Hiei-class battleship

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 4 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
12 × 140 mm guns
8 × 356 mm guns
gptkbp:armor up to 305 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:casualties few crew members
gptkbp:class gptkb:Hiei-class
gptkbp:commissionDate December 20, 1914
gptkbp:commissioned 1914
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:culturalImpact Featured in various media
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:defeated November 13, 1942
gptkbp:design Fuso-class_design
gptkbp:displacement 35,000 tons
gptkbp:exhibits Naval_museums_in_Japan
gptkbp:fate sunk in battle
gptkbp:firstPublished 1914
gptkbp:historicalRole Key_player_in_naval_battles_of_WWII
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First battleship sunk by naval gunfire since World War I
gptkbp:homePort Kure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hiei-class battleship
gptkbp:launchDate November 4, 1912
gptkbp:launched 1914
gptkbp:legacy Influenced post-war naval design
gptkbp:length 222 meters
gptkbp:location gptkb:Guadalcanal
gptkbp:name Hiei
Kirishima
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Savo_Island
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of Cape Esperance
gptkbp:operationalRange gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:powers 152,000 shp
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 21 radar
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:scholarships Japanese_naval_expansion
gptkbp:secondaryMission 1945
gptkbp:services gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip Kirishima
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:strategicGoals Dominance in naval warfare