Ibuki-class Armored Cruisers
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''Ibuki'' may refer to one of the following ships of the
Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender ...
named after
Mount Ibuki is a mountain, on the border of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, and Ibigawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, and is also included on the lists of the 100 Kinki Mountains and the 50 Shiga Mountains. Mount Ibuk ...
: * , an
armoured cruiser The armored cruiser was a type of warship of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was designed like other types of cruisers to operate as a long-range, independent warship, capable of defeating any ship apart from a battleship and fast eno ...
launched in 1907; re-classed as a
battlecruiser The battlecruiser (also written as battle cruiser or battle-cruiser) was a type of capital ship of the first half of the 20th century. These were similar in displacement, armament and cost to battleships, but differed in form and balance of attr ...
in 1912; scrapped in 1923. * , an incomplete modified heavy cruiser launched in 1943; converted to a light aircraft carrier; scrapped in 1947. * , a , launched in 1967 and decommissioned in 1989.


See also

* Ibuki (disambiguation) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ibuki Japanese Navy ship names Imperial Japanese Navy ship names