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Eastern Sword
''Eastern Sword'' was an unarmed 3,785-ton steam merchant ship that was completed in 1920 at the Uraga Dry Dock Co. Ltd, Uraga, Kanagawa, Uraga, Japan. She was owned by the Sword Line Inc., New York, New York, and she was homeported out of this same city. The vessel was torpedoed and sunk on 4 May 1942 by the about off the Georgetown Light, Trinidad. 13 of the 38 crew survived. Description ''Eastern Sword'' was a steam-powered merchant ship that measured , was Length between perpendiculars, long between perpendiculars with a Beam (nautical), beam of . The vessel was powered by a triple expansion steam engine turning one propeller and had a maximum speed of . The vessel was constructed by the Uraga Dry Dock Co. Ltd in Uraga, Kanagawa, Uraga, Japan with the yard number 166 and completed in August 1920. The ship was constructed on behalf of the United States Government and acquired by the Sword Steam Ship Line Inc. in 1931. ''Eastern Sword'' was Ship registration, registered in Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uraga, Kanagawa
is a subdivision of the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located on the south eastern side of the Miura Peninsula, at the northern end of the Uraga Channel, at the entrance of Tokyo Bay. History With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate based in Edo at the start of the 17th century, the small village of Uraga developed rapidly due to its sheltered harbor and strategic location at the entrance of Edo Bay. The area was ''tenryō'' territory under direct control of the shogunate, and the increase in maritime traffic led to the development of merchant and trading firms in the area. In 1720, the shogunate established the post of '' Uraga bugyō'', whose responsibility was to police traffic and to organize coastal defenses, and the entrances to the harbor were fortified with cannon against possible incursions by foreign ships in violation of Japan’s national isolation policy. Still, in 1812, the British whaler stopped at Uraga and took on water, food, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
