Hōshō

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship
aircraft carrier
warship
aircraftCarried about 15 aircraft (varied over career)
airGroupType naval fighters
reconnaissance aircraft
torpedo bombers
beam about 17.98 metres
builder Asano Shipbuilding Company
Asano Shipbuilding Company
surface form: Yokohama Dock Company
commissioned 1922-12-27
countryOfOrigin Imperial Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
decommissioned 1946-10-31
designFeature full-length flight deck
island-less flight deck in early configuration
starboard-side funnel arrangement (later modified)
displacement about 7,470 tons standard
enteredService 1922-12-27
fate scrapped
flag Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (variant as naval ensign)
surface form: Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan
homePort Kure Naval Base
laidDown 1919-12-16
laterRole training carrier
launched 1921-11-13
length about 168.25 metres
locationDuringSurrender in Japanese home waters
maximumSpeed about 25 knots
namedAfter Hōshō (Japanese era name)
notableAs world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier to enter service
notableEvent served as a testbed for carrier landing and takeoff techniques
used for early development of Japanese carrier aviation doctrine
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn attack on Pearl Harbor
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor (as part of the Japanese invasion operations support)

Battle of Midway
surface form: Battle of Midway (support role)

Battle of the Philippine Sea
surface form: Battle of the Philippine Sea (training and ferry role)

Pacific War
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
primaryRole fleet aircraft carrier
propulsion four shafts
steam turbines
scrappedIn 1947
shipClass Hōshō-class aircraft carrier
shipType purpose-built aircraft carrier
stricken 1947-05-01
survivedConflict World War II
usedFor repatriation transport after World War II

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鳳翔 romanization Hōshō
褒章 transliteration Hōshō