JS Yamashiro (BB-69)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/JS_Yamashiro_%28BB-69%29
GPTKB entity
Properties (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft floatplanes
gptkbp:armament 9 × 46 cm guns
gptkbp:armor 410 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkb:Kobe,_Japan
gptkbp:class gptkb:Yamato-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1943-08-15
gptkbp:crewSize 2,500
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1945-08-15
gptkbp:defeated 1945-04-07
gptkbp:displacement 72,000 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:finalDisposal gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:finalScore wreck
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1945
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the last battleships used in combat.
gptkbp:homePort Kure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Yamashiro (BB-69)
gptkbp:launchDate 1941
gptkbp:length 263 meters
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:nickname nan
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:operationalRange 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:performedBy sunk by air attack
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 21 radar
gptkbp:serviceYears 1943-1945
gptkbp:significantEvent engaged in naval battles
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:JS_Yamato_(BB-63)
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 4 × 610 mm