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.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Sōryū

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Sōryū (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 10
Sōryū (Blue Dragon) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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
1st Air Fleet → component → Soryu ⓘ
linked to: Sōryū
機動部隊 → notableShip → Soryu ⓘ
linked to: Sōryū