Hiryu

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Imperial Japanese Navy ship aircraft carrier warship

Hiryu was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War battles, including the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway.

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Label Occurrences
Hiryu canonical 9

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ
warship ⓘ
aircraftTypeOperated Aichi D3A dive bombers ⓘ
surface form: Aichi D3A

Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters ⓘ
surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Nakajima B5N ⓘ
airGroupSize about 70 aircraft ⓘ
armament 127 mm dual-purpose guns ⓘ
25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
attackedBy USS Enterprise aircraft ⓘ
USS Yorktown aircraft ⓘ
beam 22.3 m ⓘ
builder Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ
casualties hundreds of crew killed ⓘ
causeOfSinking U.S. carrier aircraft attack ⓘ
commanderAtMidway Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi ⓘ
commissioned 1939-07-05 ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
dateOfSinking 1942-06-05 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad about 20000 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard about 17000 tons ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
fate sunk ⓘ
flagshipOf Carrier Division 2 ⓘ
hullNumber CV-2 ⓘ
laidDown 1936-07-08 ⓘ
launched 1937-11-16 ⓘ
launchedAircraftDuring attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Battle of Midway ⓘ
length 227.5 m ⓘ
locationDuringAttackOnPearlHarbor North of Oahu ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 34 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Flying Dragon ⓘ
notableFor role in early Pacific carrier warfare ⓘ
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
partOf Kido Butai ⓘ
precededBy Sōryū ⓘ
surface form: Soryu
propulsion 4 shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
scuttledBy Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
shipClass Hiryū-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
surface form: Hiryu-class aircraft carrier
sunkDuring Battle of Midway ⓘ
survivorsRescuedBy Japanese destroyers ⓘ
theater Pacific War ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

First Air Fleet → componentUnit → Hiryu ⓘ
Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers → usedFromCarrier → Hiryu ⓘ
subject surface form: Nakajima B5N
Operation Z → involves → Hiryu ⓘ
Kido Butai → composedOf → Hiryu ⓘ
First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → component → Hiryu ⓘ
fleet carrier Soryu → succeededBy → Hiryu ⓘ
subject surface form: Soryu
Flying Dragon → translationOf → Hiryu ⓘ
Flying Dragon → romanizationOf → Hiryu ⓘ
Mitsubishi A5M fighters → usedFromAircraftCarrier → Hiryu ⓘ
subject surface form: Mitsubishi A5M