 Tsushima on 27 May 1905 , Asahi again followed the battleship Mikasa into combat , this time against the Second and Third Pacific Squadrons . Mikasa opened fire at the battleship Knyaz Suvorov , the Russian flagship , at 14 : 10 , and was joined by Asahi and the armoured cruiser Azuma shortly afterwards . Within an hour the Japanese ships had started a serious fire aboard the Russian ship , badly wounded the fleet commander , Vice Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky , knocked out her rear 12 @-@ inch gun turret , and jammed Knyaz Suvorov 's steering so that she fell out of formation . The Russian ships were concentrating their fire on Mikasa during the early part of the battle and Asahi was not damaged during this time . Tōgō was able to cross the T of the Russian squadrons . Knyaz Suvorov 's steering was later repaired , but she blundered between the Japanese and Russian fleets several times later in the battle and was heavily damaged . Asahi seems to have mostly engaged the battleships Borodino and Oryol in the late stages of the battle , although Fuji fired the shots that caused the Borodino 's magazines to explode and sink her . Asahi fired more twelve @-@ inch shells , 142 , than any other ship during the battle . In total , the ship was hit six times during the battle , but none of them damaged her significantly . While Asahi 's casualties are not precisely known , the Japanese only lost 110 men killed and 590 wounded to all causes during the battle . The battle was a total Japanese victory with five Russian battleships captured and incorporated into the IJN .   Captain W. C. Pakenham , the Royal Navy 's official military observer under the Anglo @-@ Japanese Alliance , took notes of the battle 's progress from a deck chair on Asahi 's exposed quarterdeck . His report confirmed the superiority of Japanese training and tactics and publicized the victory in the West .   = = = Later career = = =   In 1908 , Asahi was part of the Japanese fleet that escorted the American Great White Fleet through Japanese waters during its round @-@ the @-@ globe voyage . The ship was assigned to the 1st Fleet in 1908 and 1910 – 11 . Asahi became a gunnery training ship in 1914 , and was re @-@ armed in 1917 with Japanese guns replacing her original British @-@ made guns . The same year , she was assigned to the 5th Division of the 3rd Fleet . In 1918 , Asahi became flagship of her division and participated in the Japanese intervention in the Russian Civil War . She escorted troop convoys to the Russian Far East and was guard ship at Kamchatka from January to August 1918 . Asahi was