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margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1st-class <a href="/wiki/Kaibokan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaibokan">coast-defense ship</a>, 1 September 1921</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">1st-class cruiser</a>, 1 July 1942</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">As <a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">training ship</a>, 1943</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>30 November 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Sunk by air attack, 25 July 1945</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Raised and <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">scrapped</a>, 1946–1947</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Izumo-class_cruiser" title="Izumo-class cruiser"><i>Izumo</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Armored_cruiser" title="Armored cruiser">armored cruiser</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>9,423 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a> (9,274 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>132.28 m (434 ft) (<a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">o/a</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>20.94 m (68 ft 8 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>7.21 m (23 ft 8 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">24 <a href="/wiki/Belleville_boilers" class="mw-redirect" title="Belleville boilers">Belleville boilers</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">14,500 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Indicated_horsepower" title="Horsepower">ihp</a> (10,800 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 Shafts; 2 <a href="/wiki/Marine_steam_engine#Triple_or_multiple_expansion" title="Marine steam engine">triple-expansion steam engines</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>20.75 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (38.43 km/h; 23.88 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>7,000 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>672</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × twin <a href="/wiki/20.3_cm/45_Type_41_naval_gun" title="20.3 cm/45 Type 41 naval gun">8 in (203 mm) guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">14 × single QF <a href="/wiki/QF_6-inch_naval_gun" title="QF 6-inch naval gun">6 in (152 mm) guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">12 × single <a href="/wiki/QF_12-pounder_12_cwt_naval_gun" title="QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun">12 pdr 3 in (76 mm) guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 × single QF <a href="/wiki/QF_3-pounder_Hotchkiss#Japanese_service" title="QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss">2.5 pdr (1.5 in (38 mm))</a> <a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_gun" title="Hotchkiss gun">Yamauchi guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × 18 in (457 mm) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armor</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Belt_armor" title="Belt armor">Waterline belt</a>: 89–178 mm (3.5–7.0 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Deck_(ship)" title="Deck (ship)">Deck</a>: 63 mm (2.5 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Gun_turret" title="Gun turret">Gun turret</a>: 160 mm (6.3 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Barbette" title="Barbette">Barbette</a>: 152 mm (6.0 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Casemate" title="Casemate">Casemate</a>: 51–152 mm (2.0–6.0 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Conning_tower" title="Conning tower">Conning tower</a>: 356 mm (14.0 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Bulkhead_(partition)" title="Bulkhead (partition)">Bulkhead</a>: 127 mm (5.0 in)</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>Iwate</b></i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">磐手</span></span>)</span> was the second and last <a href="/wiki/Izumo-class_cruiser" title="Izumo-class cruiser"><i>Izumo</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Armored_cruiser" title="Armored cruiser">armored cruiser</a> (<i>Sōkō jun'yōkan</i>) built for the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> (IJN) in the late 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships herself, the ship was built in Britain. She participated in most of the naval battles of the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a> of 1904–1905. The ship was moderately damaged during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Port_Arthur" title="Battle of Port Arthur">Battle of Port Arthur</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_off_Ulsan" title="Battle off Ulsan">Battle off Ulsan</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tsushima" title="Battle of Tsushima">Battle of Tsushima</a>. <i>Iwate</i> played a minor role in World War I and began the first of her many training cruises for <a href="/wiki/Naval_cadet" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval cadet">naval cadets</a> in 1916, a task that would last until the end of 1939. The ship continued to conduct training in home waters throughout the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>. <i>Iwate</i> was sunk by American carrier aircraft during the <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Kure_(July_1945)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombing of Kure (July 1945)">attack on Kure</a> in July 1945. Her wreck was <a href="/wiki/Marine_salvage" title="Marine salvage">refloated</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">scrapped</a> in 1946–1947. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_description">Background and description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_cruiser_Iwate&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1896 Naval Expansion Plan was made after the <a href="/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War" title="First Sino-Japanese War">First Sino-Japanese War</a> and included four armored cruisers in addition to four more <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleships</a>, all of which had to be ordered from British shipyards as Japan lacked the capability to build them itself. Further consideration of the Russian building program caused the IJN to believe that the battleships ordered under the original plan would not be sufficient to counter the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Navy" title="Imperial Russian Navy">Imperial Russian Navy</a>. Budgetary limitations prevented ordering more battleships and the IJN decided to expand the number of more affordable armored cruisers to be ordered from four to six ships. The revised plan is commonly known as the "Six-Six Fleet".