JS Aoba (BB-70)

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:alliance multiple engagements
gptkbp:armament 203 mm guns
gptkbp:armor up to 200 mm
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Solomon_Islands
Battle of Guadalcanal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:class gptkb:Aoba-class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Hasegawa
gptkb:Captain_Masanori_Kato
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
1942-05-15
gptkbp:completed 1942
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crew approximately 1,000 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Allied_forces
1946
1946-01-01
gptkbp:decommissioningDate scrapped in 1948
gptkbp:design modified from earlier classes
gptkbp:displacement 14,000 tons
gptkbp:famous_for anti-aircraft capabilities
long-range firepower
gptkbp:fate scrapped
scrapped in 1948
gptkbp:historical_significance symbol_of_Japanese_naval_power
gptkbp:homePort Kure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Aoba (BB-70)
gptkbp:launched 1940-03-01
gptkbp:length 203 meters
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:operationalHistory extensive operational history
gptkbp:operationalRange over 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:participatesIn naval battles
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:role battleship_in_WWII
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
1945
gptkbp:sister_ship JS Kinugasa (BB-71)
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:technology radar systems
fire control systems
communications systems
torpedo systems
anti-submarine warfare capabilities