Japanese destroyer Kagerō

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:action sunk by aircraft
gptkbp:advances upgraded during service
gptkbp:armament 4 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
5 × 127 mm guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:class gptkb:Kagerō-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 1937
gptkbp:crew 200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
1945-08-15
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:design based on earlier destroyer classes
gptkbp:displacement 2,200 tons
gptkbp:engagements multiple naval battles
gptkbp:fate sunk in 1945
gptkbp:historical_period 1930s to 1940s
gptkbp:historical_significance part of the Imperial Japanese Navy's destroyer fleet
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Kure_Naval_Base
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese destroyer Kagerō
gptkbp:launched 1936
gptkbp:legacy influenced post-war destroyer designs
gptkbp:length 118 meters
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Kagerō
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × Kampon geared turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 22 surface search radar
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:service gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Japanese_destroyer_Yūgure
gptkb:Japanese_destroyer_Kagerō_(1940)
gptkb:Japanese_destroyer_Shirakumo
gptkb:Japanese_destroyer_Akatsuki
gptkb:Japanese_destroyer_Kuroshio
gptkb:Japanese_destroyer_Shiranui
gptkb:Japanese_destroyer_Inazuma
gptkb:Japanese_destroyer_Hibiki
gptkbp:sonar gptkb:Type_93_sonar
gptkbp:speed 36 knots
gptkbp:status lost at sea
gptkbp:survivors few crew members rescued
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Japanese_destroyer_Yūgumo
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5