History of Services:
1939 ~ 1940
Originally SHOHO was a submarine tender TSURIGIZAKI but was soon converted into a carrier and completed in December 1940.
December 1941
Assigned to CarDiv 4, 1st Air Fleet.
May 1942
Operation "MO" ~ the invasion of Port Moresby. Covered the landing at Tulagi on the 3rd. High level bombing attack by four B-17 on the 6th but cause no damaged. While SHOHO was launching aircraft to attack the American carriers, she was attacked by the first strike aircrafts from the USS Lexington but scored no hits. But in the second strike, she was again attacked by USS Yorktown, she was hit by two bombs on the flying deck and she began to lose speed. She was reported to be hit by a total of seven torpedoes and thirteen bombs. SHOHO burst into flames and rolled over and sank.
May 1942
Scrapped from the Navy List. |
