Ise (hybrid battleship-carrier)

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Ise was a Japanese World War II warship originally built as a battleship and later converted into a hybrid battleship–aircraft carrier, serving in several late-war operations for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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Ise (hybrid battleship-carrier) canonical 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital ship ⓘ
hybrid battleship–aircraft carrier ⓘ
warship ⓘ
aircraftLaunchMethod catapults ⓘ
aircraftRecoveryMethod crane recovery of floatplanes ⓘ
airGroupType dive bombers (planned, limited use) ⓘ
floatplanes ⓘ
airRaid Kure air raids 1945 ⓘ
armamentAA 25 mm Type 96 AA guns after modernization ⓘ
armamentMainBattery 12 × 356 mm (14 in) guns in six twin turrets as built ⓘ
armamentSecondary 140 mm guns as built ⓘ
armorBelt up to about 299 mm ⓘ
armorDeck up to about 114 mm ⓘ
builder Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe ⓘ
commissioned 1917-12-15 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
conversion converted to hybrid battleship–carrier in 1943 ⓘ
conversionFeature aft turrets removed ⓘ
aircraft handling deck and hangar added ⓘ
flight deck installed aft ⓘ
conversionRole seaplane carrier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
damagedBy U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ
displacementFullLoad over 40,000 tons after reconstruction ⓘ
displacementStandard about 35,000 tons after reconstruction ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
fate scrapped ⓘ
flag Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
fleetAssignment 1st Air Fleet (hybrid carrier force, late war) ⓘ
linked to: 1st Air Fleet

3rd Fleet (various periods) ⓘ
linked to: 3rd Fleet
homePort Kure Naval Base ⓘ
laidDown 1915-05-10 ⓘ
launched 1916-11-12 ⓘ
lengthOverall approximately 219.6 m ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 25 knots after reconstruction ⓘ
namedAfter Ise Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
operation Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Operation Shō-Gō (Philippines, 1944) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Leyte

defense of the Japanese home waters ⓘ
operationRole decoy force at Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
propulsion oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
reconstruction modernized in the 1930s ⓘ
scrapped 1946–1947 ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
shipClass Ise-class battleship ⓘ
shipTypeAfterConversion hybrid battleship–aircraft carrier ⓘ
shipTypeBeforeConversion battleship ⓘ
sisterShip Hyūga ⓘ
status1945 heavily damaged and sunk in shallow water at Kure ⓘ

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

Battle of Cape Engaño → JapaneseCarrierInvolved → Ise (hybrid battleship-carrier) ⓘ