Japanese steam warship Takao
The wreckage of the Takao, pursued by steamships of the Imperial Navy
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| History | |
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| Republic of Ezo | |
| Name: | Takao Maru, Kaiten No.2 |
| Builder: | John Englis, New York City |
| Launched: | 8 July 1863 |
| Acquired: | 1867 |
| Fate: | Destroyed, 25 March 1869 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Pawtuxet-class cutter |
| Displacement: | 350 long tons (356 t) |
| Length: | 130 ft (40 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × two-cylinder oscillating steam engine; single 8 ft (2.4 m) screw |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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Takao Maru (高雄丸?) or Kaiten No.2 (第二回天 Daini Kaiten?) was a steam warship of the former navy of the Bakufu during the Boshin War of 1868-1869. She had been seized from the navy of the fief of Akita.
She was originally built in New York as USRC Ashuelot, a Pawtuxet-class screw steam revenue cutter built for the United States Revenue Marine during the American Civil War. She was purchased by Akita Domain (秋田藩) and named Takao Maru, then transferred to the Republic of Ezo (蝦夷共和国 Ezo Kyōwakoku?), a short-lived state established by former Tokugawa retainers (Bakufu), and renamed Kaiten No.2. She was armed with four smoothbore cannon on the side, and a powerful Armstrong cannon with explosive shells, installed on a rotating base.
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