Yokosuka.
Yokosuka is the oldest Imperial dockyard in Japan, and was a going concern in the sixties. It is at present expanding considerably as a building yard. There are large engine shops for machinery construction. There are three dry docks opening into the outer basin, their dimensions being—
| No. 1 (stone). | ||
| Feet. | ||
| Length | 392 | |
| Width | 82 | |
| Depth | 22½ | |
| No. 2 (stone). | ||
| Length | 502⅓ | |
| Width | 94½ | |
| Depth | 28⅓ | |
| No. 3 (stone). | ||
| Length | 308 | |
| Width | 45¼ | |
| Depth | 17¼ | |
No. 2 is able to take any ship in the Japanese Navy; but the others are not available for any of the large battleships or armoured cruisers.
There are two slips. On these, amongst others, the following ships have been built: Hashidate, Akitsushima, Suma, Akashi, Takao, and Yaeyama.
The dockyard lies at the foot of a picturesquely wooded hill, in the Bay of Tokio, and is well defended by sea forts. To the landward the defence is, however, poor, and Yokosuka could be taken by an army that could secure a foothold on the southern coast, supposing it able to defeat the defenders.
