Hiryuu

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:A6M_Zero
gptkb:D3A_Val
gptkb:B5N_Kate
gptkbp:armament 4 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
8 × 127 mm guns
24 × 25 mm AA guns
gptkbp:armor up to 140 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Dockyard
gptkbp:casualties few crew members
gptkbp:class Hiryuu-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 1940
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:defeated 1942
gptkbp:depictedIn Anime and manga
Various video games
Documentaries_about_WWII
gptkbp:design Conventional_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:displacement 25,000 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk_during_the_Battle_of_Midway
gptkbp:firstMatch Battle of Midway
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity 60 aircraft
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:historicalRole Naval aviation support
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First Japanese carrier sunk in WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hiryuu
gptkbp:launched 1937
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Kobe,_Japan
gptkbp:legacy Influenced post-war carrier designs
gptkbp:length 248 meters
gptkbp:location gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:model Scale model available
gptkbp:nickname Flying Dragon
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
Battle of Midway
Battle of Eastern Solomons
gptkbp:operationalRange gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:renovated Not reconstructed after sinking
gptkbp:services 1940-1942
gptkbp:serviceYears 1942
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Akagi
gptkb:Shokaku
Kaga
Soryu
Zuikaku
gptkbp:speed 34 knots
gptkbp:supportRole Carrier battle group