 Zuihō ( 瑞鳳 , " Auspicious Phoenix " or " Fortunate Phoenix " ) was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy . Originally laid down as the submarine support ship Takasaki , she was renamed and converted while under construction into an aircraft carrier . The ship was completed during the first year of World War II and participated in many of the early Japanese offensives in the Pacific War . After a brief period of service in the South Pacific , Zuihō was transferred to the Indian Ocean in 1942, where she operated with the Indian Ocean Striking Force .

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese