Yamato-class battleships

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:antiAircraftArmament up to 162 × 25 mm AA guns
gptkbp:armament 12 × 127 mm guns
12 × 155 mm guns
9 × 46 cm (18.1 in) guns
gptkbp:armorBelt up to 410 mm
gptkbp:armorDeck up to 200 mm
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Mitsubishi_Nagasaki_Shipyard
gptkb:Kure_Naval_Arsenal
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crewComplement 2,500–2,800
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Yuzuru_Hiraga
gptkbp:designedFor gptkb:US_Navy_battleships
gptkbp:displacement up to 72,800 tons (full load)
gptkbp:enteredService 1941
gptkbp:fateOfMusashi sunk 24 October 1944
gptkbp:fateOfShinano sunk 29 November 1944
gptkbp:fateOfYamato sunk 7 April 1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yamato-class battleships
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Musashi:_1940
gptkb:Yamato:_1940
Shinano: 1944
gptkbp:leadShip gptkb:Yamato
gptkbp:length 263 meters
gptkbp:maximumSpeed 27 knots
gptkbp:nickname Hotel Yamato (for Yamato)
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_Sibuyan_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
gptkbp:notableFor largest battleships ever built
gptkbp:numberBuilt 3
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:otherShips gptkb:Musashi
gptkb:Shinano
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped none (all sunk in WWII)
gptkbp:servicePeriod 1941–1945
gptkbp:ShinanoConvertedTo gptkb:ship
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Type_96_25_mm_AA_guns
gptkb:Mitsubishi_Shipbuilding_Co.,_Ltd.
gptkb:Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shinano
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7