JS Yamashiro (CL-97)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf cruiser
gptkbp:aircraft 2 × seaplanes
gptkbp:armament 8 × 25 mm guns
4 × 3 in guns
5 × 6 in guns
gptkbp:armor up to 6 inches
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:class Yamashiro-class cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Kure_Naval_Arsenal
1944-03-15
gptkbp:completed 10 missions
gptkbp:crew 600 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
1945-08-15
gptkbp:defeated 1945
near_Okinawa
gptkbp:displacement 8,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sunk
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1945
gptkbp:historicalSignificance last battleship sunk by surface action.
gptkbp:homePort Kure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Yamashiro (CL-97)
gptkbp:launched 1943-05-01
gptkbp:length 186 meters
gptkbp:nickname Yamashiro
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_Katsuji_Kato
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × boilers
2 × turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 21 radar
Type 13 radar
gptkbp:range 7,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:services gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip JS Haguro (CL-100)
gptkbp:sonar Type 93 sonar
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 4 × 21 in torpedo tubes
gptkbp:yearBuilt 1943