JS Yamato (BB-1)

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft up to 7
floatplanes
gptkbp:armament 9
9 × 46 cm guns
12 × 15.5 cm guns
up to 162 guns
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:class gptkb:Yamato-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Seiichi_Itō
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
1941
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Kure,_Japan
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crew 2,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Allied_forces
1945
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:East_China_Sea
April 7, 1945
remains unrecovered
gptkbp:depicts films and literature
gptkbp:displacement 72,800 tons
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Babcock_&_Wilcox_boilers
gptkbp:famous_for largest battleship ever built
size and firepower
American_ships
gptkbp:fate sunk in battle
gptkbp:firstMatch gptkb:Yamato_class
gptkbp:historical_significance symbol_of_Japanese_naval_power
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:homePort Kure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Yamato (BB-1)
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:Washington_Naval_Treaty
numerous documentaries
gptkbp:is_featured_in video games
gptkbp:launched 1940
gptkbp:legacy influence on naval warfare
gptkbp:length 263 meters
gptkbp:name Yamato
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:notable_feature double hull construction
tall superstructure
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:operationalRange 7,200 nautical miles
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:resolution up to 410 mm
gptkbp:restingPlace wreck site
gptkbp:secondary_mission gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_World_War_II
flagship_of_the_Combined_Fleet
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:JS_Musashi_(BB-2)
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:technology advanced radar systems
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 4