JS Chikuma (BB-87)

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 12 × 127 mm guns
8 × 203 mm guns
24 × 25 mm guns
gptkbp:armor up to 200 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:class gptkb:Chikuma-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1942
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1942-05-15
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:debutYear 1948
gptkbp:decommissioned 1948
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1948-01-01
gptkbp:design Japanese_naval_architecture
gptkbp:displacement 35,000 tons
gptkbp:famousFor naval_engagements_in_WWII
gptkbp:fate gptkb:Japan
scrapped
scrapping
post-war disarmament
gptkbp:finalScore decommissioned
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1945
gptkbp:historicalSignificance part_of_the_Imperial_Japanese_Navy's_fleet
gptkbp:homePort Yokosuka
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Chikuma (BB-87)
gptkbp:influence post-war naval design
gptkbp:launched 1940
gptkbp:length 222 meters
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Chikuma
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:operationalRange gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:performedBy 1950s
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × steam turbines
4 × boilers
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:secondaryMission defense_of_Japan
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:serviceYears 1942-1948
gptkbp:sisterShip JS_Kumano_(BB-86)
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped in 1950s