Japanese warship Fujiyama
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| History | |
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| Name | Fujisan |
| Namesake | Fujisan |
| Launched | 1864 |
| Acquired | 28 April 1868 |
| Decommissioned | 10 May 1889 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1896 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steam frigate |
| Displacement | 1,000 long tons (1,016 t) |
| Length | 63 m (206 ft 8 in) w/l |
| Beam | 10.3 m (33 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 3.27 m (10 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion | 350 hp (261 kW) steam engine, sidepaddles |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 134 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 1 × 6.3 in (160 mm) gun forward • 2 × 5.9 in (150 mm) guns • 10 × small guns |
The Fujisan (富士山) was a Japanese steam frigate of the Bakufu Navy. She was built in New York, USA, in 1864, and was acquired by the Bakufu on April 28, 1868. She was equipped with side wheels for propulsion, and a gun in the bows, a design which was already obsolescent at that time.
She was one of the four ships remitted by Enomoto Takeaki to the Imperial forces, before he fled to Hokkaidō, suggesting that her performance was not so impressive. After the Meiji restoration, she was incorporated in the newly formed Imperial Japanese Navy in July 1869. She became a 4th class warship (四等艦) on November 15, 1871, and a third-class warship on November 20, 1874. She was thereafter only used as a training ship, until her decommission on May 10, 1889. She was sold for scrap in 1896.