JS Yamashiro (BB-62)

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 10 × 14 inch guns
12 × 6 inch guns
24 × 25 mm guns
gptkbp:armor 300 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:casualties few crew members rescued
gptkbp:class gptkb:Fuso-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 1942
August 1942
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Mountain_Castle
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:currentLocation Near_Okinawa
gptkbp:deathPlace Underwater.
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
1945.
gptkbp:defeated USS West Virginia
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkbp:displacement 35,000 tons
gptkbp:famousFor Engagements_against_American_forces.
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sunk in 1945
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Hasegawa
gptkb:Captain_Masao_Sato
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1945
gptkbp:firstMatch 1945
gptkbp:historicalPeriod World War II era.
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Last battleship to be sunk in action.
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Kure,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Yamashiro (BB-62)
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
gptkbp:launched March 1941
gptkbp:legacy Symbol_of_Japanese_naval_power.
gptkbp:length 222 meters
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:notableFeature Heavy armor.
High speed.
Large displacement.
Powerful artillery.
Significant historical role.
Naval_engagements_in_the_Pacific_Theater.
gptkbp:operationalRange gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:operationalStatus sunk
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:replacedBy aircraft carriers
gptkbp:revenue 1945.
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:services gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:JS_Fuso_(BB-61)
gptkbp:speed 26 knots
gptkbp:type capital ship.