JS Yamashiro (BB-64)

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft seaplanes
gptkbp:armament 9 × 46 cm guns
gptkbp:battle 1945-04-07
Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Dockyard_Company
gptkbp:class Yamashiro-class battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Saito
gptkb:Captain_Masanori_Kato
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Kure_Naval_Arsenal
1944-05-15
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Allied_forces
1945
August 15, 1945
1945-08-15
gptkbp:defeated April 7, 1945
aircraft_from_USS_Intrepid
gptkbp:displacement 40,000 tons
gptkbp:famous_for participation in naval battles
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sunk as a target
gptkbp:finalDisposal off_the_coast_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:historical_significance last_battleship_of_the_Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Kure,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Yamashiro (BB-64)
gptkbp:is_designed_to naval warfare
gptkbp:launched 1943-08-01
gptkbp:length 250 meters
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:Combined_Fleet
gptkbp:notable_event sank during air raid
gptkbp:notable_feature twin gun turrets
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:operationalRange 15,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Mountain_Castle
gptkbp:participatesIn gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:productionYears 1944-1945
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:JS_Kongo_(BB-62)
gptkbp:resolution 300 mm
gptkbp:role battleship_in_WWII
gptkbp:secondary_mission defense_of_Japan
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Admiral_Soemu_Toyoda
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:JS_Fuso_(BB-62)
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:technology radar systems
gptkbp:type capital ship