Yamato-class battleships

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft 3 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 9 × 46 cm guns
12 × 15.5 cm guns
40 × 25 mm guns
gptkbp:armor 410 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:commissioned 1941
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crew 2,500 personnel
gptkbp:culturalImpact featured in media and literature
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:U.S._Navy_aircraft
gptkb:East_China_Sea
April 7, 1945
gptkbp:design Yamato_design
gptkbp:displacement 72,800 tons
gptkbp:draft 11 meters
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
gptkbp:famousFor heavy armor
large caliber guns
symbol_of_Japanese_naval_power
gptkbp:fate sunk in battle
gptkbp:firstPublished 1941
1945
gptkbp:historicalImpact demonstrated naval power
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:historicalSignificance largest battleships ever built
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yamato-class battleships
gptkbp:influencedBy Treaty of Versailles
naval arms race
gptkbp:launched 1940
gptkbp:legacy influence on naval warfare
gptkbp:length 263 meters
gptkbp:lengthOverall 263 meters
gptkbp:maintainedBy museums and exhibits
gptkbp:notable_alumni Musashi
Yamato
gptkbp:notableFeature advanced technology
massive size
powerful armament
gptkbp:numberBuilt 2
gptkbp:operationalRange 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:role battleship
gptkbp:secondaryMission gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
gptkbp:secondaryRole shore bombardment
fleet engagement
gptkbp:services gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:successor aircraft carriers
gptkbp:width 38.9 meters