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Yamato Museum
The is the nickname of the in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan. History The museum opened on April 23, 2005. It is nicknamed the Yamato Museum due to the display in the lobby of a 1/10 scale model of the battleship ''Yamato'', the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet in World War II. It was sunk south of the Japanese island of Kyushu in 1945. The museum is located where the battleship was completed. Museum Exhibition rooms *Yamato Hiroba – 1/10 scale of the *History of Kure – as the shipbuilding, port city and the Kure Naval District *Large objects exhibition room - containing a Mitsubishi A6M Zero model 62, a Kaiten human torpedo and a Kairyū-class submarine *1:1 replica of one of the battleship Kongō's boilers. *Chibi Yamato replica *Collection of suicide notes from Kaiten pilots, as well as sword, will and photographs. * Type 93 torpedo *16 inch shells and shell replicas for the Mutsu and Nagato *18 inch shells and shell replicas for the Yamato and Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kairyū-class Submarine
The was a class of midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed in 1943–1944, and produced from the beginning of 1945. These submarines were meant to meet the invading American naval forces upon their anticipated approach of Tokyo. History More than 750 of these midget submarines were planned and by August 1945 about 210 had been manufactured. Most of them were constructed at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka shipyard. These submarines had a two-man crew and were fitted with two torpedoes along with a explosive charge intended to be used on a suicide mission. Most of the ''Kairyu'' submarines were based at Yokosuka to defend the entrance of Tokyo Bay in the event of a United States invasion of mainland Japan. Some of these subs were also stationed in the Moroiso and Aburatsubo inlets on the southern tip of the Miura Peninsula where a training school had also been set up. Due to Japan's Surrender of Japan, surrender in August 1945, none of these submarines e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