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike most of their contemporaries which were designed for <a href="/wiki/Commerce_raiding" title="Commerce raiding">commerce raiding</a> or to defend colonies and trade routes, <i>Iwate</i> and her half-<a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sisters</a> were intended as fleet scouts and to be employed in the <a href="/wiki/Line_of_battle" title="Line of battle">battleline</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship was 132.28 meters (434 ft) long <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">overall</a> and 121.92 meters (400 ft) <a href="/wiki/Length_between_perpendiculars" title="Length between perpendiculars">between perpendiculars</a>. She had a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 20.94 meters (68 ft 8 in) and had an average <a href="/wiki/Draft_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Draft (ship)">draft</a> of 7.21 meters (23 ft 8 in). <i>Iwate</i> <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">displaced</a> 9,423 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">metric tons</a> (9,274 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a>) at normal load and 10,235 metric tons (10,073 long tons) at <a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>. The ship had a <a href="/wiki/Metacentric_height" title="Metacentric height">metacentric height</a> of 0.73 meters (2 ft 5 in).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her crew consisted of 672 officers and enlisted men.<sup id="cite_ref-j2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Iwate</i> had a pair of four-cylinder <a href="/wiki/Marine_steam_engine#Triple_or_multiple_expansion" title="Marine steam engine">triple-expansion steam engines</a>, each driving a single <a href="/wiki/Propeller_shaft" class="mw-redirect" title="Propeller shaft">propeller shaft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steam for the engines was provided by 24 <a href="/wiki/Belleville_boiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Belleville boiler">Belleville boilers</a> and the engines were rated at a total of 14,500 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Indicated_horsepower" title="Horsepower">indicated horsepower</a> (10,800 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>). The ship had a designed speed of 20.75 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (38.43 km/h; 23.88 mph) and reached 22.3 knots (41.3 km/h; 25.7 mph) during her <a href="/wiki/Sea_trial" title="Sea trial">sea trials</a> from 15,739 ihp (11,737 kW). She carried up to 1,527 long tons (1,551 t) of coal<sup id="cite_ref-b9_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b9-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and could steam for 7,000 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-j2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Main_battery" title="Main battery">main armament</a> for all of the "Six-Six Fleet" armored cruisers consisted of four <a href="/wiki/20.3_cm/45_Type_41_naval_gun" title="20.3 cm/45 Type 41 naval gun">8-inch (203 mm) guns</a> in twin-<a href="/wiki/Gun_turret" title="Gun turret">gun turrets</a> fore and aft of the <a href="/wiki/Superstructure" title="Superstructure">superstructure</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Secondary_armament" title="Secondary armament">secondary armament</a> consisted of 14 <a href="/wiki/Elswick_Ordnance_Company" title="Elswick Ordnance Company">Elswick Ordnance Company</a> "Pattern Z" <a href="/wiki/Quick-firing_gun" title="Quick-firing gun">quick-firing (QF)</a>, <a href="/wiki/QF_6-inch_naval_gun" title="QF 6-inch naval gun">6-inch (152 mm)</a> guns. Only four of these guns were not mounted in armored <a href="/wiki/Casemate" title="Casemate">casemates</a> on the main and upper decks and their mounts on the upper deck were protected by <a href="/wiki/Gun_shield" title="Gun shield">gun shields</a>. <i>Iwate</i> was also equipped with a dozen <a href="/wiki/QF_12-pounder_12_cwt_naval_gun" title="QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun">QF 12-pounder (3-inch (76 mm)) 12-cwt guns</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and eight QF <a href="/wiki/QF_3-pounder_Hotchkiss#Japanese_service" title="QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss">2.5-pounder (1.5-inch (38 mm))</a> <a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_gun" title="Hotchkiss gun">Yamauchi guns</a> as close-range defense against <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">torpedo boats</a>. The ship was equipped with four submerged 18-inch (457 mm) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a>, two on each <a href="/wiki/Broadside_(naval)" title="Broadside (naval)">broadside</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All of the "Six-Six Fleet" armored cruisers used the same armor scheme with some minor differences. The <a href="/wiki/Belt_armor" title="Belt armor">waterline belt</a> of <a href="/wiki/Krupp_cemented_armor" class="mw-redirect" title="Krupp cemented armor">Krupp cemented armor</a> ran the full length of the ship and its thickness varied from 178 millimeters (7.0 in) amidships to 89 millimeters (3.5 in) at the bow and stern. It had a height of 2.13 meters (7 ft 0 in), of which 1.33 meters (4 ft 4 in) was normally underwater. The upper <a href="/wiki/Strake" title="Strake">strake</a> of belt armor was 127 millimeters (5.0 in) thick and extended from the upper edge of the waterline belt to the main deck. It extended 53.31 meters (174 ft 11 in) from the forward to the rear <a href="/wiki/Barbette" title="Barbette">barbette</a>. The <i>Izumo</i> class had oblique 127 mm armored <a href="/wiki/Bulkhead_(partition)" title="Bulkhead (partition)">bulkheads</a> that closed off the ends of the central armored citadel.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The barbettes, gun turrets and the front of the casemates were all 6 inches thick while the sides and rear of the casemates were protected by 51 millimeters (2.0 in) of armor. The deck was 63 millimeters (2.5 in) thick and the armor protecting the <a href="/wiki/Conning_tower" title="Conning tower">conning tower</a> was 356 millimeters (14.0 in) in thickness.<sup id="cite_ref-Conway_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conway-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_career">Construction and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_cruiser_Iwate&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IJN_Iwate_launching,_29.03.1900.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/IJN_Iwate_launching%2C_29.03.1900.jpg/220px-IJN_Iwate_launching%2C_29.03.1900.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/IJN_Iwate_launching%2C_29.03.1900.jpg/330px-IJN_Iwate_launching%2C_29.03.1900.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/IJN_Iwate_launching%2C_29.03.1900.jpg/440px-IJN_Iwate_launching%2C_29.03.1900.jpg 2x" data-file-width="811" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption><i>Iwate</i> prior to launching, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_at_Plymouth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_at_Plymouth.jpg/220px-Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_at_Plymouth.