Imperial Japanese Navy battle fleet

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capital ship formation naval battle fleet

The Imperial Japanese Navy battle fleet was the main capital-ship striking force of Japan’s navy, centered on battleships and battlecruisers that embodied its pre–World War II doctrine of decisive naval engagements.

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Surface form Occurrences
1st Fleet (IJN) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital ship formation ⓘ
naval battle fleet ⓘ
basedOnDoctrine Kantai Kessen doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisive battle doctrine ⓘ
commandStructure flagship-based command ⓘ
under direct control of Combined Fleet ⓘ
conflict Pacific War ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
country Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
declineCause losses of capital ships in World War II ⓘ
rise of carrier warfare ⓘ
disbandedAfter Japan’s defeat in World War II ⓘ
doctrineFeature attrition of enemy fleet before decisive battle ⓘ
concentration of battleships ⓘ
night torpedo attack support by light forces ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
hasCapability fleet engagement at sea ⓘ
long-range naval gunfire ⓘ
shore bombardment ⓘ
hasMainComponent battlecruiser ⓘ
battleship ⓘ
hasMainRole capital-ship striking force ⓘ
influencedBy Mahanian naval theory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Navy battle fleet concepts ⓘ
United States Navy battle line doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationRegion East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch navy ⓘ
operatedBy Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakImportancePeriod interwar period ⓘ
relatedConcept Combined Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kantai Kessen NERFINISHED ⓘ
battle line ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
strategicObjective decisive engagement with enemy battle fleet ⓘ
sea control in Western Pacific ⓘ
supportedBy cruiser force ⓘ
destroyer flotillas ⓘ
naval aviation units ⓘ
submarine force ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
pre–World War II ⓘ
typicalFlagshipType battleship ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Nagato class → builtFor → Imperial Japanese Navy battle fleet ⓘ
IJN Fusō → fleetAssignment → Imperial Japanese Navy battle fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Fleet (IJN)