firstAn item referred to the magazine U.S.N.I. Recordings no. 255 dated reporting that in October the Japanese navy intended to held for the first time in 3 years manoeuvres. In 1922 were no manoeuvres caused by the Conference of Washington (1) and a year later due to the earthquake.(2) The intention was to execute an extended program for which a budget of 5.000.000 yen was requested. Fore more as 100 units were to be present at the manoeuvres. The battleships Aki and were Satsuma to be destroyed as a result of the Washington treaty were to be used as targets. Finally was in the Bay of Tokyo a navy review planned to be visited by the Prince Regent.
Notes
1. Naval Treaty of Washington signed between England, USA, Italy, France and Japan was a result of the Washington Naval Conference in Washington between November 1921 and February 1922. This treaty limited the numbers of the major ships and limiting the maximum displacement of the other ships namely 10.000 tons.
2. The so-called 1923 Great Kanto earthquake of Saturday 1 September killing 105.385 people.
3. The Aki is considered to be the sister ship of the Satsuma. Her building at the Kure Naval Arsenal was ordered in 1904, laid down on 15 March 1906, launched on 14 April a year later, commissioned on 11 March 1911, stricken on 7 September 1923 and just like the Satsuma sunk while used as target on 7 September the next year.
4. Her building at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal was ordered in 1904, she was laid down on 15 May 1905, launched on 15 November a year later, commissioned on 25 March 1910 and on 7 September 1924 sunk while used as a target. When she was launched she was the largest warship of the world. Semi-dreadnought battleship of the Satsuma-class.
