Five-Power Treaty

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The Five-Power Treaty was a 1922 naval disarmament agreement among major world powers that limited battleship construction and aimed to prevent an arms race at sea.

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Washington Naval Treaty 14
Five-Power Treaty canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arms control treaty
international agreement
naval disarmament treaty
aimedTo limit battleship construction
prevent naval arms race
reduce naval armaments
allowed replacement of obsolete capital ships after a specified age
alsoKnownAs Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
appliedTo Pacific and global naval deployments
cameIntoForceIn 1922
category 1922 in international relations
Interwar naval treaties
concludedAt Washington Naval Conference
duration initially 10 years
establishedNavalRatio 1.67 ratio for France relative to US and UK
1.67 ratio for Italy relative to US and UK
5:5:3 ratio for capital ships between US, UK, and Japan
geopoliticalContext interwar period
historicalPeriod interwar disarmament era
influenced London Naval Treaty
influencedBy post–World War I disarmament movement
inForceUntil 1930s
jurisdiction naval forces of signatory states
language English
limitedConstructionOf battlecruisers
battleships
limitedTypeOfVessel aircraft carriers
capital ships
negotiatedBy Arthur Balfour
Charles Evans Hughes
Japanese delegation at Washington Naval Conference
partOf Washington Naval Conference agreements
prohibited new capital ship construction above agreed limits
relatedTo Four-Power Treaty
Nine-Power Treaty
restricted individual ship displacement
maximum gun caliber on capital ships
total tonnage of capital ships
resultedIn scrapping of existing capital ships
stabilization of naval power balance among signatories
signatory France
Italy
Japan
United Kingdom
United States
signedAt Washington, D.C.
signedOn 1922-02-06
subjectOf naval tonnage limitations

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Amagi-class battlecruiser treatyAffectedBy Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
USS Washington (BB-47) reasonForCancellation Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
USS Washington (BB-47) treaty Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
USS Lexington (CV-2) treaty Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
Mogami class designedToComplyWith Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
Five-Power Treaty alsoKnownAs Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
Four-Power Treaty relatedTo Five-Power Treaty
North Carolina-class battleship designedUnder Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
USS Washington (BB-47) constructionHaltedUnder Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
USS Washington (BB-47) scrappedUnder Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
CC-1 conversionReason Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
Portland class navalTreatyContext Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
HMS Nelson treatyCompliance Washington Naval Treaty
subject linked to: battleship HMS Nelson
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
Northampton-class cruiser designedUnder Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
Furutaka-class cruisers designedToComplyWith Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
Washington Naval Conference result Five-Power Treaty