Yamato-class battleship

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aircraft carrier battleship battleship class capital ship class

The Yamato-class battleships were a pair of World War II Japanese capital ships, including the famed Yamato and Musashi, that were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Japanese battleship Yamato 8
Yamato-class battleship canonical 6
battleship Yamato 5

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft carrier ⓘ
battleship ⓘ
battleship ⓘ
battleship class ⓘ
capital ship class ⓘ
antiAircraftArmament 25 mm Type 96 AA guns ⓘ
armorBeltThickness up to 410 mm ⓘ
armorDeckThickness up to 200 mm ⓘ
armorTurretFaceThickness up to 650 mm ⓘ
beam 38.9 meters ⓘ
class Yamato-class battleship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Yamato-class battleship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
classOrigin Yamato-class battleship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
commissioned 1941-12-16 ⓘ
1942-08-05 ⓘ
1944-11-19 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
constructionMethod secret program ⓘ
convertedFrom Yamato-class battleship hull ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement approximately 2500 ⓘ
designedBy Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department ⓘ
designPeriod 1930s ⓘ
displacementFullLoad 72000 long tons ⓘ
displacementStandard 65000 long tons ⓘ
draft 10.4 meters ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
fate sunk 1944-10-24 ⓘ
sunk 1944-11-29 ⓘ
sunk 1945-04-07 ⓘ
fateOfAllUnits sunk in World War II ⓘ
hasPart Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano ⓘ
Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ
Yamato-class battleship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato
intendedRole decisive fleet engagement ⓘ
laidDown 1937-11-04 ⓘ
1938-03-29 ⓘ
1940-05-04 ⓘ
launched 1940-08-08 ⓘ
1940-11-01 ⓘ
1944-10-08 ⓘ
lengthOverall 263 meters ⓘ
maximumSpeed 27 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Yamato Province ⓘ
navalDoctrine kantai kessen ⓘ
notableFor heaviest battleships ever built ⓘ
largest battleships ever built ⓘ
most heavily armed battleships ever built ⓘ
numberOfBattleshipsCompleted 2 ⓘ
numberOfUnitsCompleted 3 ⓘ
numberOfUnitsPlanned 5 ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
primaryArmament 46 cm/45 Type 94 naval gun ⓘ
primaryArmamentConfiguration 3 triple turrets ⓘ
primaryArmamentCount 9 ⓘ
propulsion oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
range 7200 nautical miles at 16 knots ⓘ
secondaryArmament 12.7 cm dual-purpose guns ⓘ
15.5 cm guns ⓘ
shaftCount 4 ⓘ
shipyardForMusashi Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard ⓘ
surface form: Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
shipyardForShinano Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ
shipyardForYamato Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ
sunkIn Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Operation Ten-Go ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → usedWeapon → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
Yamato → partOf → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
Musashi → class → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yamato class
Second Fleet → notableShipAssigned → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
this entity surface form: battleship Yamato
Battle of the Sibuyan Sea → notableShipDamaged → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato
Yamato-class battleship → hasPart → Yamato-class battleship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato
Yamato-class battleship → class → Yamato-class battleship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato
Yamato-class battleship → class → Yamato-class battleship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Japanese battleship Musashi
Yamato-class battleship → classOrigin → Yamato-class battleship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano
Ten-Go → notableShip → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato
Admiral Seiichi Itō → commanded → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: Seiichi Itō
this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato
Admiral Seiichi Itō → diedOnBoard → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: Seiichi Itō
this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato
Shinano → laidDownAs → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
Shinano → shipClass → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yamato-class
Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita → notableCommand → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: Takeo Kurita
this entity surface form: battleship Yamato
Japanese Center Force → component → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: battleship Yamato
Taffy 3 → engagedWith → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato
First Striking Force → flagship → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: battleship Yamato
First Striking Force → includedShip → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: battleship Yamato
Japanese battleship Musashi → class → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yamato class
Japanese battleship Musashi → sisterShip → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato
Japanese destroyer Yukikaze → escorted → Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato