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In 1909, Japan's first domestically designed and produced battleship, Satsuma, was launched. The U.S. Navy base at the former Yokosuka Naval Arsenal (2004) Yokosuka became one of the main shipyards of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the 20th century, building numerous battleships such as Yamashiro, and aircraft carriers such as Hiryū and Shōkaku.
Uraga Dock Company was founded by Enomoto Takeaki in 1869. A shipyard had already existed in Uraga from the end of the Edo period.When Commodore Perry's flagship anchored off Uraga in 1854, one of the officials of the Tokugawa shogunate who boarded the American vessel was a trained shipwright, Nakajima Saburosuke.
Main menu. move to sidebar hide. ... 3-3 Oppama-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 237-0064 Japan: ... Sumitomo Heavy Industries Yokosuka shipyard;
The Uraga Dock Company was the origin in the shipbuilding of Sumitomo Heavy Industries. It was made by Enomoto Takeaki. However, Sumitomo Heavy Industries moved Uraga Dock to Yokosuka in 2003. IHI moved a shipbuilding section to Marine United in 2002 and changed its name to IHI Marine United Ltd. IHI Marine United became the subsidiary of IHI ...
Almost 50 years later, in 1934, the company incorporated as Sumitomo Machinery Co., Ltd. to manufacture machinery for the steel and transportation industries in support of that period of rapid economic growth. In 1969, Sumitomo Machinery Co., Ltd. merged with Uraga Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. to create Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
The location of Yokosuka at the entrance to strategic Tokyo Bay was recognized of critical importance by the Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji government.In 1866, the Tokugawa shogunate government established the Yokosuka Seisakusho, a military arsenal and naval base, with the help of foreign engineers, including the French naval architect Léonce Verny.
Sumitomo, Uraga, Yokosuka 14 March 1979 7 November 1980 23 March 1982 Decommissioned 24 February 2011, scrapped Hamayuki: はまゆき DD-126 Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tamano, Okayama 4 February 1981 27 May 1982 18 November 1983 Decommissioned 14 March 2012, sunk as target ship October 2013 Mineyuki: みねゆき DD-124
Fushimi was laid down on 5 November 1968 at Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Tokyo and launched on 10 September 1969. The vessel was commissioned on 10 February 1970.. On 16 October 1973, the 2nd Submarine Group was newly formed under the Self-Defense Fleet and was incorporated as a ship under direct control.