Photos Taken in Kanagawa | World War II Database

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Carrier Ryujo under construction in Drydock No. 5, Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Oct 1931	Headquarters building of Yokosuka Navy Air Corps, Japan, 1932	Yamashiro undergoing reconstruction, Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Apr 1932	Carrier Ryujo in Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan, 20 Mar 1933; note 12.7cm anti-aircraft guns

Kaga, Hiei, and Nagato during the annual naval review at Yokohama, Japan, 25 Aug 1933	Yamashiro undergoing reconstruction, Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Oct 1934	Battleship Haruna off Yokosuka, Japan, 1935	Yamashiro moored off Yokosuka, Japan, 27 Jan 1935

Battleship Mutsu during reconstruction, Yokosuka, Japan, May 1936	Hitler Youth members having just disembarked from passenger ship Gneisenau at Yokohama, Japan, 16 Aug 1938 at about 1300 hours; in this photo they had just greeted their hosts with 'Dai Nippon banzai' ('Great Japan for Ten Thousand Years')	The chief shipbuilders of carrier Shokaku posing with the hull of the ship two days prior to launching, Yokosuka, Japan, 30 May 1939	Launching of Shokaku from the second construction slip of Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan, 1430 hours on 1 Jun 1939

Japanese heavy cruiser Atago at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 30 Nov 1939	Carrier Shokaku at Yokosuka, Japan, 23 Aug 1941	Japanese light carrier Shoho shortly after her conversion from a submarine tender, Yokosuka, Japan, 25 Dec 1941	Aerial view of the naval base at Yokosuka, Japan, 18 Apr 1942, photo 1 of 2; photo taken by one of the Doolittle raiders

Aerial view of the naval base at Yokosuka, Japan, 18 Apr 1942, photo 2 of 2; photo taken by one of the Doolittle raiders	Prototype J2M3 Raiden 21 fighter aircraft at rest, Yokosuka, Japan, circa 1940s	Emperor Showa (Hirohito; front center) with Japanese Navy officers aboard Musashi, off Yokosuka, Japan, 24 Jun 1943; Musashi was carrying the remains of Isoroku Yamamoto	Food transport ship Irako at Yokosuka, Japan, 3 Mar 1944