CV-2 (IJN internal designation, not US-style)

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CV-2 was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s internal hull designation for the fleet aircraft carrier Hiryū, one of the principal carriers in the early Pacific War.

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AI-generated illustration of CV-2 (IJN internal designation, not US-style)

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 CV-2 (IJN internal designation, not US-style) (CV-2 was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s internal hull designation for the fleet aircraft carrier Hiryū, one of the principal carriers in the early Pacific War.)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy internal designation ⓘ
fleet aircraft carrier ⓘ
hull designation ⓘ
affiliation Kido Butai (First Air Fleet carrier strike force) ⓘ
linked to: Kido Butai
airGroupRole dive bombers ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
torpedo bombers ⓘ
airGroupType carrier-based aircraft ⓘ
armamentType carrier-based aircraft as primary armament ⓘ
attackOnPearlHarborRole launched carrier air strikes on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
class Sōryū-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
conflict Pacific War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
dateOfSinking 1942-06-05 ⓘ
designates Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū ⓘ
designedFor offensive carrier strike operations ⓘ
differentFrom USS Lexington (CV-2) ⓘ
USS Lexington (CV-2) ⓘ
United States Navy hull classification symbol CV-2 ⓘ
displacement about 17000 tons standard ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
fate sunk ⓘ
fleet First Air Fleet ⓘ
nationality Japanese ⓘ
navalDesignationSystem IJN internal hull number system ⓘ
navalTheater Pacific Ocean ⓘ
notableFor participation in the Battle of Midway ⓘ
participation in the Indian Ocean Raid ⓘ
participation in the attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
refersToPeriod early Pacific War ⓘ
role capital ship ⓘ
fleet carrier ⓘ
secondaryArmamentType anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
sisterShip Sōryū ⓘ
status war loss ⓘ
strategicRole power projection in the Pacific ⓘ
sunkBy United States Navy aircraft ⓘ
air attack ⓘ
sunkIn Battle of Midway ⓘ
type conventionally powered aircraft carrier ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ

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

Hiryū → hullNumber → CV-2 (IJN internal designation, not US-style) ⓘ
Shokaku → hullNumber → CV-3 (IJN designation) ⓘ
linked to: CV-2 (IJN internal designation, not US-style)