JS Nagato (BB-38)

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 12 × 6 inch guns
8 × 16 inch guns
4 × 13 mm anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:armor 305 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Dockyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Nagato-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Admiral_Isoroku_Yamamoto
November 15, 1920
gptkbp:crew 1,400 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
August 30, 1945
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:died gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:displacement 35,000 tons
gptkbp:famousFor Long-range naval gunfire
Participation in major naval battles
Being_flagship_of_the_Combined_Fleet
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
Sunk as a target in 1946
gptkbp:finaleDate Sunk_off_the_coast_of_Kure
gptkbp:finalScore Target ship for atomic bomb tests
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1945
gptkbp:historicalSignificance One of the last battleships in service
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Kure_Naval_Base
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Nagato (BB-38)
gptkbp:innovation 1930s modernization program
gptkbp:launched November 1, 1919
gptkbp:length 215 meters
gptkbp:nickname nan
gptkbp:notableEvent First Japanese battleship to be fitted with radar
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_Kuroshima
Long-range capabilities
Advanced fire control systems
Heavy armor protection
First battleship to exceed 40,000 tons
gptkbp:numberOfStudents 24
gptkbp:operationalRange 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
Second Sino-Japanese War
gptkbp:services gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:JS_Mutsu_(BB-36)
gptkbp:speed 26 knots
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1920