Washington Naval Conference

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The Washington Naval Conference was a major international diplomatic gathering held in Washington, D.C. from 1921 to 1922 that produced landmark naval disarmament and security treaties among the world’s leading naval powers in the interwar period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arms control conference ⓘ
international diplomatic conference ⓘ
naval disarmament conference ⓘ
affectedCountry France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
aim enhancement of collective security in East Asia and the Pacific ⓘ
naval disarmament ⓘ
prevention of naval arms race ⓘ
stabilization of power balance in the Pacific ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Washington Arms Conference ⓘ
Washington Conference ⓘ
chairperson Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1922-02-06 ⓘ
field arms control ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
naval history ⓘ
followedBy London Naval Conference of 1930 ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
hostedBy Warren G. Harding ⓘ
legalForm multilateral treaties ⓘ
limitedShipType aircraft carrier ⓘ
battleship ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainParticipant France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
navalRatioAgreed 5:5:3:1.67:1.67 ⓘ
navalRatioPowers United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy ⓘ
organizedBy United States government ⓘ
participant Australia ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
British Dominions ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
precededBy World War I ⓘ
prohibitedAction fortification of certain Pacific islands ⓘ
prohibitedWeapon construction of new battleships above agreed limits ⓘ
result Chinese Customs Tariff Treaty ⓘ
Five-Power Treaty ⓘ
Four-Power Treaty ⓘ
Nine-Power Treaty ⓘ
Supplementary Treaty to the Four-Power Treaty ⓘ
significance cornerstone of 1920s naval arms control regime ⓘ
first successful multilateral disarmament conference ⓘ
reduced likelihood of immediate post–World War I naval conflict ⓘ
startDate 1921-11-12 ⓘ
topic Open Door policy in China ⓘ
linked to: Open Door policy

fortifications in the Pacific ⓘ
limitation of capital ships ⓘ
naval tonnage ratios ⓘ
security in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
status of China ⓘ

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Geneva Naval Conference → follows → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
Five-Power Treaty → concludedAt → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
Five-Power Treaty → partOf → Washington Naval Conference agreements ⓘ
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Four-Power Treaty → partOf → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
Four-Power Treaty → negotiatedAt → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
London Naval Conference (1930) → follows → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
London Naval Conference (1930) → follows → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
Eight-Eight Fleet Plan → affectedBy → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
Eight-Eight Fleet Plan → limitedBy → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
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Japanese battlecruiser Amagi → navalTreatyContext → Washington Naval Treaty era ⓘ
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Japanese battlecruiser Atago → treatyImpact → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
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Tosa-class battleship → cancellationReason → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
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Tosa-class battleship → treatyContext → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
USS Salt Lake City → designTreaty → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
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BB-47 → cancellationReason → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
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BB-47 → scrappedUnder → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
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BB-47 → treatyLimitedBy → Washington Naval Conference naval limitations ⓘ
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HMS Iron Duke → treatyLimitation → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
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Iron Duke-class battleship → treatyInfluence → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
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Shandong Problem → followedBy → Washington Naval Conference negotiations on Shandong ⓘ
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Brooklyn-class cruiser → treatyContext → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
USS Washington (BB-47) → navalTreaty → Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
V. K. Wellington Koo → participatedIn → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy shipbuilding program → affectedBy → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
Lexington-class aircraft carrier → treatyInfluence → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
subject linked to: Lexington class
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
USS Lexington (CV-2) → conversionBasis → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
subject linked to: Lady Lex
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
Town-class cruiser (1930s) → designedToComplyWith → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
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London Naval Treaty → follows → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
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London Naval Treaty → relatedTo → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
Warren G. Harding administration → hostedEvent → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
York-class cruiser → designedUnderTreaty → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
subject linked to: York class
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
HMS Nelson → designConstraint → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
subject linked to: HMS Nelson (damaged by torpedo)
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
USS Chicago (CA-29) → treatyContext → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
subject linked to: CA-29
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
New Orleans class → designedToComplyWith → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
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County-class cruiser → designedUnder → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
subject linked to: County class
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Admiral Hipper → navalArchitectureInfluence → Washington Naval Treaty cruiser limits ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
Mogami-class cruiser → treatyContext → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
United States–United Kingdom relations → involvedIn → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
London Naval Conference (1935–1936) → follows → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
Ryūjō → designedToComplyWith → Washington Naval Treaty displacement limits ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
Japanese battleship Tosa → cancelledUnder → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
Wichita-class cruiser → designedToComplyWith → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
World War II prelude → hasKeyEvent → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
Royal Navy cruisers → governedByTreaty → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
67th United States Congress → participatedIn → Washington Naval Conference (through enabling legislation and appropriations) ⓘ
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Naval warfare of World War I → influenced → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
Northampton-class cruisers → designedUnder → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
Gu Weijun → participantIn → Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
Amagi (battlecruiser hull converted to carrier, cancelled after 1923 Great Kantō earthquake) → treatyContext → Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference
Lexington-class aircraft carrier → conversionReason → Washington Naval Treaty limitations ⓘ
linked to: Washington Naval Conference