Japanese Battleship Aki
The Aki (安芸 (戦艦), Aki (senkan?) was a semi-dreadnought type battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built in Japan by the Kure Naval Arsenal. The name Aki comes from Aki Province, now a part of Hiroshima prefecture.
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