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_at_Plymouth.jpg/330px-Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_at_Plymouth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_at_Plymouth.jpg/440px-Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_at_Plymouth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3928" data-file-height="1973" /></a><figcaption><i>Iwate</i> at anchor, <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>, c. 1901</figcaption></figure> <p>The contract for <i>Iwate</i>, named after the <a href="/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture" title="Iwate Prefecture">eponymous prefecture</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was signed on 19 July 1898 with <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth" title="Armstrong Whitworth">Armstrong Whitworth</a>. The ship was <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> at their shipyard in <a href="/wiki/Elswick,_Tyne_and_Wear" class="mw-redirect" title="Elswick, Tyne and Wear">Elswick</a> on 11 November 1898 and <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">launched</a> on 29 March 1900, when she was named by Mme. Arakawa, wife of the Japanese Consul-General in London.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was completed on 18 March 1901 and departed for Japan the following day<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under the command of <a href="/wiki/Captain_(naval)" title="Captain (naval)">Captain</a> <a href="/wiki/Hikohachi_Yamada" title="Hikohachi Yamada">Hikohachi Yamada</a>, who had been appointed to supervise her construction and bring her back to Japan. <i>Iwate</i> arrived in <a href="/wiki/Yokosuka,_Kanagawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Yokosuka, Kanagawa">Yokosuka</a> on 17 May and Yamada was relieved by Captain <a href="/wiki/Taketomi_Kunikane" title="Taketomi Kunikane">Taketomi Kunikane</a> on 6 July.<sup id="cite_ref-hk_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hk-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russo-Japanese_War">Russo-Japanese War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_cruiser_Iwate&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Russo-Japanese War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the start of the Russo-Japanese War, <i>Iwate</i> was the flagship of Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Misu_Sotar%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Misu Sotarō">Misu Sotarō</a>, commander of the 2nd Division of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="2nd Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)">2nd Fleet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She participated in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Port_Arthur" title="Battle of Port Arthur">Battle of Port Arthur</a> on 9 February 1904, when <a href="/wiki/Vice_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Admiral">Vice Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dg%C5%8D_Heihachir%C5%8D" title="Tōgō Heihachirō">Tōgō Heihachirō</a> led the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Fleet" title="Combined Fleet">Combined Fleet</a> in an attack on the Russian ships of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Fleet_(Russia)" title="Pacific Fleet (Russia)">Pacific Squadron</a> anchored just outside <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCshunkou_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lüshunkou District">Port Arthur</a>. Tōgō had expected the surprise night attack by his destroyers to be much more successful than it was, anticipating that the Russians would be badly disorganized and weakened, but they had recovered from their surprise and were ready for his attack. The Japanese ships were spotted by the <a href="/wiki/Protected_cruiser" title="Protected cruiser">protected cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Boyarin" title="Russian cruiser Boyarin"><i>Boyarin</i></a>, which was patrolling offshore and alerted the Russians. Tōgō chose to attack the Russian coastal defenses with his main armament and engage the ships with his secondary guns. Splitting his fire proved to be a poor decision as the Japanese eight- and six-inch guns inflicted little damage on the Russian ships, which concentrated all their fire on the Japanese ships with some effect.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although many ships on both sides were hit, Russian casualties numbered some 150, while the Japanese suffered roughly 90 killed and wounded before Tōgō disengaged.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Iwate</i> had, in fact, been considerably damaged in the engagement.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early March, Kamimura was tasked to take the reinforced 2nd Division north and make a diversion off <a href="/wiki/Vladivostok" title="Vladivostok">Vladivostok</a>. While scouting for Russian ships in the area, the Japanese cruisers bombarded the harbor and defenses of Vladivostok on 6 March to little effect. Upon their return to Japan a few days later, the 2nd Division was ordered to escort the transports ferrying the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Guards_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Guards Division">Imperial Guards Division</a> to Korea and then to join the ships blockading Port Arthur. Kamimura was ordered north in mid-April to cover the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a> and defend the <a href="/wiki/Korea_Strait" title="Korea Strait">Korea Strait</a> against any attempt by the Vladivostok Independent Cruiser Squadron, under the command of Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Karl_Jessen" title="Karl Jessen">Karl Jessen</a>, to break through and unite with the Pacific Squadron. The two units narrowly missed each other on the 24th in heavy fog and the Japanese proceeded to Vladivostok where they laid several <a href="/wiki/Minefield" class="mw-redirect" title="Minefield">minefields</a> before arriving back at <a href="/wiki/Wonsan" title="Wonsan">Wonsan</a> on the 30th.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The division failed to intercept the Russian squadron as it attacked <a href="/wiki/Hitachi_Maru_Incident" title="Hitachi Maru Incident">several transports</a> south of <a href="/wiki/Okinoshima,_Shimane" title="Okinoshima, Shimane">Okinoshima Island</a> on 15 June due to heavy rain and fog. The Russians sortied again on 30 June and Kamimura finally was able to intercept them the next day near Okinoshima. The light was failing when they were spotted and the Russians were able to disengage in the darkness. Jessen's ships sortied again on 17 July headed for the eastern coast of Japan to act as a diversion and pull Japanese forces out of the Sea of Japan and the <a href="/wiki/Yellow_Sea" title="Yellow Sea">Yellow Sea</a>. The Russian ships passed through <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Strait" title="Tsugaru Strait">Tsugaru Strait</a> two days later and began capturing ships bound for Japan. The arrival of the Russians off <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a> on the 24th caused the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_General_Staff" title="Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff">Naval General Staff</a> to order Kamimura to sail for Cape Toi Misaki, <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyūshū">Kyūshū</a>, fearing that Jessen would circumnavigate Japan to reach Port Arthur. Two days later he was ordered north to the <a href="/wiki/Kii_Channel" title="Kii Channel">Kii Channel</a> and then to Tokyo Bay on the 28th. The General Staff finally ordered him back to <a href="/wiki/Tsushima_Island" title="Tsushima Island">Tsushima Island</a> on the 30th; later that day he received word that Jessen's ships had passed through the Tsugaru Strait early that morning and reached Vladivostok on 1 August.