Izumo file photo [7053]

Izumo

CountryJapan
Ship ClassIzumo-class Armored Cruiser
BuilderArmstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Laid Down1 May 1898
Launched19 Sep 1898
Commissioned25 Sep 1900
Sunk24 Jul 1945
Displacement9,906 tons standard; 10,395 tons full
Length434 feet
Beam69 feet
Draft24 feet
MachineryMulti-expansion engines, 24 boilers, 2 shafts
Bunkerage1412 tons coal
Power Output14,500 shaft horsepower
Speed21 knots
Range7,000nm at 10 knots
Crew648
Armament4x203mm guns, 14x152mm guns, 12x12pdr guns, 8x2.5pdr guns, 4x450mm torpedo tubes
Armor88-175mm main belt, 125mm upper belt, 67mm deck, 150mm turret, 150mm casemate, 356mm conning tower
Aircraft1

Contributor:

ww2dbaseIzumo was the lead ship of her class of armored cruisers, built by the British near the turn of the century. During the Russo-Japanese War, she was the flagship of Japanese 2nd Fleet's Admiral Hikonojo Kamimura; in that war, she participated in the Battle off Ulsan on 14 Aug 1904 and the Battle of Tsushima on 26 May 1905. In 1909, she celebrated the 140th anniversary of the founding of San Francisco, California, United States, visiting several other American ports during the trip. During WW1, she patrolled foreign waters as far as the Mediterranean Sea as a part of the Allied fleet. In the 1919 Naval Review, Emperor Taisho took the helm of Izumo briefly during fleet maneuvers. On 1 Sep 1921, she was reclassified a 1st Class coastal defense vessel and operated in the Japanese home islands for the following several years. When Japan invaded China in 1937, thus starting WW2 in Asia, she was the flagship of the Japanese 3rd Fleet. During the Second Battle of Shanghai, she was attacked unsuccessfully by Chinese torpedo boats. On 14 Aug 1937, she was attacked by a group of Chinese Air Force aircraft led by Captain Claire Chennault. At 0400 on 8 Dec 1941, moment after the Pacific War began, Izumo forced the surrender of American gunboat USS Wake and sank the British gunboat HMS Peterel. During the war, she was retrofitted with anti-aircraft weapons and served in the Inland Sea as a training vessel. She was sunk at dock at Kure, Japan in an American air attack in 1945, near the end of the war. Her wreck was raised in 1947 for scrapping.

ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.

Last Major Revision: Jan 2009

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Photographs

Armored cruiser Izumo at Kobe, Japan, 1903Armored cruiser Izumo as seen on a postcard commemorating the Russo-Japanese WarArmored cruiser Izumo in Shanghai harbor, China, 1932Armored cruiser Izumo in Shanghai harbor, China, late 1937
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Izumo Operational Timeline

25 Sep 1900 Izumo was commissioned into service.
7 Dec 1941 Japanese armored cruiser Izumo sank British river gunboat HMS Peterel in Shanghai, China.




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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Mark Giles says:
3 May 2009 10:14:21 PM

Was looking for info, on her use in Canada, dering WW1 as a defender of Canada's shores. any info or direction would be great.

Mark Giles
2. G Bee says:
24 Mar 2014 10:50:08 AM

The attack on HMS Peterel was not at the start of the war, as is described in the article. The Japanese had not declared war on the British Empire when it attacked the Peterel and the Japanese action was therefore in breach of international law. It was the British who declared war on Japan - but this was AFTER the Japanese attack.
3. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
24 Mar 2014 06:15:02 PM

To G Bee:
I do not mean this as a flippant question but, by your way of thinking, do you consider the attack on Pearl Harbor not part of the war?
4. Anonymous says:
14 May 2015 12:15:40 PM

Is it known where Izumo was in 1935-1936 ? Was she in Shang'hai ?
5. G. K. Labute says:
18 Jul 2015 06:09:03 PM

I was wondering if there was any information in Izumo during the 1914-1918 war. I am interested in her time on the west coast and being stationed in Barkley Sound. Is there a way of getting information from the Japanese Navel archives? Or does anyone here have information? Thank you...
6. Anonymous says:
27 Jan 2024 02:20:34 AM

Perfetto: Grazie!

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