Japanese cruiser Yakumo

	Yakumo at anchor in Kure, 8 April 1905
Class overview
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Izumo class
Succeeded by	Azuma
History
Name	Yakumo
Namesake	A stanza of waka
Ordered	1 September 1897
Builder	AG Vulcan Stettin, Stettin, Germany
Laid down	1 September 1897
Launched	8 July 1899
Completed	20 June 1900
Reclassified	As 1st class coast-defence ship, 1 September 1921; As training ship, 1 June 1931; As 1st class cruiser, 1 July 1942;
Stricken	1 October 1945
Fate	Scrapped, 20 July 1946
General characteristics
Type	Armored cruiser
Displacement	9,646 t (9,494 long tons)
Length	132.3 m (434 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam	19.57 m (64 ft 2 in)
Draft	7.21 m (23 ft 8 in)
Installed power	15,500 ihp (11,600 kW); 24 Belleville boilers;
Propulsion	2 Shafts; 2 Vertical triple-expansion steam engines;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	670
Armament	2 × twin 20.3 cm/45 Type 41 naval guns; 12 × single QF 6 inch /40 naval guns; 12 × single QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval guns; 8 × single QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns; 5 × single 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Waterline belt: 89–178 mm (3.5–7.0 in); Deck: 63 mm (2.5 in); Gun turret: 160 mm (6.3 in); Barbette: 152 mm (6.0 in); Casemate: 51–152 mm (2.0–6.0 in); Conning tower: 356 mm (14.0 in); Bulkhead: 127 mm (5.0 in);

Yakumo (八雲, Eight Clouds) was an armored cruiser (Sōkō jun'yōkan) built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships itself, the ship was built in Germany. She participated in most of the naval battles of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, and was lightly damaged during the Battle of the Yellow Sea and the Battle of Tsushima. Yakumo saw no combat during World War I and began the first of many training cruises in 1917, although she was not officially reclassified as a training ship until 1931. Her last training cruise was in 1939, but the ship continued to conduct training in home waters throughout the Pacific War. Yakumo became a repatriation transport after the war and was broken up in 1946–47.

Class overview
Yakumo at anchor in Kure, 8 April 1905
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Izumo class
Succeeded by	Azuma
History
Name	Yakumo
Namesake	A stanza of waka
Ordered	1 September 1897
Builder	AG Vulcan Stettin, Stettin, Germany
Laid down	1 September 1897
Launched	8 July 1899
Completed	20 June 1900
Reclassified	As 1st class coast-defence ship, 1 September 1921 As training ship, 1 June 1931 As 1st class cruiser, 1 July 1942
Stricken	1 October 1945
Fate	Scrapped, 20 July 1946
General characteristics
Type	Armored cruiser
Displacement	9,646 t (9,494 long tons)
Length	132.3 m (434 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam	19.57 m (64 ft 2 in)
Draft	7.21 m (23 ft 8 in)
Installed power	15,500 ihp (11,600 kW) 24 Belleville boilers
Propulsion	2 Shafts 2 Vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	670
Armament	2 × twin 20.3 cm/45 Type 41 naval guns 12 × single QF 6 inch /40 naval guns 12 × single QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval guns 8 × single QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns 5 × single 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Waterline belt: 89–178 mm (3.5–7.0 in) Deck: 63 mm (2.5 in) Gun turret: 160 mm (6.3 in) Barbette: 152 mm (6.0 in) Casemate: 51–152 mm (2.0–6.0 in) Conning tower: 356 mm (14.0 in) Bulkhead: 127 mm (5.0 in)