page_title: Japanese minelayer Okinoshima
hierarchical_section_title: Japanese minelayer Okinoshima
caption_attribution_description: English: IJN minelayer OKINOSHIMA, official photo published in 1942. 日本語: 日本海軍敷設艦「沖島」昭和17年公表写真。
context_page_description: Okinoshima was a large minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was in service during the early stages of World War II. She was named after the Okinoshima Island in the Sea of Japan. She was the largest purpose-built minelayer in the IJN and the first Japanese minelayer to be equipped with a reconnaissance seaplane.
context_section_description: Okinoshima (沖島) was a large minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which was in service during the early stages of World War II. She was named after the Okinoshima Island in the Sea of Japan. She was the largest purpose-built minelayer in the IJN and the first Japanese minelayer to be equipped with a reconnaissance seaplane.
caption: Okinoshima in 1937
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