Japanese minelayer Itsukushima
- Japanese minelayer Itsukushima
nihongo|"Itsukushima"|厳島| was a minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy launched in May 1929. She was the first Japanese warship to be equipped with only diesel engines as propulsion.
On 17 October 1944, "Itsukushima" was sunk in the Java Sea after being hit by a torpedo fired by the Dutch submarine warship|HNLMS|Zwaardvisch|P322.
References
*cite book |author=Mickel, Peter; Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter |title=Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Md |year=1977 |pages= |isbn=0-87021-893-X |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=
*cite book |author=Rohwer, Jürgen |title=Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two |publisher=US Naval Institute Press |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=TpDlFI453RcC |location= |year=2005 |pages= |isbn=1-59114-119-2 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=
External links
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-i/itsukus2.htm U.S. Navy Online Library of Selected
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* [http://www.combinedfleet.com/Itsukushima_t.htm IJN Minelayer Itsukushima:Tabular Record of Movement]
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