reclassified as a first @-@ class coastal defence ship on 1 September 1921 , and began disarmament in 1922 at Yokosuka in compliance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty . She was reclassified as a training and submarine depot ship on 1 April 1923 and her disarmament was completed in July of that same year . Her displacement dropped to 11 @,@ 441 long tons ( 11 @,@ 625 t ) with the loss of her armour and guns , and her speed was limited to 12 knots ( 22 km / h ; 14 mph ) .   The navy decided to convert Asahi into a submarine salvage ship and she began the first stage of her conversion with the installation of specialized salvage equipment from February to August 1925 . From 1926 to October 1927 , the ship 's 25 Belleville boilers were replaced with four Kanpon Type RO boilers at Kure Naval Arsenal . One of her two funnels was also removed , and two large lifting frames were installed as part of the second stage of her conversion . The ship conducted experiments in submarine rescue using the old German submarine 0 @-@ 1 ( ex @-@ U @-@ 125 ) . In May 1928 , Asahi was fitted with a 62 @-@ foot @-@ 4 @-@ inch ( 19 m ) compressed @-@ air aircraft catapult on her forecastle and successfully launched an E2N1 Type 15 seaplane . After repeated accidents , the catapult was replaced by one powered by gunpowder . On the completion of testing in 1928 , Asahi was placed in reserve .   Reclassified as a repair ship on 16 August 1937 , Asahi was taken out of reserve in November , after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident that started the Second Sino @-@ Japanese War , and was used as a transport to land troops in an amphibious landing at Hangzhou Bay . Afterwards she began conversion at Kure , Japan , into a repair ship ; this was completed on 18 December 1938 . Asahi was fitted with a dummy wooden main battery fore and aft to resemble an old battleship after her arrival in Shanghai on 29 December . In May 1939 she was modified to act as a torpedo depot ship and carried out patrols between 29 May
ĠTs ushima Ġon Ġ27 ĠMay Ġ1905 Ġ, ĠAs ahi Ġagain Ġfollowed Ġthe Ġbattles hip ĠMik asa Ġinto Ġcombat Ġ, Ġthis Ġtime Ġagainst Ġthe ĠSecond Ġand ĠThird ĠPacific ĠSquad rons Ġ. ĠMik asa Ġopened Ġfire Ġat Ġthe Ġbattles hip ĠK ny az ĠSu vor ov Ġ, Ġthe ĠRussian Ġflagship Ġ, Ġat Ġ14 Ġ: Ġ10 Ġ, Ġand Ġwas Ġjoined Ġby ĠAs ahi Ġand Ġthe Ġarmoured Ġcruiser ĠAz uma Ġshortly Ġafterwards Ġ. ĠWithin Ġan Ġhour Ġthe ĠJapanese Ġships Ġhad Ġstarted Ġa Ġserious Ġfire Ġaboard Ġthe ĠRussian Ġship Ġ, Ġbadly Ġwounded Ġthe Ġfleet Ġcommander Ġ, ĠVice ĠAdmiral ĠZin ovy ĠRoz hest ven sky Ġ, Ġknocked Ġout Ġher