Washington Naval Conference

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arms control conference international diplomatic conference naval disarmament conference

The Washington Naval Conference was a major international diplomatic gathering held in Washington, D.C. from 1921 to 1922 that produced landmark naval disarmament and security treaties among the world’s leading naval powers in the interwar period.

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Label Occurrences
Washington Naval Treaty 22
Washington Naval Conference canonical 11
Washington Naval Conference agreements 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arms control conference ⓘ
international diplomatic conference ⓘ
naval disarmament conference ⓘ
affectedCountry France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
aim enhancement of collective security in East Asia and the Pacific ⓘ
naval disarmament ⓘ
prevention of naval arms race ⓘ
stabilization of power balance in the Pacific ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ワシントン会議 ⓘ
surface form: Washington Arms Conference

ワシントン会議 ⓘ
surface form: Washington Conference
chairperson Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1922-02-06 ⓘ
field arms control ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
naval history ⓘ
followedBy London Naval Conference (1930) ⓘ
surface form: London Naval Conference of 1930
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
hostedBy Warren G. Harding ⓘ
legalForm multilateral treaties ⓘ
limitedShipType aircraft carrier ⓘ
battleship ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainParticipant France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
navalRatioAgreed 5:5:3:1.67:1.67 ⓘ
navalRatioPowers United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy ⓘ
organizedBy United States government ⓘ
participant Australia ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Dominions of the British Empire ⓘ
surface form: British Dominions

Canada ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
precededBy World War I ⓘ
prohibitedAction fortification of certain Pacific islands ⓘ
prohibitedWeapon construction of new battleships above agreed limits ⓘ
result Chinese Customs Tariff Treaty ⓘ
Five-Power Treaty ⓘ
Four-Power Treaty ⓘ
Nine-Power Treaty ⓘ
Supplementary Treaty to the Four-Power Treaty ⓘ
significance cornerstone of 1920s naval arms control regime ⓘ
first successful multilateral disarmament conference ⓘ
reduced likelihood of immediate post–World War I naval conflict ⓘ
startDate 1921-11-12 ⓘ
topic Open Door policy ⓘ
surface form: Open Door policy in China

fortifications in the Pacific ⓘ
limitation of capital ships ⓘ
naval tonnage ratios ⓘ
security in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
status of China ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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

Geneva Naval Conference → follows → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
Five-Power Treaty → concludedAt → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
Five-Power Treaty → partOf → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Conference agreements
Four-Power Treaty → partOf → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
Four-Power Treaty → negotiatedAt → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
London Naval Conference (1930) → follows → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
London Naval Conference (1930) → follows → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
Eight-Eight Fleet Plan → affectedBy → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
Eight-Eight Fleet Plan → limitedBy → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
Japanese battlecruiser Amagi → navalTreatyContext → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty era
Japanese battlecruiser Atago → treatyImpact → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
Tosa-class battleship → cancellationReason → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
Tosa-class battleship → treatyContext → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
USS Salt Lake City → designTreaty → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
BB-47 → cancellationReason → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
BB-47 → scrappedUnder → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
BB-47 → treatyLimitedBy → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Conference naval limitations
HMS Iron Duke → treatyLimitation → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
Iron Duke-class battleship → treatyInfluence → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
Shandong Problem → followedBy → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Conference negotiations on Shandong
Brooklyn-class cruiser → treatyContext → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
USS Washington (BB-47) → navalTreaty → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty of 1922
V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage) → participatedIn → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: V. K. Wellington Koo
Imperial Japanese Navy shipbuilding program → affectedBy → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
Lexington class → treatyInfluence → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Lexington-class aircraft carrier
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
Lady Lex → conversionBasis → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Lexington (CV-2)
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
Town-class cruiser (1930s) → designedToComplyWith → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
London Naval Treaty → follows → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
London Naval Treaty → relatedTo → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
Warren G. Harding administration → hostedEvent → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
York class → designedUnderTreaty → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: York-class cruiser
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
HMS Nelson (damaged by torpedo) → designConstraint → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: HMS Nelson
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
CA-29 → treatyContext → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Chicago (CA-29)
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
New Orleans class → designedToComplyWith → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
County class → designedUnder → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: County-class cruiser
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper → navalArchitectureInfluence → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Admiral Hipper
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty cruiser limits
Mogami-class cruiser → treatyContext → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
United States and United Kingdom → involvedIn → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: United States–United Kingdom relations
London Naval Conference (1935–1936) → follows → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