page_title: Yodo-class cruiser
hierarchical_section_title: Yodo-class cruiser
caption_attribution_description: English: Postcard of Japanese cruiser Yodo in early 1900s
context_page_description: The two Yodo-class dispatch ship were a class of small, high-speed, dispatch ships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Although classified officially rated as a tsūhōkan, meaning dispatch boat or aviso, the class were essentially small protected cruisers. The Yodo class was followed by the larger, more conventional Chikuma class.
context_section_description: The two Yodo-class dispatch ship (淀型通報艦, Yodo-gata tsūhōkan) were a class of small, high-speed, dispatch ships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Although classified officially rated as a tsūhōkan, meaning dispatch boat or aviso, the class were essentially small protected cruisers. The Yodo class was followed by the larger, more conventional Chikuma class.
caption: Yodo
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