JS Yamashiro (BB-78)

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:activeYears 1944-1945
gptkbp:armament 9 × 46 cm guns
gptkbp:armor 410 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:casualties nan
gptkbp:class gptkb:Yamato-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 1944-03-15
gptkbp:commissioningDate gptkb:Kure_Naval_Arsenal
gptkbp:completed 1944-03-15
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crew 2,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
Allied Forces
1945-08-15
gptkbp:decommissioningDate gptkb:Kure,_Japan
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:US_Navy_aircraft
1945
gptkbp:displacement 40,000 tons
gptkbp:famousFor Heavy naval engagements.
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
sunk as a target ship
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Saito
gptkb:Captain_Masao_Sato
gptkbp:firstMatch sunk by aircraft
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Last_battleship_of_the_Imperial_Japanese_Navy.
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Kure,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Yamashiro (BB-78)
gptkbp:launched 1943-08-01
gptkbp:length 250 meters
gptkbp:militaryService 1944-1945
gptkbp:nickname Yamashiro
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:services gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:serviceYears 1945
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:JS_Yamato_(BB-63)
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:type Battleship