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Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō

 * ... that the light aircraft carrier Shōhō, sunk on 7 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea (pictured), was the first Japanese aircraft carrier to be sunk during World War II?
 * Reviewed: 1892 Laguna Salada earthquake

Created/expanded by Sturmvogel 66 (talk). Self nom at 00:09, 11 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Characters increased from 1534 to 8963 B (5.84x), hook interesting and sourced, at least one source per paragraph, image is free, no copyvio or other problems noted. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:05, 12 January 2012 (UTC)