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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy ship → aircraft carrier → warship →
aircraftTypeOperated	Aichi D3A → 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	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 → Battle of Midway NERFINISHED →
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 → Battle of Midway → Indian Ocean raid → Second Sino-Japanese War →
partOf	Kido Butai →
precededBy	Soryu →
propulsion	4 shafts → steam turbines →
scuttledBy	Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers →
serviceBranch	Imperial Japanese Navy →
shipClass	Hiryu-class aircraft carrier →
sunkDuring	Battle of Midway NERFINISHED →
survivorsRescuedBy	Japanese destroyers →
theater	Pacific War →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy →	component
First Air Fleet →	componentUnit
Kido Butai →	composedOf
Operation Z →	involves
Nakajima B5N →	usedFromCarrier