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Battle_off_Ulsan">Battle off Ulsan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_cruiser_Iwate&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Battle off Ulsan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_off_Ulsan" title="Battle off Ulsan">Battle off Ulsan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_in_1902.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_in_1902.jpg/220px-Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_in_1902.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_in_1902.jpg/330px-Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_in_1902.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_in_1902.jpg/440px-Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_in_1902.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1995" data-file-height="1793" /></a><figcaption><i>Iwate</i> at anchor, 1902</figcaption></figure> <p>On 10 August, the ships at Port Arthur attempted a breakout to Vladivostok, but were turned back in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Yellow_Sea" title="Battle of the Yellow Sea">Battle of the Yellow Sea</a>. Jessen was ordered to rendezvous with them, but the order was delayed. His three armored cruisers, <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Rossia" title="Russian cruiser Rossia"><i>Rossia</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Gromoboi" title="Russian cruiser Gromoboi"><i>Gromoboi</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Rurik_(1892)" title="Russian cruiser Rurik (1892)"><i>Rurik</i></a>, had to raise steam, so he did not sortie until the evening of 13 August. By dawn he had reached Tsushima, but turned back when he failed to see any ships from the Port Arthur squadron. 36 miles (58 km) north of the island he encountered Kamimura's squadron, which consisted of four modern armored cruisers, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Izumo" title="Japanese cruiser Izumo"><i>Izumo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Tokiwa" title="Japanese cruiser Tokiwa"><i>Tokiwa</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Azuma" title="Japanese cruiser Azuma"><i>Azuma</i></a>, and <i>Iwate</i>. The two squadrons had passed during the night without spotting one another and each had reversed course around first light. This put the Japanese ships astride the Russian route to Vladivostok.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jessen ordered his ships to turn to the northeast when he spotted the Japanese at 05:00 and they followed suit, albeit on a slightly converging course. Both sides opened fire around 05:23 at a range of 8,500 meters (9,300 yd). The Japanese ships concentrated their fire on <i>Rurik</i>, the rear ship of the Russian formation. She was hit fairly quickly and began to fall astern of the other two ships. Jessen turned southeast in an attempt to open the range, but this blinded the Russian gunners with the rising sun and prevented any of their broadside guns from bearing on the Japanese. About 06:00, Jessen turned 180° to starboard in an attempt to reach the Korean coast and to allow <i>Rurik</i> to rejoin the squadron. Kamimura followed suit around 06:10, but turned to port, which opened the range between the squadrons. <i>Azuma</i> then developed engine problems and the Japanese squadron slowed to conform with her best speed. Firing recommenced at 06:24 and <i>Rurik</i> was hit three times in the stern, flooding her steering compartment; she had to be steered with her engines. Her speed continued to decrease, further exposing her to Japanese fire, and her steering jammed to port around 06:40.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jessen made another 180° turn in an attempt to interpose his two ships between the Japanese and <i>Rurik</i>, but the latter ship suddenly turn to starboard and increased speed and passed between Jessen's ships and the Japanese. Kamimura turned 180° as well so that both squadrons were heading southeast on parallel courses, but Jessen quickly made another 180° turn so that they headed on opposing courses. At this time an eight-inch shell struck the roof of <i>Iwate</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s starboard forward upper six-inch casemate and ignited the ready-use ammunition. The fire killed 40 and wounded 24 more and knocked out the six-inch gun in that casemate, as well as those below and aft of it. In addition, the 12-pounder above it was rendered inoperable. The Russians reversed course for the third time around 07:45 in another attempt to support <i>Rurik</i> although <i>Rossia</i> was on fire herself; her fires were extinguished about twenty minutes later. Kamimura circled <i>Rurik</i> to the south at 08:00 and allowed the other two Russian ships to get to his north and gave them an uncontested route to Vladivostok. Despite this, Jessen turned back once more at 08:15 and ordered <i>Rurik</i> to make her own way back to Vladivostok before turning north at his maximum speed, about 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-b3_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About this time Kamimura's two elderly protected cruisers, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Naniwa" title="Japanese cruiser Naniwa"><i>Naniwa</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Takachiho" title="Japanese cruiser Takachiho"><i>Takachiho</i></a>, were approaching from the south. Their arrival allowed Kamimura to pursue Jessen with all of his armored cruisers while the two new arrivals dealt with <i>Rurik</i>. They fought a running battle with the Russians for the next hour and a half; scoring enough hits on them to force their speed down to 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The Japanese closed to a minimum of about 5,000 meters (5,500 yd), but Kamimura then opened the range up to 6,500 meters (7,100 yd).<sup id="cite_ref-b3_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About 10:00, Kamimura's gunnery officer erroneously informed him that <i>Izumo</i> had expended three-quarters of her ammunition and he turned back after a five-minute rapid-fire barrage. He did not wish to leave the Tsushima Strait unguarded and thought that he could use his remaining ammunition on <i>Rurik</i>. By this time she had been sunk by <i>Naniwa</i> and <i>Takachiho</i>. They had radioed Kamimura that she was sunk, but he did not receive the message. Shortly after the Japanese turned back, <i>Gromoboi</i> and <i>Rossia</i> were forced to <a href="/wiki/Heave-to" class="mw-redirect" title="Heave-to">heave-to</a> to make repairs. <i>Iwate</i> was the most seriously damaged Japanese ship and suffered a total of 40 killed and 37 wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In mid-September, <i>Tokiwa</i> and <i>Iwate</i> were transferred to the 1st Division. In early December the cruiser was sent home to refit. In mid-February, she was guarding the Tsugaru Strait and remained there through mid-April.