Hōshō | Friendly-Helpers

Hōshō — Japan · Tier IV · Aircraft carrier

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.

Ship Data

Basic Data

Hit points 31,000

Maximum speed 25 knots

Rudder shift time 11.1 seconds

Turning circle 740 metres

Main Battery

Main guns –

AP Overmatch bis –

Reload time –

Range –

Rate of fire –

Dispersion –

Sigma –

Turret traverse time –

AP Maximum damage –

HE Maximum damage –

Torpedoes & Secondaries

Torpedo launchers 0

Torpedo range –

Torpedo speed –

Torpedo damage –

Secondary mounts 4

Secondary range 3.5 km

Brandwahrscheinlichkeit Secondaries HE 10 %

Concealment & Economy

Ship / aircraft / submarine 8.6 km / 6.5 km / 6.5 km

Premium ship No

Special ship No

Price 1,000,000 Credits

AA mounts 6

Secondary Battery

140 mm Secondary battery

Mounts × barrels 4 × 1

Range 3.5 km

Reload time 3 s

180° traverse time 3 s

Horizontal dispersion 229.5 m

Vertical dispersion 229.5 m

Ammunition HE

Alpha damage 2,400 HP

Muzzle velocity 850 m/s

HE-Durchschlag 23 mm

Fire chance 10 %

Anti-Aircraft Defence

AA group 1

Total mounts 4

Mounts contributing to AA 0

AA group 2

Total mounts 6

Mounts contributing to AA 6

Short range · Range 0.1–1.5 km

Short range · Aura-DPS 42 DPS

Short range · Hit chance 95 %

AA group 3

Total mounts 6

Mounts contributing to AA 6

Short range · Range 0.1–2.5 km

Short range · Aura-DPS 59.5 DPS

Short range · Hit chance 95 %

Aircraft & Armament

Attack Aircraft · A4N

Aircraft HP 1,150 HP

Attack speed 108 kn

Squadron size 6 Aircraft

Attacking flight 3 Aircraft

Projectiles per attack 1

Initial aircraft 9 Aircraft

Maximum aircraft 9 Aircraft

Restoration 1 Aircraft

Restoration time 40 s

Restoration model Individual aircraft restoration

Armament Type 3 No. 6 Mk. 27

Ammunition HE

Maximum damage 2,200 HP

HE-Durchschlag 28.2 mm

Fire chance 8 %

Torpedo Bombers · B4Y Jean

Aircraft HP 1,380 HP

Attack speed 97 kn

Squadron size 5 Aircraft

Attacking flight 1 Aircraft

Projectiles per attack 1

Initial aircraft 8 Aircraft

Maximum aircraft 8 Aircraft

Restoration 1 Aircraft

Restoration time 64 s

Restoration model Individual aircraft restoration

Armament Type 91 mod. 0

Ammunition Torpedo

Maximum damage 5,800 HP

Torpedo range 3 km

Torpedo speed 40 kn

Torpedo detectability 1.3 km

Arming time 3 s

Dive Bombers · D1A Susie

Aircraft HP 1,360 HP

Attack speed 98 kn

Squadron size 6 Aircraft

Attacking flight 2 Aircraft

Projectiles per attack 1

Initial aircraft 9 Aircraft

Maximum aircraft 9 Aircraft

Restoration 1 Aircraft

Restoration time 50 s

Restoration model Individual aircraft restoration

Armament Type 99 No. 25 mod. 2

Ammunition AP

Maximum damage 2,500 HP

Armour

Overview

Overall range 6–20 mm

Bow

Deck 13 mm

Side 13 mm

Bottom 15 mm

Stern

Deck 6 mm

Side 13 mm

Bottom 15 mm

Citadel

Belt 20 mm

Side 15 mm

Bottom 20 mm

Citadel / Bow

Transverse bulkhead 6 mm

Citadel / Stern

Transverse bulkhead 6 mm

Citadel / Casemate

Deck 20 mm

Casemate

Belt 13 mm

Deck 10 mm

Casemate / Bow

Transverse bulkhead 6 mm

Casemate / Stern

Transverse bulkhead 6 mm

Casemate / Upper Casemate

Belt 13 mm

Deck 10 mm

Upper Casemate

Deck 10 mm

Side 10 mm

Hangar deck 13 mm

Forecastle deck 13 mm

Upper Casemate / Bow

Deck 13 mm

Side 13 mm

Upper Casemate / Stern

Deck 13 mm

Transverse bulkhead 13 mm

Superstructure

Side 10 mm

Roof 10 mm

Rudder & Steering Gear

Side 13 mm

Roof 6 mm

Front 10 mm

Rear 10 mm

Consumables

Damage Control Party Slot 1

ChargesUnlimited Preparation time0 s Reload time70 s Action time30 s

Interceptors Slot 2

Charges4 Preparation time0 s Reload time40 s Action time600 s Fighters4 Patrol radius3 km

