翔鶴
A [[World War II]] [[aircraft carrier]] operated by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]].

"Soaring Crane"

Lead ship of her class, approved in the 1937 3rd Supplementary Program. Designed as improved version of the [[hiryuu_(aircraft_carrier)|Hiryu]] with heavier armor, often considered to be the most successful IJN carrier design. 

After the [[Battle of Midway]] the air spaces around the aviation fuel tanks were filled with concrete. She was one of the six carriers involved in the [[Pearl Harbor]] attack and was later sunk in the [[Battle of the Philippine Sea]] from 3 torpedoes by the US submarine [i]Cavalla[/i].
shoukaku (aircraft carrier)