JS Musashi (BB-162)

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft 9
gptkbp:armament 16-inch guns
gptkbp:armor 410 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:class gptkb:Yamato-class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
1943
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:constructionMaterial 1940
gptkbp:constructionStarted 1938
gptkbp:crewSize 2,500
gptkbp:deathPlace underwater
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
1945
gptkbp:defeated aircraft
October 24, 1944
gptkbp:design gptkb:Yamato-class_design
gptkbp:displacement 72,000 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk
sunk in battle
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Hasegawa
gptkbp:firstMatch engagement_against_US_forces
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:historicalSignificance largest battleship ever built
gptkbp:homePort Kure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Musashi (BB-162)
gptkbp:launched 1940
gptkbp:legacy symbol of naval power
gptkbp:length 263 meters
gptkbp:location gptkb:Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:nickname Musashi
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:notableFeature Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:operationalRange 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operationalStatus sunk
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:role naval warfare
gptkbp:secondaryMission gptkb:engagement_in_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:secondaryRole battleship operations
gptkbp:serviceYears 1943-1945
gptkbp:significantEvent Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:sisterShip Yamato
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:successor none
gptkbp:type warship