Japanese Battleship Satsuma
Satsuma (薩摩 (戦艦)?, Satsuma (senkan) was a semi-dreadnought type battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built in Japan by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal. The name Satsuma comes from Satsuma Province, now a part of Kagoshima prefecture. Some naval historians regard the battleship Aki as her sister ship, although Aki differed considerably with her turbine-powered engine and sleek silhouette.
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—Paul Theroux (b. 1941)
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