Japanese Cruiser Niitaka (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Niitaka was the lead ship of the Niitaka class protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was the sister ship of the Tsushima. The Niitaka is named after Mount Niitaka in Taiwan, at the time, the tallest mountain in the Japanese Empire. The Niitaka-class cruisers were ordered by the Japanese navy under its 2nd Emergency Expansion Program, with a budget driven by the First Sino-Japanese War. These small cruisers were intended for high speed reconnaissance. The Niitaka was built at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal.