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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.
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On May 20, 2021, Sumitomo Heavy Industries revealed that design drawings for sample parts used in test machine guns for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force had been leaked to China. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry issued a severe warning to the company and its subcontractor for violating the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act.
The first ship was launched on 10 September 2009 at the Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. shipyard in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.She was completed on 8 March 2010. According to a report by Bloomberg, FAL Oil Co., a UAE-based energy trader, took a loan worth $62.4 million from German DVB Bank in July 2010, in order to refinance the construction of the Al Buhaira and another tanker.
The Yokosuka Naval Base (Japanese: 横須賀基地, Hepburn: Yokosuka Kichi), also simply known as the JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base, is a group of ports and land facilities of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), which are scattered in multiple districts of Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and where the Yokosuka District Force [], etc. are located.
1995 – IHI and Sumitomo Heavy Industries merged a warship business and established Marine United Ltd. 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.
Seawise Giant was ordered in 1974 and delivered in 1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (S.H.I.) at Oppama shipyard in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, as a 418,611-ton Ultra Large Crude Carrier (ULCC). [12] The vessel remained unnamed for a long time, and was identified by her hull number, 1016.
The Port of Yokosuka (横須賀港, Yokosuka-kō) lies to the south of the Port of Yokohama on Tokyo Bay. Under the Ports and Harbors Law of Japan it is classified as an Important Port. The city of Yokosuka administers the port. The Port of Yokosuka has 100 berths of length 4.5 m or more.