operations. Hōshō's superstructure and other obstructions to the flight deck were removed in 1924 on the advice of experienced aircrews. Hōshō and her aircraft...

Hosho can refer to several things: Japanese warship Hōshō, launched in 1868 Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō, launched in 1921 Medals of Honor (Hōshō),...

Japanese Navy were named Hōshō: Japanese warship Hōshō, a screw sloop launched in 1868 and scrapped in 1907 Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō, an aircraft carrier...

(converted to aircraft carriers) Mizuho Nisshin Kamikawa Maru class Hōshō (1921) Akagi (1925) Kaga (1928) Ryūjō (1931) Sōryū (1935) Hiryū (1937) Shōkaku...

carriers did not emerge beyond Britain until the early 1920s. The Japanese Hōshō (1921) was the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, although the initial...

converted into a multi-purpose destroyer to carry F-35 aircraft Retired: Hōshō (1921) – used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and dismantled...

designed to be an aircraft carrier, the Imperial Japanese Navy carrier Hōshō, was launched from the Asano Shipyard in Yokohama. With a slightly downward...

program. They launched the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, Hōshō, in 1922. Afterwards they embarked on a conversion program of several excess...

the abolition of private property. In 1921, during the Interwar period, Japan developed and launched the Hōshō, which was the first purpose-designed aircraft...

then in service or building (Argus, Eagle, Furious, Hermes, Langley and Hōshō) were declared "experimental" and could be replaced without regard to their...

carrier Hōshō on 28 February 1923. The 1MF series proved a tough and reliable aircraft, operating from the carriers Akagi and Kaga - as well as from Hōshō -...

escort for the old aircraft carrier Hōshō. As such, the destroyer participated in the Battle of Midway. Afterwards, Hōshō was used to train naval aviators...

The IJN had decided, following the launch of its first aircraft carrier, Hōshō, to construct two larger, faster carriers for operations with major fleet...

the carrier Hōshō was not yet ready. Although used for training from the Yamashiro, the Sparrowhawks were never operated from the Hōshō, it being replaced...

establishing an Insurgent Air Fleet. 1922 – Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the...

Akira Murata (村田 昭 Murata Akira; March 25, 1921 – February 3, 2006) was a Japanese businessman and the founder of Murata Manufacturing. He was the President/Statutory...

to forget". It has been translated into English twice, by Arthur Waley in 1921 and by Royall Tyler in 1992. The gardener at the Palace of Chikuzen has fallen...

Tsuru (Kaku) (鶴, crane) or Ōtori (Hō) (鳳, phoenix) before/after her name Hōshō (鳳翔) Flying phoenix Ryūjō (龍驤) Prancing dragon Hiryū (飛龍) Flying dragon...

Supplementary Program, was never ordered. 6 heavy and 6 light (plus 7 building )(1) Hōshō built in 1922 Akagi (2) (ex-battlecruiser converted by 1927) — †1942 Kaga...

Yamashiro, Fusō, and Ise of Battleship Division 2, and the light carrier Hōshō as distant support for the fleet attacking Pearl Harbor, and returned six...

on 30 November 1929 as the IJN's third carrier to enter service, after Hōshō (1922) and Akagi (1927). Kaga was completed with a length of 238.5 meters...

which influenced the final stages of the development of the carrier Hōshō. Although Hōshō was already launched by that time, she became the first aircraft...

Carrier (9) Class Picture Type Ships Displacement Note Hōshō-class Light aircraft carrier Hōshō (1922–1945) 7,470 tonnes First purpose-built carrier in...

"Japan". In Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 221–251. ISBN 0-87021-907-3...

designed as an aircraft carrier, although the Imperial Japanese Navy's Hōshō was the first to be commissioned. The ship's construction began during the...

throughout Republican China, with Gao Qifeng organizing an exhibition as early as 1921. Gao Jianfu enjoyed a solo exhibition in Nanjing in 1935, which was widely...

the Battle of Shanghai against Jiangyin from the aircraft carriers Ryūjō, Hōshō and Kaga. By the end of September, Ying Rui was the last unsunk cruiser...

for the Bonin Islands with four other battleships and the light carrier Hōshō as distant cover for the fleet attacking Pearl Harbor, and returned six...

Ballard, pp. 121–123 Greene & Massignani, pp. 346–349 Ballard, George A. (1921). The Influence of the Sea on the Political History of Japan. New York: E...

damaged. After this set back Japan sent the aircraft carriers Ryūjō and Hōshō against the forts and ships at the mouth of the Pearl River as part of a...