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JDS Shimokita
Several ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force have been named ''Shimokita'': * JDS ''Shimokita'' (LST-4002) (1961), ex-US ''LST-835'' acquired by Japan in 1961. Later sold to the Philippine Navy * , a tank landing ship commissioned in 2002 {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimokita Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship names Japanese Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JDS Shimokita (LST-4002) (1961)
USS ''LST-835'' was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. Late in her career, she was renamed ''Hillsdale County'' (LST-835) – after Hillsdale County, Michigan, the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name – but saw no active service under that name. Originally laid down as ''LST-835'' by the American Bridge Company of Ambridge, Pennsylvania on 6 September 1944; launched on 25 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. I. Raphael; and commissioned on 20 November. Service history World War II, 1944–1945 Following shakedown off Florida, ''LST-835'' loaded ammunition at New Orleans and departed there on 28 December. After brief stops on the West Coast and Pearl Harbor, she steamed for the western Pacific, arriving Guam on 18 March 1945. For the next six weeks she transported troops, trucks, and other equipment from the Marianas to Iwo Jima. Sailing from Saipan on 25 April, ''LST-835'' carried vital ammunition to Okinawa, where American forces were engaged in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Ship Names
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