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Battle_of_Tsushima">Battle of Tsushima</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_cruiser_Iwate&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Battle of Tsushima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tsushima" title="Battle of Tsushima">Battle of Tsushima</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_2.jpg/220px-Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_2.jpg/330px-Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_2.jpg/440px-Japanese_cruiser_Iwate_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="316" /></a><figcaption>A Japanese postcard of <i>Iwate</i> at sea, c. 1905</figcaption></figure> <p>As the Russian 2nd and 3rd Pacific Squadrons approached Japan on 27 May, having sailed from the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a>, they were spotted by patrolling Japanese ships early that morning, but visibility was limited and radio reception poor. The preliminary reports were enough to cause Tōgō to order his ships to put to sea and the 2nd Division spotted the Russian ships under the command of Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Zinovy_Rozhestvensky" title="Zinovy Rozhestvensky">Zinovy Rozhestvensky</a> at around 11:30. Kamimura closed to about a range of 8,000 meters (8,700 yd) before sheering off under fire to join Tōgō's battleships.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Iwate</i>, now the flagship of Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Shimamura_Hayao" title="Shimamura Hayao">Shimamura Hayao</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was last in the 2nd Division when Tōgō opened fire on the 2nd Pacific Squadron at 14:10 and, like most of the ships in the division, engaged the battleship <a href="/wiki/Russian_battleship_Oslyabya" title="Russian battleship Oslyabya"><i>Oslyabya</i></a> which was forced to fall out of formation at 14:50 and sank 20 minutes later. The cruiser also fired upon the battleship <a href="/wiki/Russian_battleship_Imperator_Nikolai_I_(1889)" title="Russian battleship Imperator Nikolai I (1889)"><i>Imperator Nikolai I</i></a> before 14:50. The protected cruiser <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Zhemchug" title="Russian cruiser Zhemchug"><i>Zhemchug</i></a> attempted to make a torpedo attack at about 15:06, but was driven off by fire from <i>Iwate</i> and the armored cruisers <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Kasuga" title="Japanese cruiser Kasuga"><i>Kasuga</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Nisshin" title="Japanese cruiser Nisshin"><i>Nisshin</i></a>. The battleship <a href="/wiki/Russian_battleship_Knyaz_Suvorov" title="Russian battleship Knyaz Suvorov"><i>Knyaz Suvorov</i></a> suddenly appeared out of the mist at 15:35 at a range of about 2,000 meters (6,600 ft). All of Kamimura's ships engaged her for five minutes or so with <i>Azuma</i> and the armored cruiser <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Yakumo" title="Japanese cruiser Yakumo"><i>Yakumo</i></a> also firing torpedoes at the Russian ship without effect.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After 17:30 Kamimura led his division in a fruitless pursuit of some of the Russian cruisers, leaving Tōgō's battleships to their own devices. He abandoned his chase around 18:03 and turned northwards to rejoin Tōgō. His ships spotted the rear of the Russian battleline around 18:30 and opened fire when the range closed to 8000–9000 meters. Nothing is known of any effect on the Russians and they ceased fire by 19:30 and rejoined Tōgō at 20:08 as night was falling.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The surviving Russian ships were spotted the next morning and the Japanese ships opened fire around 10:30, staying beyond the range at which the Russian ships could effectively reply. Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Nebogatov" title="Nikolai Nebogatov">Nikolai Nebogatov</a> therefore decided to surrender his ships as he could neither return fire nor close the range.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the meantime, the <a href="/wiki/Coast_defense_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Coast defense ship">coast defense ship</a> <a href="/wiki/Russian_coast_defense_ship_Admiral_Ushakov" title="Russian coast defense ship Admiral Ushakov"><i>Admiral Ushakov</i></a> had fallen well behind Nebogatov's ships and was spotted by the protected cruiser <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Chiyoda" title="Japanese cruiser Chiyoda"><i>Chiyoda</i></a> early in the morning, but the Japanese were more intent on locating the main body of the Russian fleet than attacking a single isolated ship. <i>Admiral Ushakov</i> was then spotted at 14:10, well after Nebogatov's surrender, by Shimamura who received permission to pursue her with <i>Iwate</i> and <i>Yakumo</i>. They caught up with the Russian ship at 17:00 and demanded her surrender. <i>Admiral Ushakov</i> attempted to close the range to bring the Japanese cruisers within range of her guns, but they were fast enough to keep the range open and the Russian ship never hit either one. After about half an hour, <i>Admiral Ushakov</i> was listing heavily enough that her guns could not elevate enough to bear and her commander ordered his crew to abandon ship and the <a href="/wiki/Scuttling" title="Scuttling">scuttling</a> charges detonated. The ship sank in three minutes and 12 officers and 327 crewmen were rescued by the Japanese. Between them, <i>Yakumo</i> and <i>Iwate</i> fired 89 eight- and 278 six-inch shells during the engagement.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Iwate</i> was struck 17 times, over the course of the entire battle, including hits that burst in the water alongside. She was, however, only lightly damaged by two hits that caused two compartments on the lower deck to flood. These hits were made by two 12-inch, three 8-inch, two 6-inch, one 120 mm (4.7 in), five 75 mm (3 in), and four unidentified shells.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the IJN was preparing to invade <a href="/wiki/Sakhalin" title="Sakhalin">Sakhalin</a> Island in early July, Kamimura's 2nd Division, now reduced to <i>Iwate</i>, <i>Izumo</i>, and <i>Tokiwa</i>, was tasked to defend the Korea Strait before it escorted troops that made an <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_landing" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphibious landing">amphibious landing</a> in northeastern Korea. In mid-August, the division covered the landing at <a href="/wiki/Chongjin" title="Chongjin">Chongjin</a>, closer to the Russian border.