IJN Zuikaku

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:Kate_torpedo_bomber
carrier-based operations
Zero fighter
Val dive bomber
gptkbp:armament 127 mm guns
25 mm anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:battleHonors gptkb:Mariana_and_Palau_Islands
gptkb:Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Philippines
Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:casualties few crew members rescued
gptkbp:celebrates commemorated_in_Japan
gptkbp:class gptkb:Shōkaku-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1941
Yokosuka
gptkbp:crewSize 2,000 personnel
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:defeated 1944
gptkbp:depictedIn various films and documentaries
gptkbp:design conventional aircraft carrier design
gptkbp:displacement 34,800 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk_by_USS_Essex_aircraft
gptkbp:finaleDate gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:firstClaim gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity 90 aircraft
gptkbp:historicalRole air superiority and naval power projection
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the most successful carriers of WWII
gptkbp:homePort Kure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label IJN Zuikaku
gptkbp:launched 1940
gptkbp:legacy influenced post-war naval aviation
gptkbp:length 256 meters
gptkbp:model popular among model builders
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_Kaku_Sakaibara
gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Hasegawa
gptkbp:operationalRange 1,200 nautical miles
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:powers 152,000 shp
gptkbp:productionYears 1941 to 1944
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:IJN_Shōkaku
gptkbp:speed 34 knots