Japanese heavy cruiser Tsukuba in old postcard
Career
Builder:	Kure Naval Yards, Japan
Ordered:	FY1904 Fiscal Year
Laid down:	January 14, 1905
Launched:	December 26, 1905
Commissioned:	January 14, 1907
Fate:	Explosion, Yokosuka Bay January 14, 1917
General Characteristics
Displacement:	13,750 tons (normal); 15,400 tons (max)
Length:	134.1 meters waterline; 137.1 meters overall
Beam:	23.0 meters
Draft:	8.0 meters
Propulsion:	Two Shaft VTE Reciprocating Engines; 20 boilers; 20,500 shp
Speed:	20.5 knots
Fuel & Range:	2000 tons coal 5,000 nm @ 14 knots
Complement:	879
Armament:	4 × 305 mm guns 12 × 152 mm guns 12 × 120 mm guns 4 × 80 mm guns 3 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
Armor:	belt: 100-180 mm barbette & turret: 180 mm conning tower: 200 mm deck: 75 mm

IJN Tsukuba (筑波) was the lead ship in the Tsukuba class of 1st class heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Kure can refer to: Kure, Hiroshima (呉), a city in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan Kure Atoll Kure Beach Kure, Turkey This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... A modern torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... The lead ship is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. ... A heavy cruiser is a type of large warship which originated with the British Hawkins class during World War I. They entered service after the war. ... The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) or sometimes referred to as the Combined Fleet was the Navy of Empire of Japan (Dai Nippon Teikoku) from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japans constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling...

The Tsukuba had one sister ship, the IJN Ikoma. The Tsukuba is named after Mount Tsukuba located in Ibaraki prefecture north of Tokyo. The class was intended to be Japan's answer to the British Royal Navy's HMS Invincible and was intended to be the lead ship of a class of six vessels. As construction began before the end of the Russo-Japanese War, construction progressed at a rapid pace, and contemporary American military observers were surprised (and concerned) that Japan had learned to build such large and powerful warships so quickly, and in such a short time. A sister ship is a ship of the same class as, or of virtually identical design to, another ship. ... Mount Tsukuba (Tsukuba-san) is an 877 m (2,877 ft) mountain located near Tsukuba, Japan. ... Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県; Ibaraki-ken) is located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the capital and one of the forty-seven prefectures of Japan. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... The fifth Invincible of the Royal Navy was a battlecruiser, the lead ship of her class of three, and the first battlecruiser to be built by any country in the world. ... Combatants Imperial Russia Empire of Japan Commanders N/A N/A Strength 500,000 Soldiers 400,000 Soldiers Casualties 134,817+ KIA/POW, 170,000 MIA etc. ...

Shortly after commissioning, and with AdmiralGoro Ijuin on board, the Tsukuba was sent on a voyage to the United States for the tricentennial celebrations marking the founding of Jamestown colony, and from there to Portsmouth in England. Jamestown is the name of the following places in the United States of America: Jamestown, California Jamestown, Colorado Jamestown, Indiana Jamestown, Kansas Jamestown, Kentucky Jamestown, Louisiana Jamestown, Missouri Jamestown, New York Jamestown, North Carolina Jamestown, North Dakota Jamestown, Ohio Jamestown, Oklahoma Jamestown, Pennsylvania Jamestown, Rhode Island Jamestown, South Carolina Jamestown... Portsmouth is a city of about 189,000 people located in the county of Hampshire on the southern coast of Great Britain. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq...

On 28 August 1912, the Tsukuba was re-classified as a battlecruiser by the Japanese navy. On 10 November 1915, it participated in an Imperial Navy Fleet Review off of Yokohama, attended by Emperor Taisho in which 124 ships participated; a similar Navy Fleet Review was held again off Yokohama on 25 October 1916. August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... HMS Hood (left) and the battleship HMS Barham (right), in Malta, 1937. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Yokohama ) is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and Japans largest incorporated city,[1] with a population of 3. ... Emperor Taisho (大正天皇 Taishō Tennō) (August 31, 1879 – December 25, 1926), whose given name was Yoshihito (嘉仁), was the 123rd imperial Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, from 1912 until his death in 1926. ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The Tsukuba participated in missions in World War I in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean in support of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom France Italy Russia United States Serbia Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Nicholas II Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Conrad von Hötzendorf İsmail Enver Ferdinand I Casualties... The South Pacific is an area in the southern Pacific Ocean. ... The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance was signed in London on January 30, 1902 by Lord Lansdowne (British foreign secretary) and Hayashi Tadasu (Japanese minister in London). ...

On 14 January 1917, the Tsukuba exploded while in port at Yokosuka, and sank with a loss of 305 men. The cause was later attributed to a fire in its ammunition magazine. January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Categories: Cities in Kanagawa Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ...

Afterwards, the hulk was raised, as used as a target for naval aviation training. It was scrapped on 1 September 1917. Naval aviation is the application of manned military air power by the navies of the world such as those operated by the United States Navy. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

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Imperial Japanese Navy
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The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) or sometimes referred to as the Combined Fleet was the Navy of Empire of Japan (Dai Nippon Teikoku) from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japans constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Boshin War (1868-1869): Naval Battle of Hakodate (Imperial Navy victory over the remnants of the Shoguns Navy of the Republic of Ezo. ... This is the list of ships of Japans medieval Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. ... This is the list of aircrafts of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Japan Self-Defence Forces, including ones in the past and ones in the present time. ... This is a list of the weapons of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...