Hiryū-class aircraft carrier

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The Hiryū-class aircraft carrier was a class of Imperial Japanese Navy fleet carriers of World War II, exemplified by the carrier Hiryū, known for its role in early Pacific War operations including the Battle of Midway.

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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 a hiryū-class aircraft carrier (The Hiryū-class aircraft carrier was a class of Imperial Japanese Navy fleet carriers of World War II, exemplified by the carrier Hiryū, known for its role in early Pacific War operations including the Battle of Midway.)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship class ⓘ
aircraft carrier class ⓘ
aircraftTypeCarried dive bomber ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
torpedo bomber ⓘ
airGroupRole fleet air arm base ⓘ
alliance Axis ⓘ
armament anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
dual-purpose guns ⓘ
classification Hiryū-class ⓘ
conflict Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
constructionMaterial steel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
designedFor carrier strike operations ⓘ
naval aviation operations ⓘ
designedUnder London Naval Treaty limitations ⓘ
Washington Naval Treaty limitations ⓘ
designPurpose fast carrier task force operations ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
fleetRole fleet carrier ⓘ
hasFlightDeck yes ⓘ
hasIslandSuperstructure yes ⓘ
hasPart Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū ⓘ
namedAfter Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū ⓘ
navalArchitectureType flush-deck carrier ⓘ
navalDoctrine Kido Butai ⓘ
navalTonnageClass treaty-era carrier ⓘ
notableEngagement Attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
Battle of Midway ⓘ
notableShip Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū ⓘ
operatedBy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy First Air Fleet ⓘ
opposedBy Allied powers ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
propulsion oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbine ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
shipCategory capital ship ⓘ
shipType fleet carrier ⓘ
strategicRole offensive carrier strike ⓘ
theater Indian Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
usedBy Axis powers ⓘ
usedIn early Pacific War operations ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Hiryū → shipClass → Hiryū-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
Hiryu → shipClass → Hiryu-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
linked to: Hiryū-class aircraft carrier
Hiryū-class aircraft carrier → classification → Hiryū-class ⓘ
linked to: Hiryū-class aircraft carrier
CV-2 → shipClass → Hiryū-class ⓘ
linked to: Hiryū-class aircraft carrier
Unryū-class aircraft carrier → predecessor → Hiryū-class aircraft carrier ⓘ