FUJ.43025 SHOKAKU Japanese aircraft carrier

Water Line Series

                SHOKAKU Japanese aircraft carrier

Detailed 1/700 scale assembly model kit of the Aircraft Carrier Shokaku ("Soaring Crane"), the lead ship of the Shokaku-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Second World War. The Shokaku was one of the six carriers that attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. Accompanied by her sister ship the Zuikaku ("Auspicious Crane") of Carrier Division Five under the command of Rear Admiral Hara, the Shokaku launched air attacks against U.S. Naval installations and battleships in Pearl Harbor. The Shokaku was sunk during the "Battle of the Philippine Sea on June 19, 1944 by torpedoes fired by U.S. submarine Cavalla under the command of Cmdr. Herman J. Kossler. This model kit comes with illustrated assembly guide (mostly Japanese with some English instructions).

Lengte; 367mm.