IJN Fuso

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:activities gptkb:Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 25 mm Type 96
gptkbp:armament 12-inch guns
gptkbp:armor 200 mm
gptkbp:battery_life 6 x 12-inch guns
8 x 6-inch guns
gptkbp:casualties few crew members rescued
gptkbp:class gptkb:Fuso-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Hasegawa
gptkbp:commissioned 1915
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:crew 1,200
gptkbp:decommissioned 1948
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkbp:displacement 36,000 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk by air attack
gptkbp:finale_date Sunk in the Sibuyan Sea
gptkbp:historical_context Naval arms race in the early 20th century
gptkbp:historical_significance First battleship sunk by air attack in WWII
gptkbp:home_port Kure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label IJN Fuso
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1914
gptkbp:legacy Influenced post-war naval design.
gptkbp:length gptkb:12
222 meters
gptkbp:losses gptkb:1944
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Guadalcanal_Campaign
gptkbp:notable_ships 4 x 610 mm
gptkbp:origin gptkb:British_Dreadnoughts
Fuso Mountain
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_21_radar
gptkbp:range 10 km
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Yamato-class_battleships
gptkbp:reunion 1930s modernization
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:IJN_Yamashiro
gptkbp:speed 26 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Java_Sea
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3