# Canonical recap data for Washington Naval Treaty Conference (1922)
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slug: washington-naval-treaty
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1922/washington-naval-treaty"
title: Washington Naval Treaty Conference
subtitle: The treaty capped naval armaments among major powers, representing the era's most serious disarmament effort before rearmament resumed.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1922-02-06
endDate: 1922-02-01
datePrecision: day
year: 1922
decade: 1920
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: The Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty, was signed during 1922 among the major Allies of World War I, which agreed to prevent an arms race by limiting naval construction. It was negotiated at the Washington Naval Conference in Washington, D.C., from November 1921 to February 1922 and signed by
summaryLong: The Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty, was signed during 1922 among the major Allies of World War I, which agreed to prevent an arms race by limiting naval construction. It was negotiated at the Washington Naval Conference in Washington, D.C., from November 1921 to February 1922 and signed by the governments of the British Empire, United States, France, Italy, and Japan. It limited the construction of battleships, battlecruisers and aircraft carriers by the signatories. The numbers of other categories of warships, including cruisers, destroyers, and submarines, were not limited by the treaty, but those ships were limited to 10,000 tons displacement each.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Washington Naval Treaty"
importance: 75
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty"
  title: Washington Naval Treaty
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: "The Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty, was signed during 1922 among the major Allies of World War I, which agreed to prevent an arms "
wikidataQid: Q696550
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260428123222/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty"
  capturedAt: 2026-04-28
  label: Washington Naval Treaty
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty"
