Japanese cruiser Kako

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Japanese cruiser Kako was an Imperial Japanese Navy Furutaka-class heavy cruiser that served in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II before being sunk by a U.S. submarine shortly after participating in the Battle of Savo Island.

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AI-generated illustration of Japanese cruiser Kako

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 cruiser Kako (Japanese cruiser Kako was an Imperial Japanese Navy Furutaka-class heavy cruiser that served in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II before being sunk by a U.S. submarine shortly after participating in the Battle of Savo Island.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Japanese cruiser Kako canonical 5
IJN Kako 1
Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser Kako 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Furutaka-class heavy cruiser ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser ⓘ
warship ⓘ
armedWith 203 mm naval guns ⓘ
torpedoes ⓘ
builtFor Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
category Furutaka-class cruisers ⓘ
Ships sunk by American submarines ⓘ
Shipwrecks of World War II ⓘ
World War II cruisers of Japan ⓘ
class Furutaka class ⓘ
commissioned 1926 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
crewType naval personnel ⓘ
designPurpose treaty cruiser ⓘ
displacement approximately 7,100 tons standard ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
linked to: World War II

interwar period ⓘ
fate sunk ⓘ
hullMaterial steel ⓘ
launchDate 1925 ⓘ
namedAfter Kako River ⓘ
nationality Japanese ⓘ
navalFleet Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Savo Island ⓘ
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
early Pacific campaigns of World War II ⓘ
operations around New Guinea ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
roleInBattleOfSavoIsland Japanese attacking force ⓘ
serviceBranch Japanese Navy ⓘ
serviceEntry 1920s ⓘ
shipType heavy cruiser ⓘ
sinkingCause torpedoes ⓘ
sinkingDate August 1942 ⓘ
sinkingLocation Southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
near New Ireland ⓘ
sisterShip Japanese cruiser Furutaka ⓘ
status shipwreck ⓘ
sunkBy USS S-44 ⓘ
United States Navy submarine ⓘ
theater Pacific War ⓘ
usedIn offensive naval operations ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Battle of Savo Island → notableShip → Japanese cruiser Kako ⓘ
Battle of Savo Island → notableShip → Japanese cruiser Furutaka ⓘ
linked to: Japanese cruiser Kako
Furutaka-class cruisers → shipInClass → Japanese cruiser Kako ⓘ
USS S-44 → sank → Japanese cruiser Kako ⓘ
subject linked to: United States Navy submarine
USS S-44 → notableVictimShip → IJN Kako ⓘ
subject linked to: United States Navy submarine
linked to: Japanese cruiser Kako
Kako River → nameUsedFor → Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser Kako ⓘ
linked to: Japanese cruiser Kako
Kako River → inspiredNameOf → Japanese cruiser Kako ⓘ
Cruiser Division 6 → includedVessel → Japanese cruiser Kako ⓘ