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[Letter from Waragai Hidehiko, April 6, 1934]
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- A letter dated April 6, 1934, from Constructor Lieutenant Commander Waragai of the Kure Naval Arsenal to His Excellency Constructor Vice Admiral Hiraga. In response to the Tomozuru capsizing incident, it discusses responsibility on the part of those in charge of warship construction planning and works under the restrictions following the London Conference, a request for Hiraga to take part in an investigation of remedial measures chaired by Admiral Kato, and the review of warship stability, the rise in centers of gravity, and refit works. It also mentions the views of operational personnel at Sasebo and the need to investigate destroyers and other vessels under the First and Second Replenishment Plans, Taigei, a new aircraft carrier, Kaga, Akagi, Mutsu, Nagato, and others. Keywords: Constructor Lieutenant Commander Waragai, Constructor Vice Admiral Hiraga, Tomozuru capsizing incident, Admiral Kato, London Conference, stability, Kaga, Akagi, Mutsu, NagatoAuto-generated by Azure OpenAI gpt-5.5 from OCR text (which may contain errors) and image captions.
- Item ID
- 7d1ffd18-206d-4a04-9ce5-cf992ec001f0
- Catalogue ID
- 10040501
- Card catalogue
- "Tomozuru Incident" [letter addressed to Hiraga]
- Doc type
- 平賀宛書翰(「呉海軍工廠 藁谷造船少佐」封筒に在中)
- Category
- 水雷艇
- Issued
- 1934-04-06
- Extent
- Written in pen on Navy ruled paper; envelope | 7 sheets
- Holder
- 東京大学柏図書館
- Year registered
- 2007
- GCV entities
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