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The museum opened on April 23, 2005. It is nicknamed the Yamato Museum due to the display in the lobby of a 1/10 scale model of the battleship Yamato, [1] the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet in World War II. It was sunk south of the Japanese island of Kyushu in 1945. The museum is located where the battleship was completed. [1]
The repair ship Akashi effected temporary repairs, [22] and Yamato departed on 10 January 1944 for Kure. [25] Yamato and Musashi anchored in the waters off of the Truk Islands in 1943. On 16 January Yamato arrived at Kure for repairs of the torpedo damage and was dry-docked until 3 February. [22]
Yamato ' s port-side anti-aircraft armament as depicted on the model of the ship at the 'Yamato Museum' in Kure. The Yamato-class battleships had primary armaments consisting of three 3-gun turrets mounting 46 cm (18.1 in)/45 caliber Type 94 naval guns – the largest guns ever fitted to a warship, [6] although they were officially designated ...
Kure City Hall Port of Kure seen from Yasumi-yama JMU Kure shipyard in July 2015 JMSDF submarine flotilla in Kure Exterior view of the Yamato Museum and adjacent JMSDF Kure Museum. Kure is located 20 kilometres (10 mi) south-east of Hiroshima city and faces the Seto Inland Sea. Surrounded by steep hillsides to the north, the two major ...
Kure developed into one of the largest shipbuilding facilities in the Empire of Japan, capable of working with the largest vessels. The Arsenal included a major steel works (built with British assistance), and also facilities for producing naval artillery and projectiles. The battleships Yamato and Nagato were designed and constructed at Kure.
Between the 1890s and 1940s, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) built a series of battleships as it expanded its fleet. Previously, the Empire of Japan had acquired a few ironclad warships from foreign builders, although it had adopted the Jeune École naval doctrine which emphasized cheap torpedo boats and commerce raiding to offset expensive, heavily armored ships.
The 46 cm (18.1 in) 46 cm/45 Type 94 naval rifle was a wire-wound gun.Mounted in three 3-gun turrets (nine per ship), they served as the main armament of the two Yamato-class battleships that were in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Also on display outside the Yamato Museum entrance in Kure are one of Mutsu's anchors, a fairlead and the stern pennant jackstaff. A part of the number three gun turret's armour is on display at Shide Shrine in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. [58] One of the 410 mm guns is on display at the Hijiri Museum in Omi, Nagano. [59]