Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:aircraft
elevators
dive bombers
torpedo bombers
up to 72 aircraft
2 hangars
gptkbp:armament 8 × 127 mm guns
4 × 25 mm AA guns
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Ogawa
gptkbp:commissioned 1941
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:design Yamato-class design
gptkbp:displacement 34,800 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:first_flight angled flight deck
gptkbp:frequency 1941-1945
gptkbp:historical_event participated in Pearl Harbor attack
engaged in naval battles against the US Navy.
sunk by submarine in 1944
supported landings in the Philippines
gptkbp:historical_significance influenced post-war carrier designs
participated in the early Pacific War
first Japanese carrier to operate the Zero fighter
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1940
gptkbp:length 256 meters
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Coral_Sea
gptkbp:notable_features advanced radar systems
large flight deck
modernized during service
high speed for its time
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:Shōkaku
gptkb:Zuikaku
2
gptkbp:operational_range 1,200 nautical miles
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:replaced_by post-war carriers
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Zuikaku
gptkbp:speed 34 knots
gptkbp:type fleet carrier
gptkbp:width 30.5 meters
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shōkaku
gptkb:Japanese_Imperial_Navy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4