Sōryū

E4285

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sōryū canonical	12
Soryu	8
Sōryū (Blue Dragon)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ warship ⓘ
aircraftTypeCarried	Aichi D3A dive bombers ⓘ surface form: Aichi D3A Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters ⓘ surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers ⓘ surface form: Nakajima B5N
airGroupSize	about 57 aircraft ⓘ
armament	127 mm dual-purpose guns ⓘ 25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
attackedBy	USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor Battle of Midway ⓘ Indian Ocean raid ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: 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 (21)

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

Battle of Midway → involvedShipJapan → Sōryū ⓘ

Battle of Midway → lostByJapan → Sōryū ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Navy → notableShip → Sōryū ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soryu

Sōryū → hullNumber → Sōryū self-link ⓘ

Hiryū → precededBy → Sōryū ⓘ

Hiryū → sisterShip → Sōryū ⓘ

First Air Fleet → componentUnit → Sōryū ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soryu

Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers → usedFromCarrier → Sōryū ⓘ

subject surface form: Nakajima B5N

this entity surface form: Soryu

Operation Z → involves → Sōryū ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soryu

Kido Butai → composedOf → Sōryū ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soryu

Hiryu → precededBy → Sōryū ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soryu

CV-2 (IJN internal designation, not US-style) → sisterShip → Sōryū ⓘ

subject surface form: Hiryū

First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → component → Sōryū ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soryu

Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → notableShip → Sōryū ⓘ

Mobile Fleet → notableShip → Sōryū ⓘ

fleet carrier Hiryu → sisterShip → Sōryū ⓘ

subject surface form: Hiryū

CV-2 → precededBy → Sōryū ⓘ

CV-2 → sisterShipOf → Sōryū ⓘ

Carrier Division 2 → includedShip → Sōryū ⓘ

Mitsubishi A5M fighters → usedFromAircraftCarrier → Sōryū ⓘ

subject surface form: Mitsubishi A5M

this entity surface form: Soryu

Sōryū-class submarine → namedAfter → Sōryū ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sōryū (Blue Dragon)