deck and hangar.
never had a chance. Nor did Yamato and Mushashi later in the war.
Subs took down the carriers Courageous, Ark Royal, Yorktown, Wasp, Liscombe Bay, Taiho, Shokaku, and Shinano, plus the battleship Barham. I’m going from memory so might have forgotten a few.
Subs took down the carriers Courageous, Ark Royal, Yorktown, Wasp, Liscombe Bay, Taiho, Shokaku, and Shinano, plus the battleship Barham. I’m going from memory so might have forgotten a few.
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
never had a chance. Nor did Yamato and Mushashi later in the war.
Subs took down the carriers Courageous, Ark Royal, Yorktown, Wasp, Liscombe Bay, Taiho, Shokaku, and Shinano, plus the battleship Barham. I’m going from memory so might have forgotten a few.
Subs took down the carriers Courageous, Ark Royal, Yorktown, Wasp, Liscombe Bay, Taiho, Shokaku, and Shinano, plus the battleship Barham. I’m going from memory so might have forgotten a few.
Id love to see Shokaku or Zuikaku more than just about any other wrecks.
December 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Id love to see Shokaku or Zuikaku more than just about any other wrecks.
84 years ago today. Japan’s largest strike force of the entire war: Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku, and Zuikaku. I think I should add it to Midway 1981 as a what-if scenario. What if the Enterprise, Lexington, and Saratoga were in the area? What if the old battleships weren’t sunk at anchor?
December 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
84 years ago today. Japan’s largest strike force of the entire war: Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku, and Zuikaku. I think I should add it to Midway 1981 as a what-if scenario. What if the Enterprise, Lexington, and Saratoga were in the area? What if the old battleships weren’t sunk at anchor?
IJN Shōkaku. December 7, 1941.
December 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
IJN Shōkaku. December 7, 1941.
Today in WW2 History, 6 Dec 1941: [Photo] Group portrait of Shokaku pilots before Pearl Harbor attack ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=8976
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Today in WW2 History, 6 Dec 1941: [Photo] Group portrait of Shokaku pilots before Pearl Harbor attack ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=8976
Shōkaku is gorgeous! Great looking suite of images. 💯
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Shōkaku is gorgeous! Great looking suite of images. 💯
A group of D3A1 “Val” dive-bombers from Shokaku, which were assigned to strike the airfield on Ford Island and nearby Hickam Field. (Imperial Japanese Navy, now in the Public Domain)
Image from #PearlHarbor: Japan's Greatest Disaster by Mark Stille.
https://bit.ly/3Kr56oP
#WWII
Image from #PearlHarbor: Japan's Greatest Disaster by Mark Stille.
https://bit.ly/3Kr56oP
#WWII
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A group of D3A1 “Val” dive-bombers from Shokaku, which were assigned to strike the airfield on Ford Island and nearby Hickam Field. (Imperial Japanese Navy, now in the Public Domain)
Image from #PearlHarbor: Japan's Greatest Disaster by Mark Stille.
https://bit.ly/3Kr56oP
#WWII
Image from #PearlHarbor: Japan's Greatest Disaster by Mark Stille.
https://bit.ly/3Kr56oP
#WWII
3rd Squadron 2nd Platoon
Date: End of November 1941
Location: On the way to Hawaii
Photo:
Situation: From left: Hiei, Kirishima, Shokaku
Date: End of November 1941
Location: On the way to Hawaii
Photo:
Situation: From left: Hiei, Kirishima, Shokaku
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
3rd Squadron 2nd Platoon
Date: End of November 1941
Location: On the way to Hawaii
Photo:
Situation: From left: Hiei, Kirishima, Shokaku
Date: End of November 1941
Location: On the way to Hawaii
Photo:
Situation: From left: Hiei, Kirishima, Shokaku
La Kido Butai, la fuerza de portaaviones de élite de Japón, fue el núcleo del poder naval nipón en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. 🚢 Conformada por los portaaviones Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku y Zuikaku, protagonizó ataques decisivos como Pearl Harbor y el Mar del Coral.
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
La Kido Butai, la fuerza de portaaviones de élite de Japón, fue el núcleo del poder naval nipón en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. 🚢 Conformada por los portaaviones Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku y Zuikaku, protagonizó ataques decisivos como Pearl Harbor y el Mar del Coral.
A view taken from the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro during the battle of the Coral Sea, showing the aircraft carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku. 30 April 1942
November 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A view taken from the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro during the battle of the Coral Sea, showing the aircraft carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku. 30 April 1942
Left (Tie)
なにごとをまつとはなしにすみよしのかみにこころをかけぬまぞなき
Nothing in particular
Have I to expect, but
Sumiyoshi’s
Deity within my heart
Dwells not for no moments at all!
Shōkaku
Sumiyoshi-sha uta'awase 147
なにごとをまつとはなしにすみよしのかみにこころをかけぬまぞなき
Nothing in particular
Have I to expect, but
Sumiyoshi’s
Deity within my heart
Dwells not for no moments at all!
Shōkaku
Sumiyoshi-sha uta'awase 147
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Left (Tie)
なにごとをまつとはなしにすみよしのかみにこころをかけぬまぞなき
Nothing in particular
Have I to expect, but
Sumiyoshi’s
Deity within my heart
Dwells not for no moments at all!
