Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "Niitaka" an umurce shi ne kawai a lokacin yakin Rasha da Japan kuma ya ga yakin a yakin Chemulpo Bay a ranar 2 ga Fabrairu, 1904 a kan jirgin ruwa na Rasha. Daga bisani ya shiga cikin bombardment na bakin teku na matsayi na Rasha a lokacin yakin Port Arthur a ranar 9 ga Maris, 1904. Daga watan Afrilu, "Niitaka" an sanya shi ne a kan sintiri na Koriya da kuma Tekun Japan, amma ba a cikin matsayi don shiga cikin yakin Ulsan a ranar 14 ga Agusta, 1904. Ta yi, duk da haka, ta taimaka wajen ceton ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa na Rasha daga jirgin ruwa mai nutsewa bayan yakin. A cikin
Yaƙin Tekun Yellow, "Niitaka" ya kasance wani ɓangare na 4th Detachment na Jirgin Ruwa na 2 na Japan a kan jirgin ruwa na Rasha. Daga baya ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin jiragen ruwa da aka ajiye a Makung a Tsibirin Pescadores don kallon isowar Jirgin Ruwa na Baltic na Rasha.