 In 1932 , during the First Shanghai Incident , Izumo became the flagship of the newly re @-@ established 3rd Fleet that garrisoned Japanese @-@ occupied China . Two years later , she was equipped to operate a floatplane at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal . During the Second Sino @-@ Japanese War , the ship participated in the Battle of Shanghai in mid @-@ 1937 during which she provided naval gunfire support to Japanese troops ashore . 
