Yamato-class battleship
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The Yamato-class battleships were a pair of World War II Japanese capital ships, including the famed Yamato and Musashi, that were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Japanese battleship Yamato | 8 |
| Yamato-class battleship canonical | 6 |
| battleship Yamato | 5 |
| Yamato class | 2 |
| Yamato-class | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T517076 — 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.
Target entity: Yamato-class battleship Context triple: [Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan, usedWeapon, Yamato-class battleship]
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A.
IJN battleship Yamashiro
IJN battleship Yamashiro was a Japanese Fuso-class dreadnought battleship that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait in World War II.
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B.
Japanese battleship Nagato
The Japanese battleship Nagato was a World War II-era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, famed as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later used as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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C.
Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
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D.
Kaga-class aircraft carrier
The Kaga-class aircraft carrier was a planned class of Japanese aircraft carriers derived from the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers, intended to operate fixed-wing STOVL jets like the F-35B.
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E.
Sōryū
Sōryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Yamato-class battleship Target entity description: The Yamato-class battleships were a pair of World War II Japanese capital ships, including the famed Yamato and Musashi, that were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed.
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A.
IJN battleship Yamashiro
IJN battleship Yamashiro was a Japanese Fuso-class dreadnought battleship that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait in World War II.
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B.
Japanese battleship Nagato
The Japanese battleship Nagato was a World War II-era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, famed as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later used as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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C.
Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
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D.
Kaga-class aircraft carrier
The Kaga-class aircraft carrier was a planned class of Japanese aircraft carriers derived from the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers, intended to operate fixed-wing STOVL jets like the F-35B.
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E.
Sōryū
Sōryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft carrier
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battleship ⓘ battleship ⓘ battleship class ⓘ capital ship class ⓘ |
| antiAircraftArmament | 25 mm Type 96 AA guns ⓘ |
| armorBeltThickness | up to 410 mm ⓘ |
| armorDeckThickness | up to 200 mm ⓘ |
| armorTurretFaceThickness | up to 650 mm ⓘ |
| beam | 38.9 meters ⓘ |
| class |
Yamato-class battleship
self-linksurface differs
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Yamato-class battleship self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| classOrigin | Yamato-class battleship self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| commissioned |
1941-12-16
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1942-08-05 ⓘ 1944-11-19 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | secret program ⓘ |
| convertedFrom | Yamato-class battleship hull ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| crewComplement | approximately 2500 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department ⓘ |
| designPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | 72000 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 65000 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 10.4 meters ⓘ |
| era | World War II era ⓘ |
| fate |
sunk 1944-10-24
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sunk 1944-11-29 ⓘ sunk 1945-04-07 ⓘ |
| fateOfAllUnits | sunk in World War II ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano
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Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ Yamato-class battleship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese battleship Yamato
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| intendedRole | decisive fleet engagement ⓘ |
| laidDown |
1937-11-04
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1938-03-29 ⓘ 1940-05-04 ⓘ |
| launched |
1940-08-08
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1940-11-01 ⓘ 1944-10-08 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | 263 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 27 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Yamato Province ⓘ |
| navalDoctrine | kantai kessen ⓘ |
| notableFor |
heaviest battleships ever built
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largest battleships ever built ⓘ most heavily armed battleships ever built ⓘ |
| numberOfBattleshipsCompleted | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfUnitsCompleted | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfUnitsPlanned | 5 ⓘ |
| operator |
Imperial Japanese Navy
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Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| primaryArmament | 46 cm/45 Type 94 naval gun ⓘ |
| primaryArmamentConfiguration | 3 triple turrets ⓘ |
| primaryArmamentCount | 9 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | 7200 nautical miles at 16 knots ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament |
12.7 cm dual-purpose guns
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15.5 cm guns ⓘ |
| shaftCount | 4 ⓘ |
| shipyardForMusashi |
Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard
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surface form:
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
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| shipyardForShinano | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ |
| shipyardForYamato | Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ |
| sunkIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Operation Ten-Go ⓘ |
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Subject: Yamato-class battleship Description of subject: The Yamato-class battleships were a pair of World War II Japanese capital ships, including the famed Yamato and Musashi, that were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed.
Referenced by (22)
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