Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho off Kure, Japan, 13 October 1945. Hosho was then undergoing conversion to a repatriation transport.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Removed caption read: Photo # 80-G-351904     Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho off Kure, Japan, Oct. 1945

Note lengthened deck in 1944

Source: https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g/80-G-350000/80-G-351904.html

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