JS Yamato (BB-66)

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft floatplanes
gptkbp:armament 9 × 46 cm guns
gptkbp:armor 410 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:class gptkb:Yamato-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 1945
gptkbp:crew 2,500 personnel
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:East_China_Sea
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:U.S._Navy_aircraft
April 7, 1945
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:designedBy Naval_Technical_Department
gptkbp:displacement 72,000 tons
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Babcock_&_Wilcox_boilers
gptkbp:famousFor largest battleship ever constructed
gptkbp:fate sunk_during_Operation_Ten-Go
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer Captain_Hara_Tadaichi
gptkbp:firstMatch no
yes
gptkbp:firstPublished 1945
gptkbp:hasFieldOfUse 7
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity 3
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:historicalLegacy remains a symbol of naval power.
gptkbp:historicalSignificance symbol_of_Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Kure,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Yamato (BB-66)
gptkbp:launched August 8, 1945
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Kure_Naval_Arsenal
gptkbp:length 263 meters
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:notableEvent last_battleship_to_be_built_by_Japan
gptkbp:numberOfStudents 9
gptkbp:numberOfTeams 0
gptkbp:operationalRange 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 21 radar
gptkbp:role capital ship
gptkbp:secondaryMission gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
April 7, 1945
gptkbp:secondaryRole battleship
12 × 15.5 cm guns
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:JS_Musashi_(BB-62)
gptkbp:sonar Type 93 sonar
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:torpedoSystem yes