Japanese cruiser Izumo

, which also included its sister ship, the , in one of the first acts of the Pacific War following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

With the start of the Pacific War, despite its antiquated age, the "Izumo" was retrofitted with anti-aircraft guns and re-classified back as a 1st class cruiser on 1 July 1942. However, throughout the duration of the war, it was used as a training vessel, never departing from the safe confines of the Inland Sea.

The "Izumo" was sunk at dock in an American air attack on Kure (coord|34|14|N|132|30|E|) on 24 July 1945, and its hulk was later raised and scrapped in 1947.

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