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.

Aliases (2)

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 → 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 (10)

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

Akagi → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal →

Japanese battleship Nagato → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal →

Mogami class → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal →

Sōryū → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal →

Yamato → builder → Kure Naval Arsenal →

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

subject surface form: "Kure"

this entity surface form: "Kure Naval Base"

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

subject surface form: "Kure"

this entity surface form: "Port of Kure"

Kaga → homePort → Kure Naval Arsenal →

this entity surface form: "Kure Naval Base"

Kure Naval Arsenal → locatedNear → Kure Naval Arsenal →

this entity surface form: "Kure Naval Base"

Yamato-class battleship → shipyardForYamato → Kure Naval Arsenal →