Module Research Tree

Hull

Hōshō (A) Stock module
Module typeHull Purchase price100,000 Credits Hit points31,000 HP Technical layer thickness range6–20 mm Main battery mounts0 Secondary mounts4 AA mounts6 Torpedo armament mounts0

Hōshō (A) to Hōshō (B): 3,000 XP
Hōshō (B)
Module typeHull Purchase price250,000 Credits Research cost3,000 XP Main battery mounts0 Secondary mounts4 AA mounts6 Torpedo armament mounts0

Engine

Propulsion: 30,000 hp Stock module
Module typeEngine Purchase price40,000 Credits Maximum speed25 kn

Attack Aircraft

A4N Stock module
Module typeAttack Aircraft Purchase price50,000 Credits Aircraft HP1,150 HP Aircraft speed108 kn

Torpedo Bombers

B4Y Jean Stock module
Module typeTorpedo Bombers Purchase price50,000 Credits Torpedo bomber HP1,380 HP Torpedo bomber speed97 kn Aerial torpedo damage5,800 HP Aerial torpedo speed40 kn Aerial torpedo range3 km

Dive Bombers

D1A Susie Stock module
Module typeDive Bombers Purchase price50,000 Credits Bomber HP1,360 HP Bomber speed98 kn Bomb damage833 HP

Flight Control

No confirmed research connection

Type4 mod. 1
Module typeFlight Control Purchase price60,000 Credits

Upgrades

Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1

Air Groups Modification 1

Damage Control Party Modification 1

Aircraft Engines Modification 1

Damage Control System Modification 1

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Source: Friendly-Helpers EU data · PVP · ship data no more than 7 days old · 504,073 known players · 33,329 matches · 100 loaded · Click a column to sort the table. Player profiles and ship statistics open in English.

