Shipbuilder and Naval Engineer. Vice Admiral Baron Yuzuru Hiraga was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Doctor of Engineering and head of the engineering school of Tokyo Imperial University and a leading Japanese naval architect in the 1910s and 1920s, responsible for designing a number of famous warships, many of which would later see action during World War II, including the Mutsu, Nagato and Yamato. He participated in establishing the Chiba Institute of Technology from 1941.
Shipbuilder and Naval Engineer. Vice Admiral Baron Yuzuru Hiraga was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Doctor of Engineering and head of the engineering school of Tokyo Imperial University and a leading Japanese naval architect in the 1910s and 1920s, responsible for designing a number of famous warships, many of which would later see action during World War II, including the Mutsu, Nagato and Yamato. He participated in establishing the Chiba Institute of Technology from 1941.
Bio by: Ola K Ase
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