Japanese battleship Nagato

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The Japanese battleship Nagato was a World War II-era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, famed as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later used as a target in postwar nuclear tests.

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AI-generated illustration of Japanese battleship Nagato

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 the Japanese battleship Nagato (The Japanese battleship Nagato was a World War II-era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, famed as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later used as a target in postwar nuclear tests.)

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Label Occurrences
Japanese battleship Nagato canonical 6
battleship Nagato 4
Nagato-class battleship 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battleship ⓘ
capital ship ⓘ
warship ⓘ
airDefence equipped with multiple anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armourBeltThickness up to about 305 mm ⓘ
armourDeckThickness up to about 70 mm ⓘ
beam approximately 29 m ⓘ
builder Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ
capturedBy United States Navy ⓘ
commissioned 1920-11-25 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
crewComplement around 1,300 officers and men (wartime) ⓘ
displacementFullLoad about 39,000 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard about 32,000 tons ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
fate sunk as a result of nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll ⓘ
finalLocation Bikini Atoll lagoon ⓘ
linked to: Bikini Atoll
flagshipOf Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ
linked to: Isoroku Yamamoto
homePort Yokosuka Naval District ⓘ
linked to: Yokosuka
laidDown 1917-08-28 ⓘ
launched 1919-11-09 ⓘ
leadShipOfClass Nagato-class battleship ⓘ
length approximately 215.8 m ⓘ
mainBattery 8 × 410 mm guns ⓘ
mainBatteryConfiguration 4 twin turrets ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 26.5 knots ⓘ
modernizationDetails improved armour, machinery, and superstructure ⓘ
modernized 1930s ⓘ
namedAfter Nagato Province ⓘ
notableEvent served as Yamamoto’s flagship during planning and execution of the attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
notableFeature among the first battleships armed with 410 mm (16.1 in) guns ⓘ
symbol of Imperial Japanese naval power in the interwar period ⓘ
nuclearTestExposure Test Able (air burst) ⓘ
Test Baker (underwater) ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Leyte Gulf (as part of the Japanese fleet) ⓘ
Battle of Midway (as part of the supporting force) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Midway

Battle of the Philippine Sea (as part of the Japanese fleet) ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
postwarUse target ship for nuclear tests ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
roleAtPearlHarbor flagship of the Combined Fleet ⓘ
secondaryBattery 140 mm guns ⓘ
shipClass Nagato-class battleship ⓘ
statusLateWar largely inactive due to fuel shortages ⓘ
sunk 1946-07-29 ⓘ
testSite Bikini Atoll ⓘ
usedIn Operation Crossroads ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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

Operation Crossroads → includedShip → Japanese battleship Nagato ⓘ
Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) → notableShipAssigned → battleship Nagato ⓘ
subject linked to: Second Fleet
linked to: Japanese battleship Nagato
Takeo Kurita → commanded → Battleship Nagato ⓘ
linked to: Japanese battleship Nagato
Japanese battleship Mutsu → sisterShip → Japanese battleship Nagato ⓘ
Battle of the Sibuyan Sea → notableShipDamaged → Japanese battleship Nagato ⓘ
Japanese battleship Nagato → shipClass → Nagato-class battleship ⓘ
linked to: Japanese battleship Nagato
Japanese battleship Nagato → leadShipOfClass → Nagato-class battleship ⓘ
linked to: Japanese battleship Nagato
Takeo Kurita → notableCommand → battleship Nagato ⓘ
subject linked to: Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita
linked to: Japanese battleship Nagato
Japanese Center Force → component → battleship Nagato ⓘ
linked to: Japanese battleship Nagato
Nagato class → hasMember → Japanese battleship Nagato ⓘ
First Striking Force → includedShip → battleship Nagato ⓘ
linked to: Japanese battleship Nagato
Nagato-class battleship → hasMember → Japanese battleship Nagato ⓘ
USS Heermann (DD-532) → facedOpponent → Japanese battleship Nagato ⓘ
subject linked to: destroyer USS Heermann