Submarines and Submarine Depot Ships - Selected Photos from the Archives of the Kure Maritime Museum, the Best from the Collection of Shizuo Fukui's Photos of Japanese Warships

"This volume features selected photos of the Japanese submarines and submarine depot ships from the archives of the Kure Maritime Museum. It includes photos taken by the Kure Naval Arsenal of the ships' construction and sea trials, as well as photos of the ships from private individuals"--

About the author

The Kure Maritime Museum (also known as the Yamato Museum) is located in Kure City, Hiroshima Province. The collection focuses on the people and culture Kure, as well as its industries, primarily shipbuilding and steelmaking. The museum houses more than twenty thousand Imperial Japanese Navy photos. Kazushige Todaka, the director the Kure Maritime Museum, is the coauthor of several books on the Japanese navy. Robert D. Eldridge is the author of dozens of books in English and Japanese on U.S.-Japanese relations, Okinawa, and Japanese politics. He received a PhD in political science from Kobe University. He resides with his family in Japan.

Summary

Originally published in Japan in 2005, each album in The Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album Series contains official photographs taken by the Kure Maritime Museum, as well as those taken by private individuals. These pictorial records document the main types of Japanese vessels, from battleships to submarines.

Product details

• Assisted by: Kure Maritime Museum (Editor), Kazushige Todaka (Editor), Robert D Eldridge (Translation)
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781591143376
• ISBN: 978-1-59114-337-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 217 mm x 302 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 1178 g
• Series: Japanese Naval Warship Photo A; The Japanese Naval Warship Photo Albums
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, Militärgeschichte, Schiffe und Boote: Sachbuch, HISTORY / Military / Naval, History - Military / War, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / Pictorial