Yokosuka Naval Arsenal

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Yokosuka Naval Arsenal was a major Imperial Japanese Navy shipbuilding and armaments facility that constructed many of Japan’s warships before and during World War II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf military facility
naval arsenal
shipyard
controlledBy Imperial Japanese Navy Ministry
country Japan
developedBy French naval engineer Léonce Verny
employed Japanese naval engineers
shipyard workers
foundedBy Tokugawa shogunate
heritage site of early Japanese naval modernization
inceptionPeriod early Meiji period
late Edo period
industry armaments production
shipbuilding
locatedIn Honshu
Japan
Kanagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED
Yokosuka
locatedNear Yokosuka Naval Base
locatedOn Tokyo Bay
notableFor being one of the principal shipyards of the Imperial Japanese Navy
construction of major capital ships for Japan
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
partOf Imperial Japanese Navy shipbuilding program
Japanese naval industrial complex
postWarUse Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force facilities
United States Navy base facilities
produced aircraft carriers
battleships
cruisers
destroyers
naval aircraft components
submarines
significantEvent major expansion before World War II
modernization of Japanese fleet in Meiji era
startDate 1865
1866
status former naval arsenal
timePeriod 19th century
20th century
usedDuring Russo-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War I
World War II
usedFor construction of warships
maintenance of naval vessels
production of naval equipment
production of naval guns
repair of warships


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