Japanese destroyer Niizuki

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Type_96_25_mm_AA_guns
6 × 127 mm guns
8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
gptkbp:beam 10.8 m
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Fujinagata_Shipyards
gptkbp:causeOfLoss Sunk by gunfire and torpedoes from US Navy destroyers
gptkbp:class gptkb:ship
gptkbp:commissioned 31 December 1942
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crew 228
gptkbp:displacement 2,110 tons (standard)
gptkbp:fate Sunk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese destroyer Niizuki
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 119.17 m
gptkbp:namedAfter Mount Niizuki, Japan
gptkbp:notableFor First Japanese warship equipped with Type 22 surface-search radar
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Kolombangara
gptkbp:propulsion 2-shaft Kampon geared turbines
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 6 July 1943
off Kolombangara, Solomon Islands
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Kula
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7