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After the catastrophic losses of four carriers during that battle, they formed the bulk of the IJN's carrier force for the rest of the war. The sister ships returned to Japan after the Battle of the Coral Sea, one to repair damage and the other to replace aircraft lost during the battle, so neither ship participated in the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Their inexperienced air groups were relegated to airfield attacks during the attack on Pearl Harbor, but they later sank two of the four fleet carriers lost by the United States Navy during the war in addition to one elderly British light carrier. With the exception of the Battle of Midway, they participated in every major naval action of the Pacific War, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Indian Ocean Raid, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Guadalcanal Campaign, the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf ( Zuikaku only). Completed shortly before the start of the Pacific War in 1941, the Shōkaku and Zuikaku were called "arguably the best aircraft carriers in the world" when built. The Shōkaku class ( 翔鶴型, Shōkaku-gata) consisted of two aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1930s. Shōkaku at Yokosuka, 8 August 1941, shortly after she was completedĤ × shafts 4 × Kampon geared steam turbinesĩ,700 nmi (18,000 km 11,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h 21 mph)
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