Japanese battleship Musashi

E327406

Yamato-class battleship battleship capital ship

The Japanese battleship Musashi was one of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s largest and most heavily armed warships of World War II, serving as a Yamato-class super-battleship before being sunk in 1944.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Japanese battleship Musashi canonical	4
battleship Musashi	3

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Yamato-class battleship ⓘ battleship ⓘ capital ship ⓘ
armament	multiple 25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armorBeltThickness	up to 410 mm ⓘ
attackedBy	U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ
beam	38.9 meters ⓘ
builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard ⓘ surface form: Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
class	Yamato-class battleship ⓘ surface form: Yamato class
commissioned	1942-08-05 ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement	around 2400 officers and men ⓘ
deckArmorThickness	up to about 200 mm ⓘ
displacementFullLoad	about 72000 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard	about 65000 tons ⓘ
draft	11 meters ⓘ
era	World War II ⓘ
fate	Sunk in combat ⓘ
flagOfficer	Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ surface form: Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Admiral Mineichi Koga ⓘ
flagshipPeriodEnd	1944-02 ⓘ
flagshipPeriodStart	1943-02 ⓘ
laidDown	1938-03-29 ⓘ
launchDate	1940-11-01 ⓘ
lengthOverall	263 meters ⓘ
locationOfWreck	Sibuyan Sea ⓘ
mainArmament	9 × 46 cm (18.1 in) guns ⓘ
mainBatteryConfiguration	3 triple turrets ⓘ
maximumSpeed	27 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	Musashi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the largest battleships ever built ⓘ
numberOfBombHits	more than 15 ⓘ
numberOfTorpedoHits	more than 15 ⓘ
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
propulsion	4 propeller shafts ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
role	fleet flagship ⓘ
secondaryArmament	12 × 15.5 cm guns ⓘ 12.7 cm dual-purpose guns ⓘ
servedAsFlagshipOf	Combined Fleet ⓘ
sisterShip	Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano ⓘ surface form: Japanese battleship Shinano Yamato-class battleship ⓘ surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato
sunkBy	U.S. Navy aircraft ⓘ
sunkDuring	Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
sunkIn	Sibuyan Sea ⓘ
sunkOn	1944-10-24 ⓘ
tookPartIn	Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
wreckDiscoveredBy	expedition funded by Paul Allen ⓘ
wreckDiscoveryDate	2015-03-02 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Battle of the Sibuyan Sea → notableShipSunk → Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ

Yamato-class battleship → hasPart → Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ

Sibuyan Sea → shipSunk → Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ

Sibuyan Sea → discoveredWreckOf → Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ

Japanese Center Force → component → Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ

this entity surface form: battleship Musashi

Japanese Center Force → lostShip → Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ

this entity surface form: battleship Musashi

First Striking Force → includedShip → Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ

this entity surface form: battleship Musashi