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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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 → Yamato-class battleship →
classOrigin	Yamato-class battleship →
commissioned	1941-12-16 → 1942-08-05 → 1944-11-19 →
conflict	World War II →
constructionMethod	secret program →
convertedFrom	Yamato-class battleship hull →
countryOfOrigin	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 → 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 NERFINISHED →
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 →
shipyardForShinano	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal →
shipyardForYamato	Kure Naval Arsenal →
sunkIn	Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED → Operation Ten-Go →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Japanese battleship Musashi → Japanese battleship Yamato → Musashi ("Yamato class") →	class
Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano →	classOrigin
Yamato-class battleship ("Japanese battleship Yamato") →	hasPart
Ten-Go ("Japanese battleship Yamato") →	notableShip
Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) ("battleship Yamato") →	notableShipAssigned
Battle of the Sibuyan Sea ("Japanese battleship Yamato") →	notableShipDamaged
Yamato →	partOf
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan →	usedWeapon