JS Kirishima (BB-92)

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft seaplanes
gptkbp:armament main guns 3 × 3 203 mm
secondary guns 4 × 2 127 mm
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:celebrates memorialized_in_Japan
gptkbp:class gptkb:Kongo-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Japan
1942
gptkbp:community_engagement gptkb:Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force
1948
gptkbp:defeated 1944
USS West Virginia
gptkbp:depicts various media
gptkbp:displacement 35,000 tons
gptkbp:engagements engaged_by_USS_West_Virginia
gptkbp:fate 1944
sunk in battle
off_Samar,_Philippines
gptkbp:flowsInto 2
gptkbp:historical_significance first battleship sunk by torpedoes in WWII
gptkbp:historicalContext World War II era
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Kure,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Kirishima (BB-92)
gptkbp:launched 1940
gptkbp:length 222 meters
gptkbp:model scale model available
gptkbp:navalFleet Japanese_naval_design
gptkbp:notable_event Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Hasegawa
gptkbp:participatesIn gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:replacedBy aircraft carriers
gptkbp:resolution up to 305 mm
gptkbp:role capital ship
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship JS Hiei
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:spillwayType torpedo
gptkbp:status lost at sea
gptkbp:year 1944