JS Yamato (BB-93)

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 9 × 16 inch guns
12 × 6 inch guns
40 × 25 mm guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:class gptkb:Yamato-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 1953
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1953-10-15
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1974
1974-03-30
gptkbp:displacement 40,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Katsuji_Kato
gptkb:Captain_Masaharu_Yamamoto
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Japanese_flag
gptkbp:homePort Yokosuka
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label JS Yamato (BB-93)
gptkbp:launched 1941
gptkbp:length 250 meters
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force
gptkbp:nickname Yamato
gptkbp:notableEvent Humanitarian missions
Training exercises
Disaster relief operations
Anti-piracy operations
Search and rescue missions
Maritime security operations
International naval exercises
Fleet reviews
First ship to carry the Aegis Combat System
Participated_in_Gulf_War
gptkbp:participatedIn RIMPAC exercises
Operation Tomodachi
Operation Sea Dragon
Operation Rainbow
Joint_exercises_with_US_Navy
gptkbp:productionYears 1953-1974
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:JS_Izumo_(DDH-183)
gptkbp:role battleship
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
flagship
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:JS_Musashi_(BB-62)
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:status decommissioned