Japanese Warship Kasuga (1862)
Kasuga Maru (春日丸?) was a Japanese wooden paddle steamer warship of the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period, serving with the navy of Satsuma Domain, and later with the fledgling Imperial Japanese Navy.
Read more about Japanese Warship Kasuga (1862): Service in The Boshin War, Service in The Imperial Japanese Navy
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