Hi. Anyone know where this light house is located? Pete
I bet this is something in Asia, Korea or Japan maybe. Any kind of information about picture could help!
Hi
The picture was in my dad's affairs; he was in the Navy and served in the pacific 1945, that's all I have. Your thoughts on those areas maybe correct.
Thanks,
Pete
Hi Pete! I did some research on this topic. There are number of "dunce cap" lighthouses in Japan (i.e.
Hiroshima, Fujisawa, Hakata Kō - most of them were build after 1950s)
I would say likely this picture is Yokohama South Outer Breakwater (built 1939).
Here are some other pictures of it:
LH Japan (https://lighthouse-japan.com/kanagawa/yokohamasotobouhateiminami/yokohamasotobouhateiminami.html)
yamatae.sakura.ne.jp (http://yamatae.sakura.ne.jp/Lh3/yokohamas.html)
(http://yamatae.sakura.ne.jp/Lh3/Photo/yokohamas.jpg)
(http://listoflights.org/images/leuchtfeuer/gross/M6402.jpg)
(https://lighthouse-japan.com/kanagawa/yokohamasotobouhateiminami/image/yokohamasotobouhateiminami_05.jpg)
It has slightly different configuration of windows (but this could be due to tower reconstruction) but general shape of the tower, breakwater and square building nearby - everything is very similar. As far as I've found in internet - American troops were landed in Yokohama after surrender of Japan so this fits to story as well.