Ġrear Ġ12 Ġ@ - @ Ġinch Ġgun Ġturret Ġ, Ġand Ġjammed ĠK ny az ĠSu vor ov Ġ' s Ġsteering Ġso Ġthat Ġshe Ġfell Ġout Ġof Ġformation Ġ. ĠThe ĠRussian Ġships Ġwere Ġconcentrating Ġtheir Ġfire Ġon ĠMik asa Ġduring Ġthe Ġearly Ġpart Ġof Ġthe Ġbattle Ġand ĠAs ahi Ġwas Ġnot Ġdamaged Ġduring Ġthis Ġtime Ġ. ĠT Åį g Åį Ġwas Ġable Ġto Ġcross Ġthe ĠT Ġof Ġthe ĠRussian Ġsquad rons Ġ. ĠK ny az ĠSu vor ov Ġ' s Ġsteering Ġwas Ġlater Ġrepaired Ġ, Ġbut Ġshe Ġbl und ered Ġbetween Ġthe ĠJapanese Ġand ĠRussian Ġfleets Ġseveral Ġtimes Ġlater Ġin Ġthe Ġbattle Ġand Ġwas Ġheavily Ġdamaged Ġ. ĠAs ahi Ġseems Ġto Ġhave Ġmostly Ġengaged Ġthe Ġbattles hips ĠBor od ino Ġand ĠO ry ol Ġin Ġthe Ġlate Ġstages Ġof Ġthe Ġbattle Ġ, Ġalthough ĠFuji Ġfired Ġthe Ġshots Ġthat Ġcaused Ġthe ĠBor od ino Ġ' s Ġmagazines Ġto Ġexplode Ġand Ġsink Ġher Ġ. ĠAs ahi Ġfired Ġmore Ġtwelve Ġ@ - @ Ġinch Ġshells Ġ, Ġ142 Ġ, Ġthan Ġany Ġother Ġship Ġduring Ġthe Ġbattle Ġ. ĠIn Ġtotal Ġ, Ġthe Ġship Ġwas Ġhit Ġsix Ġtimes Ġduring Ġthe Ġbattle Ġ, Ġbut Ġnone Ġof Ġthem Ġdamaged Ġher Ġsignificantly Ġ. ĠWhile ĠAs ahi Ġ' s Ġcasualties Ġare Ġnot Ġprecisely Ġknown Ġ, Ġthe ĠJapanese Ġonly Ġlost Ġ110 Ġmen Ġkilled Ġand Ġ5 90 Ġwounded Ġto Ġall Ġcauses Ġduring Ġthe Ġbattle Ġ. ĠThe Ġbattle Ġwas Ġa Ġtotal ĠJapanese Ġvictory Ġwith Ġfive ĠRussian Ġbattles hips Ġcaptured Ġand Ġincorporated Ġinto Ġthe ĠI J N Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠCaptain ĠW . ĠC . ĠP aken ham Ġ, Ġthe ĠRoyal ĠNavy Ġ' s Ġofficial Ġmilitary Ġobserver Ġunder Ġthe ĠAnglo Ġ@ - @ ĠJapanese ĠAlliance Ġ, Ġtook Ġnotes Ġof Ġthe Ġbattle Ġ' s Ġprogress Ġfrom Ġa Ġdeck Ġchair Ġon ĠAs ahi Ġ' s Ġexposed Ġquarter deck Ġ. ĠHis Ġreport Ġconfirmed Ġthe Ġsuperiority Ġof ĠJapanese Ġtraining Ġand Ġtactics Ġand Ġpublicized Ġthe Ġvictory Ġin Ġthe ĠWest Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠLater Ġcareer Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠIn Ġ1908 Ġ, ĠAs ahi Ġwas Ġpart Ġof Ġthe ĠJapanese Ġfleet Ġthat Ġescorted Ġthe ĠAmerican ĠGreat ĠWhite ĠFleet Ġthrough ĠJapanese Ġwaters Ġduring Ġits Ġround Ġ@ - @ Ġthe Ġ@ - @ Ġglobe Ġvoyage Ġ. ĠThe Ġship Ġwas Ġassigned Ġto Ġthe Ġ1 st ĠFleet Ġin Ġ1908 Ġand Ġ1910 ĠâĢĵ Ġ11 Ġ. ĠAs ahi Ġbecame Ġa Ġgun nery Ġtraining Ġship Ġin Ġ1914 Ġ, Ġand Ġwas Ġre Ġ@ - @ Ġarmed Ġin Ġ1917 Ġwith ĠJapanese Ġguns Ġreplacing Ġher Ġoriginal ĠBritish Ġ@ - @ Ġmade Ġguns Ġ. ĠThe Ġsame Ġyear Ġ, Ġshe Ġwas Ġassigned Ġto Ġthe Ġ5 th ĠDivision Ġof Ġthe Ġ3 rd ĠFleet Ġ. ĠIn Ġ1918 Ġ, ĠAs ahi Ġbecame Ġflagship Ġof Ġher Ġdivision Ġand Ġparticipated Ġin Ġthe ĠJapanese Ġintervention Ġin Ġthe ĠRussian ĠCivil ĠWar Ġ. ĠShe Ġescorted Ġtroop Ġconv oys Ġto Ġthe ĠRussian ĠFar ĠEast Ġand