Kaga

E2588

Imperial Japanese Navy ship aircraft carrier warship

Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy ship → aircraft carrier → warship →
aircraftTypesCarried	Aichi D3A dive bombers → Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters → Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers →
airGroupSizeEarlyWar	about 90 aircraft →
armament	127 mm dual-purpose guns → 203 mm guns (original fit) → 25 mm anti-aircraft guns →
attackedBy	USS Enterprise air group →
beam	26.0 m →
casualties	over 800 crew killed →
causeOfSinking	U.S. Navy carrier aircraft attack →
commissioned	1928-03-31 →
conflict	Pacific War →
constructionSite	Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe →
conversionType	converted battleship to aircraft carrier →
country	Japan →
dateOfPearlHarborAttackParticipation	1941-12-07 →
dateOfSinking	1942-06-04 →
displacementFullLoad	over 38,000 tons →
displacementStandard	about 26,900 tons →
draft	8.71 m →
fate	scuttled after being fatally damaged →
fleetAssignment	First Air Fleet (Kido Butai) →
homePort	Kure Naval Base →
laidDown	1920-07-19 →
launched	1921-11-17 →
length	247.65 m →
locationOfSinking	northwest of Midway Atoll →
maximumSpeed	28 knots →
namedAfter	Kaga Province →
notableOperation	Attack on Pearl Harbor → Battle of Midway → Indian Ocean Raid →
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy →
originalShipType	Tosa-class battleship hull →
propulsion	8 Kampon boilers → steam turbines →
roleAtPearlHarbor	launched carrier air strikes on U.S. Pacific Fleet →
scuttledBy	Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers →
serviceBranch	Imperial Japanese Navy →
shaftCount	4 →
shipClass	Kaga-class aircraft carrier →
status	shipwreck →
sunkIn	Battle of Midway →
worldWar	World War II →
wreckDiscovery	located by RV Petrel expedition →
yearOfWreckDiscovery	2019 →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy →	component
First Carrier Division →	componentShip
First Air Fleet →	componentUnit
Kido Butai →	composedOf
Battle of Midway →	involvedShipJapan
Operation Z →	involves
Battle of Midway →	lostByJapan
Imperial Japanese Navy →	notableShip
Nakajima B5N →	usedFromCarrier