Japanese minelayer Yaeyama shipwreck

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Japanese minelayer Yaeyama

Japanese minelayer Yaeyama

Yaeyama (八重山) was a small 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 Yaeyama Islands in the Ryukyu Islands chain. She was the first Japanese warship built with an all-welded hull.^[1]

References

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

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