Photos Taken in Yokosuka, Kanagawa | World War II Database

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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 Haruna off Yokosuka, Japan, 1935	Yamashiro moored off Yokosuka, Japan, 27 Jan 1935

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

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	D4Y2-S prototype aircraft, Yokosuka Navy Air Corps Oppama Base, Japan, summer 1944

Carrier Unryu off Yokosuka, Japan, 16 Jul 1944	Japanese pilots Warrant Officer Yuzaburo Toguchi and Ensign Matsuo Hagiri at Yokosuka Airfield, Japan, 1945; note N1K Shiden-kai and A6M aircraft

Japanese photographer T. Iwamoto attaching film of surrender of Yokosuka Navy Base to a pigeon for transport to Domeo News Agency in Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1945	I-401 alongside of USS Proteus, Yokosuka, Japan, 29 Aug 1945