 This was later celebrated by the Royal Australian Navy as the "samurai spirit of the "Ibuki"" whenever Imperial Japanese ships visited Australia in subsequent years.After the war, "Ibuki" fell victim to the Washington Naval Treaty and was sold for scrap on 20 September 1923.Her guns were salvaged and used in shore batteries at Hakodate in Hokkaidō and along the Tsugaru Strait separating Honshū and Hokkaidō.