 "Zuikaku" was undamaged in the battle, but sustained severe losses in aircraft and aircrew.This required her to return to Japan with her sister ship for resupply and aircrew training, and neither carrier was able to take part in the Battle of Midway in June 1942, where every carrier that participated in the Pearl Harbor attack besides the two "Shōkaku" class ships were sunk by American carrier based aircraft.In August 1942, commanded by Captain Tameteru Notomo, "Zuikaku" was dispatched as part of Carrier Division One along with the repaired "Shōkaku" and the light carrier to oppose the American offensive in the Solomon Islands.