Japanese Center Force

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Imperial Japanese Navy fleet formation naval task force

The Japanese Center Force was the main Imperial Japanese Navy surface fleet under Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita that fought in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, including the engagement off Samar.

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Label	Occurrences
Japanese Center Force canonical	4

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy fleet formation ⓘ naval task force ⓘ
commander	Takeo Kurita ⓘ
commanderRank	Vice Admiral ⓘ
component	Japanese battleship Hiei ⓘ surface form: battleship Haruna Japanese battlecruiser Kongō ⓘ surface form: battleship Kongō Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ surface form: battleship Musashi Japanese battleship Nagato ⓘ surface form: battleship Nagato Yamato-class battleship ⓘ surface form: battleship Yamato destroyer screen ⓘ Japanese heavy cruiser Atago ⓘ surface form: heavy cruiser Atago heavy cruiser Chikuma ⓘ heavy cruiser Chōkai ⓘ heavy cruiser Haguro ⓘ heavy cruiser Kumano ⓘ heavy cruiser Maya ⓘ heavy cruiser Myōkō ⓘ heavy cruiser Suzuya ⓘ heavy cruiser Takao ⓘ Japanese heavy cruiser Tone ⓘ surface form: heavy cruiser Tone Japanese light cruiser Yahagi ⓘ surface form: light cruiser Yahagi
conflict	Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle off Samar ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
date	October 1944 ⓘ
engaged	U.S. Task Unit 77.4.3 ⓘ surface form: Task Unit 77.4.3 Taffy 3 U.S. Seventh Fleet escort carriers ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1940s ⓘ
lostShip	Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ surface form: battleship Musashi Japanese heavy cruiser Atago ⓘ surface form: heavy cruiser Atago heavy cruiser Chikuma ⓘ heavy cruiser Chōkai ⓘ heavy cruiser Kumano ⓘ surface form: heavy cruiser Kumano (crippled) heavy cruiser Maya ⓘ heavy cruiser Suzuya ⓘ
notableFeature	included super-battleship Yamato ⓘ
objective	attack U.S. invasion fleet off Leyte ⓘ
operation	Sho-Go 1 ⓘ
operationalRole	main surface fleet in Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
opponent	United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
result	withdrew from Battle off Samar ⓘ
route	San Bernardino Strait ⓘ Sibuyan Sea ⓘ
side	Axis powers ⓘ surface form: Axis Powers
strategicOutcome	failed to destroy U.S. invasion fleet at Leyte ⓘ
theater	Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II

Referenced by (4)

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

Battle off Samar → combatantFormation → Japanese Center Force ⓘ

Battle of the Sibuyan Sea → opposingForce → Japanese Center Force ⓘ

U.S. Task Unit 77.4.3 → opponent → Japanese Center Force ⓘ

USS Hoel (DD-533) → engagedOpponent → Japanese Center Force ⓘ