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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ise (hybrid battleship-carrier) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11407992 — 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)
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Target entity: Ise (hybrid battleship-carrier) Context triple: [Battle of Cape Engaño, JapaneseCarrierInvolved, Ise (hybrid battleship-carrier)]
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A.
Amagi-class battlecruiser
The Amagi-class battlecruiser was a planned class of fast capital ships for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early 20th century, whose members were ultimately cancelled or converted following the Washington Naval Treaty and the Great Kantō earthquake.
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B.
Yoshino-class cruiser
The Yoshino-class cruiser was a late 19th-century Japanese protected cruiser design known for its high speed and role in modernizing the Imperial Japanese Navy before the Russo-Japanese War.
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C.
Nagato-class battleship
The Nagato-class battleships were a pair of Japanese dreadnoughts, including the famous Nagato, notable as some of the world’s first battleships armed with 16-inch guns and serving as powerful flagships of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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D.
Aoba-class cruiser
The Aoba-class cruiser was a pair of Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruisers built in the 1920s, notable for their role in World War II naval engagements in the Pacific.
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E.
Zuihō-class aircraft carrier
The Zuihō-class aircraft carrier was a small, fast Japanese light carrier class of World War II, converted from submarine tenders to provide air support for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
- 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: Ise (hybrid battleship-carrier) Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Amagi-class battlecruiser
The Amagi-class battlecruiser was a planned class of fast capital ships for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early 20th century, whose members were ultimately cancelled or converted following the Washington Naval Treaty and the Great Kantō earthquake.
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B.
Yoshino-class cruiser
The Yoshino-class cruiser was a late 19th-century Japanese protected cruiser design known for its high speed and role in modernizing the Imperial Japanese Navy before the Russo-Japanese War.
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C.
Nagato-class battleship
The Nagato-class battleships were a pair of Japanese dreadnoughts, including the famous Nagato, notable as some of the world’s first battleships armed with 16-inch guns and serving as powerful flagships of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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D.
Aoba-class cruiser
The Aoba-class cruiser was a pair of Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruisers built in the 1920s, notable for their role in World War II naval engagements in the Pacific.
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E.
Zuihō-class aircraft carrier
The Zuihō-class aircraft carrier was a small, fast Japanese light carrier class of World War II, converted from submarine tenders to provide air support for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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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
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interwar period ⓘ |
| fate | scrapped ⓘ |
| flag | Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fleetAssignment |
1st Air Fleet (hybrid carrier force, late war)
NERFINISHED
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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
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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
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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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ise (hybrid battleship-carrier) Description of subject: 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.
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