Akitsushima

Two ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy were named Akitsushima . The name is an old name for Japan and means “land of dragonflies”.

• Akitsushima (ship, 1894) , an armored cruiser entered service in 1894 and scrapped in 1927.
• Akitsushima (ship, 1942) , an aircraft mother ship that entered service in 1942 and sunk in 1944.

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