Japanese minelayer Itsukushima shipwreck

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Itsukushima, circa 1935.

Itsukushima, circa 1935.

Itsukushima (厳島) was a medium-sized minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was in service during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. She was named after the First Sino-Japanese War-era cruiser Itsukushima, which in turn was named after Itsukushima, a sacred island in Hiroshima Prefecture of Japan. She was the first warship in the Imperial Japanese Navy with all diesel engine propulsion.^[2]

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese minelayer Itsukushima

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