heavy cruiser Takao
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Heavy cruiser Takao was a major Imperial Japanese Navy warship of the Takao class, noted for its powerful armament and extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| heavy cruiser Takao canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11324171 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: heavy cruiser Takao Context triple: [Japanese Center Force, component, heavy cruiser Takao]
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A.
heavy cruiser Mikuma
The heavy cruiser Mikuma was an Imperial Japanese Navy warship of the Mogami class that saw early World War II service before being sunk during the pivotal Battle of Midway in 1942.
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heavy cruiser Chōkai
Heavy cruiser Chōkai was a Takao-class Imperial Japanese Navy warship that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II, including major engagements such as the Battle of Savo Island and the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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heavy cruiser Kumano
Heavy cruiser Kumano was a Mogami-class Imperial Japanese Navy warship that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II, including major battles such as Leyte Gulf.
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heavy cruiser Suzuya
Heavy cruiser Suzuya was an Imperial Japanese Navy Mogami-class warship that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II, including major engagements such as the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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E.
Takao-class cruiser
The Takao-class cruiser was a group of large, heavily armed and fast Japanese heavy cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the interwar period and active during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: heavy cruiser Takao Target entity description: Heavy cruiser Takao was a major Imperial Japanese Navy warship of the Takao class, noted for its powerful armament and extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
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A.
heavy cruiser Mikuma
The heavy cruiser Mikuma was an Imperial Japanese Navy warship of the Mogami class that saw early World War II service before being sunk during the pivotal Battle of Midway in 1942.
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B.
heavy cruiser Chōkai
Heavy cruiser Chōkai was a Takao-class Imperial Japanese Navy warship that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II, including major engagements such as the Battle of Savo Island and the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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C.
heavy cruiser Kumano
Heavy cruiser Kumano was a Mogami-class Imperial Japanese Navy warship that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II, including major battles such as Leyte Gulf.
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D.
heavy cruiser Suzuya
Heavy cruiser Suzuya was an Imperial Japanese Navy Mogami-class warship that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II, including major engagements such as the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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E.
Takao-class cruiser
The Takao-class cruiser was a group of large, heavily armed and fast Japanese heavy cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the interwar period and active during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy warship
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Takao-class heavy cruiser ⓘ World War II cruiser ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | floatplanes ⓘ |
| aircraftFacilities | catapults ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 20.4 m ⓘ |
| builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Takao class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1932-05-31 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
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surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| crewComplement | approximately 700–800 ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
British midget submarines XE1 and XE3
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US submarine Dace NERFINISHED ⓘ US submarine Darter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designCharacteristic | large bridge superstructure ⓘ |
| designPurpose | long-range operations in the Pacific ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 15000 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 9850 tons ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 6.3 m ⓘ |
| fate | scuttled as target ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1927-04-28 ⓘ |
| laterBase | Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launched | 1930-05-12 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 203.8 m ⓘ |
| locationDamaged | Palawan Passage GENERATED ⓘ |
| mainArmament | 10 × 203 mm guns ⓘ |
| mainArmamentConfiguration | 5 twin turrets ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 35.5 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mount Takao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
heavy torpedo armament
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powerful 8-inch main battery ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Surigao Strait support operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Java Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Sibuyan Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean raid (1942) NERFINISHED ⓘ Invasion of the Philippines (1941) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | 127 mm dual-purpose guns ⓘ |
| shaftCount | 4 ⓘ |
| statusLateWar | heavily damaged and immobilized ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific War ⓘ |
| torpedoArmament | 610 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| torpedoType | Type 93 Long Lance torpedoes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearScuttled | 1946 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: heavy cruiser Takao Description of subject: Heavy cruiser Takao was a major Imperial Japanese Navy warship of the Takao class, noted for its powerful armament and extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
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