Players	Battles	Win Rate	Avg. Damage	Max. Damage	Frags	Survival	FH	Last Battle
parfen737 #570670719	4,652	64.17%	49,074	149,299	1.68	68.77%	3,147	04 Sep 2026
batx21 #500647244	3,331	61.15%	50,975	148,888	1.65	81.69%	3,123	19 May 2025
abeleka #597849581	2,437	89.00%	58,584	159,136	2.07	89.45%	3,534	17 Aug 2025
Lt_Andy #525640225	1,134	74.25%	60,267	158,476	2.47	80.78%	3,417	04 Nov 2024
anacodayiannis #516987712	1,128	73.49%	73,770	163,587	2.48	86.17%	3,435	07 Aug 2020
PneumaticWand85 #550784671	1,049	61.77%	42,447	129,636	1.53	77.31%	2,935	30 Oct 2022
Kyznec_757g #596497371	847	59.50%	36,776	138,168	1.43	70.96%	2,692	29 Apr 2026
MICHAL73_cz #530895683	826	60.29%	42,591	146,693	1.25	55.81%	2,757	02 Oct 2026
HOOK456 #544375499	759	54.41%	27,821	110,857	0.92	65.22%	2,218	28 Jul 2021
DemieJ #563863515	711	52.74%	42,302	160,602	1.29	62.73%	2,742	18 Nov 2022
YAKUDZA75 #600149885	666	71.17%	63,284	150,945	2.28	73.12%	3,365	25 Apr 2024
abluka34 #510417656	634	68.77%	47,652	161,269	2.07	76.50%	3,227	18 Jan 2021
BladeMaster_RomaR #604288817	633	75.04%	68,791	170,169	2.12	67.46%	3,364	07 Dec 2022
colombo111 #502107229	631	61.97%	73,551	180,929	1.76	76.70%	3,290	11 Oct 2025
Kylwalda #535382377	625	71.36%	46,309	143,492	1.67	71.52%	3,120	13 Jan 2025
Matusalen64A #522563155	593	53.12%	34,210	92,139	0.87	61.89%	2,385	18 Apr 2021
BReady74 #562661274	562	60.14%	49,293	152,261	1.65	74.38%	3,144	21 Oct 2025
H012ek #597760951	547	64.90%	57,466	165,523	1.84	72.94%	3,315	13 Apr 2021
pana #500301172	540	47.96%	29,044	93,716	0.82	64.44%	2,204	27 May 2026
Joe_DE #568509957	539	57.51%	42,996	122,444	1.33	62.15%	2,801	21 Feb 2026
Mariuma_Desertflower #536704423	521	85.60%	81,415	197,602	2.51	81.00%	3,486	21 May 2021
Sollla #595477462	497	65.19%	46,692	140,327	1.49	73.64%	3,051	29 Jun 2026
drexel27 #507084924	486	57.20%	51,877	141,806	1.53	59.05%	3,101	05 Jan 2026
Tayto_Torper #560483160	483	78.26%	50,787	137,199	1.82	82.40%	3,383	07 Jul 2023
Ganni_GER #532364473	464	66.81%	46,075	141,839	1.81	75.00%	3,146	28 Oct 2022
Edelbaer #540068764	461	56.40%	31,649	110,822	1.06	55.75%	2,361	01 Oct 2023
coerni #527832885	435	74.48%	62,969	141,121	2.29	77.93%	3,406	26 Dec 2020
IMHOTEP_SYM #529311701	428	72.20%	53,278	155,483	2.42	69.63%	3,357	25 May 2021
Enrage1337 #552673179	419	65.63%	53,115	134,607	1.77	79.00%	3,325	05 Apr 2021
ssgg1 #560792629	412	47.57%	31,067	114,896	0.57	60.19%	2,163	17 Jun 2025
Smitty4 #556220698	408	62.75%	44,795	122,411	1.76	75.25%	3,071	06 Aug 2022
Just_a_bit_meh #500046320	406	55.42%	48,382	156,970	1.38	51.48%	2,913	26 Aug 2022
_TedStriker #554304409	384	65.62%	41,349	115,444	1.21	66.15%	2,783	29 Dec 2020
1marecki69 #518034780	373	49.87%	37,615	114,252	1.17	69.71%	2,585	11 Dec 2022
SP_BlasDLezo #556792281	360	63.06%	55,291	152,068	1.77	71.67%	3,280	22 Feb 2021
Igbus #508823235	358	62.29%	50,358	150,149	1.42	75.70%	3,127	28 Jun 2024
Atlan_102 #553147194	357	61.62%	45,339	124,155	1.52	67.51%	2,974	10 Feb 2025
newerthCZ #515415618	349	65.04%	63,105	180,492	1.91	62.46%	3,283	22 Apr 2021
ditchs #565234625	342	47.66%	28,431	108,122	0.61	55.56%	2,082	03 Apr 2020
papydan #522896791	336	50.00%	26,079	84,203	0.61	65.48%	2,003	15 May 2024
tocqueville8 #545206440	328	69.82%	72,780	147,584	2.03	79.88%	3,386	19 Dec 2020
krzys_2017 #543934973	327	71.25%	48,289	155,013	2.18	65.14%	3,211	28 Jul 2024
Popelkopp #530661542	309	63.43%	45,015	111,310	1.23	62.14%	2,863	06 Feb 2021
Deathbringer2525 #562012720	302	67.55%	58,622	167,092	1.79	75.50%	3,328	04 Jun 2020
Rustybucket1941 #562759853	301	56.48%	38,511	111,031	0.99	54.49%	2,533	31 Mar 2020
Nibenay78 #504609688	294	76.19%	69,359	166,250	2.18	75.17%	3,404	06 Mar 2026
Franky202 #568296898	292	37.67%	15,929	57,593	0.24	40.75%	1,490	17 Feb 2021
Alehandria_1 #568299836	286	48.60%	31,015	87,379	0.78	60.49%	2,234	26 Jul 2021
potatoduck #535141725	273	54.21%	23,895	81,648	0.61	65.57%	2,035	03 Mar 2022
Strzygacz #524567955	271	52.77%	39,315	115,321	0.93	57.20%	2,526	11 Oct 2026
