Kaga

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Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.

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Generate an image of Kaga (Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.)

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Kaga canonical 15

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ
warship ⓘ
aircraftTypesCarried Aichi D3A dive bombers ⓘ
Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters ⓘ
Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers ⓘ
airGroupSizeEarlyWar about 90 aircraft ⓘ
armament 127 mm dual-purpose guns ⓘ
203 mm guns (original fit) ⓘ
25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
attackedBy USS Enterprise air group ⓘ
beam 26.0 m ⓘ
casualties over 800 crew killed ⓘ
causeOfSinking U.S. Navy carrier aircraft attack ⓘ
commissioned 1928-03-31 ⓘ
conflict Pacific War ⓘ
constructionSite Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe ⓘ
conversionType converted battleship to aircraft carrier ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
dateOfPearlHarborAttackParticipation 1941-12-07 ⓘ
dateOfSinking 1942-06-04 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad over 38,000 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard about 26,900 tons ⓘ
draft 8.71 m ⓘ
fate scuttled after being fatally damaged ⓘ
fleetAssignment First Air Fleet (Kido Butai) ⓘ
linked to: First Air Fleet
homePort Kure Naval Base ⓘ
linked to: Kure Naval Arsenal
laidDown 1920-07-19 ⓘ
launched 1921-11-17 ⓘ
length 247.65 m ⓘ
locationOfSinking northwest of Midway Atoll ⓘ
maximumSpeed 28 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Kaga Province ⓘ
notableOperation Attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
Battle of Midway ⓘ
Indian Ocean Raid ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean raid
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
originalShipType Tosa-class battleship hull ⓘ
propulsion 8 Kampon boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
roleAtPearlHarbor launched carrier air strikes on U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ
scuttledBy Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
shaftCount 4 ⓘ
shipClass Kaga-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
status shipwreck ⓘ
sunkIn Battle of Midway ⓘ
worldWar World War II ⓘ
wreckDiscovery located by RV Petrel expedition ⓘ
yearOfWreckDiscovery 2019 ⓘ

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