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Azuma (吾妻) (sometimes transliterated (archaically) as Adzuma) was an armored cruiser (Sōkō jun'yōkan) built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships itself, the ship was built in France.
Design B-65 was a class of cruisers planned by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) before and during World War II.The IJN referred to this design as a 'Super Type A' cruiser; It was larger than most heavy cruisers but smaller than most battlecruisers, and as such, has been variously described as a 'super-heavy cruiser,' a 'super cruiser,' or as a 'cruiser-killer.'
Nagara-class light cruiser 5,832 26 May 1925 26 October 1944; Sunk by USAAF aircraft off Negros Island: Sendai: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Sendai-class light cruiser: 5,195 29 April 1924 3 November 1943; Sunk by USN cruisers at Empress Augusta Bay: Jintsu: Kawasaki, Kobe: Sendai-class light cruiser 5,195 31 July 1925
(Japanese Cypress) Mar 1944 Sep 1944 Surface action off Manila Bay, Jan 1945 ‡ Kaede (Maple) Mar 1944 Oct 1944 To Rep. of China, Jul 1947 Kashi (Live Oak) May 1944 Sep 1944 Scrapped 1947 Kaya (Japanese Nutmeg-Yew) Apr 1944 Sep 1944 To USSR, Jul 1947 Keyaki (Japanese Elm) Jun 1944 Dec 1944 Sunk as target, 1947 Kiri (Paulownia Hardwood) Feb 1944
The Imperial Japanese Navy armored cruisers Asama, Izumo, Tokiwa, Iwate, Yakumo, Azuma, & Kasuga were used as training, support, and anti-aircraft ships during the war near the Japanese home islands. Most were sunk by Allied bombings in Japanese harbors.
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, Iwate, Tokiwa, Azuma, and Izumo. The two squadrons had passed during the night without spotting one another and ...
Japanese cruiser Asama; Japanese cruiser Azuma; B. Russian cruiser Bayan (1900) C. Japanese cruiser Chihaya; Japanese cruiser Chikuma (1911) Japanese cruiser Chitose;
At least three naval vessels of Japan have been named Azuma (sometimes transliterated (archaically) as Adzuma): Japanese ironclad Azuma, an ironclad warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy; Japanese cruiser Azuma, an armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy; JDS Azuma, a training ship launched in 1969