Ashigara-class cruiser

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:IJN_Ashigara
gptkbp:activities engaged in the defense of Japan
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 2 × floatplanes
gptkbp:armament 4 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
8 × 203 mm guns
8 × 127 mm guns
12 × 25 mm guns
12 × 25 mm Type 96 machine guns
gptkbp:armor up to 100 mm
gptkbp:battery_life 8 × 127 mm Type 89 guns
8 × 203 mm Type 41 guns
gptkbp:beam 20 meters
gptkbp:casualties few crew members rescued
gptkbp:class gptkb:Ashigara-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1931
gptkbp:crew 500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
1945-08-15
gptkbp:design modified from the earlier Furutaka-class
gptkbp:displacement 8,000 tons
standard displacement
full load displacement
gptkbp:draft_year 6.1 meters
gptkbp:fate sunk in 1945
gptkbp:frequency 1931-1945
gptkbp:historical_significance part of the Imperial Japanese Navy's main fleet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ashigara-class cruiser
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1929
gptkbp:length gptkb:200_meters
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:name gptkb:Ashigara
gptkb:Nachi
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
4 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
gptkbp:number_built 2
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × boilers
2 × turbines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_21_radar
gptkbp:role scouting and fleet support
gptkbp:service_history active during the Pacific War
active during the Second Sino-Japanese War
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Nachi
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:status sunk by air attack