JS Chikuma (BB-103)

GPTKB entity

Properties (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 127 mm guns
25 mm anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:class gptkb:Chikuma-class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
1944
gptkbp:crewSize approximately 800
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force
1948
gptkbp:displacement 20,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first modern battleship of Japan post-WWII.
gptkbp:homePort Yokosuka
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Chikuma (BB-103)
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 186 meters
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:notableEvent participated in post-war operations
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy destroyers
gptkbp:serviceYears 1944-1948
gptkbp:sisterShip JS_Kumano_(BB-104)
gptkbp:speed 30 knots