Nagato class

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The Nagato class was a pair of Japanese dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early 20th century, notable for being among the first battleships in the world armed with 16-inch guns.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nagato-class 2
Nagato class canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battleship class ⓘ
dreadnought battleship class ⓘ
armament 410 mm/45 caliber naval guns ⓘ
armamentType heavy naval artillery ⓘ
armourLayout all-or-nothing armor scheme (modified) ⓘ
builtFor Imperial Japanese Navy battle fleet ⓘ
category Japanese battleship classes ⓘ
World War II battleship classes ⓘ
classification capital ship class ⓘ
combatEnvironment blue-water naval operations ⓘ
constructionMaterial steel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
crewType officers and enlisted sailors of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
designedAs capital ships ⓘ
designedBy Japanese naval architects ⓘ
designedFor line-of-battle engagements ⓘ
designedUnder Japanese naval expansion programs ⓘ
designGoal to outgun contemporary foreign battleships ⓘ
displacementClass over 30,000 tons standard ⓘ
era World War I era design ⓘ
gunArrangement two superfiring turrets forward and two aft ⓘ
gunCaliberMetric 410 mm ⓘ
gunType breech-loading naval guns ⓘ
hasMember Japanese battleship Mutsu ⓘ
Japanese battleship Nagato ⓘ
historicalSignificance among the first battleships armed with 16-inch guns ⓘ
hullForm all-steel, flush-deck battleship hull ⓘ
mainBatteryConfiguration 8 × 410 mm guns in 4 twin turrets ⓘ
modernization received interwar refits and upgrades ⓘ
navalArchitectureType centerline turret arrangement ⓘ
navalDoctrineRole fleet flagship and battle line core ⓘ
navalGunCaliber 16 inch ⓘ
notableFeature first battleships in the world designed with 16-inch main guns ⓘ
numberOfShips 2 ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
originPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
powerType steam-powered ⓘ
propulsion oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
rangeRole long-range naval gunfire ⓘ
secondaryRole fleet flagship duties ⓘ
servicePeriod World War II ⓘ
shipType super-dreadnought ⓘ
strategicRole deterrent against US and British fleets ⓘ
successorRole precursor to later Japanese fast battleships ⓘ
technologyLevel interwar modernized battleships ⓘ
usedBy Axis powers (through Imperial Japanese Navy) ⓘ
linked to: Axis powers
usedInConflict Pacific War ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Japanese battleship Mutsu → class → Nagato class ⓘ
Nagato → leadShipOfClass → Nagato-class ⓘ
linked to: Nagato class
Mutsu → shipClass → Nagato-class ⓘ
linked to: Nagato class