JS Yamashiro (BB-65)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft 5 × floatplanes
gptkbp:armament main guns 3 × 3 46 cm (18.1 in) guns
secondary guns 12 × 15.5 cm (6.1 in) guns
gptkbp:armor up to 410 mm (16.1 in) belt armor
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:class gptkb:Yamato-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned August 15, 1942
gptkbp:commissioningDate August 15, 1942
gptkbp:crew 2,500 personnel
gptkbp:deathPlace off_the_coast_of_the_Philippines
gptkbp:decommissioned August 1, 1945
gptkbp:decommissioningDate August 1, 1945
gptkbp:defeated October 24, 1944
gptkbp:displacement 72,000 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk_during_World_War_II
sunk_by_American_aircraft
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Katsuji_Kato
gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Hasegawa
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-65)
gptkbp:launched March 18, 1941
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Kure_Naval_Arsenal
gptkbp:length 263 meters
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
gptkb:Operation_Shō-Gō_1
Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:notableFeature engaged in naval gunfire support
engaged in the Battle of the Philippine Sea
engaged_in_the_Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
engaged_in_the_Battle_of_Okinawa
participated_in_the_defense_of_the_Philippines
gptkbp:operationalRange 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 21 radar
Type 13 radar
Type 22 radar
gptkbp:serviceYears 1942-1945
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:JS_Musashi_(BB-62)
gptkb:JS_Yamato_(BB-63)
gptkbp:speed 27 knots