Shokaku-class

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:D3A_Val
gptkb:Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero
gptkb:B5N_Kate
conducted air operations during the war
gptkbp:armament 8 × 127 mm guns
4 × 25 mm AA guns
gptkbp:armor up to 140 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:built 3 years
gptkbp:commissionDate 1941-09-25
gptkbp:commissioned 1941
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1947-01-01
gptkbp:design designed_by_the_Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:displacement 34,800 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstPublished 1941
gptkbp:geographicalFeature gptkb:Kobe,_Japan
gptkbp:hasMember 2
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity 72 aircraft
gptkbp:historicalRole played a key role in naval aviation development.
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first aircraft carrier to be built after the Washington Naval Treaty
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Kure,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shokaku-class
gptkbp:launchDate 1940-06-01
gptkbp:launched 1940
gptkbp:length 256 meters
gptkbp:navalFleet served_in_the_Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:operationalHistory operated in several major naval battles
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × steam turbines
4 × boilers
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:renovated reconstructed after 1942
gptkbp:sequel scrapped in 1948
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
1945
gptkbp:sisterShip Zuikaku
gptkbp:speed 34 knots