Talk:Zuihou/@comment-31475087-20170906095656/@comment-31115434-20170909050631

Well, I wrote this once and it didn't post. Great. So here goes, again.



Zuihou actually had a relativley long lifespan for a warship at the time of approximatley 9 years, having been built as a Submarine tender in 1935 and converted into a light aircraft carrier in 1940. On top of her long lifespan, she was assigned as flashsip of the Third Carrier Division in 1941. Her fighters successfully fended her off from an attack from the USS Enterprise, shooting down three 4F4's and three TBF's, damaging another of each, in exchange for four A6Ms. In the same attack, she was hit by two bombs from SBD's while only sustaining minor damage. Later, in the raid on Rabaul, her fighters claimed to have shot down twenty five American planes, in exchange of eight of Zuiho's. Ultimatley, she participated in the attack on Pearl harbor, the Battle of the Phillippine Sea, where she damaged the superstructure of USS South Dakota with a single 250 kg bomb (in exchange for loosing most of her fighters but we don't talk about that), and for her final stand, she participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, specifically the Battle of Cape Engaño,  where she survived four waves of attacks from the USS Independence before sinking on October 25th, 1944, from a list of 23 degrees starboard from bombs, torpedoes, and fire.



 So yes, I would say that Zuihou deserves her high luck stat, and I'm glad she has it. Love you, Zui  ♡