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the war, she was briefly commanded by Captain <a href="/wiki/Yamashita_Gentar%C5%8D" title="Yamashita Gentarō">Yamashita Gentarō</a> from 2 February to 22 November 1906 before he was relieved by Captain <a href="/wiki/Arima_Ryokitsu" class="mw-redirect" title="Arima Ryokitsu">Arima Ryokitsu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hk_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hk-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subsequent_service">Subsequent service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_cruiser_Iwate&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Subsequent service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ship participated in the early stages of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tsingtao" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Tsingtao">Battle of Tsingtao</a> before returning to <a href="/wiki/Sasebo,_Nagasaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasebo, Nagasaki">Sasebo</a> on 2 October 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following month she was assigned to the First South Seas Squadron, based at <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a> and later at the <a href="/wiki/Marquesas_Islands" title="Marquesas Islands">Marquesas Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 September 1915, <i>Iwate</i> was assigned to the Training Squadron where she conducted long-distance oceanic navigation and officer training for cadets in the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Japanese Navy Academy">Imperial Japanese Navy Academy</a>. She began the first of her 16 training cruises on 20 April 1916, together with <i>Azuma</i>, and visited <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> before returning home on 22 August. The ship was relieved of her assignment the next month, but rejoined the Training Squadron a year later in preparation for her next training cruise. <i>Iwate</i> departed on 2 March 1918, bound for <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> and the <a href="/wiki/South_Sea_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="South Sea Islands">South Sea Islands</a>, and returned on 6 July.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iwate_at_Vancouver_1933.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Iwate_at_Vancouver_1933.jpg/220px-Iwate_at_Vancouver_1933.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Iwate_at_Vancouver_1933.jpg/330px-Iwate_at_Vancouver_1933.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Iwate_at_Vancouver_1933.jpg/440px-Iwate_at_Vancouver_1933.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1572" /></a><figcaption><i>Iwate</i> at <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, 1933</figcaption></figure> <p>Two years later, the ship began her next training cruise on 21 August 1920, visiting South America and the South Sea Islands, before returning on 4 April 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-lw7_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lw7-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 September, she was re-designated as a 1st-class <a href="/wiki/Kaibokan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaibokan">coast-defense ship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hk_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hk-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 June 1922, <i>Iwate</i>, accompanied by <i>Izumo</i> and <i>Yakumo</i>, began a circumnavigation of the world that took them to Hawaii, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, through the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> to <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>, where the cadets viewed the <a href="/wiki/Independence_Centenary_International_Exposition" title="Independence Centenary International Exposition">Independence Centenary International Exposition</a> commemorating Brazilian independence. The ships then visited <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Durban" title="Durban">Durban</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> before heading home via the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>, where they arrived on 8 February 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-hk_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hk-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1924, four of <i>Iwate</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s 12-pounder guns were removed, as were all of her QF 2.5-pounder guns, and a single <a href="/wiki/8_cm/40_3rd_Year_Type_naval_gun" title="8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun">8 cm/40 3rd Year Type</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft gun">anti-aircraft (AA) gun</a> was added. Refitted again in 1931, her torpedo tubes were removed as were all of her main deck 6-inch guns and their casemates plated over; she now carried only two 12-pounders, although she now had three 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type AA guns.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition her boilers were replaced by six <a href="/wiki/Yarrow_boiler" title="Yarrow boiler">Yarrow boilers</a> with an output of only 7,000 ihp (5,200 kW) which reduced her top speed to 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). She now carried 1,435 metric tons (1,412 long tons) of coal and 329 metric tons (324 long tons) of <a href="/wiki/Fuel_oil" title="Fuel oil">fuel oil</a>. Her crew now numbered 726 officers and enlisted men.<sup id="cite_ref-j2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship continued to make training cruises, usually at two-year intervals, for the rest of the decade that took her to the East Coast of North America and the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> among other places.<sup id="cite_ref-lw7_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lw7-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of her cadets on the 1925–26 cruise was Prince <a href="/wiki/Kach%C5%8D_Hironobu" title="Kachō Hironobu">Hironobu Fushimi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1928, the ship escorted Emperor <a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Hirohito</a> during an Imperial fleet review in <a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a> harbor.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1932 the training voyages became annual events, with the exception of 1935, until they ceased at the end of 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-lw7_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lw7-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Iwate</i> was assigned to the 12th Squadron of the 3rd Support Fleet from 1 February 1940. Despite her antiquated age, she was briefly re-classified as a 1st-class cruiser on 1 July 1942 before she was reclassified as a training ship in 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-f4_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f4-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 19 March 1945, <i>Iwate</i> was attacked by American carrier aircraft, killing one crewman, although they failed to inflict any significant damage. Shortly afterwards, her 8-inch guns were replaced by four <a href="/wiki/12.7_cm/40_Type_89_naval_gun" title="12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun">12.7 cm (5.0 in) Type 89</a> <a href="/wiki/Dual-purpose_gun" title="Dual-purpose gun">dual-purpose guns</a> in two twin mounts and four of her remaining 6-inch guns were removed. Her light anti-aircraft armament was significantly reinforced by the addition of nine license-built <a href="/wiki/25_mm_Hotchkiss_anti-aircraft_gun" title="25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun">Hotchkiss</a> <a href="/wiki/Type_96_25_mm_AT/AA_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun">25-millimeter Type 96</a> light AA guns in one triple, two twin, and two single-gun mounts and two <a href="/wiki/13.2_mm_Hotchkiss_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun">13.2-millimeter Hotchkiss machine guns</a> in single mounts.