Ise (hybrid battleship-carrier)
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Ise was a Japanese World War II warship originally built as a battleship and later converted into a hybrid battleship–aircraft carrier, serving in several late-war operations for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ise | 0 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
capital ship
ⓘ
hybrid battleship–aircraft carrier ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftLaunchMethod | catapults ⓘ |
| aircraftRecoveryMethod | crane recovery of floatplanes ⓘ |
| airGroupType |
dive bombers (planned, limited use)
ⓘ
floatplanes ⓘ |
| airRaid | Kure air raids 1945 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armamentAA | 25 mm Type 96 AA guns after modernization ⓘ |
| armamentMainBattery | 12 × 356 mm (14 in) guns in six twin turrets as built ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 140 mm guns as built ⓘ |
| armorBelt | up to about 299 mm ⓘ |
| armorDeck | up to about 114 mm ⓘ |
| builder | Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1917-12-15 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| conversion | converted to hybrid battleship–carrier in 1943 ⓘ |
| conversionFeature |
aft turrets removed
ⓘ
aircraft handling deck and hangar added ⓘ flight deck installed aft ⓘ |
| conversionRole | seaplane carrier ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| damagedBy | U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | over 40,000 tons after reconstruction ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | about 35,000 tons after reconstruction ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| fate | scrapped ⓘ |
| flag | Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fleetAssignment |
1st Air Fleet (hybrid carrier force, late war)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
3rd Fleet (various periods) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homePort | Kure Naval Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1915-05-10 ⓘ |
| launched | 1916-11-12 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | approximately 219.6 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 25 knots after reconstruction ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ise Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operation |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Operation Shō-Gō (Philippines, 1944) NERFINISHED ⓘ defense of the Japanese home waters ⓘ |
| operationRole | decoy force at Battle of Leyte Gulf GENERATED ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| reconstruction | modernized in the 1930s ⓘ |
| scrapped | 1946–1947 ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipClass | Ise-class battleship ⓘ |
| shipTypeAfterConversion | hybrid battleship–aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| shipTypeBeforeConversion | battleship ⓘ |
| sisterShip | Hyūga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status1945 | heavily damaged and sunk in shallow water at Kure ⓘ |
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