Kagerō class

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The Kagerō class was a group of advanced World War II Japanese destroyers known for their powerful torpedo armament and service with the Imperial Japanese Navy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kagerō class canonical 4
Kagerō-class destroyer 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf destroyer class ⓘ
warship class ⓘ
armament 127 mm dual-purpose guns ⓘ
Type 93 610 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
depth charges ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
designedFor high-speed operations with carrier and battleship task forces ⓘ
displacementStandard about 2000 tons ⓘ
followedBy Yūgumo-class destroyer ⓘ
hasPart Akigumo ⓘ
Amatsukaze ⓘ
Arashi ⓘ
Hagikaze ⓘ
Hamakaze ⓘ
Hatsukaze ⓘ
Hayashio ⓘ
Isokaze ⓘ
Kagerō ⓘ
Kuroshio ⓘ
Maikaze ⓘ
Natsushio ⓘ
Nowaki ⓘ
Oyashio ⓘ
Shiranui ⓘ
Tanikaze ⓘ
Tokitsukaze ⓘ
Urakaze ⓘ
Yukikaze ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 35 knots ⓘ
navalDoctrineRole first-line destroyer ⓘ
notableFeature equipped with Type 93 Long Lance torpedoes ⓘ
powerful torpedo armament ⓘ
notableShip Yukikaze ⓘ
numberBuilt 19 ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy Asashio-class destroyer ⓘ
propulsion oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
serviceEntryYear 1939 ⓘ
servicePeriod 1939–1945 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Indian Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
usedFor escort duty ⓘ
fleet screening ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
night combat ⓘ
torpedo attack ⓘ
YukikazeReputation one of the most famous and survivable Japanese destroyers of World War II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze → class → Kagerō class ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers → notableClass → Kagerō-class destroyer ⓘ
linked to: Kagerō class
Japanese destroyer Yukikaze → class → Kagerō class ⓘ
Japanese destroyer Yukikaze → shipClass → Kagerō class ⓘ
Japanese destroyer Isokaze → shipClass → Kagerō class ⓘ