Kure

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Image of Battleship Yamato Museum located in Kure, Japan | model of space battleship Yamato
Kure, Japan

Battleship Yamato Museum

Museum dedicated to the largest warship ever built

The Japanese battleship Yamato, built in the shipyards at Kure in 1941, was 263 meters long, with 12 Kanpon boilers turning four turbine screws 6 meters (20 ft.) in diameter, at 27 knots (50Km/h)... »

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Image of The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarine Museum located in Kure, Japan | Sub Akishio dwarfs the three story museum
Kure, Japan

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarine Museum

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

The JMSDF Submarine Museum's three-story brick building, opened in 2006, is dwarfed by the submarine Akishio, mounted on steel cradles between the museum and Kure's busy downtown street. The... »

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