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Zuikaku

Zuikaku (空母瑞鶴) is a Japanese aircraft carrier that took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was destroyed October 24, 1944 by planes of the US Navy during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. It was the last of the Pearl Harbor carriers to be destroyed.

web link: http://www.b-b.ne.jp/kaigun/zuikaku

See also : World War II, List of ships of Japanese navy

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