Japanese Navy Aircraft Carrier Hosho Cap Tally

Printed cap tally, full length, approximately 30 inches long. Overall very good condition.Hosho was the world's first commissioned ship that was designed and built as an aircraft carrier, and the first aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy.During World War II, Hōshō participated in the Battle of Midway in June 1942 in a secondary role. She survived the war with only minor damage from air attacks and was used as a repatriation transport after the war, making nine trips to bring some 40,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians to Japan from overseas locations. Hōshō was scrapped in Japan beginning in 1946.