Japanese carrier Hiyo

E178405
Imperial Japanese Navy ship aircraft carrier warship

Japanese carrier Hiyo was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier of World War II that saw major action in the Pacific before being sunk during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in 1944.

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Label Occurrences
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiyo 1
Japanese carrier Hiyo canonical 1
Japanese carrier Hiyō 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ
warship ⓘ
aircraftType Aichi D3A dive bombers ⓘ
surface form: Aichi D3A

Mitsubishi A6M ⓘ
surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Nakajima B5N ⓘ
airGroupSize about 48 aircraft ⓘ
armament 12 × 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 dual-purpose guns ⓘ
Type 96 25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armorType lightly armored flight deck ⓘ
battleOfSinking Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
beam 26.7 m ⓘ
builder Tokyo Ishikawajima Shipbuilding and Engineering ⓘ
surface form: Ishikawajima Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
catapult none ⓘ
causeOfSinking torpedo hits from U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ
commissioned 1942-07-31 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
conversionFrom passenger liner Izumo Maru ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement about 1,200 officers and men ⓘ
dateOfSinking 1944-06-20 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad about 27,500 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard about 24,150 tons ⓘ
draft 8.15 m ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
fate sunk ⓘ
flag Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (variant as naval ensign) ⓘ
surface form: Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan
flightDeckConfiguration single full-length flight deck ⓘ
hullType conventional monohull ⓘ
isPartOf Japanese carrier fleet in the Pacific War ⓘ
laidDown 1939-11-30 ⓘ
launched 1941-06-24 ⓘ
length 219.32 m ⓘ
locationOfSinking Philippine Sea ⓘ
maximumSpeed 25.5 knots ⓘ
navalCategory fleet carrier ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
originalType passenger liner hull ⓘ
powerOutput about 56,250 shp ⓘ
propulsion 4 shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
range about 11,700 nmi at 18 knots ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
shipClass Hiyō-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
shipyard Tokyo ⓘ
sisterShip Japanese carrier Junyo ⓘ
theater Pacific War ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Battle of the Philippine Sea → aircraftCarrierInvolved → Japanese carrier Hiyo ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea → shipsSunk → Japanese carrier Hiyo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese aircraft carrier Hiyo
2nd Carrier Division → primaryAsset → Japanese carrier Hiyo ⓘ
this entity surface form: fleet carrier Hiyo
Japanese carrier Junyo → sisterShip → Japanese carrier Hiyo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese carrier Hiyō