Japanese cruiser Yakumo
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 The Japanese cruiser Yakumo |
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| Career |  |
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| Built: | Stettiner Vulcan AG, Germany |
| Ordered: | 1897 Fiscal Year |
| Laid down | March 1898 |
| Launched: | July 8 1899 |
| Completed: | June 20 1900 |
| Fate: | Scrapped April 1 1947 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,646 tons |
| Length: | 124.64 meters at waterline |
| Beam: | 19.57 meters |
| Draught: | 7.24 meters |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft, 24 boilers, 15500 HP |
| Speed: | 20.5 knots |
| Fuel: | 1242 tons coal; 7000 nautical miles @ 10 knots |
| Complement: | 700 |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | 88-170 mm main belt; 125 mm upper belt; 62 mm deck; 150 mm barbette & turret; 50-150 mm casement; 75-300 mm conning tower. |
The IJN Yakumo (八雲) was an armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by the Stettiner Vulcan AG shipyards in Stettin, Germany. It was the only cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy built by Germany, but was armed with British guns, to keep its ammunition compatible with other ships in the fleet. The Yakumo was named after the ancient Shinto shrine of Izumo Taisha, in modern Shimane prefecture.
The Yakumo participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, and took part in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, and in the final crucial Battle of Tsushima, where it played a major role in the sinking of Russian battleship Admiral Ushakov.
In World War I, the Yakumo fought at the Battle of Tsingtao, and later participated in the pursuit of the German East Asia Squadron under German Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee and the German raider Emden.
After the war, the Yakumo was re-designated as a Coastal Defense Vessel and used primarily for training duties. In this capacity, it participated in several long distance voyages to Europe, North America and South America and the South Pacific. On 01 July 1942, although hopelessly obsolete, it was re-armed, anti-aircraft guns added, and reinstated to the active list. After the end of the Pacific War, it was briefly used as a transport to return troops and civilians to the home islands from Japan's former overseas possessions. Sent to the breakers on 20 July 1946, the Yakumo was scrapped on 01 April 1947.
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