<sup id="cite_ref-hk_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hk-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-f4_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f4-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:80-G-351365_Japanese_Cruiser_IWATE_(cropped).tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/80-G-351365_Japanese_Cruiser_IWATE_%28cropped%29.tif/lossy-page1-220px-80-G-351365_Japanese_Cruiser_IWATE_%28cropped%29.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/80-G-351365_Japanese_Cruiser_IWATE_%28cropped%29.tif/lossy-page1-330px-80-G-351365_Japanese_Cruiser_IWATE_%28cropped%29.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/80-G-351365_Japanese_Cruiser_IWATE_%28cropped%29.tif/lossy-page1-440px-80-G-351365_Japanese_Cruiser_IWATE_%28cropped%29.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5247" data-file-height="3754" /></a><figcaption><i>Iwate</i> sunk off Kure, October 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>The ship was bombed during the American aerial <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Kure_(July_1945)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombing of Kure (July 1945)">attack on Kure</a> on 24 July 1945. While not hit by any bombs, the three near misses sprang the ship's seams and the resulting flooding caused her to sink in shallow water at coordinates <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Japanese_cruiser_Iwate&params=34_14_N_132_30_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°14′N</span> <span class="longitude">132°30′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.233°N 132.500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.233; 132.500</span></span></span></a></span></span> the following day. She was removed from the <a href="/wiki/Navy_list" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy list">navy list</a> on 30 November and her <a href="/wiki/Hulk_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hulk (ship)">hulk</a> was raised and scrapped in 1946–47 by the <a href="/wiki/IHI_Corporation" title="IHI Corporation">Harima Dock Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hk_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hk-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_cruiser_Iwate&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Cwt" is the abbreviation for <a href="/wiki/Hundredweight" title="Hundredweight">hundredweight</a>, 12 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_cruiser_Iwate&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Evans & Peattie, pp. 57–62</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Milanovich, p. 72</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Milanovich, pp. 74, 80</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-j2-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-j2_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-j2_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-j2_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 74</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Milanovich, p. 81</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-b9-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-b9_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brook 1999, p. 112</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Milanovich, p. 78</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Milanovich, pp. 80–81</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Conway-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Conway_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 225</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Silverstone, p. 331</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1">"Naval & Military intelligence - The Japanese cruiser Iwate". <i>The Times</i>. 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London. 30 March 1900. p. 7.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Naval+%26+Military+intelligence+-+The+Japanese+cruiser+Iwate&rft.issue=36103&rft.pages=p.-7&rft.date=1900-03-30&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+cruiser+Iwate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Milanovich, p. 73</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hk-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hk_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hk_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hk_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hk_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hk_14-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hk_14-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hackett & Kingsepp</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kowner, p. 241</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Forczyk, pp. 42–43</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Corbett 1994, I, p. 105</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Warner & Warner, p. 201</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Corbett 1994, I, pp. 138–39, 142–45, 160, 177, 188–89, 191–96</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Corbett 1994, I, pp. 283–89, 319–25, 337–51</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brook 2000, pp. 34, 37</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brook 2000, pp. 39, 43</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-b3-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-b3_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-b3_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Brook 2000, p. 43</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brook 2000, pp. 43, 45</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Corbett 1994, II, pp. 52, 104, 162, 176</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Corbett 1994, II, pp. 232, 235</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kowner, p. 352</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Campbell, Part 2, pp. 128–32</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Campbell, Part 3, pp. 186–87</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Corbett 1994, II, pp. 319–20</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McLaughlin, pp. 64–65</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Campbell, Part 4, pp. 263, 265</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Corbett 1994, II, pp. 356, 363–65, 377–80</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Burdick, pp. 228, 241</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Corbett 1938, I, pp. 366, 409</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lacroix & Wells, pp. 657–58</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lw7-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-lw7_37-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-lw7_37-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-lw7_37-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lacroix & Wells, p. 657</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chesneau, p. 174</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000325/19260122/027/0006">"Japanese Training Cruiser on World Tour"</a></span>. <i>Gloucester Citizen</i>. 