IJN Hiryu (1943)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:transport_aircraft
gptkbp:air_traffic_control launch and recovery of aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 72 aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_type gptkb:A6_M_Zero
gptkb:B5_N_Kate
gptkb:D3_A_Val
gptkbp:armament 4 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
8 × 127 mm guns
24 × 25 mm AA guns
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:class gptkb:Hiryu-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Hasegawa
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Kure_Naval_Arsenal
1939
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1943
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:video_games
various documentaries
historical novels
gptkbp:design Yamamoto's design team
gptkbp:displacement 30,000 tons
gptkbp:engine 2 × turbines
4 × Kampon boilers
gptkbp:fate sunk during the Battle of Midway
gptkbp:historical_significance one of the first fleet carriers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label IJN Hiryu (1943)
gptkbp:launched 1937
gptkbp:legacy influenced post-war carrier designs
gptkbp:length 248 meters
gptkbp:memorials various naval museums
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
gptkb:Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:operational_range 1,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:IJN_Zuikaku
gptkb:IJN_Shokaku
gptkb:IJN_Akagi
gptkb:IJN_Kaga
gptkb:IJN_Soryu
gptkbp:speed 34 knots
gptkbp:status sunk by USS Yorktown
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:1942
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:IJN_Katsuragi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4