IJN Hiryu-class

GPTKB entity

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