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Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shokaku
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried
up to 84
gptkbp:armament
16 × 127 mm dual-purpose guns
12 × triple 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
4 × 13.2 mm machine guns
gptkbp:beam
26 meters
gptkbp:builder
gptkb:Yokosuka_Naval_Arsenal
gptkbp:causeOfLoss
torpedoed by USS Cavalla
gptkbp:class
gptkb:Shokaku-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned
August 8, 1941
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crew
1,660
gptkbp:decommissioned
June 19, 1944
gptkbp:displacement
32,105 tons (full load)
gptkbp:fate
sunk
gptkbp:flag
gptkb:First_Carrier_Division_(at_times)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku
gptkbp:hullNumber
N/A (IJN did not use hull numbers)
gptkbp:laidDown
December 12, 1937
gptkbp:launched
June 1, 1939
gptkbp:length
257.5 meters
gptkbp:locationSunk
gptkb:Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:namedAfter
Shōkaku (meaning 'Soaring Crane')
gptkbp:notableEngagement
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons
gptkb:Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
gptkb:Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkbp:operator
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion
steam turbines
gptkbp:servicePeriod
1941–1944
gptkbp:sisterShip
gptkb:Zuikaku
gptkbp:speed
34.2 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy
June 19, 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Yokosuka_Naval_Arsenal
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5