JS Shinano (BB-109)

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft around 50 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 9 × 16 inch guns
12 × 6 inch guns
40 × 25 mm guns
gptkbp:beam 38.9 feet (11.8 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:built 1940
1940-1944
gptkbp:casualties few crew members rescued
gptkbp:class gptkb:Yamato-class
gptkbp:commissioned November 19, 1944
gptkbp:commissioningDate November 19, 1944
gptkbp:crew 2,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned December 1945
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1945
gptkbp:defeated November 29, 1944
USS Archerfish
near_Kii_Peninsula
gptkbp:design modified_from_Yamato-class
gptkbp:displacement 72,000 tons
gptkbp:draft 38.2 feet (11.6 m)
gptkbp:fate sunk by submarine
gptkbp:historical_significance largest battleship ever built
symbol_of_Japanese_naval_power
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Kure,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Shinano (BB-109)
gptkbp:launched November 8, 1943
gptkbp:legacy influenced post-war naval design
gptkbp:length 1,073 feet
1,073 feet (327 m)
gptkbp:militaryRank participated in none
gptkbp:navalFleet designed_by_the_Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:notable_event first aircraft carrier conversion of a battleship
gptkbp:notable_feature heavily armored
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:operational_status sunk during its maiden voyage
gptkbp:operationalHistory brief and tragic
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:role aircraft carrier
gptkbp:sailing_classes No
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Yamato-class_battleships
Musashi
Yamato
gptkbp:speed 27 knots