(from the article `aircraft carrier`) ...U.S. and Japanese navies quickly followed the British example. The first U.S. carrier, a converted collier renamed the USS Langley, joined the ...
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The Hosyo was a Japanese aircraft carrier of 7470 tons displacement launched in 1921. The Hosyo was powered by eight Kanpon oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 25 knots. She carried a complement of twenty-six aircraft and was armed with four 5.5-inh guns; two 3-inch anti-aircraft guns and two machine-guns. An unusual feature of the Hosyo was...
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