IJN Yamashiro

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:action sank during battle
gptkbp:advances 1930s modernization program
gptkbp:aircraft_operated seaplanes
gptkbp:armament 12-inch guns
gptkbp:armor 305 mm
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kobe,_Japan
gptkb:Kawasaki_Dockyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Yamashiro-class_battleship
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Admiral_Kiyoshi_Hasegawa
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Hasegawa
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
November 15, 1917
gptkbp:crew_capacity 1,200
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Southeast_Asia
Pacific Theater
gptkbp:design Fuso-class design
gptkbp:displacement 38,000 tons
gptkbp:engaged_in gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:historical_context part of the Imperial Japanese Navy's expansion
gptkbp:historical_significance one of the last battleships in service
gptkbp:home_port Kure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label IJN Yamashiro
gptkbp:launched March 4, 1915
gptkbp:legacy symbol of Japanese naval power
gptkbp:length 215 meters
gptkbp:location off the coast of the Philippines
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:None
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:notable_ships limited torpedo protection
gptkbp:operational_history served in multiple conflicts
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar equipped with radar in later years
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:IJN_Fuso
gptkbp:speed 26 knots
gptkbp:status gptkb:website
gptkbp:strategic_importance battleship in naval warfare
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:USS_West_Virginia
1945
gptkbp:survived_until 1945
gptkbp:type gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Java_Sea
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3