Japanese cruiser Itsukushima
- Japanese cruiser Itsukushima
, departed Yokosuka on a training tour which took it to Manila, Batavia, Hong Kong, Chelumpo, Pusan, Gensan, and Vladivostok, returning to Yokosuka on 14 August 1901. It repeated this cruise again in 1903, 1906, 1907 and 1914.
During the Russo-Japanese War, the hopelessly obsolete "Itsukushima" and her sister ships were assigned to the 5th squadron of the reserve 3rd Fleet, together with the equally outdated ironclad battleship under the command of Admiral Shichiro Kataoka. It was present at the blockade of Port Arthur, the Battle of the Yellow Sea and the final Battle of Tsushima. Later assigned the Japanese 4th Fleet, it was part of the flotilla that provided protection for the Japanese invasion of Sakhalin.
On 28 August 1912, the "Itsukushima" was re-classified as a 2nd class Coastal Defense Vessel, and later used as a submarine tender. It was demilitarized on 1 September 1920 and re-classified as a training hulk. It was struck from the active list and scrapped on 12 March 1926 at Kure.
The cruiser "Itsukushima" should not be confused with the Pacific War era minelayer of the same name, or the auxiliary oiler named "Itsukushima-maru".
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References
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* Schencking, J. Charles. "Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, And The Emergence Of The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868-1922". Stanford University Press (2005). ISBN 0804749779
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