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| Carrier Hosho at the Asano factory in Yokosuka, Japan shortly after launch, 20 Dec 1921 | Carrier Hosho running full power trials, Tateyama Bay, Japan, 30 Nov 1922 |
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| Hosho conducting trial flights in Tokyo Bay, Japan, Dec 1922 | Carrier Hosho running trials, off Tateyama, Japan, 4 Dec 1922 |
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| Light carrier Hosho during trials off Tateyama, Chiba, Japan, 4 Dec 1922 | Carrier Hosho off Yokosuka, Japan, 5 Feb 1923; note 1MF Type 10 aircraft on flight deck |
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| Light carrier Hosho after removal of superstructure, 22 Sep 1924 | A biplane landing on carrier Hosho, off Shanghai, China, 1932 |
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| Carriers Hosho (foreground) and Kaga (background) off China, late 1937 | Battleship Yamato fitting out, Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan, Sep 1941; light carrier Hosho at extreme right |
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| Carrier Hosho in port in Japan, Jun 1942 | Carrier Hosho, Oct 1945; note enlarged flight deck |
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| Forecastle of Japanese carrier Hosho, Kure, Japan, 3 Oct 1945 | Hangar of light carrier Hosho, 3 Oct 1945 |
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| Light carrier Hosho off Kure, Japan, 3 Oct 1945, photo 1 of 2 | Light carrier Hosho off Kure, Japan, 3 Oct 1945, photo 2 of 2 |
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