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The port of Niigata (139.048E
37.895N), completed in 1868 to conduct foreign
trade, is Japan's
largest on the Sea
of Japan. It is located on the
delta of the Shinano River. Niigata was also the location of smaller of
Japan's two indigenous oil
fields (the larger being at Akita)
and accounted for 27% of
domestic production, about 450,000 barrels a year, in 1941. There was also
an airfield and a military base here, and the city was the headquarters for a regimental district of 2 Division. The shipyard produced small warships such as submarine chasers.
Because the city was not subject to heavy conventional strategic bombing, it was on the short list of targets for nuclear attack. However, Niigata was more distant than other targets on the list, and the war ended before any such attack took place.
| Yard |
Floor Space |
Building Way Length |
Merchant Tonnage |
Naval Tonnage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niigata |
650 |
678 |
0 |
155 |
References
Craven and Cate (1952; accessed 2014-2-19)
Handbook on Japanese Military Forces (1944-9-15; accessed 2014-2-19)
"Know Your Enemy" (1945; accessed 2014-2-19)
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