IJN Taiyo

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:Kate_torpedo_bombers
gptkb:Val_dive_bombers
gptkb:Zero_fighters
30 aircraft
gptkbp:approves 1945
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:armor gptkb:battle
gptkbp:class gptkb:Taiyo-class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Saito
gptkb:Captain_Masanori_Kato
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1944
gptkbp:completed gptkb:1944
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Philippines
gptkb:Southeast_Asia
1945
gptkbp:design modified merchant ship
gptkbp:displacement 20,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
scrapped in 1947
gptkbp:has_transformation from cargo ship
gptkbp:historical_context Japanese naval strategy
gptkbp:historical_significance first Japanese escort carrier
gptkbp:home_port Kure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label IJN Taiyo
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 250 meters
gptkbp:location Kure
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:notable_feature large hangar space
gptkbp:notable_operations air support missions
gptkbp:operational_area 1945
1944-1945
supporting land operations
gptkbp:operational_range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:retirement_year not used by other navies
gptkbp:role gptkb:starship
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
1946
gptkbp:significant_event surrender of Japan
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:IJN_Unyo
gptkbp:speed 18 knots
gptkbp:year post-war service
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:IJN_Amagi_(1941)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5