Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima

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battlecruiser capital ship warship

Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima was an Imperial Japanese Navy capital ship of World War II that fought in several major Pacific engagements before being sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima canonical	1
Japanese battleship Kirishima	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battlecruiser ⓘ capital ship ⓘ warship ⓘ
armament	8 × 14-inch (356 mm) main guns ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ secondary battery of 6-inch guns ⓘ
builder	Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ
class	Kongō-class battlecruiser NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissioned	1915-04-19 ⓘ
completed	1915-04-19 ⓘ
conflict	Pacific War ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
crewComplement	about 1200 officers and men after reconstruction ⓘ
dateOfSinking	1942-11-15 ⓘ
decommissioned	1942-11-15 ⓘ
displacement	about 27000 tons standard after reconstruction ⓘ
era	early 20th century warship ⓘ
fate	sunk in battle ⓘ
homePort	Yokosuka Naval District NERFINISHED ⓘ
laidDown	1912-03-17 ⓘ
launchDate	1913-12-01 ⓘ
length	about 222 meters ⓘ
locationOfWreck	Ironbottom Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumSpeed	about 30 knots after reconstruction ⓘ
modernized	1930s ⓘ
namedAfter	Mount Kirishima NERFINISHED ⓘ
navalFleet	Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
navalRole	escort for aircraft carriers ⓘ shore bombardment ⓘ
notableEngagement	night action against US battleships off Guadalcanal ⓘ
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn	Attack on Pearl Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Midway NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadalcanal Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean raid NERFINISHED ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfSinking	Ironbottom Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ off Savo Island ⓘ
propulsion	steam turbines ⓘ
reconstructedAs	fast battleship ⓘ
shipyard	Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ
sisterShip	Japanese battlecruiser Haruna NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese battlecruiser Hiei NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese battlecruiser Kongō NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	wreck ⓘ
sunkBy	USS Washington (BB-56) NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Kongō-class battlecruiser → hasMember → Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima ⓘ

Japanese battleship Hiei → sisterShip → Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Kirishima