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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hōshō canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
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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
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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
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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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