Class overview
Operators: Imperial Japanese Navy
Succeeded by: Akagi
Built: 1920–22
In service: 1922–47
In commission: 1922–45
Completed: 1
Scrapped: 1
Career (Japan)
Name: Hōshō
Namesake: Phoenix
Builder: Asano Shipbuilding Company, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Laid down: 16 December 1920
Launched: 13 November 1921
Commissioned: 27 December 1922
Struck: 31 August 1946
Fate: Scrapped beginning 2 September 1946
General characteristics (as built)
Type: Aircraft carrier
Displacement: 7,470 long tons (7,590 t) (standard)
9,494 long tons (9,646 t) (deep load)
Length: 168.25 m (552 ft 0 in)
Beam: 17.98 m (59 ft 0 in)
Draught: 6.17 m (20 ft 3 in) (mean)
Installed power: 30,000 shp (22,000 kW)
Propulsion: 2 shafts
Kampon geared steam turbines
8 Kampon Ro gô small-tube boilers
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range: 8,680 nautical miles (16,080 km; 9,990 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 512
Armament: 4 × 1 - 14 cm (5.5 in)/50-caliber guns
2 × 1 - 8 cm (3.1 in)/40-caliber AA guns
Aircraft carried: 15