Talk:Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō

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January 22, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed
April 27, 2012	Good topic candidate	Promoted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 16, 2012.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the light aircraft carrier Shōhō, sunk on 7 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea, was the first Japanese aircraft carrier to be sunk during World War II?

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Re: this class of aircraft carriers

Hi, I noticed that this class of carriers are named as "Zuiho-class" when Japanese sources clearly state it as "Shoho-class".

As the ships belonged to the IJN, should it not be natural to adopt their naming conventions, instead of propagating the wrong one?

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.156.183.138 (talk) 06:41, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]