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Photo # NH 98366:  Japanese minelayer/netlayer Itsukushima, circa 1935

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Itsukushima (Minelayer/Netlayer, 1929-1945)

Itsukushima, a 1970-ton (standard displacement) minelayer, was built at Tokyo, Japan. Also fitted for laying defensive nets, she was completed in December 1929. Among her Pacific War activities were participation in the invasion of the Philippines in December 1941 and the conquest of the Netherlands East Indies in January-February 1942. While in the Java Sea on 7 October 1944 Itsukushima was sunk by the Dutch submarine Zwaardvisch.

This page features our only image of the Japanese minelayer/netlayer Itsukushima.


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Photo #: NH 98366

Itsukushima

(Japanese Minelayer/Netlayer, 1929-1944)

Photographed circa 1935.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 49KB; 740 x 425 pixels

 


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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