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On 15 January 1943, the 50th Air Flotilla was created for carrier aircrew training and both Hōshō and Ryūhō were assigned to the new unit. The two ships provided carrier landing training and served as target ships for torpedo training.
Shōhō (Japanese: 祥鳳, "Auspicious Phoenix" or "Happy Phoenix") was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy.Originally built as the submarine support ship Tsurugizaki (Japanese: 剣埼, "Sword Cape") in the late 1930s, she was converted before the Pacific War into an aircraft carrier and renamed.
Super battleship Yamato fitting out several weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor Battleship Nagato Light carrier Hosho. Admiral Yamamoto in Yamato. 1st Battleship Division 1 Yamato-class battleship (9 × 18-in. main battery) Yamato (Rear Adm. Gihachi Takayanagi) 2 Nagato-class battleships (8 × 16-in. main battery) Mutsu (Rear Adm. Gunji Kogure)
IJN Carrier trials and pilot training (Oct 1942 – September 1945) IJN: IJN Hosho (CVL-21) RN escort for Russian Convoys, Loch Ewe to/from Kola Inlet (9–20 September 1942) Convoys PQ18 and QP14 RN: HMS Avenger (BAVG-2/D14) Air Squadrons 802 and 8783; USN aircraft transport to Bermuda (Oct 1942) USN: USN Charger (CVE-30)
The first wave of search aircraft spotted one group of four carriers from Task Force 58 at 0734 and the Japanese carriers launched their aircraft an hour later. This consisted of 43 Zero fighter-bombers and 7 B6Ns, escorted by 14 A6M5 fighters; the carriers retained only three fighters, two fighter-bombers, two B6Ns and two B5Ns for self ...
Like Hōshō, Hermes was based on a cruiser-type hull and she was initially designed to carry both wheeled aircraft and seaplanes.The ship's design was derived from a 1916 seaplane carrier design by Gerard Holmes and Sir John Biles, but was considerably enlarged by Sir Eustace d'Eyncourt, the Director of Naval Construction (DNC), in his April 1917 sketch design.
The 1MF entered service with the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1923, replacing the Gloster Sparrowhawk. [4] A 1MF aircraft became the first aircraft to take-off from and land on Japan's new aircraft carrier Hōshō on 28 February 1923. [2]
Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō, an aircraft carrier launched in 1921 and scrapped in 1946 List of ships with the same or similar names This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names.