Photographs from the Maritime History and Science Museum of Kure, Japan

105 items in this album on 6 pages.


Japanese battlecruiser Hiei fitting out at Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Sep 1913	The launching of battlecruiser Kirishima at the Mitsubishi Naval Shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan, 1 Dec 1913	Japanese battlecruiser Hiei departing Yokosuka en route to Kure, Japan, 23 Mar 1914	Launching of battleship Fuso, Kure, Japan, 28 Mar 1914

Japanese battlecruiser Hiei at Yokosuka, Japan, 24 Aug 1914	Battlecruiser Haruna being fitted out by the Kawasaki company at Kobe, Japan, Oct 1914	Battlecruiser Haruna at Kobe, Japan, 24 Apr 1915	Battleship Fuso undergoing trials, 24 Aug 1915

Yamashiro under construction in the No. 2 dock at Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Oct 1915	Japanese battlecruiser Hiei at Sasebo, Japan, 21 Dec 1915	Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima at Sasebo, Japan, 21 Dec 1915	Yamashiro running trials off Tateyama, Japan, 19 Dec 1916

Yamashiro's crew testing her torpedo defense net, Yokosuka, Japan, 9 May 1917	Yamashiro moored off Yokosuka, Japan, 4 Jul 1917	Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima undergoing maintenance and training at Sasebo, Japan, 4 May 1921	Carrier Hosho at the Asano factory in Yokosuka, Japan shortly after launch, 20 Dec 1921

7F.1 Snipe biplane immediately after being launched by the catapult of battleship Yamashiro, off Yokosuka, Japan, 29 Mar 1922	Carrier Hosho running full power trials, Tateyama Bay, Japan, 30 Nov 1922	Hosho conducting trial flights in Tokyo Bay, Japan, Dec 1922	Carrier Hosho running trials, off Tateyama, Japan, 4 Dec 1922