Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ship & Offshore Structure Company (川崎重工業船舶海洋カンパニー, Kawasaki Jūkōgyō Senpaku Kaiyō Kanpanī) is the
jetfoils. In addition, it is also a producer of warships for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, including submarines
. Kawasaki also produces marine machinery, including marine engines, thrusters, steering gears, deck and fishing machinery.
History
Kawasaki's origins go back to April 1878, when
In 1886, Kawasaki established a second shipyard in
Takashi Hara.[4]
Under Matsukata, Kawasaki Dockyards expanded its Hyōgo operations with a large
Important Cultural Property by the Japanese government. In 1906, after numerous technical difficulties, Kawasaki completed the first submarines made in Japan for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Kawasaki produced numerous warships for the Japanese navy, ranging from destroyers to aircraft carriers until the end of World War II.[5]
Kawasaki started manufacturing
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company
.
In 1918, an Aircraft Division was established at the Hyōgo Works, only 15 years after the
Kawasaki Aircraft Co., Ltd.
In 1969, Kawasaki Dockyard, Kawasaki Rolling Stock Manufacturing and Kawasaki Aircraft merged to become Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
However, in 2002, Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation reemerged as a wholly owned subsidiary company. It was converted back into a division in 2010.
Products
- Oil Tankers
- LNG carriers
- Bulk carriers
- Container Ships
- Ro/Ro Vessels
- Jetfoils
- Warships
- Fuyushio, Natsushio-class submarine
- Unryū, Soryū-class submarine
- Oyashio, Uzushio, Isoshio, Kuroshio, Yaeshio, Mochishio, Oyashio-class submarine
- Natsushio, Arashio, Fuyushio, Harushio-class submarine
- Zuikaku, Shōkaku-class Aircraft Carrier
- Taiho-class aircraft carrier
- Ise, Ise-class battleship
- Haruna, Kongō-class battlecruiser
- Thonburi-class coastal defence ship
- Marine steam turbines
- Marine diesel engines
- Marine Thrusters
- Ship Control Systems
References
- Hane, Mikiso (2001). Modern Japan: A Historical Survey. Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-3756-9.
- McCain, James L (2001). Japan: A Modern History. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-04156-5.
- Schencking, J. Charles (2005). Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, And The Emergence Of The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868-1922. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4977-9.
- Spang, Christian W (2006). Japanese-German Relations, 1895-1945 War and Diplomacy. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-34248-1.
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