Shōkaku
Sumiyoshi-sha uta'awase 147
なにごとをまつとはなしにすみよしのかみにこころをかけぬまぞなき
Nothing in particular
Have I to expect, but
Sumiyoshi’s
Deity within my heart
Dwells not for no moments at all!
Shōkaku
Sumiyoshi-sha uta'awase 147
To be precise, Battleship No. 1 is a mistranslation.No. 1 is Yamato, No. 2 is Musashi, but No. 3 and No. 4 are the aircraft carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku, No. 5 is the seaplane tender Nisshin, and No. 6 is the minelayer Tsugaru.
November 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To be precise, Battleship No. 1 is a mistranslation.No. 1 is Yamato, No. 2 is Musashi, but No. 3 and No. 4 are the aircraft carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku, No. 5 is the seaplane tender Nisshin, and No. 6 is the minelayer Tsugaru.
More Task Force Admiral testing, and Shokaku receives some real nasty punishment. Total of roughly 12 1000lb bombs and 2 torpedoes over about 1 hour.
Total strike AC total - 42 Dauntless & 30 Devastators
#indiedev #indiegames #USNavy #WW2
Total strike AC total - 42 Dauntless & 30 Devastators
#indiedev #indiegames #USNavy #WW2
November 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
More Task Force Admiral testing, and Shokaku receives some real nasty punishment. Total of roughly 12 1000lb bombs and 2 torpedoes over about 1 hour.
Total strike AC total - 42 Dauntless & 30 Devastators
#indiedev #indiegames #USNavy #WW2
Total strike AC total - 42 Dauntless & 30 Devastators
#indiedev #indiegames #USNavy #WW2
Group photo of pilots A6M “Zero” fighters from the Japanese Shōkaku aircraft carrier.
October 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Group photo of pilots A6M “Zero” fighters from the Japanese Shōkaku aircraft carrier.
Today in WW2 History, 26 Oct 1942: [Photo] Zero fighters aboard Shokaku ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=1861
October 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Today in WW2 History, 26 Oct 1942: [Photo] Zero fighters aboard Shokaku ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=1861
Zitat 25.10.2025
"Wenn in der Stille jedes Wort vergessen ist, erscheint dies vor euch mit Deutlichkeit." Wanshi Shokaku Quelle:
"Wenn in der Stille jedes Wort vergessen ist, erscheint dies vor euch mit Deutlichkeit." Wanshi Shokaku Quelle:
Zitat 25.10.2025
"Wenn in der Stille jedes Wort vergessen ist, erscheint dies vor euch mit Deutlichkeit." Wanshi Shokaku Quelle:
artkreativgoeritz.wordpress.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Zitat 25.10.2025
"Wenn in der Stille jedes Wort vergessen ist, erscheint dies vor euch mit Deutlichkeit." Wanshi Shokaku Quelle:
"Wenn in der Stille jedes Wort vergessen ist, erscheint dies vor euch mit Deutlichkeit." Wanshi Shokaku Quelle:
Day three, which I have coined.
"Disappointment on Southern Winds"
Such potential & promise. But Shokaku ends up vanishing like a ghost.
Running commentary here
x.com/Foxman860/st...
#indiegames #indiedevs #WW2 #History #USNavy
"Disappointment on Southern Winds"
Such potential & promise. But Shokaku ends up vanishing like a ghost.
Running commentary here
x.com/Foxman860/st...
#indiegames #indiedevs #WW2 #History #USNavy
October 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Day three, which I have coined.
"Disappointment on Southern Winds"
Such potential & promise. But Shokaku ends up vanishing like a ghost.
Running commentary here
x.com/Foxman860/st...
#indiegames #indiedevs #WW2 #History #USNavy
"Disappointment on Southern Winds"
Such potential & promise. But Shokaku ends up vanishing like a ghost.
Running commentary here
x.com/Foxman860/st...
#indiegames #indiedevs #WW2 #History #USNavy
Spent the weekend playing @taskforceadmiral.bsky.social TFA.
Still need to complete the run this coming weekend.
But, mistakes, air-ops muddles, and a crane that refuses to sink :) All happened.
Running Commentary below
x.com/Foxman860/st...
#indiegames #indiedevs #WW2 #History #USNavy
Still need to complete the run this coming weekend.
But, mistakes, air-ops muddles, and a crane that refuses to sink :) All happened.
Running Commentary below
x.com/Foxman860/st...
#indiegames #indiedevs #WW2 #History #USNavy
October 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Spent the weekend playing @taskforceadmiral.bsky.social TFA.
Still need to complete the run this coming weekend.
But, mistakes, air-ops muddles, and a crane that refuses to sink :) All happened.
Running Commentary below
x.com/Foxman860/st...
#indiegames #indiedevs #WW2 #History #USNavy
Still need to complete the run this coming weekend.
But, mistakes, air-ops muddles, and a crane that refuses to sink :) All happened.
Running Commentary below
x.com/Foxman860/st...
#indiegames #indiedevs #WW2 #History #USNavy
Today in WW2 History, 8 Oct 1941: Carrier Shokaku arrived at Kure, Japan. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=23
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Today in WW2 History, 8 Oct 1941: Carrier Shokaku arrived at Kure, Japan. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=23
Festival Boats Under Bridge, with poems by Hakyūan Shōkaku and Heisokusai Juraku https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/207657
October 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Festival Boats Under Bridge, with poems by Hakyūan Shōkaku and Heisokusai Juraku https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/207657