Yamato

E16094
battleship capital ship warship

Yamato was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, famed as one of the largest and most heavily armed battleships ever constructed.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Yamato canonical 14
Japanese battleship Yamato 3
Battleship Yamato 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battleship ⓘ
capital ship ⓘ
warship ⓘ
armament anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armorBeltThickness up to about 410 mm ⓘ
battle Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
beam approximately 38.9 meters ⓘ
builder Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ
causeOfSinking air attack by U.S. carrier-based aircraft ⓘ
commissioned 1941 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
crewComplement over 2,000 officers and men ⓘ
deckArmorThickness up to about 200 mm ⓘ
displacement about 72,000 tons full load ⓘ
draft approximately 11 meters ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II era
fate sunk in combat ⓘ
finalMission suicide surface attack on Allied forces at Okinawa ⓘ
flagshipPeriod 1942–1943 ⓘ
laidDown 1937 ⓘ
launched 1940 ⓘ
length approximately 263 meters ⓘ
locationOfWreck East China Sea ⓘ
mainArmament 9 × 46 cm (18.1 in) guns ⓘ
mainBatteryConfiguration 3 triple turrets ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 27 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Nara Prefecture ⓘ
surface form: Yamato Province
nationality Japanese ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest battleships ever built ⓘ
being one of the most heavily armed battleships ever constructed ⓘ
operation Operation Ten-Go ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
partOf Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
placeBuilt Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
surface form: Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
propulsion 4 propeller shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
role fleet flagship ⓘ
secondaryArmament 127 mm dual-purpose guns ⓘ
155 mm guns ⓘ
servedAsFlagshipOf Combined Fleet ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
shipType battleship ⓘ
sisterShip Musashi ⓘ
standardDisplacement about 65,000 tons ⓘ
sunkDuring Operation Ten-Go ⓘ
sunkOn 7 April 1945 ⓘ
yearOfConstruction late 1930s ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Imperial Japanese Navy → notableShip → Yamato ⓘ
Kure Naval Arsenal → notableShipConstructed → Yamato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato
Aiko, Princess Toshi → familyName → Yamato ⓘ
Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino → house → Yamato ⓘ
Operation Ten-Go → notableShip → Yamato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato
Operation Ten-Go → flagship → Yamato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato
Operation Ten-Go → navalForceComposition → Yamato ⓘ
this entity surface form: battleship Yamato
Musashi → sisterShip → Yamato ⓘ
Emperor Jimmu → allegedCoronationRegion → Yamato ⓘ
Takeo Kurita → commanded → Yamato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battleship Yamato
Battle off Samar → notableJapaneseShip → Yamato ⓘ
Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → notableShip → Yamato ⓘ
Shinano → sisterShipsByHullType → Yamato ⓘ
Mobile Fleet → notableShip → Yamato ⓘ
Action off Samar → JapaneseNotableShip → Yamato ⓘ
Center Force → flagship → Yamato ⓘ
Center Force → ship → Yamato ⓘ
Shikishima (poetic name for Japan) → associatedWith → Yamato ⓘ
subject surface form: Shikishima
Shikishima (poetic name for Japan) → contrastedWith → Yamato ⓘ
subject surface form: Shikishima