Japanese seaplane carrier Wakamiya
(重定向自Wakamiya)


Wakamiya (Japanese:若宮丸, later 若宮艦) was a seaplane carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the first Japanese aircraft carrier. She was converted from a transport ship into a seaplane carrier and commissioned in August 1914. She was equipped with four Japanese-built French Maurice Farman seaplanes (motorized with Renault 70 hp (52 kW) engines). In September 1914, she conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids.