Career
Builder:	Asano Dock, Yokosuka
Laid down:	16 December 1919
Launched:	13 November 1921
Commissioned:	27 December 1922
Decommissioned:	June 1946
Fate:	Dismantled in 1947
General Characteristics
Displacement:	7,470 t standard; 9,330 t trial; 10,500 t full load Download high resolution version (740x620, 77 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (900x600, 46 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Categories: Cities in Kanagawa Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Length:	168 m LOA
Beam:	18.0 m
Draught:	6.17 m
Propulsion:	2-shaft geared turbine, 12 boilers, 30,000 hp (22 MW)
Fuel:	Oil 2695 t, coal 940 t
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h)
Complement:	550
Armament:	4 x 140 mm /50cal.guns(1x4) 2 x 80 mm /40cal.AA-guns(1x2) 2 machine guns
Aircraft:	26 (in fact 19)

This page refers to the Japanese aircraft carrier. For the African instrument, see Hosho (instrument)

Hosho (Japanese: 鳳翔, meaning "flying phoenix") was the first aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and while not the first aircraft carrier, it was the first purpose-designed aircraft carrier in the world to be commissioned. The hull was still based on a cruiser design, but it was not a conversion. Hosho was commissioned in on 27 December 1922, thirteen months before the Royal Navy's first purpose-built carrier Hermes, which was designed before Hosho. (See aircraft carrier for more on the type's history). A pair of hosho. ... The phoenix from the Aberdeen Bestiary. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... HMS Hermes (95) was the first purpose built aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, and the second in the world after the Imperial Japanese Navys Hosho. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ...

Being the first of its kind in the navy, Hosho was actively used to develop the aircraft carrier operational methods and tactics of the Japanese Navy during the 1920s. The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (大日本帝國海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) was the navy of Japan before 1945. ...

Its design was originally based on a cruiser-style hull, a flight deck with a depressed fore-part to accelerate lift-off, a starboard island, and three starboard funnels that were reclinable during flight operations. After trials she was improved by removing the island and flattening the flight deck, giving her a flush-deck design.

It served during the Shanghai Incident (bombing of Shanghai on January 28, 1932) and Sino-Japanese War in 1937. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: ; Shanghainese IPA: ; Lumazi: Zanhe) , situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is Chinas largest city. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... The Second Sino-Japanese War was a major invasion of eastern China by Japan preceding and during World War II. It ended with the surrender of Japan in 1945. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

By the beginning of World War II, Hosho had been superseded by other models: It was too small and too slow to accommodate the newest types of carrier planes such as the Mitsubishi Zero. She saw action however during the battle of Midway in June 1942, offering modest air support to the main fleet. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero Model 52 The Mitsubishi A6M was a light-weight carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. ... Combatants United States Japan Commanders Frank J. Fletcher Raymond A. Spruance Chuichi Nagumo Isoroku Yamamoto Strength Three carriers, about 50 support ships Four carriers, about 150 support ships Casualties 1 carrier, 1 destroyer sunk; 307 killed 4 carriers, 1 cruiser sunk; 2,500 killed The Battle of Midway took place...

Efforts were made to lengthen and widen its flight deck, but the overhang weakened her stability and ocean-going capability. It was relegated to training duty in Japan's inland sea after 1943. The Inland Sea and its major straits with the bay of Osaka (dashed) The torii of Itsukushima Shrine is one of the most popular tourist spots of the Inland Sea. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...

After the war, it was used as a transport to repatriate Japanese personnel from abroad until June 1946, before being dismantled in 1947. Hosho was one of four carriers of the Japanese Navy to survive the war, but would be scrapped in 1947. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Hosho air group:

• 1932: 9 fighters A1N1 (Type 3), 3 bombers B1M2 (Type 13), 3 reconnaissance aircraft C1M (Type 10) (15 aircraft)
• 1937: 9 fighters A4N1 (Type 95), 6 bombers B3Y1 (Type 92) (15)
• 1941: 11 fighters A5M4 'Claude', 8 bombers B4Y1 'Jean' (19)
• 1942: 8 bombers B5N2 'Kate' (8)

1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Fighter has a number of meanings: A fighter aircraft is a warplane designed to destroy other warplanes in combat. ... A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Nakajima A4N was a carrier-based fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the last biplane design by Nakajima. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Mitsubishi A5M was the worlds first monoplane shipboard fighter and the direct ancestor of the famous Mitsubishi A6M Zero. The Allied code-name was Claude; the Japanese Navy designation was Type 96 carrier-based fighter (九六式艦上戦闘機). ... This article is about the year. ... The Nakajima B5N (Japanese: 中島 B5N, Allied reporting name: Kate) was the Imperial Japanese Navys standard torpedo bomber for the first years of World War II. Although, like its Allied counterparts the TBD Devastator and Fairey Swordfish, the type was obsolescent by 1939, B5Ns were flown nearly throughout the...

External links

• Naval Historical Center Images of the Hosho