Sōryū

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Imperial Japanese Navy ship aircraft carrier warship

Sōryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.

Aliases (1)

Soryu ×7

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy ship → aircraft carrier → warship →
aircraftTypeCarried	Aichi D3A → Mitsubishi A6M Zero → Nakajima B5N →
airGroupSize	about 57 aircraft →
armament	127 mm dual-purpose guns → 25 mm anti-aircraft guns →
attackedBy	USS Yorktown air group →
beam	about 21.3 m →
builder	Kure Naval Arsenal →
causeOfSinking	bombs from US Navy carrier aircraft →
commissioned	1937-12-29 →
conflict	World War II →
country	Japan →
crewComplement	about 1,100 officers and men →
dateSunk	1942-06-04 →
designFeature	island superstructure on starboard side → two hangar decks →
displacementFullLoad	about 19,800 tons →
displacementStandard	about 16,200 tons →
draft	about 7.6 m →
era	World War II → interwar period →
flagshipFor	Carrier Division 2 (at times) →
hullNumber	Sōryū →
laidDown	1934-11-20 →
launched	1935-12-23 →
length	about 227.5 m →
locationSunk	northwest of Midway Atoll →
namesake	blue dragon →
navy	Imperial Japanese Navy →
operationAtPearlHarbor	launched aircraft against US targets on Oahu →
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy →
participatedIn	Attack on Pearl Harbor → Battle of Midway → Indian Ocean raid → Second Sino-Japanese War →
predecessorInClass	none →
propulsion	oil-fired boilers → steam turbines →
shaftCount	4 →
shipClass	Sōryū-class aircraft carrier →
status	wreck →
successorInClass	Hiryū →
sunkIn	Battle of Midway →
topSpeed	about 34.5 knots →
warTheater	Pacific War →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hiryu ("Soryu") → Hiryū →	precededBy
Hiryū → Hiryū →	sisterShip
First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy ("Soryu") →	component
First Air Fleet ("Soryu") →	componentUnit
Kido Butai ("Soryu") →	composedOf
Sōryū →	hullNumber
Battle of Midway →	involvedShipJapan
Operation Z ("Soryu") →	involves
Battle of Midway →	lostByJapan
Imperial Japanese Navy ("Soryu") →	notableShip
Nakajima B5N ("Soryu") →	usedFromCarrier