Fuso class

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:advances 1930s upgrades
gptkbp:aircraft_operated seaplanes
gptkbp:armament various calibers
12-inch guns
gptkbp:armor belt armor 6 inches
gptkbp:battery_type 12 x 14 inch guns
16 x 5 inch guns
gptkbp:built gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:class gptkb:Fuso
gptkbp:combat_system gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Fuso
gptkb:Yamashiro
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1914
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1948
gptkbp:deployment Pacific Theater
gptkbp:design_influence gptkb:British_Dreadnoughts
gptkbp:designed_by gptkb:Kawasaki
gptkbp:displacement 30,000 tons
gptkbp:engagement gptkb:1944
gptkbp:fate sunk in action
sunk by American forces
gptkbp:funnel_configuration 2 funnels
gptkbp:historical_context interwar naval arms race
gptkbp:historical_significance first battleship to use radar
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fuso class
gptkbp:launched 1912
gptkbp:length 222 meters
gptkbp:location off the coast of Samar.
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Admiral_Isoroku_Yamamoto
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:notable_ships 2
4 x 21 inch tubes
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:operational_range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Kongo_class
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
steam turbine propulsion
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_21_radar
Type 13 radar
gptkbp:revival 1930s modernization
gptkbp:role gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:service_frequency 1914-1944
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Yamashiro
gptkbp:speed 26 knots
gptkbp:speed_capability maximum speed 26 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Yamato_class
gptkbp:sunk October 25, 1944
gptkbp:survivors wreck site discovered
gptkbp:torpedo_defense double hull
gptkbp:wing_configuration high bridge
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fuso-class_battleship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5