Warship Yamashiro Monument — Attraction in Yokosuka

This monument is located within Verney Park. You get to enjoy everything Verney Park and the surrounding area has to offer.

Brief history:

Yamashiro (山城, "Mountain castle", named for Yamashiro Province) was the second of two Fusō-class dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Launched in 1915 and commissioned in 1917, she initially patrolled off the coast of China, playing no part in World War I. In 1923, she assisted survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake.

Yamashiro was modernized between 1930 and 1935, with improvements to her armor and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style. Nevertheless, with only 14-inch guns, she was outclassed by other Japanese battleships at the beginning of World War II, and played auxiliary roles for most of the war.

By 1944, though, she was forced into front-line duty, serving as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Shōji Nishimura's Southern Force at the Battle of Surigao Strait, the southernmost action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. During fierce night fighting in the early hours of 25 October against a superior American force, Yamashiro was sunk by torpedoes and naval gunfire. Nishimura went down with his ship, and only 10...

碑の裏面から抜粋 『艦・山城は横須賀鎮守府管下、最初の超弩級軍艦として、平時の連合艦隊において優れた成績を挙げ、太平洋戦争が勃発するや各地に転戦し、戦局の変化により悲惨な運命となりました。昭和19年10月、捷第一号作戦において、西村艦隊の旗艦として比島スリガオ海峡に突入し、数倍に及ぶ米艦隊と激戦、集中砲火の的となりながらも沈没寸前まで前部砲塔からは間断のない砲撃が続けられましたが、乗員と共に海底...

Very nice place to visit, and the view...