Japanese battleship Yamato

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft floatplanes
gptkbp:armament 9 × 46 cm (18.1 in) guns
gptkbp:battle Battle of the Philippine Sea
April 7, 1945
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkb:Kobe,_Japan
gptkbp:built 1940
gptkbp:casualties few crew members
gptkbp:class gptkb:Yamato-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned December 16, 1941
gptkbp:crew 2,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:U.S._Navy_aircraft
April 7, 1945
gptkbp:displacement 72,800 tons
gptkbp:famous_for heavy artillery
largest naval guns
gptkbp:fate sunk_by_U.S._aircraft
gptkbp:flowsInto 4
black
gptkbp:height 30 meters
gptkbp:historical_significance symbol_of_Imperial_Japan's_naval_power
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Kure,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese battleship Yamato
gptkbp:impact influence on naval warfare
gptkbp:inspiration to_counter_U.S._Navy_battleships
gptkbp:launched August 8, 1940
gptkbp:length 263 meters
gptkbp:nickname Yamato
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
gptkbp:notable_feature massive size
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:order to engage enemy fleet
gptkbp:productionYears 1941-1945
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 21 radar
gptkbp:range 7,200 nautical miles
gptkbp:resolution up to 410 mm (16.1 in)
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:East_China_Sea
gptkbp:role naval warfare
gptkbp:secondary_mission April 6, 1945
to_attack_U.S._forces_in_Okinawa
gptkbp:significance largest battleship ever built
gptkbp:sister_ship true
Musashi
Musashi_also_sunk
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 4 × 610 mm (24 in)