1923 Kanto Earthquake

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1923 Kanto Earthquake

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If the Yokosuka naval shipyard wasn't destroyed in the 1923 earthquake. What would you all put the naval shipyard as? In the game its 95.
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Good question DOCUP....GP
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If you could find the exact ships being built on slipways at the time of the quake, that would provide an answer of sorts. We know Amagi but what else???
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John 3rd wrote: Sun Apr 06, 2025 3:25 pm If you could find the exact ships being built on slipways at the time of the quake, that would provide an answer of sorts. We know Amagi but what else???
At the docks of the Yokosuka Naval Dockyard, Submarines number 10 and number 14 were under construction in dry dock. However, supports came off the submarines due to the earthquake and they were thrown into the stone floor from the slips and destroyed. The aircraft carrier Amagi* was also destroyed.
*Although the original plan was to construct a 41,200-ton battleship, it was cancelled due to the effect of disarmament; the vessel was decided to be modified as aircraft carrier in 1923. The construction was restarted, but it did not complete so that the vessel was mothballed.
https://kantoearthquake1923.weebly.com/ ... nglish.pdf

This has a list of the ships built there:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokosuka_Naval_Arsenal

Here is some commentary from an eye witness after the earthquake:
https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/193/

I did not look for pictures of the aftermath here but there may be some available online:
https://library.brown.edu/cds/kanto/about.html
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