Sōryū

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Sōryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sōryū canonical 12
Soryu 8
Sōryū (Blue Dragon) 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship
aircraft carrier
warship
aircraftTypeCarried Aichi D3A
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Nakajima B5N
airGroupSize about 57 aircraft
armament 127 mm dual-purpose guns
25 mm anti-aircraft guns
attackedBy USS Yorktown air group
linked to: USS Yorktown (CV-5)
beam about 21.3 m
builder Kure Naval Arsenal
causeOfSinking bombs from US Navy carrier aircraft
commissioned 1937-12-29
conflict World War II
country Japan
crewComplement about 1,100 officers and men
dateSunk 1942-06-04
designFeature island superstructure on starboard side
two hangar decks
displacementFullLoad about 19,800 tons
displacementStandard about 16,200 tons
draft about 7.6 m
era World War II
interwar period
flagshipFor Carrier Division 2 (at times)
hullNumber Sōryū
laidDown 1934-11-20
launched 1935-12-23
length about 227.5 m
locationSunk northwest of Midway Atoll
namesake blue dragon
navy Imperial Japanese Navy
operationAtPearlHarbor launched aircraft against US targets on Oahu
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway
Indian Ocean raid
Second Sino-Japanese War
predecessorInClass none
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
shaftCount 4
shipClass Sōryū-class aircraft carrier
status wreck
successorInClass Hiryū
sunkIn Battle of Midway
topSpeed about 34.5 knots
warTheater Pacific War

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Referenced by (21)

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

Battle of Midway lostByJapan Sōryū
Imperial Japanese Navy notableShip Soryu
linked to: Sōryū
Sōryū hullNumber Sōryū
Hiryū precededBy Sōryū
Hiryū sisterShip Sōryū
First Air Fleet componentUnit Soryu
linked to: Sōryū
Nakajima B5N usedFromCarrier Soryu
subject linked to: Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers
linked to: Sōryū
Operation Z involves Soryu
linked to: Sōryū
Kido Butai composedOf Soryu
linked to: Sōryū
Hiryu precededBy Soryu
linked to: Sōryū
Hiryū sisterShip Sōryū
Mobile Fleet notableShip Sōryū
Hiryū sisterShip Sōryū
subject linked to: fleet carrier Hiryu
CV-2 precededBy Sōryū
CV-2 sisterShipOf Sōryū
Mitsubishi A5M usedFromAircraftCarrier Soryu
subject linked to: Mitsubishi A5M fighters
linked to: Sōryū
Sōryū-class submarine namedAfter Sōryū (Blue Dragon)
linked to: Sōryū