JS Musashi (BB-99)

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft 3 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 9 × 46 cm guns
12 × 15.5 cm guns
40 × 25 mm guns
gptkbp:armor 410 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkb:Kobe,_Japan
gptkbp:casualties approximately 1,000 crew members
gptkbp:celebrates Various_memorials_in_Japan
gptkbp:class gptkb:Yamato-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned August 15, 1943
gptkbp:commissioningDate gptkb:Kure_Naval_Base
gptkbp:crew 2,500 personnel
gptkbp:culturalImpact Featured in various films and literature
gptkbp:deathPlace off_the_coast_of_the_Philippines
gptkbp:decommissioned March 31, 1946
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:U.S._Navy_aircraft
October 24, 1944
gptkbp:displacement 70,000 tons
gptkbp:exhibits Exhibits in naval museums
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Kōsō_Abe
gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Masami_Shimizu
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Largest battleship ever built
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Kure,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Musashi (BB-99)
gptkbp:launchDate March 1, 1943
gptkbp:legacy Influence on naval design post-WWII
gptkbp:length 263 meters
gptkbp:model Scale models available for collectors
gptkbp:nickname Musashi
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Final_Battle_of_the_Pacific_War
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
gptkb:Operation_Shō-Gō_2
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Sibuyan_Sea
gptkb:Operation_Shō-Gō_1
Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Naval_warfare_in_World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 21 radar
gptkbp:secondaryMission Support_for_the_Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Yamato_(BB-63)
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 4 × 610 mm torpedo tubes