Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Niitaka" an ba shi izini ne kawai a lokacin Yaƙin Rasha da Japan kuma ya ga yaƙi a Yaƙin Chemulpo Bay a ranar 2 ga Fabrairu 1904 a kan jirgin ruwan 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 Yaƙin Tekun Jawo
"Niitaka" ya kasance wani ɓangare na 4th Detachment na 2nd Fleet na Japan a kan jirgin ruwa na Rasha. Daga baya ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin jiragen ruwa da aka ajiye a Makung a cikin tsibirin Pescadores don kallon isowar Baltic Fleet na Rasha.