Japanese heavy cruiser Takao
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Japanese heavy cruiser Takao was a powerful and heavily armed Takao-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cruiser Takao | 1 |
| Japanese heavy cruiser Takao canonical | 1 |
| heavy cruiser Takao | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1090453 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese heavy cruiser Takao Context triple: [Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, involvedShip, Japanese heavy cruiser Takao]
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Japanese battlecruiser Takao
Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
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Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
The Japanese heavy cruiser Atago was a Takao-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a major surface combatant in numerous Pacific Theater engagements during World War II.
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Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Yubari
Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.
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E.
Japanese cruiser Chokai
Japanese cruiser Chokai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese heavy cruiser Takao Target entity description: Japanese heavy cruiser Takao was a powerful and heavily armed Takao-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II.
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A.
Japanese battlecruiser Takao
Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
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B.
Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
The Japanese heavy cruiser Atago was a Takao-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a major surface combatant in numerous Pacific Theater engagements during World War II.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Yubari
Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.
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E.
Japanese cruiser Chokai
Japanese cruiser Chokai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
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Takao-class heavy cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | floatplanes ⓘ |
| armament | torpedo tubes for Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedoes ⓘ |
| baseOfOperations | Singapore ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 20.4 m ⓘ |
| builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1932-05-31 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | approximately 700–800 officers and men ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
United States Navy submarine
ⓘ
surface form:
US Navy submarines
air attack ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 15,800 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 9,850 tons ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 6.3 m ⓘ |
| fate | sunk as a target ship ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1927-04-28 ⓘ |
| launched | 1930-05-12 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 203.8 m ⓘ |
| mainArmament | 10 × 20.3 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 35.5 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mount Takao ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Midway operation ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Midway (support operations)
Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea (support operations)
Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ Battle of the Sibuyan Sea ⓘ Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal Campaign
Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Ocean raid (1942)
Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of the Philippines (1941)
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| scrapped | no; destroyed as target rather than broken up in dockyard ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | 12 cm naval guns ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Takao-class cruiser
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Takao-class cruiser ⓘ
surface form:
Takao-class heavy cruiser
|
| sisterShip |
Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
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Japanese cruiser Chokai ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese heavy cruiser Chōkai
Japanese cruiser Maya ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese heavy cruiser Maya
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| status | heavily damaged and immobilized at Singapore late in World War II ⓘ |
| sunkDate | 1946-10-27 ⓘ |
| sunkLocation | off Malaya ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific War ⓘ |
| torpedoedBy |
Royal Navy midget submarines
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surface form:
British midget submarines (Operation Struggle)
USS Darter ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Japanese heavy cruiser Takao Description of subject: Japanese heavy cruiser Takao was a powerful and heavily armed Takao-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
this entity surface form:
heavy cruiser Takao
this entity surface form:
Cruiser Takao