The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

December 27, 1922: Japanese Launch the First Purpose-Built Aircraft Carrier in the World

DECEMBER 27, 1922

Japanese aircraft carrier  IJN Hosho becomes the first purpose-built aircraft carrier commissioned in the world.  Set the stage for a certain latter event in 1941, didn't it.

--GreGen

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