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Encyclopedia > Yokosuka City

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Yokosuka, Kanagawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (522 words)
The Yokosuka Iron Foundry was established on the site of the city in 1865, and the French engineer Léonce Verny spent the next ten years supervising the development of shipbuilding facilities.
Yokosuka was to become one of the main arsenals of the Imperial Japanese Navy into the 20th century, in which were built battleships such as Yamashiro, and aircraft carriers such as Hiryu and Shokaku.
Yokosuka now is home to one of the biggest military seaports shared by the United States Navy and the Maritime Self-Defense Force of Japan.
Kanagawa Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (437 words)
Yokosuka Port commanding the mouth of Tokyo Bay is headquartered by the U.S. 7th Fleet.
Yokosuka City commanding a strategic location at the mouth of Tokyo Bay developed as a naval port during the age of militarism.
Kanagawa is a relatively small prefecture wedged between Tokyo on the north, the foothills of Mount Fuji on the northwest, and the Pacific Ocean and Tokyo Bay on the south and east.
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