Japanese battleship Yamashiro

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Japanese_battleship_Yamashiro
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Fusō-class battleship
Imperial Japanese Navy warship
gptkbp:aircraft_catapult 1
gptkbp:aircraftCarried 3 floatplanes
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Type_96_25_mm_AA_guns
12 × 14-inch (356 mm) guns
16 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns
114 mm (deck)
305 mm (belt)
8 × 5-inch (127 mm) AA guns
gptkbp:beam 28.65 m
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kure_Naval_Arsenal
gptkbp:causeOfSinking gunfire and torpedoes from US Navy ships
gptkbp:class Fusō-class battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 31 March 1917
gptkbp:country gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkbp:crew 1,396
gptkbp:decommissioned never decommissioned (sunk in action)
gptkbp:displacement 39,154 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 8.7 m
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:final_commander gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Shoji_Nishimura
gptkbp:flag gptkb:1st_Battleship_Division
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese battleship Yamashiro
gptkbp:laidDown 20 November 1913
gptkbp:launched 3 March 1915
gptkbp:length 212.75 m
gptkbp:locationSunk Surigao Strait, Philippines
gptkbp:lost_with most of her crew
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Yamashiro_Province
gptkbp:naval_registry_number gptkb:Battleship_No._2
gptkbp:notable_for last Japanese battleship lost in combat
last battleship sunk by gunfire in history
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Southern_Force_(Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf)
gptkbp:propulsion 4 shafts, steam turbines
gptkbp:renovated 1937–1938
1930–1935
gptkbp:servicePeriod 1917–1944
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Japanese_battleship_Fusō
gptkbp:speed 24.7 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 25 October 1944
gptkbp:World_War_I_service yes
gptkbp:WWII_service yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yokosuka_Naval_Arsenal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5