IJN Shokaku-class

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:activities sunk by USS Cavalla
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:starship
72 aircraft
2 hangars
gptkbp:armament 8 × 127 mm guns
4 × 25 mm guns
2 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
gptkbp:beam 104 ft (32 m)
gptkbp:class gptkb:Shokaku-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1941
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
gptkbp:design modified from the Kaga-class
gptkbp:displacement 34,800 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 30 ft (9.1 m)
gptkbp:elevation elevators for aircraft
gptkbp:fate sunk in 1944
gptkbp:first_flight full-length flight deck
gptkbp:historical_significance one of the largest carriers of its time
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label IJN Shokaku-class
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1940
gptkbp:length 872 ft (265 m)
gptkbp:name gptkb:Shokaku
gptkb:Zuikaku
gptkbp:notable_products gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:notable_ships 1941-1944
gptkbp:number_built 2
gptkbp:operational_history active during World War II
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:origin Japanese naval design
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Kaga-class
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × steam turbines
4 × boilers
2 × shafts
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km)
gptkbp:role fleet carrier
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Zuikaku
gptkbp:speed 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:Taiho-class
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:IJN_Amagi_(1943)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5