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Look at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-a/azuma.htm for an assortment of much better pictures. Stan 23:28, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Indeed. I took the opportunity to upload a higher-resolution version of the picture used here. Gdr 23:50, 2004 Nov 2 (UTC)

".. surprise night abordage by the rebel Kaiten, essentially thanks .. "

abordage points to an empty stub. What does the term mean? Kaiten points to ??WWII?? suicide torpedoes. From the context this seems to be unlikely to be related. I assume this section describes a night attack by some sort of "special forces" group since on board Gattling guns are credited with sucessful defence. This is far from certain from the explanation. I have no basis to resolve the uncertainty, and have thus made no change to the published article.

Of course, you're right. Article on the "Japanese warship Kaiten" coming up soon. PHG 12:52, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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Should this be merged with the entry for the CSS Stonewall? They are, after all the same ship, and with, to be entirely honest, not a complicated enough (or long enough) history to make the combined entry unwieldy.

I could do it...

LordAmeth 05:31, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I agree that they should be merged, as a lot of the information on these articles is pretty redundant. RMG 22:07, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I've merged the two. There really wasn't much on the CSS Stonewall page anyway. LordAmeth 12:52, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

'Moved from my Talk Page. It is more relevant here.'

Hello Msr iaidoka! I am very interested by any information you may have on the Cuban purchase and the Danish proceedings around the Kotetsu. Could you put the information in the article, with references if possible (we cannot just put up the flags with no information in the article itself). Looking forward to the information. Best regards PHG 10:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

PGH, I am working on that now. The Cuban information should be up now. I should have the Danish information posted by tomorrow. msr_iaidoka 0651, 15 April 2007 (EDT) UPDATE: Just checked my sources. Despite having flown Danish colors it appears that the vessel was never officially added to the lists. So the vessel was de facto a Danish vessel through its flying of Danish colors and christening with a Danish name, though not de jure. Would you say this warrants a Danish flag on the profile? msr_iaidoka 0702, 15 April 2007 (EDT)

Thank you for your great addition of information! PHG 14:28, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

At least one contemporary image shows the Azuma flying the "meatball" http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h02000/h02906.jpg (the bow flag shows a faded "meatball" http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h86000/h86930.jpg (retouched) msr_iaidoka 1937, 15 April 2007 (EDT)