Japanese cruiser Furutaka

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Savo_Island
gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Esperance
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 2 × floatplanes
gptkbp:armament 4 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
8 × 203 mm guns
12 × 25 mm guns
8 × 120 mm guns
gptkbp:armor 50 mm belt armor
25 mm deck armor
gptkbp:class gptkb:Furutaka-class_cruiser
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Furutaka-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1931
gptkbp:completed 1931
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:crew 600 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Second_Sino-Japanese_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:disbandment_date scrapped in 1946
gptkbp:displacement 8,500 tons
gptkbp:famous_for being one of the first heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sunk by USS Albacore
gptkbp:home_port Kure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese cruiser Furutaka
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1930
gptkbp:length 186.6 meters
gptkbp:losses gptkb:1944
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:None
gptkbp:notable_event First ship to be sunk by a submarine in the Pacific War.
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Savo_Island
gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Esperance
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × steam turbines
4 × boilers
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_21_radar
gptkbp:range 7,000 nautical miles at 14 knots
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:1944
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Japanese_cruiser_Aoba
gptkb:Japanese_cruiser_Kako
gptkb:Japanese_cruiser_Ashigara
gptkb:Japanese_cruiser_Myoko
gptkbp:speed 32 knots