IJN battleship Yamashiro

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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.

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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.

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Generate an image of 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.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fusō-class battleship ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy warship ⓘ
dreadnought battleship ⓘ
aircraftFacilities catapult for floatplanes ⓘ
armamentAA 127 mm dual-purpose guns ⓘ
25 mm Type 96 AA guns ⓘ
armamentMain 12 × 356 mm (14 in) guns ⓘ
armamentMainConfiguration 6 twin turrets ⓘ
armamentSecondary 152 mm guns ⓘ
armorBelt up to 305 mm ⓘ
armorDeck up to about 114 mm ⓘ
beam 28.65 m ⓘ
builder Kawasaki Dockyard Company ⓘ
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ
causeOfSinking gunfire and torpedoes from U.S. and Allied forces ⓘ
class Fusō-class battleship ⓘ
commanderAtSurigaoStrait Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura ⓘ
commissioned 1917-03-31 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
crewComplement about 1,400 officers and men ⓘ
dateSunk 1944-10-25 ⓘ
decommissioned 1944-10-25 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad over 35,000 long tons ⓘ
displacementStandard about 29,800 long tons ⓘ
draft 8.7 m ⓘ
fate sunk in battle ⓘ
laidDown 1913-11-20 ⓘ
launched 1915-11-03 ⓘ
length 205.13 m ⓘ
locationSunk Surigao Strait, Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Surigao Strait
maximumSpeed about 24.7 knots ⓘ
modernizationFeature enhanced anti-aircraft armament ⓘ
improved armor protection ⓘ
pagoda-style foremast ⓘ
upgraded machinery ⓘ
modernized 1930s ⓘ
namedAfter Mount Yamashiro ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
opponentAtSurigaoStrait United States Navy ⓘ
partOf Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) ⓘ
Southern Force ⓘ
placeBuilt Kobe ⓘ
propulsion coal-fired boilers (as built) ⓘ
oil-fired boilers (after modernization) ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
serviceEntryEra World War I era ⓘ
shipyard Kawasaki Shipyard Kobe ⓘ
sisterShip IJN Fusō ⓘ
sunkAt Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ
usedIn training duties in interwar period ⓘ

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Chuichi Nagumo → commandedShip → IJN battleship Yamashiro ⓘ
Shōji Nishimura → commanded → Battleship Yamashiro ⓘ
linked to: IJN battleship Yamashiro
IJN battleship Yamashiro → class → Fusō-class battleship ⓘ
linked to: IJN battleship Yamashiro
Mount Yamashiro → hasNameEtymology → Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamashiro ⓘ
linked to: IJN battleship Yamashiro
Shōji Nishimura → commanded → Battleship Yamashiro ⓘ
subject linked to: Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura
linked to: IJN battleship Yamashiro
Yamashiro escort destroyers → flagshipEscorted → Japanese battleship Yamashiro ⓘ
linked to: IJN battleship Yamashiro
Fusō-class battleship → hasPart → Japanese battleship Yamashiro ⓘ
linked to: IJN battleship Yamashiro
Southern Force during the Battle of Leyte Gulf → hasShip → battleship Yamashiro ⓘ
linked to: IJN battleship Yamashiro