Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō

Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō
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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/December 27, 2012 by BencherliteTalk 11:25, 4 December 2012 (UTC)



Hōshō was the world's first commissioned ship to be designed and built as an aircraft carrier, and the first aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Commissioned in 1922, the ship was used for testing aircraft and equipment, and to evaluate operational methods and tactics. She provided valuable lessons and experience for the IJN in early carrier air operations. Hōshō and her aircraft participated in the Shanghai Incident in 1932 and in the opening stages of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937. During those two conflicts, her aircraft supported Imperial Japanese Army ground operations and engaged in combat with aircraft of the Nationalist Chinese Air Force. The small size of the ship and her assigned airgroups (usually around 15 aircraft) limited the effectiveness of her contributions. As a result, the carrier was placed in reserve after her return to Japan from China and she became a training carrier in 1939. During World War II, Hōshō participated in the Battle of Midway in June 1942 in a secondary role. After the battle, the carrier resumed her training role for the duration of the conflict and survived the war with only minor damage. She was used as a repatriation transport after the war and was scrapped in 1946. (Full article...)

Two points for the 90th anniversary of her commissioning and 19 interwiki links. It's been over a month since the last warship TFA so no deductions there.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:07, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support, good date, also educational, encyclopedic, and historic value. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:41, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support. - Good month: Pearl Harbor, good day: 90th anniversary. GabeMc  (talk contribs) 04:37, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support, good for anniversary, moved another pending battleship to later, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:11, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support solid article, good to have something on an Eastern power. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:37, 5 December 2012 (UTC)