Japanese battlecruiser Kurama
Background. "Ibuki" was designed with geared turbine engines which promised more power and hence, more speed; however, problems with these engines led "Kurama" to be completed with conventional vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines. "Kurama" was built at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal. Service history. Shortly after commissioning, "Kurama", with Admiral Hayao Shimamura on board, was sent on a voyage to Great Britain to attend the Coronation Fleet Review for King George V at Spithead on 25 June 1911. "Kurama" served in World War I as part of Japan's contribution to the Allied war effort, protecting British merchant shipping  in the South Pacific, and (together with the battlecruisers and ) supporting the landings to occupy German-held Caroline Islands and Mariana Islands. In the 1920s, she was assigned to the northern fleet, covering the landings of Japanese troops in Russia during the Siberian Intervention in support of White Russian forces. After the war, "Kurama" fell victim to the Washington Naval Treaty and was scrapped.