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Launched on 15 November 1906, Satsuma was a semi-dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was the first battleship built in Japan. Commissioned on 25 March 1910, her participation in World War One consisted of leading the squadron that occupied the German colonies of Caroline and the Palau Islands in October 1914. None of these occupations resulted in Satsuma seeing any action.
To comply with the Washington Naval Treaty, Satsuma was disarmed in 1922 and converted to a target ship. She was sunk by Mutsu and Nagato off the southern tip of the Bōsō Peninsula, near the mouth of Tokyo Bay on 7 September 1924.

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Description

Launched on 15 November 1906, Satsuma was a semi-dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was the first battleship built in Japan. Commissioned on 25 March 1910, her participation in World War One consisted of leading the squadron that occupied the German colonies of Caroline and the Palau Islands in October 1914. None of these occupations resulted in Satsuma seeing any action.
To comply with the Washington Naval Treaty, Satsuma was disarmed in 1922 and converted to a target ship. She was sunk by Mutsu and Nagato off the southern tip of the Bōsō Peninsula, near the mouth of Tokyo Bay on 7 September 1924.

More photos here .