Sasebo Naval Arsenal ( 佐世保海軍工廠 , Sasebo kaigun kōshō ) was one of four principal naval shipyards owned and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy .
5-472: The Sasebo Naval District was established at Sasebo, Nagasaki in 1886, as the third of the naval districts responsible for the defense of the Japanese home islands . After the establishment of the navy base, a ship repair facility was established in 1889 with a dry dock . With the addition of equipment and facilities for ship production by 1897, the "Sasebo Shipyards" were officially established, and renamed
10-511: A total of 966 aircraft. The facilities at Sasebo were used for repairs on the battleships Yamato and Musashi during the Pacific War . After the surrender of Japan , On September 22, 1945, the 5th Marine Division landed at Sasebo, and in June 1946, United States Fleet Activities Sasebo was formally established on a portion of the former Sasebo Naval Arsenal. The remaining portion of
15-678: The "Sasebo Naval Arsenal" in 1903. Construction of the arsenal was supervised by the French engineer Louis-Émile Bertin . In 1913, a 250-ton crane was installed, and the shipbuilding facilities expanded to permit the construction of large warships . With the mothballing of the Maizuru Naval Arsenal due to restrictions by the Washington Naval Treaty , much of the design and prototype work for new classes of destroyers and torpedo boats formerly done at Maizuru
20-509: The shipyards was given into civilian hands with the establishment of Sasebo Heavy Industries in 1946. Sasebo Heavy Industries is one of Japan's few remaining active shipbuilders. 33°10′05″N 129°44′06″E / 33.168°N 129.735°E / 33.168; 129.735 Sasebo Naval District Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
25-607: Was shifted to Sasebo. The facilities at Sasebo were also used for the conversion of the Akagi and Kaga from battleships to aircraft carriers . The Imperial Japanese Navy employed some 50,000 people at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal at the peak of World War II , constructing and refitting destroyers, light cruisers , submarines and other various naval vessels. The 21st Naval Air Arsenal ( Dai-Nijuichi Kaigun Kokusho ), established jointly at Sasebo and Omura , produced
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