Kongō-class

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft seaplanes
gptkbp:antiSubmarineWarfare 8 × 5 inch guns
gptkbp:armament 8 × 14 inch guns
gptkbp:armor steel
200 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:class battlecruiser
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crewSize 1,200
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:designedBy Naval_Technical_Department_of_Japan
gptkbp:displacement 36,000 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:firstMatch sunk by air attack
gptkbp:flowsInto 4
gptkbp:hasMember 4
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first modern battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kongō-class
gptkbp:innovation post-World_War_I
gptkbp:launched 1912
gptkbp:length 230 meters
gptkbp:mainCharacter 14 inches
gptkbp:notable_alumni gptkb:Kongō
Hiei
Kirishima
Haruna
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 21 radar
gptkbp:renovated 1930s
gptkbp:secondaryRole 16 × 5 inch guns
gptkbp:services 1913
1944
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Kongō
Hiei
Kirishima
Haruna
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 4 × 21 inch torpedo tubes