Fourth Fleet Incident
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The Fourth Fleet Incident was a 1935 typhoon disaster during Japanese naval exercises in the Pacific that exposed serious design flaws in Imperial Japanese Navy warships and led to major reforms in their construction.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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naval disaster ⓘ |
| affected |
Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers
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Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Fourth Fleet Typhoon Incident NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
1930s disasters in Japan
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maritime disasters in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ naval accidents and incidents of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| consequence |
changes in superstructure design
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increased emphasis on structural integrity ⓘ major reforms in Japanese warship construction ⓘ revision of hull strength standards ⓘ |
| context | Japanese naval exercises ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| date | 1935 ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| fleetInvolved | IJN 4th Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | investigations by Japanese naval authorities ⓘ |
| hasCause | typhoon ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| ledTo |
modification of existing ships
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reassessment of weight-saving measures in ship design ⓘ strengthening of hull framing in new constructions ⓘ |
| location |
Pacific Ocean
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waters east of Japan ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| natureOfEvent | peacetime training accident ⓘ |
| participant | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Imperial Japanese Navy
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Japanese naval architecture ⓘ warship design reforms in Japan ⓘ |
| revealed | design flaws in Imperial Japanese Navy warships ⓘ |
| safetyImplication | highlighted vulnerability of lightly built ships to heavy seas ⓘ |
| significance |
exposed structural weaknesses in Japanese warships
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influenced pre–World War II Japanese naval construction policy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Shōwa era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfDamage |
loss of ship sections and fittings
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structural damage to warships ⓘ |
| weatherCondition | severe typhoon ⓘ |
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