Shoukaku-class aircraft carrier

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:transport_aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:catapult
3,000 square meters
arrestor wires
72 aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_type gptkb:Grumman_F4_F_Wildcat
gptkb:Mitsubishi_A6_M_Zero
gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
gptkb:Douglas_SBD_Dauntless
gptkb:Nakajima_B5_N
gptkbp:armament 8 × 127 mm guns
4 × 25 mm AA guns
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:beam 30.5 meters
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Shoukaku
gptkb:Zuikaku
gptkbp:commissioned 1941
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crew_capacity 2,000 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1944
gptkbp:design conventional aircraft carrier
gptkbp:disbandment_date war losses
gptkbp:displacement 34,800 tons
gptkbp:drafted_by 9.1 meters
gptkbp:elevation_of_flight_deck 10 meters
gptkbp:fate sunk by submarine
gptkbp:flight_deck 8,000 square meters
gptkbp:historical_significance influenced post-war carrier designs
first Japanese carrier to operate a large air group
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shoukaku-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:launch_date gptkb:1940
gptkbp:length 256 meters
gptkbp:location gptkb:Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:notable_ships 2
gptkbp:operational_range 1,200 nautical miles
gptkbp:powers 120,000 shp
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Kaga
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:role gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:service_frequency 1941-1944
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Zuikaku
gptkbp:speed 34 knots
gptkbp:successor Taihō-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:sunk October 25, 1944
gptkbp:type fleet carrier
gptkbp:year 1941
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shoukaku
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6