heavy cruiser Maya

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Imperial Japanese Navy warship Takao-class heavy cruiser World War II warship

Heavy cruiser Maya was a Takao-class Imperial Japanese Navy warship that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk by U.S. submarines in 1944.

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Label	Occurrences
heavy cruiser Maya canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy warship ⓘ Takao-class heavy cruiser ⓘ World War II warship ⓘ
aircraftCarried	floatplanes ⓘ
armamentMainGuns	10 × 203 mm guns ⓘ
armamentTorpedoes	610 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ Type 93 Long Lance torpedo ⓘ surface form: Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedoes
beam	approximately 19 meters ⓘ
builder	Kawasaki Heavy Industries ⓘ surface form: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
builtAt	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan ⓘ surface form: Kobe
causeOfLoss	torpedo attack ⓘ
class	Takao-class cruiser ⓘ
commissioned	1932-06-30 ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
dateOfSinking	1944-10-23 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad	approximately 15000 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard	approximately 9850 tons ⓘ
enhancedArmament	anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
fleetAssignment	Japanese Fifth Fleet ⓘ Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) ⓘ surface form: Japanese Second Fleet
laidDown	1928-12-04 ⓘ
launched	1930-11-08 ⓘ
length	approximately 203 meters ⓘ
maximumSpeed	approximately 35 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	Mount Maya ⓘ
notableFeature	heavy armor and powerful main battery for a cruiser ⓘ
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn	Aleutian Islands campaign ⓘ Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal campaign Pacific War ⓘ
propulsion	steam turbines ⓘ
refitPeriod	1943-1944 ⓘ
refittedAs	anti-aircraft cruiser ⓘ
shipType	heavy cruiser ⓘ
sinkingLocation	Sibuyan Sea ⓘ
sisterShip	Atago ⓘ Chōkai ⓘ surface form: Chokai Takao ⓘ
sunkBy	United States Navy submarine ⓘ surface form: U.S. Navy submarines USS Dace ⓘ USS Darter ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Second Fleet → notableShipAssigned → heavy cruiser Maya ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

Japanese Center Force → component → heavy cruiser Maya ⓘ

Japanese Center Force → lostShip → heavy cruiser Maya ⓘ