JS Fuso (BB-67)

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 12 × 14 inch guns
16 × 5 inch guns
24 × 25 mm guns
gptkbp:armor up to 305 mm
gptkbp:batteryCapacity 12 × 5 inch guns
6 × 14 inch guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:casualties Few crew members rescued
gptkbp:class gptkb:Fuso-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Isoroku_Yamamoto
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
1941-08-15
gptkbp:completed 1941-08-15
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force
1948-01-01
gptkbp:defeated 1944-10-25
gptkbp:design Fuso-class_design
gptkbp:displacement 36,000 tons
gptkbp:famous_for Heavy naval engagements
gptkbp:fate Sunk_by_American_aircraft
sunk_during_the_Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:historical_significance One of the last battleships in service
gptkbp:historicalContext World War II era
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Kure,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Fuso (BB-67)
gptkbp:launched 1940-03-28
gptkbp:legacy Influence on naval warfare tactics
gptkbp:length 222 meters
gptkbp:nickname nan
gptkbp:notable_event First battleship to be sunk by air attack
gptkbp:operationalRange 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:participatesIn gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 21 radar
gptkbp:replacedBy Aircraft carriers
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:secondary_mission gptkb:Engagement_in_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:services gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:JS_Yamashiro_(BB-64)
gptkbp:speed 26 knots
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 4 × 610 mm tubes