Japanese submarine attack on Fort Stevens (1942)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:attackingUnit gptkb:Japanese_submarine_I-25
gptkbp:baseDefense gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:casualties nan
gptkbp:commander Akiji Tagami
gptkbp:date June 21, 1942
gptkbp:destroyedBy Base's baseball field and power lines damaged
gptkbp:historicalName Occurred shortly after the Battle of Midway
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese submarine attack on Fort Stevens (1942)
gptkbp:location Fort Stevens, Oregon, United States
gptkbp:numberOfShellsFired 17
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:response Fort Stevens did not return fire
gptkbp:result Minor damage to Fort Stevens
gptkbp:significance One of the few attacks on the US mainland during World War II
gptkbp:target gptkb:Fort_Stevens
gptkbp:weapon artillery
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harbor_Defenses_of_the_Columbia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7