Last additions - JMSDF Kure Museum 海上自衛隊呉史料館 |
|
![Filename=ku438-20121118-8549.jpg
Filesize=24KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku438-20121118-8549.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku438-20121118-8549.jpg)
Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku437-20121118-8544.jpg
Filesize=30KiB
Dimensions=267x400
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku437-20121118-8544.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku437-20121118-8544.jpg)
Looks very complicated.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku436-20121118-8543.jpg
Filesize=24KiB
Dimensions=267x400
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku436-20121118-8543.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku436-20121118-8543.jpg)
Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku435-20121118-8542.jpg
Filesize=19KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku435-20121118-8542.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku435-20121118-8542.jpg)
Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku434-20121118-8548.jpg
Filesize=22KiB
Dimensions=267x400
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku434-20121118-8548.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku434-20121118-8548.jpg)
Periscopes made by Nikon?Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku433-20121118-8547.jpg
Filesize=23KiB
Dimensions=267x400
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku433-20121118-8547.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku433-20121118-8547.jpg)
Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku432-20121118-8551.jpg
Filesize=24KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku432-20121118-8551.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku432-20121118-8551.jpg)
We could look through the periscopes.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku431-20121118-8550.jpg
Filesize=24KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku431-20121118-8550.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku431-20121118-8550.jpg)
Two periscopes.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku430-20121118-8540.jpg
Filesize=27KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku430-20121118-8540.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku430-20121118-8540.jpg)
Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku429-20121118-8539.jpg
Filesize=27KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku429-20121118-8539.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku429-20121118-8539.jpg)
Pilot seats.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku428-20121118-8538.jpg
Filesize=25KiB
Dimensions=267x400
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku428-20121118-8538.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku428-20121118-8538.jpg)
The bridge.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku427-20121118-8536.jpg
Filesize=16KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku427-20121118-8536.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku427-20121118-8536.jpg)
Captain's quarters. Outfitted with some communications gear at his bedside.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku426-20121118-8534.jpg
Filesize=18KiB
Dimensions=267x400
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku426-20121118-8534.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku426-20121118-8534.jpg)
Captain's quarters. Still pretty cramped.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku425-20121118-8533.jpg
Filesize=19KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku425-20121118-8533.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku425-20121118-8533.jpg)
Bunk beds are short and narrow. Two men share one bunk bed as they sleep in turns.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku424-20121118-8532.jpg
Filesize=16KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku424-20121118-8532.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku424-20121118-8532.jpg)
Conference room.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku423-20121118-8531.jpg
Filesize=16KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku423-20121118-8531.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku423-20121118-8531.jpg)
Conference room.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku422-20121118-8528.jpg
Filesize=17KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku422-20121118-8528.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku422-20121118-8528.jpg)
Sleeping quarters on the Akishio submarine.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku421-20121118-8526.jpg
Filesize=15KiB
Dimensions=267x400
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku421-20121118-8526.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku421-20121118-8526.jpg)
Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku420-20121118-8525.jpg
Filesize=19KiB
Dimensions=267x400
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku420-20121118-8525.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku420-20121118-8525.jpg)
Shower and toilet sink on the Akishio.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku419-20121118-8524.jpg
Filesize=15KiB
Dimensions=267x400
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku419-20121118-8524.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku419-20121118-8524.jpg)
Toilet on the Akishio submarine.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku418-20121118-8523.jpg
Filesize=10KiB
Dimensions=267x400
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku418-20121118-8523.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku418-20121118-8523.jpg)
Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku417-20121118-8522.jpg
Filesize=18KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku417-20121118-8522.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku417-20121118-8522.jpg)
From the main building, we can cross over to the Akishio submarine.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku416-20121118-8517.jpg
Filesize=22KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku416-20121118-8517.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku416-20121118-8517.jpg)
Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku415-20121118-8515.jpg
Filesize=20KiB
Dimensions=267x400
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku415-20121118-8515.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku415-20121118-8515.jpg)
Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku414-20121118-8514.jpg
Filesize=21KiB
Dimensions=267x400
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku414-20121118-8514.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku414-20121118-8514.jpg)
Periscope replica.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku413-20121118-8512.jpg
Filesize=15KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku413-20121118-8512.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku413-20121118-8512.jpg)
Replica of submarine sleeping quarters.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku412-20121118-8511.jpg
Filesize=22KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku412-20121118-8511.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku412-20121118-8511.jpg)
Model of the SS Kuroshio sub.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku411-20121118-8518.jpg
Filesize=77KiB
Dimensions=800x533
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku411-20121118-8518.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku411-20121118-8518.jpg)
Japanese submarine classes.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku410-20121118-8509.jpg
Filesize=18KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku410-20121118-8509.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku410-20121118-8509.jpg)
Flag of the Japanese navy.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku409-20121118-8507.jpg
Filesize=22KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku409-20121118-8507.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku409-20121118-8507.jpg)
Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku408-20121118-8505.jpg
Filesize=23KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku408-20121118-8505.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku408-20121118-8505.jpg)
Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku407-20121118-8510.jpg
Filesize=18KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku407-20121118-8510.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku407-20121118-8510.jpg)
The museum's main building has exhibits explaining about Japanese submarines.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku406-20121118-8503.jpg
Filesize=17KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku406-20121118-8503.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku406-20121118-8503.jpg)
Looks sturdy enough so the sub won't roll away in a large earthquake.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku405-20121118-8555.jpg
Filesize=15KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku405-20121118-8555.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku405-20121118-8555.jpg)
JMSDF Kure Museum is open 9 am to 5 pm (enter by 4:30 pm). Closed Tue. (open if a national holiday and closed on the Wed. instead). Free admission. Rudder and propeller of the Akishio submarine.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku404-20121118-8502.jpg
Filesize=15KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku404-20121118-8502.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku404-20121118-8502.jpg)
The JMSDF Kure Museum is JMSDF's submarine and minesweeping museum. It also has a surface ship museum in Sasebo, Nagasaki and an aircraft museum in Kanoya, Kagoshima.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku403-20121118-8501.jpg
Filesize=20KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku403-20121118-8501.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku403-20121118-8501.jpg)
The Akishio submarine was commissioned in March 1986 and decommissioned in March 2004. It was brought here in 2006. The sub is 76.2 meters long. Top speed was 20 knots underwater.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku402-20121118-8471.jpg
Filesize=17KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku402-20121118-8471.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku402-20121118-8471.jpg)
The museum has one normal building and this decommissioned submarine accessible from the main museum building. The submarine is largely intact on the inside.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku401-20121118-8557.jpg
Filesize=17KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku401-20121118-8557.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku401-20121118-8557.jpg)
The former Akishio submarine just stands out and can be seen from boats approaching Kure Port. Very impressive to be seen on land amid small cars passing by. The museum is a short walk from JR Kure Station.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
![Filename=ku400-20121118-8470.jpg
Filesize=21KiB
Dimensions=400x267
Date added=Jan 20, 2013 ku400-20121118-8470.jpg](albums/hiroshima/kure/jmsdfmuseum/thumb_ku400-20121118-8470.jpg)
The JMSDF (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) Kure Museum is mainly a submarine museum whose main attraction is the decommissioned Japanese sub called Akishio. The museum is conveniently right across the street from the Yamato Museum.Jan 20, 2013
|
|
|