Japanese Icebreaker ‘Shirase’ has been anchored off the shore of Yokosuka port. She is bright orange color, so it is easy to notice when she returns the port. 
She was launched in April 2008 and commissioned in May 2009. She began her first voyage on 10 November 2009 (Japan Standard Time). Due to a JMSDF internal naming rule, an icebreaker must take its name from a place. Accordingly, the Shirase is said to take its name from Shirase Glacier. This glacier bears the family name of Lieutenant Nobu Shirase, a Japanese pioneer of Antarctic exploration.
You can see her from us, Liberty Cove House serviced apartment’s roof top garden.