Ġwas Ġguard Ġship Ġat ĠKam chat ka Ġfrom ĠJanuary Ġto ĠAugust Ġ1918 Ġ. ĠAs ahi Ġwas Ġre classified Ġas Ġa Ġfirst Ġ@ - @ Ġclass Ġcoastal Ġdefence Ġship Ġon Ġ1 ĠSeptember Ġ1921 Ġ, Ġand Ġbegan Ġdisarm ament Ġin Ġ1922 Ġat ĠYok os uka Ġin Ġcompliance Ġwith Ġthe Ġterms Ġof Ġthe ĠWashington ĠNaval ĠTreaty Ġ. ĠShe Ġwas Ġre classified Ġas Ġa Ġtraining Ġand Ġsubmarine Ġdepot Ġship Ġon Ġ1 ĠApril Ġ1923 Ġand Ġher Ġdisarm ament Ġwas Ġcompleted Ġin ĠJuly Ġof Ġthat Ġsame Ġyear Ġ. ĠHer Ġdisplacement Ġdropped Ġto Ġ11 Ġ@ , @ Ġ4 41 Ġlong Ġtons Ġ( Ġ11 Ġ@ , @ Ġ625 Ġt Ġ) Ġwith Ġthe Ġloss Ġof Ġher Ġarmour Ġand Ġguns Ġ, Ġand Ġher Ġspeed Ġwas Ġlimited Ġto Ġ12 Ġknots Ġ( Ġ22 Ġkm Ġ/ Ġh Ġ; Ġ14 Ġmph Ġ) Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġnavy Ġdecided Ġto Ġconvert ĠAs ahi Ġinto Ġa Ġsubmarine Ġsalvage Ġship Ġand Ġshe Ġbegan Ġthe Ġfirst Ġstage Ġof Ġher Ġconversion Ġwith Ġthe Ġinstallation Ġof Ġspecialized Ġsalvage Ġequipment Ġfrom ĠFebruary Ġto ĠAugust Ġ1925 Ġ. ĠFrom Ġ1926 Ġto ĠOctober Ġ1927 Ġ, Ġthe Ġship Ġ' s Ġ25 ĠBellev ille Ġboil ers Ġwere Ġreplaced Ġwith Ġfour ĠKan p on ĠType ĠRO Ġboil ers Ġat ĠK ure ĠNaval ĠArsenal Ġ. ĠOne Ġof Ġher Ġtwo Ġfun nels Ġwas Ġalso Ġremoved Ġ, Ġand Ġtwo Ġlarge Ġlifting Ġframes Ġwere Ġinstalled Ġas Ġpart Ġof Ġthe Ġsecond Ġstage Ġof Ġher Ġconversion Ġ. ĠThe Ġship Ġconducted Ġexperiments Ġin Ġsubmarine Ġrescue Ġusing Ġthe Ġold ĠGerman Ġsubmarine Ġ0 Ġ@ - @ Ġ1 Ġ( Ġex Ġ@ - @ ĠU Ġ@ - @ Ġ125 Ġ) Ġ. ĠIn ĠMay Ġ1928 Ġ, ĠAs ahi Ġwas Ġfitted Ġwith Ġa Ġ62 Ġ@ - @ Ġfoot Ġ@ - @ Ġ4 Ġ@ - @ Ġinch Ġ( Ġ19 Ġm Ġ) Ġcompressed Ġ@ - @ Ġair Ġaircraft Ġcatapult Ġon Ġher Ġforecast le Ġand Ġsuccessfully Ġlaunched Ġan ĠE 2 N 1 ĠType Ġ15 Ġsea plane Ġ. ĠAfter Ġrepeated Ġaccidents Ġ, Ġthe Ġcatapult Ġwas Ġreplaced Ġby Ġone Ġpowered Ġby Ġgun powder Ġ. ĠOn Ġthe Ġcompletion Ġof Ġtesting Ġin Ġ1928 Ġ, ĠAs ahi Ġwas Ġplaced Ġin Ġreserve Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠRe classified Ġas Ġa Ġrepair Ġship Ġon Ġ16 ĠAugust Ġ1937 Ġ, ĠAs ahi Ġwas Ġtaken Ġout Ġof Ġreserve Ġin ĠNovember Ġ, Ġafter Ġthe ĠMarco ĠPolo ĠBridge ĠIncident Ġthat Ġstarted Ġthe ĠSecond ĠS ino Ġ@ - @ ĠJapanese ĠWar Ġ, Ġand Ġwas Ġused Ġas Ġa Ġtransport Ġto Ġland Ġtroops Ġin Ġan Ġamphib ious Ġlanding Ġat ĠHang zhou ĠBay Ġ. ĠAfterwards Ġshe Ġbegan Ġconversion Ġat ĠK ure Ġ, ĠJapan Ġ, Ġinto Ġa Ġrepair Ġship Ġ; Ġthis Ġwas Ġcompleted Ġon Ġ18 ĠDecember Ġ1938 Ġ. ĠAs ahi Ġwas Ġfitted Ġwith Ġa Ġdummy Ġwooden Ġmain Ġbattery Ġfore Ġand Ġaft Ġto Ġresemble Ġan Ġold Ġbattles hip Ġafter Ġher Ġarrival Ġin ĠShanghai Ġon Ġ29 ĠDecember Ġ. ĠIn ĠMay Ġ1939 Ġshe Ġwas Ġmodified Ġto Ġact Ġas Ġa Ġtorpedo Ġdepot Ġship Ġand Ġcarried Ġout Ġpatrols Ġbetween Ġ29 ĠMay