''Suzuya'' may refer to one of two
cruiser
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s of the
Imperial Japanese Navy
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, named for the
Susuya River in Karafuto:
* , the former captured by Japan during the
Russo-Japanese War
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; scrapped in 1913
* , a ; sunk by American-carrier-based aircraft in October 1944 during the
Battle off Samar
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Japanese Navy ship names
Imperial Japanese Navy ship names