Yokosuka, Japan
1 Chome-1 Shioiricho
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Very nice place to visit, and the view is wonderful.
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This monument is located within Verney Park. You get to enjoy everything Verney Park and the surrounding area has to offer. Brief history: Yamashiro (山城, \Mountain castle\, named for Yamashiro Province) was the second of two Fusō-class dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Launched in 1915 and commissioned in 1917, she initially patrolled off the coast of China, playing no part in World War I. In 1923, she assisted survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake. Yamashiro was modernized between 1930 and 1935, with improvements to her armor and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style. Nevertheless, with only 14-inch guns, she was outclassed by other Japanese battleships at the beginning of World War II, and played auxiliary roles for most of the war. By 1944, though, she was forced into front-line duty, serving as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Shōji Nishimura's Southern Force at the Battle of Surigao Strait, the southernmost action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. During fierce night fighting in the early hours of 25 October against a superior American force, Yamashiro was sunk by torpedoes and naval gunfire. Nishimura went down with his ship, and only 10 crewmembers survived.
Nice park ️
レイテ海戦で活躍した戦艦山城之碑。昔あった石碑には戦艦山城が銅板に描かれてたと思うのですが公園の整備とともに新たに作り変えられたようです。
軍艦山城のことがよくわかります。横須賀らしい碑です。
戦艦山城は、大正２年（１９１３年）１１月２０日、横須賀海軍工廠で起工され、 大正６年（１９１７年）３月３１日に竣工した扶桑型戦艦２番艦。 昭和１９年（１９４４年）１０月２５日、レイテ沖海戦で撃沈されました。
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