Kongō-class battleship

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:advances 1940s
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 3 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 inch guns
8 × 14 inch guns
gptkbp:armor gptkb:steel
305 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:class gptkb:Kongō-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1913
gptkbp:crew_capacity 1,200
gptkbp:decommissioned 1948
gptkbp:displacement 36,000 tons
gptkbp:famous_for high speed and firepower
gptkbp:fate scrapped
scrapped in 1946
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:first_modern_battleship_of_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kongō-class battleship
gptkbp:launched 1912
gptkbp:length 222 meters
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:Battle_of_Jutland
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:name gptkb:Haruna
gptkb:Hiei
gptkb:Kirishima
gptkb:Kongō
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
gptkb:Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:4
4 × 21 inch tubes
gptkbp:operational_theater Pacific Theater
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:origin gptkb:British_Dreadnoughts
gptkbp:post_war_career scrapped after the war
gptkbp:primary_role fleet engagement
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_21_radar
gptkbp:revival 1930s
gptkbp:role gptkb:ship
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:service_frequency 1913-1948
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Haruna
gptkb:Hiei
gptkb:Kirishima
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:IJN_Kirishima
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4