Japanese cruiser Chokai
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Japanese cruiser Chokai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser
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Takao-class heavy cruiser → |
| armamentAA |
25 mm anti-aircraft guns
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| armamentMain |
10 × 203 mm guns in five twin turrets
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| armamentSecondary |
127 mm dual-purpose guns
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| armamentTorpedo |
610 mm torpedo tubes
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Type 93 Long Lance torpedoes → |
| battle |
Battle of Cape Esperance
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED → Battle of Savo Island NERFINISHED → Battle of the Eastern Solomons NERFINISHED → Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED → Naval Battle of Guadalcanal NERFINISHED → |
| beam |
approximately 20.4 m
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| builder |
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
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| causeOfLoss |
air attack by U.S. carrier aircraft
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scuttled by Japanese destroyer → |
| class |
Takao class
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| commissioned |
30 June 1932
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| conflict |
Second Sino-Japanese War
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World War II → |
| country |
Empire of Japan
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| crewComplement |
approximately 700–800 officers and men
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| dateSunk |
25 October 1944
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| displacementFullLoad |
approximately 15,875 tons
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| displacementStandard |
approximately 9,850 tons
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| draft |
approximately 6.1 m
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| fate |
sunk
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| fleetAssignment |
Japanese Eighth Fleet
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Japanese Fourth Fleet → |
| keelLaidDown |
26 March 1928
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| launched |
5 April 1931
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| length |
approximately 203.8 m
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| maximumSpeed |
approximately 35.5 knots
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| namedAfter |
Mount Chōkai
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| navalArchitecture |
designed under Washington Naval Treaty limitations
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| notableAction |
participated in night attack at Savo Island that sank several Allied cruisers
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| notableCommander |
Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa
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| notableFeature |
heavy bridge and superstructure characteristic of Takao-class design
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| operation |
Guadalcanal campaign
NERFINISHED
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| operator |
Imperial Japanese Navy
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| placeBuilt |
Nagasaki, Japan
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| placeSunk |
off Samar, Philippines
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| powerOutput |
approximately 130,000 shp
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| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines → |
| range |
approximately 8,000 nautical miles at 14 knots
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| role |
flagship of the Eighth Fleet
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| scuttledBy |
Japanese destroyer Fujinami
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| shipType |
heavy cruiser
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| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific Ocean
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
("Japanese heavy cruiser Chōkai")
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involvedShip |
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Battle of Savo Island
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notableShip |