140916-0062-PP - View on Yokosuka

Panoramic view of Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture. During the 1860s and 1870s, the small village of Yokosuka was developed as a modern naval base by French engineer François　Léonce Verny (フランソワ・レオンス・ヴェルニー, 1837–1908). Yokosuka Naval Arsenal became the first modern arsenal in Japan. Today, it houses the United States Seventh Fleet and a base of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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