Japanese heavy cruiser Takao

Target entity: Japanese heavy cruiser Takao
Context triple: [Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, involvedShip, Japanese heavy cruiser Takao]

• A. Japanese battlecruiser Takao
  Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
• B. Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
  The Japanese heavy cruiser Atago was a Takao-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a major surface combatant in numerous Pacific Theater engagements during World War II.
• C. Japanese cruiser Aoba
  Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
• D. Japanese cruiser Yubari
  Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.
• E. Japanese cruiser Chokai
  Japanese cruiser Chokai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Japanese heavy cruiser Takao
Target entity description: Japanese heavy cruiser Takao was a powerful and heavily armed Takao-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II.

• A. Japanese battlecruiser Takao
  Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
• B. Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
  The Japanese heavy cruiser Atago was a Takao-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a major surface combatant in numerous Pacific Theater engagements during World War II.
• C. Japanese cruiser Aoba
  Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
• D. Japanese cruiser Yubari
  Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.
• E. Japanese cruiser Chokai
  Japanese cruiser Chokai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
• F. None of above. chosen