Preceded by:
NoneSucceeded by:
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| Class | Hosho |
| Type | Light Carrier |
| Year | 1922 |
| Crew | 550 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 155.5 m (pp) 165 m |
| Beam | 18 m |
| Draught | 6.2 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 7,470 t |
| Loaded | 9,330 t |
| Maximum | 10,000 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 46 km/h |
| Range | 14,816 km @ 28 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 30,000 hp Parsons |
| Boilers | 12 x Kampon |
| Fuel | Oil: 2,695 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 4 x 140-mm/50 (4 x 1) 14cm/50 Type 3 -7° / +20° [<1942] |
| Anti-Aircraft | 2 x 76-mm (2 x 1) 8cm/40 Type 41 [<1941] 16 x 25-mm (8 x 2) 25mm/60 Type 96 [1942] |
| Armor | |
| Armor | None |
| Production | |
| Built | 26 |
| Total | 1 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
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Hosho | Asano | 16/12/1919 | 13/11/1921 | 27/12/1922 | 05/10/1945 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
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Shokaku | - | - | - | - | Cancelled |