gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:aircraft
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gptkbp:aircraft_operated
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gptkb:aircraft
air superiority missions
reconnaissance missions
ground attack missions
arrestor wires
steam catapults
72 aircraft
dive bombers
torpedo bombers
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gptkbp:armament
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8 × 127 mm guns
12 × 25 mm guns
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:Hiryu-class
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Captain_Masami_Shimizu
gptkb:Captain_Shigeharu_Murakami
gptkb:Captain_Yoshio_Shiga
gptkb:Captain_Katsuji_Kato
gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Ogawa
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gptkbp:commissioned
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1939
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gptkbp:constructed_in
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gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
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gptkbp:crew
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1,500 personnel
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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1947
1947-01-15
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gptkbp:design
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gptkb:Kido_Butai
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gptkbp:displacement
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30,000 tons
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gptkbp:fate
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sunk in 1942
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gptkbp:features
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angled flight deck
island superstructure
large hangar space
catapult launch system
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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first aircraft carrier to launch a strike against Pearl Harbor
one of the last carriers sunk in WWII
participated in the early Pacific War
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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IJN Hiryu-class
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gptkbp:launched
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1937
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gptkbp:length
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248 meters
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gptkbp:name
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gptkb:Hiryu
Soryu
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gptkbp:notable_battle
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gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
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gptkbp:number_built
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2
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gptkbp:operational_range
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1,000 nautical miles
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gptkbp:operator
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gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
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gptkbp:preceded_by
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gptkb:Hōshō-class
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gptkbp:propulsion
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steam turbines
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gptkbp:role
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fleet carrier
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gptkbp:services
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gptkb:1940
1945
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gptkbp:sister_ship
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gptkb:IJN_Soryu
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gptkbp:speed
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34 knots
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gptkbp:succeeded_by
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gptkb:Shōkaku-class
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gptkbp:water_management
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scrapped
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:IJN_Amagi_(1943)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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