22 January 1926. p. 6<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 May</span> 2015</span> – via <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Western+Morning+News&rft.atitle=Great+Naval+Review%3A+British+Warships+Take+Part+in+Yokohama+Pageant&rft.date=1928-12-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Fviewer%2Fbl%2F0000329%2F19281205%2F061%2F0007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+cruiser+Iwate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-f4-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-f4_41-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-f4_41-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Fukui, p. 4</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_cruiser_Iwate&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrook2000" class="citation book cs1">Brook, Peter (2000). 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class="nowrap">10 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_tanker_Sakura_Maru_(1943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese tanker Sakura Maru (1943)"><i>Sakura Maru</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Sakura_(1944)" title="Japanese destroyer Sakura (1944)"><i>Sakura</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_escort_ship_Hakuh%C5%8D_Maru" title="Japanese escort ship Hakuhō Maru"><i>Hakuhō Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Tachibana_(1944)" title="Japanese destroyer Tachibana (1944)"><i>Tachibana</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Francis_Preston_Blair" title="SS Francis Preston Blair"><i>Francis Preston Blair</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-351" title="Japanese submarine I-351">I-351</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Stockton_(DD-73)" title="USS Stockton (DD-73)">HMS <i>Ludlow</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Maori_(F24)" title="HMS Maori (F24)">HMS <i>Maori</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Walter_L_M_Russ" title="SS Walter L M Russ"><i>Walter L M Russ</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Gamble" title="USS Gamble">USS <i>Gamble</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-13" title="Japanese submarine I-13"><i>I-13</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Nankai" title="Japanese gunboat Nankai"><i>Nankai</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Athlete_(W_150)" title="HMS Athlete (W 150)">HMS <i>Athlete</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_John_H._Hammond" title="SS John H. Hammond"><i>John H. Hammond</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Urakaze_(1915)" title="Japanese destroyer Urakaze (1915)">Decommissioned Destroyer No. 18</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-372" title="Japanese submarine I-372"><i>I-372</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Kasuga" title="Japanese cruiser Kasuga"><i>Kasuga</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Yakaze" title="Japanese destroyer Yakaze"><i>Yakaze</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Kiyokawa_Maru" title="Japanese seaplane tender Kiyokawa Maru"><i>Kiyokawa Maru</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Bantam_(1938)" class="mw-redirect" title="HNLMS Bantam (1938)">Cha-117</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Aoba" title="Japanese cruiser Aoba"><i>Aoba</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Amagi" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi"><i>Amagi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Hy%C5%ABga" title="Japanese battleship Hyūga"><i>Hyūga</i></a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Iwate</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Settsu" title="Japanese battleship Settsu"><i>Settsu</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Squirrel_(J301)" title="HMS Squirrel (J301)">HMS <i>Squirrel</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Tone_(1937)" title="Japanese cruiser Tone (1937)"><i>Tone</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Underhill" title="USS Underhill">USS <i>Underhill</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Conte_Verde" title="SS Conte Verde">Kotobuki Maru</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Nadakaze" title="Japanese destroyer Nadakaze">PB-2</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Vestal_(J215)" title="HMS Vestal (J215)">HMS <i>Vestal</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Callaghan_(DD-792)" title="USS Callaghan (DD-792)">USS <i>Callaghan</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Haruna" title="Japanese battleship Haruna"><i>Haruna</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Ise" title="Japanese battleship Ise"><i>Ise</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Izumo" title="Japanese cruiser Izumo"><i>Izumo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_%C5%8Cyodo" title="Japanese cruiser Ōyodo"><i>Ōyodo</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hatsushimo_(1933)" title="Japanese destroyer Hatsushimo (1933)"><i>Hatsushimo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35)" title="USS Indianapolis (CA-35)">USS <i>Indianapolis</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_escort_ship_Okinawa" title="Japanese escort ship Okinawa"><i>Okinawa</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/USS_Bancroft_(DD-256)" title="USS Bancroft (DD-256)">HMCS <i>St. Francis</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">18 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Gabilan" title="USS Gabilan">USS <i>Gabilan</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Hank" title="USS Hank">USS <i>Hank</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Wallace_L._Lind" title="USS Wallace L. 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Hanna Jr.</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Marlin_(SS-205)" title="USS Marlin (SS-205)">USS <i>Marlin</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1944" title="List of shipwrecks in 1944">1944</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1944" title="List of shipwrecks in 1944"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1945" title="List of shipwrecks in 1945">1945</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1946" title="List of shipwrecks in 1946"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1946" title="List of shipwrecks in 1946">1946</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_June_1945" title="List of shipwrecks in June 1945">June 1945</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_June_1945" title="List of shipwrecks in June 1945"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_August_1945" title="List of shipwrecks in August 1945"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_August_1945" title="List of shipwrecks in August 1945">August 1945</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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