Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Photographs | World War II Database

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Japanese battlecruiser Hiei fitting out at Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Sep 1913	Yamashiro under construction in the No. 2 dock at Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Oct 1915	Tenryu under construction, Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan, 1919	Aerial view of Yokosuka Naval Arsenal days after the Great Kanto Earthquake, 3 or 4 Sep 1923; note mid-conversion Amagi, which would be scrapped in the following year due to earthquake damage

Aerial view of Yokosuka Naval Arsenal several days after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, 3 or 4 Sep 1923; note battlecruiser Amagi in drydock	Carrier Kaga at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan, 20 Nov 1928	Kongo in drydock, Yokosuka, Japan, 1930	Kongo in drydock, Yokosuka, Japan, 1930

Carrier Akagi and battleship Nagato at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan, 15 Aug 1930	Kongo under reconstruction, Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Jul 1931; she was nearing completion	Carrier Ryujo under construction in Drydock No. 5, Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Oct 1931	Yamashiro undergoing reconstruction, Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Apr 1932

Carrier Ryujo in Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan, 20 Mar 1933; note 12.7cm anti-aircraft guns	Yamashiro undergoing reconstruction, Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Oct 1934	Battleship Mutsu during reconstruction, Yokosuka, Japan, May 1936	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	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