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|align="center"|<big>[[Asahi (Japanese battleship, 1899)|Asahi]]</big><br>朝日
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|width="80px"|'''Plan'''||FY1897
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|'''Builder'''||J. Brown, UK
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|'''Laid down'''||1 Aug 1897
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|'''Launched'''||31 Mar 1899
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|'''Commissioned'''||31 Jul 1900
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|valign="top"|'''Fate'''||26 May 1942 sunk<br>(South China Sea)
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|colspan="2"|'''classification'''<br><ul><li>[[Battleship first class (Japanese Navy)|Battleship 1st class]] (1900-1905)<li>[[Battleship  (Japanese Navy)|Battleship ]] (1905-1923)<li>[[Training ship (Japanese Navy)|Training ship]] (1923-1937)<li>[[Repair ship (Japanese Navy)|Repair ship]] (1937-1942)</ul>
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[[Asahi (Japanese battleship, 1899)|Asahi]] [http://admiral31.dip.jp/wiki31/ja/index.php/%E6%9C%9D%E6%97%A5 朝日] was a Japanese warship ([[Battleship first class (Japanese Navy)|Battleship first class]], [[Battleship (Japanese Navy)|Battleship]], [[Repair ship (Japanese Navy)|Repair ship]]). The only ship of [[Asahi class battleship (IJN, 1899)|Asahi class battleship]]. '''Asahi''' 朝日 means "Rising sun".
==Assignment==
===Commanding officer===
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|||21 Nov 1903||[[Captain (Japanese Navy)|CAPT]]||[[Yamada Hikohachi]]||[[5th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|5th class, NA]]||CoS, [[Sasebo Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Sasebo District]]||Cdr, [[5th Squadron (Japanese Navy)|5th Squadron]]||
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|||6 Jun 1904
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|||1 Dec 1910||[[Captain (Japanese Navy)|CAPT]]||[[Prince Hiroyasu, Prince of Fushimi|Prince Hiroyasu]]||||CO, [[Takachiho (Japanese protected cruiser, 1885)|Takachiho]]||CO, [[Ibuki (Japanese battlecruiser, 1907)|Ibuki]]||
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|||1 Mar 1912
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|||1 Dec 1931||[[Captain (Japanese Navy)|CAPT]]||[[Fujimori Seiichiro]]||[[37th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|37th class, NA]]||CO-Aux, [[Mamiya (Japanese supply ship, 1923)|Mamiya]]||CO, [[Hirado (Japanese light cruiser, 1911)|Hirado]]||
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|||10 May 1932
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===Executive officer===
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|||7 Jan 1905||[[Commander (Japanese Navy)|CDR]]||[[Togo Kichitaro]]||[[13th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|13th class, NA]]||XO, [[Naniwa (Japanese protected cruiser, 1885)|Naniwa]]||XO, [[Yokosuka Seaman Corps (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka SC]]||
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|||14 Jun 1905||[[Commander (Japanese Navy)|CDR]]||[[Sato Tetsutaro]]||[[14th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|14th class, NA]]||Staff, [[Second Fleet (Japanese Navy)|2nd Fleet]]||CO, [[Tatsuta (Japanese gunboat, 1894)|Tatsuta]]||
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|||20 Dec 1905
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|||19 Mar 1910||[[Commander (Japanese Navy)|CDR]]||[[Hyakutake Saburo]]||[[19th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|19th class, NA]]||[[Naval Attache (Japanese Navy)#Austria|Naval Attache to Austria]]||Staff, NA Bu, [[Ministry of Navy (Japan)|MoN]]||
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|||1 Dec 1911
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