Shokaku-class aircraft carrier

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:transport_aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_operated up to 100 aircraft
elevators for aircraft handling
for 70 aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_type gptkb:fighter_aircraft
dive bombers
torpedo bombers
gptkbp:armament 8 × 127 mm guns
4 × 25 mm AA guns
2 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
gptkbp:beam 105 feet
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Shokaku
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Allied_forces
1945
gptkbp:design modified aircraft carrier design
gptkbp:design_feature island superstructure
armor protection
high speed for its time
large flight deck area
gptkbp:displacement 34,800 tons
gptkbp:drafted_by 30 feet
gptkbp:fate scrapped after the war
gptkbp:fate_of_shokaku sunk in 1944
gptkbp:fate_of_zuikaku sunk in 1944
gptkbp:flight_deck full-length flight deck
gptkbp:historical_event participated in the Battle of the Java Sea
participated in Pearl Harbor attack
participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
gptkbp:historical_significance one of the most advanced carriers of its time
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shokaku-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:launch_platform catapult system
gptkbp:launched 1939
gptkbp:legacy influenced post-war carrier designs
gptkbp:length 872 feet
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:name gptkb:Shokaku
gptkb:Zuikaku
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Coral_Sea
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
2
gptkbp:operational_range 1,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:role fleet carrier
gptkbp:second_ship_commissioned gptkb:Zuikaku
gptkbp:service_frequency 1941-1945
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Zuikaku
gptkbp:speed 34 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Japanese_8th_Fleet
gptkb:Hiryu-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkb:IJN_Shokaku_(1941)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5