Japanese battleship Mutsu

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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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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 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.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Japanese battleship Mutsu canonical 3
Battleship No. 4 1
HIJMS Mutsu 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy warship ⓘ
Nagato-class battleship ⓘ
dreadnought battleship ⓘ
antiAircraftArmament 12.7 cm guns ⓘ
25 mm guns ⓘ
armoredBeltThickness up to about 305 mm ⓘ
beam about 29 m ⓘ
builder Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ
casualties over 1100 dead ⓘ
causeOfLoss internal magazine explosion ⓘ
class Nagato class ⓘ
commissioned 1921-10-24 ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
crew about 1400 officers and men ⓘ
dateOfSinking 1943-06-08 ⓘ
deckArmorThickness up to about 197 mm ⓘ
designedBy Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department ⓘ
displacement about 32000 tons standard ⓘ
about 39000 tons full load ⓘ
fate broken up for scrap after salvage operations ⓘ
hullNumber Battleship No. 4 ⓘ
laidDown 1918-06-01 ⓘ
launched 1920-05-31 ⓘ
length about 215.8 m ⓘ
locationOfSinking Hashirajima anchorage, Hiroshima Bay ⓘ
linked to: Hiroshima Bay
mainArmament 4 twin 41 cm (16 inch) guns ⓘ
mainBatteryCaliber 41 cm ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 26.5 knots ⓘ
modernizationDetails enhanced anti-aircraft armament ⓘ
improved armor protection ⓘ
reconstructed superstructure ⓘ
upgraded machinery ⓘ
modernized 1930s ⓘ
namedAfter Mutsu Province ⓘ
notableEvent magazine explosion and sinking in 1943 ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
propulsion oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
roleInWorldWarII fleet flagship at times ⓘ
training and support duties ⓘ
salvageOperations partial salvage conducted post-World War II ⓘ
secondaryArmament 14 cm guns ⓘ
serviceEntryEra interwar period ⓘ
shipType battleship ⓘ
sisterShip Japanese battleship Nagato ⓘ
survivors several hundred ⓘ
turretArmorThickness up to about 460 mm ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Kure Naval Arsenal → notableShipConstructed → Japanese battleship Mutsu ⓘ
Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → notableShip → Nagato-class battleship Mutsu ⓘ
linked to: Japanese battleship Mutsu
Nagato class → hasMember → Japanese battleship Mutsu ⓘ
HIJMS Nagato → sisterShip → HIJMS Mutsu ⓘ
linked to: Japanese battleship Mutsu
Nagato-class battleship → hasMember → Japanese battleship Mutsu ⓘ
Mutsu → hullNumber → Battleship No. 4 ⓘ
linked to: Japanese battleship Mutsu