Japanese battleship Musashi

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The Japanese battleship Musashi was one of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s largest and most heavily armed warships of World War II, serving as a Yamato-class super-battleship before being sunk in 1944.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Japanese battleship Musashi canonical 4
battleship Musashi 3

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
battleship ⓘ
capital ship ⓘ
armament multiple 25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armorBeltThickness up to 410 mm ⓘ
attackedBy U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ
beam 38.9 meters ⓘ
builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard ⓘ
class Yamato class ⓘ
commissioned 1942-08-05 ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
crewComplement around 2400 officers and men ⓘ
deckArmorThickness up to about 200 mm ⓘ
displacementFullLoad about 72000 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard about 65000 tons ⓘ
draft 11 meters ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
fate Sunk in combat ⓘ
flagOfficer Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ
linked to: Isoroku Yamamoto

Admiral Mineichi Koga ⓘ
flagshipPeriodEnd 1944-02 ⓘ
flagshipPeriodStart 1943-02 ⓘ
laidDown 1938-03-29 ⓘ
launchDate 1940-11-01 ⓘ
lengthOverall 263 meters ⓘ
locationOfWreck Sibuyan Sea ⓘ
mainArmament 9 × 46 cm (18.1 in) guns ⓘ
mainBatteryConfiguration 3 triple turrets ⓘ
maximumSpeed 27 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Musashi Province ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest battleships ever built ⓘ
numberOfBombHits more than 15 ⓘ
numberOfTorpedoHits more than 15 ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
propulsion 4 propeller shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
role fleet flagship ⓘ
secondaryArmament 12 × 15.5 cm guns ⓘ
12.7 cm dual-purpose guns ⓘ
servedAsFlagshipOf Combined Fleet ⓘ
sisterShip Japanese battleship Shinano ⓘ
Japanese battleship Yamato ⓘ
sunkBy U.S. Navy aircraft ⓘ
sunkDuring Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
sunkIn Sibuyan Sea ⓘ
sunkOn 1944-10-24 ⓘ
tookPartIn Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
wreckDiscoveredBy expedition funded by Paul Allen ⓘ
wreckDiscoveryDate 2015-03-02 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Battle of the Sibuyan Sea → notableShipSunk → Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ
Yamato-class battleship → hasPart → Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ
Sibuyan Sea → shipSunk → Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ
Sibuyan Sea → discoveredWreckOf → Japanese battleship Musashi ⓘ
Japanese Center Force → component → battleship Musashi ⓘ
linked to: Japanese battleship Musashi
Japanese Center Force → lostShip → battleship Musashi ⓘ
linked to: Japanese battleship Musashi
First Striking Force → includedShip → battleship Musashi ⓘ
linked to: Japanese battleship Musashi