Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 10 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier IV
Aircraft Carrier
Japan
Hōshō
Japan started its first experiments with aircraft carriers with a continuous flight deck right after World War I. They decided to convert a navy tanker that had been laid down in 1919 into an aircraft carrier. Hōshō entered service in December 1922. She was initially used to test the capabilities of carrier-based aircraft, but she then took part in the...
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Japan started its first experiments with aircraft carriers with a continuous flight deck right after World War I. They decided to convert a navy tanker that had been laid down in 1919 into an aircraft carrier. Hōshō entered service in December 1922. She was initially used to test the capabilities of carrier-based aircraft, but she then took part in the Shanghai incident and also played a role in the Sino-Japanese War in 1937. Later, she was transferred to the Combined Fleet and carried out reconnaissance and anti-submarine defense missions for the fleet's main forces.
- Credits
- 1,000,000
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 31,000
- Maximum speed
- 25.0 knots
- Surface detection
- 8.6 km
Damage comparison
Published maximum per hit
Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview
Handling
- Maximum speed
- 25.0 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 740 m
- Rudder shift time
- 11.1 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 8.6 km
- Air detection
- 6.5 km
- Submarine detection
- 6.5 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 31,000
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 0 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 6–20 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
- Maximum range
- 3.5 km
- Mount
- 140 mm HE Type0
- Maximum damage per hit
- 2,400
- Fire chance
- 10.0 %
- Rate of fire
- 20.0 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 850 m/s
Anti-aircraft defence
- Aura
- 13 mm/76 Type 93 on a twin mount
- Calibre
- 13 mm
- Mounts
- 6
Carrier aviationClass system
The public API still uses legacy aircraft categories and does not expose every modern carrier payload mechanic. Only fields returned by Wargaming are shown.
Dive bombers
D1A Susie
- Aircraft tier
- 4
- Squadrons
- 3
- Cruise speed
- 98 knots
- Aircraft health
- 1,360
Torpedo bombers
B4Y Jean
- Aircraft tier
- 4
- Squadrons
- 5
- Cruise speed
- 97 knots
- Aircraft health
- 1,380
- Maximum damage per torpedo
- 5,800
- Torpedo range
- 3.0 km
- Torpedo speed
- 40 knots
Attack aircraft (legacy API field)
A4N
- Aircraft tier
- 4
- Squadrons
- 2
- Cruise speed
- 108 knots
- Aircraft health
- 1,150
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 31,000
- Secondary barrels
- 4
- AA mounts
- 6
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 25.0 knots
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
Hōshō (A)
Default- Type
- Hull
- Purchase
- 100,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Hōshō (B)
- Type
- Hull
- Research
- 3,000 XP
- Purchase
- 250,000 credits
- Next ships
- 1
Propulsion: 30,000 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
- Purchase
- 40,000 credits
D1A Susie
Default- Type
- DiveBomber
- Purchase
- 50,000 credits
B4Y Jean
Default- Type
- TorpedoBomber
- Purchase
- 50,000 credits
A4N
Default- Type
- Fighter
- Purchase
- 50,000 credits
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Air Groups Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Damage Control System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 250,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Next ships
Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.
- Ship
- Ryūjō
- Research cost
- 40,000 XP
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 3
- Researchable next ships
- 1
- Upgrade slots
- 2
- Published battle levels
- 4–5
Cross-nation comparison
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