Musashi (battleship)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament 9 × 46 cm (18.1 in) main guns
12 × 12.7 cm anti-aircraft guns
12 × 15.5 cm secondary guns
up to 130 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:beam 38.9 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Mitsubishi_Nagasaki_Shipyard
gptkbp:commissioned 5 August 1942
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crew 2,500–2,800
gptkbp:displacement 72,800 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 11 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Musashi (battleship)
gptkbp:laidDown 29 March 1938
gptkbp:launched 1 November 1940
gptkbp:length 263 meters
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Musashi_Province
gptkbp:notableEvent Flagship of the Combined Fleet (1943–1944)
Heavily damaged and sunk by US aircraft
gptkbp:notableFor One of the largest battleships ever built
Heavily armored and armed
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Yamato_(battleship)
gptkb:Shinano_(aircraft_carrier)
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
24 October 1944
gptkbp:wreckDiscovered March 2015
gptkbp:wreckLocation gptkb:Sibuyan_Sea,_Philippines
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mitsubishi_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6