Five-Power Treaty

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arms control treaty international agreement naval disarmament treaty

The Five-Power Treaty was a 1922 naval disarmament agreement among major world powers that limited battleship construction and aimed to prevent an arms race at sea.

Aliases (1)

Washington Naval Treaty ×6

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arms control treaty → international agreement → naval disarmament treaty →
aimedTo	limit battleship construction → prevent naval arms race → reduce naval armaments →
allowed	replacement of obsolete capital ships after a specified age →
alsoKnownAs	Washington Naval Treaty →
appliedTo	Pacific and global naval deployments →
cameIntoForceIn	1922 →
category	1922 in international relations → Interwar naval treaties →
concludedAt	Washington Naval Conference →
duration	initially 10 years →
establishedNavalRatio	1.67 ratio for France relative to US and UK → 1.67 ratio for Italy relative to US and UK → 5:5:3 ratio for capital ships between US, UK, and Japan →
geopoliticalContext	interwar period →
historicalPeriod	interwar disarmament era →
influenced	London Naval Treaty →
influencedBy	post–World War I disarmament movement →
inForceUntil	1930s →
jurisdiction	naval forces of signatory states →
language	English →
limitedConstructionOf	battlecruisers → battleships →
limitedTypeOfVessel	aircraft carriers → capital ships →
negotiatedBy	Arthur Balfour → Charles Evans Hughes → Japanese delegation at Washington Naval Conference →
partOf	Washington Naval Conference agreements →
prohibited	new capital ship construction above agreed limits →
relatedTo	Four-Power Treaty → Nine-Power Treaty →
restricted	individual ship displacement → maximum gun caliber on capital ships → total tonnage of capital ships →
resultedIn	scrapping of existing capital ships → stabilization of naval power balance among signatories →
signatory	France → Italy → Japan → United Kingdom NERFINISHED → United States NERFINISHED →
signedAt	Washington, D.C. →
signedOn	1922-02-06 →
subjectOf	naval tonnage limitations →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
USS Lexington (CV-2) ("Washington Naval Treaty") → USS Washington (BB-47) ("Washington Naval Treaty") →	treaty
Five-Power Treaty ("Washington Naval Treaty") →	alsoKnownAs
Mogami class ("Washington Naval Treaty") →	designedToComplyWith
Washington Naval Conference period →	hasOutcome
USS Washington (BB-47) ("Washington Naval Treaty") →	reasonForCancellation
Four-Power Treaty →	relatedTo
Amagi-class battlecruiser ("Washington Naval Treaty") →	treatyAffectedBy