Japanese cruiser Akitsushima
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 The Japanese cruiser Akitsushima |
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| Career |  |
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| Built: | Yokosuka Naval Yards, Japan |
| Ordered: | 1889 Fiscal Year |
| Laid down | March 1890 |
| Launched: | July 6 1892 |
| Completed: | March 31 1894 |
| Fate: | Scrapped January 10 1927 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,100 tons |
| Length: | 91.7 meters at waterline |
| Beam: | 13.14 meters |
| Draught: | 5.32 meters |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft, 6 boilers, 8400 HP |
| Speed: | 19 knots |
| Fuel: | 800 tons coal |
| Complement: | 330 |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | 75 mm deck; 115 mm gunshield |
The IJN Akitsushima (秋津州) was a 2nd class protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by the Yokosuka shipyards in Japan. The name Akitsushima comes from an ancient name for Japan, as used in the Kojiki. The Akitsushima was the first cruiser designed and produced solely by Japan, and was intended to be a high speed scout cruiser to complement the more heavily armed Naniwa-class.It should not be confused with the later Pacific War era seaplane carrier of the same name.
After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Kamimura Hikonojo was assigned command of the new cruiser Akitsushima and won distinction at the Battle of the Yalu on 17 September 1894.
On 21 March 1898, the Akitsushima was re-designated as a 3rd class protected cruiser.
Considered underpowered, poorly armored, and outgunned by the time of the Russo-Japanese War, the Akitsushima was largely assigned to rearline duties. It was re-classified as a “Second Class Coastal Defense Vessel” on 28 August 1912, and a Training Ship on 30 April 1921. It was scrapped on 10 January 1927.
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