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Yokosuka Naval District information


Yokosuka Naval HQ in April 1942

Yokosuka Naval District (横須賀鎮守府, Yokosuka chinjufu) was the first of four main administrative districts of the pre-war Imperial Japanese Navy. Its territory included Tokyo Bay and the Pacific coasts of central and northern Honshū from the Kii Peninsula to Shimokita Peninsula. Its headquarters, along with most of its installations, including the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, were located in the city of Yokosuka, which constituted the Yokosuka Naval Base.

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Yokosuka Naval District

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Yokosuka Naval District (横須賀鎮守府, Yokosuka chinjufu) was the first of four main administrative districts of the pre-war Imperial Japanese Navy. Its territory...

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United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka

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Activities Yokosuka (横須賀海軍施設, Yokosuka kaigunshisetsu) or Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (司令官艦隊活動横須賀, Shirei-kan kantai katsudō Yokosuka) is a United...

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Yokosuka Naval Arsenal

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Yokosuka Naval Arsenal (横須賀海軍工廠, Yokosuka kaigun kōshō) was one of four principal naval shipyards owned and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, and...

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Yokosuka

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Yokosuka Naval District was the home port of the IJN 1st Fleet.[citation needed] The Great Kantō earthquake of 1923 caused severe damage to Yokosuka,...

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Yokosuka Naval Base

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Yokosuka Naval Base may refer to: United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka, the present United States naval base located next to the city, beginning in...

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JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base

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The Yokosuka Naval Base (Japanese: 横須賀基地, Hepburn: Yokosuka Kichi), also simply known as the JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base, is a group of ports and land facilities...

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List of Japanese government and military commanders of World War II

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the First Naval District Shigetarō Shimada: Commandant, Yokosuka and Kure Naval Districts Mitsumasa Yonai: commanded Yokosuka Naval District Mitsumasa...

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Soemu Toyoda

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reassigned (i.e. demoted) from the Supreme War Council to command of Yokosuka Naval District. After the death of Admiral Mineichi Koga, Toyoda was appointed...

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5th Yokosuka Special Naval Landing Force

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Japanese Navy's Special Naval Landing Forces. Formed at the Yokosuka Naval District, the 5th Yokosuka SNLF participated in the Battle of Buna and minorly in...

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Japanese marine paratroopers of World War II

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part of the Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF or Rikusentai). They came from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Yokosuka SNLFs. The 2nd Yokosuka took no part in any...

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Zengo Yoshida

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1943 he became commandant of the Naval Staff College, and from May 1944 was commander of the Yokosuka Naval District. He entered the reserves in June...

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Inoguchi Toshihira

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remained in this post until 5 May 1942, when he was attached to Yokosuka Naval District. He was given command of light cruiser Natori on 1 July 1942. Inoguchi...

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Seiji Naruse

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Development Division in Yokosuka Naval District of Imperial Japanese Navy. He and his team designed and developed Type 91 torpedo used in naval warfare in World...

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Osami Nagano

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Geneva Naval Conference. He attended the London Naval Conference 1930. From 1933 to 1934, he was commander in chief of the Yokosuka Naval District. On 1...

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Sanji Iwabuchi

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operations over Guadalcanal and Rabaul. Iwabuchi returned to the Yokosuka Naval District on 10 February 1943, and was promoted to rear admiral on 1 May...

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Naokuni Nomura

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stages of the Pacific War, he served as commander in chief of the Yokosuka Naval District and of the Maritime Escort Fleet. He entered the reserves on 15...

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Mineichi Koga

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he served as a naval attaché in Paris until November 1, 1928. Recalled to Japan in 1930 and being given command of the Yokosuka Naval Station, Koga captained...

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Gengo Hyakutake

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Fleet. He became commander of the Sasebo Naval District in December 1935 and commander of the Yokosuka Naval District from December 1936. Promoted to full...

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Tamon Yamaguchi

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administrative assignments at Yokosuka Naval District (from July 1919), Kure Naval District (from October 1919) and Sasebo Naval District (from December 1920)...

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Special Naval Landing Forces

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Washington naval treaty, reactivated in 1939), Sasebo, and Yokosuka. In 1927 some of these SNLF units were unified under command of the Shanghai Naval Landing...

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