Japanese cruiser Aoba

E76917

Imperial Japanese Navy ship heavy cruiser warship

Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Japanese cruiser Aoba canonical	5
Japanese cruiser Kinugasa	1
Japanese heavy cruiser Kinugasa	1
Japanese warship Aoba	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ heavy cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ
aircraftFacilities	aircraft catapult ⓘ seaplane handling equipment ⓘ
armamentAA	anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armamentMainBattery	6 × 20 cm (8-inch) guns ⓘ
armamentTorpedoes	610 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ Type 93 Long Lance torpedo ⓘ surface form: Type 93 Long Lance torpedoes
beam	approximately 16 meters ⓘ
builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard ⓘ surface form: Nagasaki Shipyard & Engine Works
classLeader	yes ⓘ
commissioned	1927 ⓘ
conflict	Pacific War ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
displacementFullLoad	approximately 9,000 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard	approximately 8,300 tons ⓘ
engagement	Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ Battle of Savo Island ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal campaign Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ operations around New Guinea ⓘ
era	World War II ⓘ
fate	eventually scrapped after the war ⓘ heavily damaged by air attack ⓘ
laidDown	1924 ⓘ
launched	1926 ⓘ
length	approximately 185 meters ⓘ
locationOfOperations	New Guinea ⓘ surface form: New Guinea area Solomon Islands ⓘ
maximumSpeed	approximately 34 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	Mount Aoba ⓘ
notableFeature	equipped with Long Lance torpedoes ⓘ reconstructed superstructure before World War II ⓘ
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
propulsion	oil-fired boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
role	escort ship ⓘ support for amphibious operations ⓘ surface combatant ⓘ
serviceBranch	Japanese 4th Fleet ⓘ surface form: Japanese Navy 4th Fleet Japanese 8th Fleet ⓘ surface form: Japanese Navy 8th Fleet
shipClass	Aoba-class cruiser ⓘ
shipType	heavy cruiser ⓘ
sisterShip	Japanese cruiser Kinugasa ⓘ
status	decommissioned ⓘ no longer extant ⓘ
theater	Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Battle of Savo Island → notableShip → Japanese cruiser Aoba ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese cruiser Kinugasa

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal → involvedShip → Japanese cruiser Aoba ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese heavy cruiser Kinugasa

Battle of Cape Esperance → shipInvolved → Japanese cruiser Aoba ⓘ

Japanese cruiser Kinugasa → sisterShip → Japanese cruiser Aoba ⓘ

Second Battle of Savo Island → involvesShip → Japanese cruiser Aoba ⓘ

Aoba-class cruiser → hasPart → Japanese cruiser Aoba ⓘ

Mount Aoba → nameUsedFor → Japanese cruiser Aoba ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese warship Aoba