Allied pilots reported seeing the ship serve in the Japanese fleet, earning it its nickname. The vessel was later found in Kure, Japan after the war and recommissioned into the U.S. Navy.

“It was not until the Stewart was found afloat in Kure, Japan, at the end of the war that the mystery of the Pacific ghost ship was finally solved,” the team said. After being found in ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture–The Defense Ministry has proposed building a multifunctional defense complex at a former steel works site here where the massive battleship Yamato was built, municipal ...

Yamato was the lead ship of her class, constructed under extreme secrecy at the Kure Naval Arsenal in Hiroshima Prefecture. Ordered in 1937 as part of Japan’s rapid naval rearmament following ...

At the same time, because GSDF members are not used to operating ships, there are concerns about the actual operations of the group. Meanwhile, the Kure city government is also hoping that the SDF ...