Phelan_Kell_Wolf #566314716	269	69.14%	50,452	143,668	2.04	76.21%	3,308	02 Aug 2026
warcraft01 #500066547	267	69.29%	59,158	166,038	2.12	75.28%	3,363	06 Aug 2021
CCCP_FLOTTA #528553450	265	60.38%	40,331	102,624	1.25	66.42%	2,738	10 Jul 2021
theiskander1111 #711689080	265	55.09%	28,463	86,246	0.66	66.04%	2,091	30 Aug 2026
TaKu_666 #583981092	261	56.70%	35,203	116,492	1.19	65.13%	2,545	19 Jun 2025
Riebezagel #500829644	260	88.08%	61,313	146,491	2.27	80.77%	3,500	03 Jan 2021
Thessius #512122409	255	83.53%	79,479	187,983	2.79	83.92%	3,486	02 Dec 2020
DarkIntruder2k #501431500	239	66.53%	52,560	133,839	1.67	77.41%	3,294	13 Feb 2023
Shortino #509126432	239	46.86%	24,211	81,368	0.55	48.95%	1,910	17 Mar 2023
Stier_von_Scapa_Flow #529866613	236	60.17%	40,757	94,944	1.11	68.22%	2,712	28 Aug 2026
koreanb1 #564146982	234	57.69%	49,527	159,468	1.18	61.54%	2,943	23 Sep 2020
Ant1958_19268947 #597706254	234	52.99%	38,479	105,309	0.86	66.24%	2,523	17 Jun 2024
sharik_342 #549841135	234	50.85%	33,302	112,711	1.18	65.81%	2,400	05 Sep 2026
Jdv_16 #543881662	233	45.92%	25,001	77,133	0.67	69.10%	2,048	15 Mar 2021
dotdott #512549485	231	47.19%	35,384	117,832	0.68	66.23%	2,343	30 Aug 2023
Paaaacha #522120718	230	53.04%	28,928	94,505	0.59	50.87%	2,103	21 Feb 2026
Kreses #555389512	229	70.74%	58,058	153,325	2.14	81.22%	3,398	07 Dec 2020
pablito7 #500671197	226	50.44%	38,716	111,051	0.81	67.26%	2,501	05 Jun 2026
SdKfz01 #509735960	218	67.43%	41,957	102,080	1.28	68.81%	2,843	07 Jun 2025
igor4767 #567368761	217	46.54%	24,618	103,711	0.54	59.91%	1,964	01 Feb 2021
_Mad_Thom_ #510351481	216	63.43%	41,376	99,042	1.05	67.13%	2,728	20 Sep 2026
mipekoo #551265125	215	49.30%	36,265	114,589	1.09	68.84%	2,364	12 May 2024
Vollmacke #514965909	210	60.48%	45,129	124,842	1.34	75.24%	2,940	31 Aug 2022
Luark_Admiral #562368303	210	52.38%	35,786	114,814	1.08	50.00%	2,438	22 Aug 2022
ADMIRALOFTHEFLEET_2 #547963814	208	44.71%	19,031	65,657	0.47	57.21%	1,628	17 Aug 2024
AuxiliusM #562545908	206	53.88%	48,588	187,100	1.23	66.02%	2,927	14 May 2022
biegas #500311103	202	55.45%	42,043	124,503	1.39	75.74%	2,837	16 May 2021
cafer_1_2020 #568631610	201	49.25%	18,836	81,908	0.34	57.21%	1,743	13 Feb 2023
Exel9001 #529730431	196	53.57%	38,342	110,402	0.93	66.33%	2,542	01 Nov 2024
Valainawen #556411114	195	57.95%	34,837	108,325	0.96	56.92%	2,437	17 Oct 2026
1GPAKOS1 #507268220	194	70.10%	69,424	147,608	1.66	72.16%	3,290	01 Aug 2021
xXSilverShroudXx #502381825	194	69.59%	67,708	152,294	1.82	71.65%	3,333	23 Dec 2021
pjotter_destroyer #549226044	194	54.12%	33,366	79,466	0.66	68.04%	2,332	10 Oct 2026
Boeses_ChuChu #546070038	192	67.19%	59,366	144,736	2.26	67.71%	3,318	13 Dec 2020
coreware #564695319	191	59.69%	45,954	146,690	1.51	58.64%	2,937	01 Sep 2020
Cire06 #504508367	190	56.32%	48,694	136,529	1.22	72.11%	2,965	22 Sep 2023
vova1307751 #664941284	188	47.87%	34,247	98,892	0.65	48.94%	2,233	08 Sep 2021
Smokejumper5 #537365965	187	43.85%	29,989	142,028	0.58	34.76%	2,006	11 May 2020
ReidarDahlen #564699173	186	61.83%	50,263	134,487	1.50	57.53%	3,066	07 Mar 2022
Kalmor_01 #562518958	185	56.22%	32,868	94,165	1.12	68.65%	2,470	05 Jun 2026
66690 #560113816	184	46.20%	28,818	88,203	0.78	56.52%	2,140	15 Dec 2019
Bismarckflieger #548595395	183	71.04%	47,405	140,163	1.23	80.33%	3,058	14 Nov 2021
Duttenberg #509314972	183	55.74%	47,094	123,343	1.21	77.60%	2,937	19 Sep 2026
akoi69 #564190941	183	53.55%	31,439	85,350	0.69	62.84%	2,260	04 Jan 2023
AIIstarD #598722121	182	56.59%	45,654	122,019	1.36	60.99%	2,875	24 Aug 2022
cdrik64 #551965559	181	72.38%	67,079	167,908	2.33	81.22%	3,407	22 Jan 2021
pasneg #500963324	178	48.31%	21,906	70,137	0.51	67.42%	1,914	09 Oct 2026
TOMMY__1999 #560021186	177	53.11%	46,224	111,475	1.12	63.28%	2,809	20 Dec 2021
Snap__ #522947827	174	71.26%	72,273	164,554	2.21	73.56%	3,368	22 Aug 2022
Bot_05 #566513978	173	86.13%	92,433	196,396	2.53	85.55%	3,508	27 Dec 2020

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