Japanese Cruiser Tokiwa

Japanese Cruiser Tokiwa

Tokiwa (常盤?) was an Asama-class armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Tokiwa was named after a lake in Yamaguchi prefecture, near Ube city. Her sister ship was the cruiser Asama. Tokiwa had one of the longest service lives of any ship in the Japanese fleet.

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