Japanese cruiser Furutaka
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Japanese cruiser Furutaka was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the interwar Furutaka class that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War before being sunk in 1942.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese cruiser Furutaka canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1153469 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese cruiser Furutaka Context triple: [Battle of Cape Esperance, shipInvolved, Japanese cruiser Furutaka]
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Japanese cruiser Tenryu
Japanese cruiser Tenryu was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that participated in several early Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign.
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Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Kako
Japanese cruiser Kako was an Imperial Japanese Navy Furutaka-class heavy cruiser that served in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II before being sunk by a U.S. submarine shortly after participating in the Battle of Savo Island.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Yubari
Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.
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E.
Japanese battlecruiser Takao
Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese cruiser Furutaka Target entity description: Japanese cruiser Furutaka was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the interwar Furutaka class that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War before being sunk in 1942.
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A.
Japanese cruiser Tenryu
Japanese cruiser Tenryu was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that participated in several early Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign.
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B.
Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Kako
Japanese cruiser Kako was an Imperial Japanese Navy Furutaka-class heavy cruiser that served in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II before being sunk by a U.S. submarine shortly after participating in the Battle of Savo Island.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Yubari
Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.
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E.
Japanese battlecruiser Takao
Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Furutaka-class cruiser
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Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ heavy cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armamentAA | 25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armamentMain |
6 × 200 mm guns in single turrets (as built)
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6 × 200 mm guns in twin turrets (after reconstruction) ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 120 mm guns ⓘ |
| armamentTorpedo | 610 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| armorBelt | up to 76 mm ⓘ |
| armorDeck | up to 35 mm ⓘ |
| beam | 16.9 m ⓘ |
| builder |
Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard
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surface form:
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
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| class |
Furutaka-class cruisers
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surface form:
Furutaka class
|
| commissioned | 1926-03-31 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Pacific War
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World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | approximately 600 ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1942-10-12 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 9,000 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 7,100 tons ⓘ |
| draft | 5.6 m ⓘ |
| era |
World War II era
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interwar period ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| homeport |
Imperial Japanese Navy Kure Naval District
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surface form:
Kure Naval District
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| hullNumber | Furutaka ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1922-12-05 ⓘ |
| launched | 1925-02-25 ⓘ |
| length | 185.17 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 33 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mount Furutaka ⓘ |
| navalEnsign |
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (variant as naval ensign)
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surface form:
Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan
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| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
invasion of Guam (1941)
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operations in the Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| placeOfSinking | off Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| powerOutput | approximately 102,000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | approximately 7,000 nautical miles at 14 knots ⓘ |
| reconstructed | 1930s ⓘ |
| reconstructionFeatures |
enlarged bridge
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improved torpedo armament ⓘ new superstructure ⓘ new twin-gun turrets ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ |
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Subject: Japanese cruiser Furutaka Description of subject: Japanese cruiser Furutaka was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the interwar Furutaka class that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War before being sunk in 1942.
Referenced by (7)
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