Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin Yaƙin Russo-Japan, jiragen ruwa uku na aji "Matsushima", a lokacin da ba su da bege, an sanya su a cikin rundunar soji ta 5 na ajiyar IJN 3rd Fleet), tare da irin wannan tsohon jirgin ruwan da ke karkashin jagorancin Admiral Shichiro Kataoka. Dukkansu sun halarci toshewar Port Arthur,
Yaƙin Tekun Yellow da yaƙin ƙarshe na Tsushima. Daga bisani aka sanya su zuwa IJN 4th Fleet, duk sun kasance wani ɓangare na flotilla wanda ya ba da kariya ga mamayewar Japan na Sakhalin.