鳳翔

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鳳翔 was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Hōshō, the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier to enter service.

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instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship
aircraft carrier
warship
airGroupTypical around 15–20 aircraft
armamentInitial 120 mm guns
anti-aircraft guns
builder Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
commissioned 1922-12-27
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
damagedInWar yes
displacementFullLoad about 9,500 tons
displacementStandard about 7,470 tons
enteredServiceAs world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier to enter service
era World War II warship
fate scrapped
homePort Kure Naval Base
hullNumber not formally numbered (pre-hull-number era)
isFlagshipOfClass true
isLeadShipOfClass true
laidDown 1919-12-16
launchDate 1921-11-13
lengthOverall about 168 meters
maximumSpeed about 25 knots
modernized 1930s
nameMeaning Flying Phoenix
nativeName 鳳翔
navalEnsign Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (variant as naval ensign)
surface form: Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan
notableFeature first purpose-designed aircraft carrier completed and commissioned in the world
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn Attack on Pearl Harbor support operations
Midway operation
surface form: Battle of Midway support operations

Pacific War
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
precededBy converted aircraft carriers
primaryUseLateWar aircraft ferry
aircrew training
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
role experimental carrier
fleet support carrier
training carrier
romanization Hōshō
scrappedAt Osaka
scrappingCompleted 1947
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy
shipClass Hōshō-class aircraft carrier
stricken 1945-11-30
surrendered 1945

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