JS Yamashiro (BB-102)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:activeYears 1944-1945
gptkbp:armament 9 × 46 cm guns
12 × 15.5 cm guns
24 × 12.7 mm machine guns
gptkbp:armor up to 410 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:casualties few crew members rescued
gptkbp:class gptkb:Yamato-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
1944-03-15
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crew 2,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
1945-08-15
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:US_Navy_aircraft
1945-04-07
gptkbp:design gptkb:Yamato-class_design
gptkbp:displacement 40,000 tons
gptkbp:famousFor participation_in_World_War_II
gptkbp:fate sunk by air attack
scrapped in 1946
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Saito
gptkb:Captain_Katsuji_Kato
gptkbp:firstMatch sank on 7 April 1945
engaged_by_US_aircraft
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the largest battleships ever built
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Kure,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Yamashiro (BB-102)
gptkbp:launched 1943-05-07
gptkbp:length 250 meters
gptkbp:location near_Okinawa
gptkbp:nickname Yamashiro
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Kiyoshi_Saito
gptkb:Admiral_Soemu_Toyoda
gptkb:Captain_Katsuji_Kato
gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Takeo_Kurita
gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Katsuji_Kato
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 7,200 nautical miles
gptkbp:role naval warfare
gptkbp:services gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:JS_Nagato_(BB-101)
gptkbp:speed 27 knots