Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shinano
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament 145 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
16 × 5-inch guns
up to 200 mm belt
up to 200 mm deck
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kure_Naval_Arsenal
gptkbp:capacity 47
gptkbp:category gptkb:Yamato-class_battleships
Aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
World War II shipwreck
gptkbp:commissioned 19 November 1944
gptkbp:convertedTo during construction
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crewComplement 2,400
gptkbp:displacement ~72,000 tons (full load)
gptkbp:fate sunk by submarine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano
gptkbp:hullNumber G137
gptkbp:laidDown 4 May 1940
gptkbp:launched 5 October 1944
gptkbp:length 266 meters
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Shinano_Province
gptkbp:notableFor shortest service life of any major warship
largest aircraft carrier in the world at the time of completion
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:originallyLaidDownAs gptkb:ship
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Yamato
gptkb:Musashi
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy USS Archerfish
29 November 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Archerfish_(SS-311)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6