 "Yahagi" and "Hirado" served in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the first months of World War II, and were scrapped before the outbreak of the Pacific War.Launched on 1 April 1911 and completed on 17 May 1912 by the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, "Chikuma" participated in various operations in World War I in the central and southern Pacific Ocean.The ship was stricken on 1 April 1931, and expended as a target in 1935.