Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-01-15 | Page 3 | Japanese Battle Ship Blown Up

JAPANESE BATTLE SHIP BLOWN UP Fire on Tsukuba Causes Mag-i Mag-i azine to Explode 153 Men Killed, 157 Injured. ' Toklo. Jan. 14 The Japanese battle bat-tle cruiser Tsukuba was destroyed by an explosion today in the harbor of Yokosuka. Fire on the Tsukuba i caused the magazine to blow up. One hundred and fifty-three niem-1 niem-1 hers of the crew of the Tsukuba were killed and 157 injured, many of them iseriously Numerous members of I the ship's company were rescued from the water. Most of the otticers of the cruiser were ashore. The Tsukuba was laid down in 1905 land displaced 13.750 tons. She was 440 feet long and was armed with four ! 12-inch, twelve 6-inch, twelve 4-7 inhc land four 3-inch puns, three 3-pounders (and five torpedo tubes Her compliment compl-iment was 817 men. The Tsukuba was sent to Hampton Roads in 1907, at tho time of the Jamestown exposition. Yokosuka is an important naval station sta-tion thirteen miles southwest of Yokohama.