Satsuma-class battleship
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The Satsuma-class battleship was an early 20th-century class of Imperial Japanese Navy pre-dreadnought/semidreadnought battleships that marked Japan’s first domestically built capital ships and a key step in its emergence as a major naval power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Satsuma-class battleship canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4267039 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Satsuma-class battleship Context triple: [Kongō-class battlecruiser, precededBy, Satsuma-class battleship]
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Tosa-class battleship
The Tosa-class battleship was a planned class of Japanese capital ships in the early 1920s, cancelled under the Washington Naval Treaty and notable for influencing later Imperial Japanese Navy battleship designs.
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B.
Shikishima-class battleship
The Shikishima-class battleship was a pair of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy built in the late 19th century, notable for their role in the Russo-Japanese War.
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C.
Fuji-class battleship
The Fuji-class battleships were Japan’s first modern pre-dreadnought battleships, built in Britain in the late 19th century and marking a key step in the Imperial Japanese Navy’s rise as a major naval power.
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Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
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E.
IJN battleship Yamashiro
IJN battleship Yamashiro was a Japanese Fuso-class dreadnought battleship that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Satsuma-class battleship Target entity description: The Satsuma-class battleship was an early 20th-century class of Imperial Japanese Navy pre-dreadnought/semidreadnought battleships that marked Japan’s first domestically built capital ships and a key step in its emergence as a major naval power.
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A.
Tosa-class battleship
The Tosa-class battleship was a planned class of Japanese capital ships in the early 1920s, cancelled under the Washington Naval Treaty and notable for influencing later Imperial Japanese Navy battleship designs.
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B.
Shikishima-class battleship
The Shikishima-class battleship was a pair of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy built in the late 19th century, notable for their role in the Russo-Japanese War.
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C.
Fuji-class battleship
The Fuji-class battleships were Japan’s first modern pre-dreadnought battleships, built in Britain in the late 19th century and marking a key step in the Imperial Japanese Navy’s rise as a major naval power.
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D.
Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
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E.
IJN battleship Yamashiro
IJN battleship Yamashiro was a Japanese Fuso-class dreadnought battleship that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battleship class
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class of warship ⓘ |
| armament |
12 × 10-inch (254 mm) guns
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4 × 12-inch (305 mm) main guns ⓘ secondary 6-inch (152 mm) guns ⓘ smaller quick-firing guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| armorType |
Krupp cemented armor
ⓘ
linked to:
Krupp armor
|
| builder |
Kure Naval Arsenal
ⓘ
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ |
| category |
Battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
ⓘ
Pre-dreadnought battleship classes ⓘ
linked to:
Retvizan-class battleship
Semi-dreadnought battleship classes ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1909 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| constructionProgram | Japanese 1904 naval expansion program ⓘ |
| country |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan
|
| crewComplement | approximately 800–900 officers and men ⓘ |
| designedIn | Japan ⓘ |
| designInfluence | British battleship design practices ⓘ |
| displacement | about 19,000 tons full load ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Kawachi-class battleship ⓘ |
| hasShip |
Japanese battleship Aki
ⓘ
Japanese battleship Satsuma ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1905 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 148 meters ⓘ |
| mainBatteryLayout | mixed-caliber main armament ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Satsuma Province ⓘ |
| navalDoctrineRole | line-of-battle ship ⓘ |
| navalRole | capital ship ⓘ |
| numberOfShips | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mikasa-class battleship ⓘ |
| primaryTheater | home waters and training duties ⓘ |
| propulsion | coal-fired triple-expansion steam engines ⓘ |
| reasonForObsolescence | superseded by all-big-gun dreadnoughts ⓘ |
| serviceDuring | World War I ⓘ |
| shipType |
pre-dreadnought battleship
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semi-dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| significance | first domestically built Japanese capital ships ⓘ |
| status | scrapped ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance | symbol of Japan’s emergence as a major naval power ⓘ |
| topSpeed | about 18.5 knots ⓘ |
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