Kure Naval Arsenal

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military industrial facility naval arsenal shipyard

Kure Naval Arsenal was a major Imperial Japanese Navy shipbuilding and armaments facility known for constructing prominent warships and aircraft carriers before and during World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kure Naval Arsenal canonical	15
Kure Naval Base	3
Port of Kure	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military industrial facility ⓘ naval arsenal ⓘ shipyard ⓘ
consequence	suffered extensive destruction in late World War II ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
employed	tens of thousands of workers at its peak ⓘ
era	Meiji era ⓘ surface form: Meiji period Showa era ⓘ surface form: Showa period Taisho era ⓘ surface form: Taisho period
event	heavily bombed by U.S. forces in 1945 ⓘ
hadFacility	armament factories ⓘ design and engineering bureaus ⓘ large dry docks ⓘ steel and machinery workshops ⓘ
JapaneseName	呉海軍工廠 ⓘ
languageOfName	Japanese ⓘ
legacy	symbol of Imperial Japanese naval industrial power ⓘ
locatedIn	Seto Inland Sea region ⓘ
locatedNear	Kure Naval Arsenal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kure Naval Base
location	Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
notableShipConstructed	Akagi ⓘ surface form: Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi (reconstruction work) Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō ⓘ Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō ⓘ Japanese battleship Mutsu ⓘ Yamato ⓘ surface form: Japanese battleship Yamato various destroyers and submarines ⓘ various heavy and light cruisers ⓘ
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
partOf	Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy shipbuilding base network ⓘ
postwarUse	partly converted to civilian shipbuilding facilities ⓘ some areas taken over by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ⓘ
primaryFunction	construction of aircraft carriers ⓘ construction of capital ships ⓘ construction of cruisers and destroyers ⓘ production of naval armaments ⓘ ship repair and refitting ⓘ
relatedTo	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ⓘ surface form: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kure District
significance	one of the four principal naval arsenals of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
sisterFacility	Maizuru Naval Arsenal ⓘ Sasebo Naval Arsenal ⓘ Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ
strategicImportance	key industrial target for Allied bombing in World War II ⓘ major base for the Combined Fleet ⓘ
usedDuringConflict	Russo-Japanese War ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Akagi → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

Kaga → homePort → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kure Naval Base

Sōryū → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

Kure Naval Arsenal → locatedNear → Kure Naval Arsenal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kure Naval Base

Yamato → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan → hasPort → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

subject surface form: Kure

this entity surface form: Port of Kure

Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan → hasMilitaryFacility → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

subject surface form: Kure

this entity surface form: Kure Naval Base

Japanese battleship Nagato → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

Yamato-class battleship → shipyardForYamato → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

Mogami class → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

Japanese heavy cruiser Atago → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-19 → builtAt → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

fleet carrier Soryu → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

subject surface form: Soryu

Imperial Japanese Navy shipbuilding program → supportedBy → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

Amagi → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

Nagato → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

HIJMS Nagato → builtAt → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

Katsuragi → builtAt → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ

Mogami-class cruiser → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