Ōyodo
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Ōyodo was a Japanese light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II, designed as a flagship for submarine operations and later used in major Pacific naval engagements.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ōyodo canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
light cruiser
ⓘ
warship ⓘ |
| aircraftFacilities |
catapults for seaplanes
ⓘ
large seaplane handling deck aft ⓘ |
| antiAircraftArmament | 25 mm AA guns ⓘ |
| beam | 16.6 m ⓘ |
| builder | Kure Naval Arsenal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | air attack ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1943-02-28 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | approximately 740 officers and men ⓘ |
| damagedBy | U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1945-07-28 ⓘ |
| designedAs | flagship for submarine operations ⓘ |
| designedRole | submarine squadron flagship ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 10,000 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 8,100 tons ⓘ |
| draft | 5.9 m ⓘ |
| flagshipFor | Combined Fleet (late war) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homePort | Kure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CL-? (light cruiser designation, no formal number used like USN) ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1941-02-14 ⓘ |
| laterRole |
fleet flagship
ⓘ
transport and evacuation duties ⓘ |
| launched | 1942-04-02 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | 192.1 m ⓘ |
| mainArmament | 6 × 155 mm guns in 2 triple turrets ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 35 knots ⓘ |
| namesake | Ōyodo River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalTheater | Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfScrews | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Ten-Go support operations ⓘ |
| powerOutput | approximately 110,000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | approximately 10,000 nmi at 18 knots ⓘ |
| scrapped | post-World War II ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | 100 mm dual-purpose guns ⓘ |
| shipClass | Ōyodo-class cruiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | sunk ⓘ |
| sunkAt | Kure, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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