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NoneSucceeded by:
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| Class | Zuiho |
| Type | Light Carrier |
| Year | 1940 |
| Crew | 785 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 185.0 m (pp) 201.5 m |
| Beam | 18.2 m |
| Draught | 6.6 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 11,262 t |
| Loaded | 13,730 t |
| Maximum | 14,200 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 52 km/h |
| Range | 14,446 km @ 33 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 52,000 hp Kampon |
| Boilers | 4 x Kampon |
| Fuel | Oil: 2,600 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 8 x 127-mm/40 (4 x 2) 12.7cm/40 Type 89 -7° / +90° |
| Anti-Aircraft | 8 x 25-mm (4 x 2) 25mm/60 Type 96 68 x 25-mm (16 x 3, 20 x 1) 25mm/60 Type 96 [1944] |
| AA Weapons | 12-cm AA Rocket (8 x 28) [1944] |
| Armor | |
| Armor | None |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft | 30 |
| Production | |
| Built | 2 |
| Total | 2 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
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Zuiho † | Yokosuka K K | 20/06/1935 | 19/06/1936 | 27/12/1940 | 25/10/1944 | † | Loss by aircraft | |
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Shoho † | Yokosuka K K | 03/12/1934 | 01/06/1935 | 26/01/1942 | 07/05/1942 | † | Loss by aircraft |