Taiho

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Taiho was a Japanese Imperial Navy aircraft carrier of World War II, notable as Japan’s first fully armored carrier and for its brief service before sinking in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Taiho canonical 2
Taihō 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ
warship ⓘ
armamentType carrier-based aircraft ⓘ
armourFeature armored flight deck ⓘ
heavily armored hangar sides ⓘ
commissionedInYear 1944 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
designedAs improved, more survivable fleet carrier ⓘ
displacementClass fleet carrier ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
fate sunk ⓘ
flightDeckType armored flight deck ⓘ
historicalSignificance loss contributed to decline of Japanese carrier air power ⓘ
represented peak of Japanese carrier design ⓘ
hullType armored aircraft carrier ⓘ
launchedInYear 1943 ⓘ
namesakeOf Taiho-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
nationality Japanese ⓘ
navalPower Imperial Japan ⓘ
notableFor first fully armored Japanese aircraft carrier ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
propulsionType steam turbine ⓘ
role flagship candidate for carrier task force ⓘ
fleet carrier ⓘ
sankInBattle Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
sankInConflict World War II ⓘ
sankInTheater Pacific War ⓘ
sankInYear 1944 ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
serviceDuration brief service before sinking ⓘ
shipClass Taiho-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
shipType capital ship ⓘ
sinkingBy USS Albacore ⓘ
United States Navy submarine ⓘ
sinkingCause internal gasoline vapor explosion ⓘ
torpedo damage ⓘ
theater Pacific Ocean ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Mobile Fleet → notableShip → Taihō ⓘ
linked to: Taiho