history…Uraga dock of Yokosuka

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A huge building spreads out along the way of the sea side when go down the stairs of Uraga Station.

It is the ruins of the Uraga dock where continued making vessels amounting to approximately 1,000 for first century or more.

A crane of the height to exceed 30m wrapped up the sky until it was closed down in 2003 by (2003), and, including Nippon-Maru, sea Oumaru, the ships such as Seikan ferry, a very large crude carrier, a car cargo boat, the escort ship were constructed in this Uraga dock, and the town was full of people who worked in a dock.

The history of the shipbuilding in Uraga was old, and the Chinese phoenix circle that was a first Japanese Western style warship was constructed at the river mouth of "the long river" which drifted to the Uraga station square that became the culvert at the (1854) present in the Ansei first year by Saburosuke Nakajima and others.

咸臨丸-Irinmaru just before Pacific crossing was this river mouth, too, and repair was carried out.

Dealt with 23 anniversaries of death of (1891) Saburosuke Nakajima in 1891 and proposed that Ikunosuke Arai who was a comrade of the Hakodate war made a shipyard in Uraga.

Takeaki Enomoto agreed and worked on a local influential person, and (1897) Uraga dock Co., Ltd. was founded in 1897, and a dry dock was constructed two years later.

Uraga dock Co., Ltd. became the Sumitomo Heavy Industries company via Uraga Healy Industries company and was closed down in (2003)3 month in 2003.

Cannot observe the public, but, in the case of "咸臨丸-Irinmaru Festival" or "Saburosuke Nakajima Festival ," a part is shown now including a dry dock.

It is made in 1943 by (1943), and (I can look at all over a brick wall of the heaping up in France from the neighborhood of Uraga consumers' cooperative) including a dry dock constructed in crane, 1899 when it does not finish only one engine being dismantled by (1957) can remember a then feature.

100 selections of Yokosuka scenery "Uraga shipyards" commemorative in 70 laps of municipal organization enforcement one-year terms


These facilities around Gulf of Uraga are Sumitomo heavy industrial machine factory Oppama shipyard Uraga factories Co., Ltd.

Since the establishment of a business, changed with a current company name in Uraga dock Co., Ltd., Uraga Healy Industries Co., Ltd., watches of the night, but have been called by the pet name of "the Uraga dock" widely.

This shipyard acquired the site of the army fortress gunner executive exercise place and a private land by proposals such as Takeaki Enomoto who was an agriculture commercial affairs minister at the time of 1896, and went ahead through the establishment preparations and started with the company establishment registration on June 21, 30, the following day.

The capital was 1 million yen.

Japan of that time had effect such as the Sino-Japanese War and purchased much vessels from the foreign country and was going to develop in the global marine transportation country.

On the other hand, the shipbuilding world was greatly on a technical aspect and facilities side. Hired a foreign engineer and made a shipyard in domestic each place in sequence to make catch-up.

Hired German engineer baud Kel for salary approximately 150 yen and, with one this shipyard, established doc.

Let gunboat Ron Bronn for the coast guards of Philippines (350 displacement tonnage) launch on October 15, 1902.

The ship which dealt with since the establishment of a business was only a kind of the cargo boat for construction that all accepted an order of from the domestic company, but sent vessels of the orthodox school that accepted an order of to the 14th ship for the first time from the foreign country out in the world.

However, the way which the shipyard walked did not seem to be comfortable at all. In "... these days, run commerce as the only customer in Uraga dock company, and, in a clause of Uragacho of "the description of of the 1908 publication Miura prosperity", there is it with ... which has a large influence on the economy of the tolerance and sternness (do it and grow) interest abolished town of this company", and it is good, and the ups and downs of the shipyard express the state that was just connected in the alternate hope and fear of the townsman.

Until today, repeated ups and downs with a change of various history afterward.

The vessels which constructed the other day here reaches approximately 1,000 ships.

※It is the whole sentence of the explanation board which was made when picked "100 selections of Yokosuka scenery" as business of the 70th anniversary of Yokosuka municipal organization in 1977

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