is the primary shipbuilding division Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It produces primarily specialized commercial vessels, including LNG carriers, oil tankers, and passenger cruise ships. In addition, it is also a producer of a wide variety of machinery for power plants, energy production and aerospace use.
History
In 1857, at the request of the Tokugawa Shogunate, a group of Dutch engineers began work on the Nagasaki Yotetsusho, a modern, western-style foundry and shipyard near the Dutch settlement of Dejima, at Nagasaki. Renamed Nagasaki Seitetsusho in 1860, it was completed in 1861. Following the Meiji restoration of 1868, the shipyard was placed under control of the new Meiji government, and the first dry dock was completed in 1879.
In 1884 Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of Mitsubishi, leased the Nagasaki Seitetsusho from the government and re-named it the Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, and started the shipbuilding business on a full scale. He purchased the shipyards outright in 1887. The works was renamed Mitsubishi Shipyard of Mitsubishi Goshi Kaisha in 1893 and additional dry docks were completed by 1896 and 1905.
The company was renamed Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Ltd. in 1917 and again renamed as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1934. It became the largest private firm in Japan, manufacturing ships, heavy machinery, airplanes, and railroad cars.
From its inception, the Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyards were heavily involved in contracts for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The battleship Musashi was completed at Nagasaki in 1942.
Following the dissolution of the zaibatsu after the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II, Mitsubishi Nagasaki came under the aegis of West Japan Heavy-Industries, Ltd., and was again renamed Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. in 1952.
However, in 1964, the three independent companies of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, decentralized in 1950, were merged again into one company under the name of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., and the works was renamed the Nagasaki Shipyard & Engine Works.
In 1857, at the request of the Tokugawa Shogunate, a group of Dutch engineers began work on the Nagasaki Yotetsusho, a modern, western-style foundry and shipyard near the Dutch settlement of Dejima, at Nagasaki. Renamed Nagasaki Seitetsusho in 1860, it was completed in 1861. Following the Meiji restoration of 1868, the shipyard was placed under control of the new Meiji government, and the first dry dock was completed in 1879.
In 1884 Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of Mitsubishi, leased the Nagasaki Seitetsusho from the government and re-named it the Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, and started the shipbuilding business on a full scale. He purchased the shipyards outright in 1887. The works was renamed Mitsubishi Shipyard of Mitsubishi Goshi Kaisha in 1893 and additional dry docks were completed by 1896 and 1905.
The company was renamed Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Ltd. in 1917 and again renamed as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1934. It became the largest private firm in Japan, manufacturing ships, heavy machinery, airplanes, and railroad cars.
From its inception, the Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyards were heavily involved in contracts for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The battleship Musashi was completed at Nagasaki in 1942.
Following the dissolution of the zaibatsu after the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II, Mitsubishi Nagasaki came under the aegis of West Japan Heavy-Industries, Ltd., and was again renamed Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. in 1952.
However, in 1964, the three independent companies of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, decentralized in 1950, were merged again into one company under the name of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., and the works was renamed the Nagasaki Shipyard & Engine Works.
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