Japanese battleship Hiei

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Imperial Japanese Navy ship Kongō-class battleship fast battleship warship

Japanese battleship Hiei was a Kongō-class fast battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1942.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Japanese battlecruiser Hiei	1
Japanese battleship Hiei canonical	1
Japanese battleship Kirishima	1
battleship Haruna	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ Kongō-class battleship ⓘ fast battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ
aircraftCarried	floatplanes for reconnaissance ⓘ
armament	8 × 14-inch (356 mm) main guns ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ secondary 6-inch guns ⓘ torpedo tubes (as built) ⓘ
armor	belt armor up to about 203 mm (as built) ⓘ
builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ
causeOfSinking	damage from U.S. surface gunfire and air attack ⓘ
commissioned	1914-08-04 ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement	about 1200 officers and men (wartime) ⓘ
displacement	about 27000 tons (standard, as built) ⓘ over 32000 tons (full load, post-modernization) ⓘ
fate	sunk ⓘ
laidDown	1911-11-04 ⓘ
launched	1912-11-21 ⓘ
length	about 222 meters ⓘ
locationOfSinking	near Guadalcanal ⓘ
modernized	1929–1931 ⓘ 1936–1940 ⓘ
namedAfter	Mount Hiei ⓘ
notable	first Japanese battleship lost in World War II ⓘ
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn	attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign Indian Ocean raid ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
propulsion	steam turbines ⓘ
role	fast battleship and carrier escort ⓘ
sea	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
shipClass	Kongō-class battlecruiser ⓘ surface form: Kongō-class battleship
sisterShip	Japanese battlecruiser Haruna ⓘ surface form: Japanese battleship Haruna Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima ⓘ surface form: Japanese battleship Kirishima Japanese battlecruiser Kongō ⓘ surface form: Japanese battleship Kongō
status	shipwreck ⓘ
sunkDuring	Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
sunkIn	Ironbottom Sound ⓘ
sunkOn	1942-11-13 ⓘ
task	escort for aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbor ⓘ
theater	Pacific War ⓘ
topSpeed	about 30 knots (post-modernization) ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal → involvedShip → Japanese battleship Hiei ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Kirishima

Kongō-class battlecruiser → hasMember → Japanese battleship Hiei ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese battlecruiser Hiei

Japanese Center Force → component → Japanese battleship Hiei ⓘ

this entity surface form: battleship Haruna