- designed from the keel up as an aircraft carrier preceeding the near-sister Hiryu; part of the 1st Air Fleet (Kidou Butai) 2nd Carrier Division
- participated in the attack at Pearl Harbor, Indian Ocean Raid (sinking HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire), and the Battle of Midway where she was sunk along with 3 other carriers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Soryu