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Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender ...
bases and facilities


Bases

* Atsugi Naval Air Base - now
Naval Air Facility Atsugi is a joint Japan-US naval air base located in the cities of Yamato and Ayase in Kanagawa, Japan. It is the largest United States Navy (USN) air base in the Pacific Ocean and once housed the squadrons of Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), which ...
operated by the
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force , abbreviated , also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJ ...
(JMSDF) and the
US Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
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Kure Naval Base was the second of four main administrative districts of the pre-war Imperial Japanese Navy. Its territory included the Inland Sea of Japan and the Pacific coasts of southern Honshū from Wakayama to Yamaguchi prefectures, eastern and northern Ky ...
- now a
Japan Self-Defense Forces The Japan Self-Defense Forces ( ja, 自衛隊, Jieitai; abbreviated JSDF), also informally known as the Japanese Armed Forces, are the unified ''de facto''Since Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution outlaws the formation of armed forces, th ...
facility and museum * Maizuru Naval Base **
Maizuru Naval District was one of four main administrative districts of the pre-war Imperial Japanese Navy. Its territory included the entire Sea of Japan coastline from northern Kyūshū to western Hokkaidō. History The strategic importance of the location of Maizu ...
- now a
Japan Self-Defense Forces The Japan Self-Defense Forces ( ja, 自衛隊, Jieitai; abbreviated JSDF), also informally known as the Japanese Armed Forces, are the unified ''de facto''Since Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution outlaws the formation of armed forces, th ...
facility and museum * Hiroshima Naval Base * Oroku Aerodrome/Oroku Naval Air Base - now the Naha Airport/
Naha Air Base , formally known as the , is an air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force formerly under control of the United States Air Force. It is located at Naha Airport on the Oroku Peninsula in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. History Imperial Period Naha Air ...
(JSADF, but the MSDF also has a presence) * Kōchi Airfield - now Kōchi Ryōma Airport *
Truk Islands Chuuk Lagoon, previously Truk Atoll, is an atoll in the central Pacific. It lies about northeast of New Guinea, and is part of Chuuk State within the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). A protective reef, around, encloses a natural harbou ...
naval base


Dockyards

* Yokosuka Dockyards - now
US Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
Yokosuka Ship Repair Facility and
United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka or is a United States Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan. Its mission is to maintain and operate base facilities for the logistic, recreational, administrative support and service of the U.S. Naval Forces Japan, Seventh Fleet and other operating ...
* Ishikawajima Naval Yard (Sumida River) - now
IHI Corporation , formerly known as , is a Japanese engineering corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan that produces and offers ships, space launch vehicles, aircraft engines, marine diesel engines, gas turbines, gas engines, railway systems, turbochargers f ...
shipyard * Kure Naval Dockyards - now Universal Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard owned by
JFE Holdings is a corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It was formed in 2002 by the merger of and and owns JFE Steel, JFE Engineering and Japan Marine United. JFE is from Japan, Fe (the chemical element symbol of iron) and Engineering. In 2020, it ...
and
Hitachi Zosen Corporation is a major Japanese industrial and engineering corporation. It produces waste treatment plants, industrial plants, precision machinery, industrial machinery, steel mill process equipment, steel structures, construction machinery, tunnel boring ma ...
* Sasebo Naval Dockyards * Maizuru Naval Dockyards


Colleges and Training Facilities

* Nagasaki Training Station * Tsukiji Naval College, Yedo * Tsukiji Naval College * Tokyo Naval Cadet Academy


Meteorological Stations and other Support Facilities

*
Minami-Tori-shima , also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located some southeast of Tokyo and east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima of the Ogasawara Islands, and nearly on a straight li ...
- meteorological station with co-located airstrip (now Minami Torishima Airport, a
MSDF MSDF may mean: *Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, the Japanese Navy * State Defense Forces: **Massachusetts State Defense Force ** Missouri State Defense Force * Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility, a prison * Master of Science in Digital Forensics ...
run facility) * Chichi jima naval base - Communications and Supply base. The island was the site of the primary long range transmitters used by the IJN and IJA to maintain contact with their far flung forces in World War II. Co-located with a seaplane base.
Both Both may refer to: Common English word * ''both'', a determiner or indefinite pronoun denoting two of something * ''both... and'', a correlative conjunction People * Both (surname) Music * The Both, an American musical duo consisting of Ai ...
are now MSDF facilities. * Hiratsuka Naval Ammunitions Arsenal (平塚海軍火薬廠 Hiratsuka Kaigun Kayaku Shō?) * Kamiseya torpedo assembly plant - Nowadays the site of Naval Support Facility Kamiseya, formerly ''Kamiseya Naval Radio Receiving Facility'' (US Navy)


Other

This is a list of facilities outside Japan and under Japanese control: * Piso Point, Eastern portion of
Davao Gulf Davao Gulf is a gulf situated in the southeastern portion of Mindanao in the Philippines. It has an area of or about 520,000 hectares. Davao Gulf cuts into the island of Mindanao from the Philippine Sea. It is surrounded by all five provinces in ...
,
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
* Takeshiki (in Tsushima) * Mekong (Pescadores) * Ominato * Alicante Naval Air Base, Negros, Visayas * Amboina Naval Air Base * Anibong Point Leyte * Bacolod, Negros, Visayas * Ballale, Fauro Island, Solomon Islands * Bonis, Bougainville, Solomon Islands * Brunei Bay, Brunei, North Borneo * Buka Island, Solomon Islands * Gasmata * Kahili, Bougainville * Kanoya * Kara, Bougainville, Solomon Islands * Kavieng * Kendari * Lae Lae * Lahug,
Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 16 ...
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Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
* Madang, New Guinea * Munda, New Georgia, Solomon Islands * Rabaul Naval Base * Singapore Naval Base and Airfield, Malaya Singapore * Palembang Airfield * Peleliu Airfield, Palau Islands * Penang submarine base, Malaya * Saigon Airfield * San Jose Airfield * Saravia Airfield, Negros, Visayas * Thudaumot Airfield * Tuluvu Airfield, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago * Vila Airfield, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands * Wewak Airfield, New Guinea, South West Pacific * Camranh Bay Naval Anchorage, Indo China * Faisi Naval Anchorage, Shortland Islands * Lingga Roads Naval Anchorage, Malacca Strait * Mako Naval Anchorage, Pescadores * Samah Harbour, Naval Anchorage, Hainan Island, South East Asia * Tawi-Tawi Naval Anchorage, Sulu * Tonolei Naval Anchorage, Bougainville * Palau Islands Naval Base * Saipan Naval Base, Mariana Islands *
Kwajalein Atoll Kwajalein Atoll (; Marshallese: ) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and largest island in the atoll is named Kwajalein Island, which its majority English-speaking residents (about 1,000 mostly U.S. civilia ...
Naval Base (Submarine), Marshall Islands * Taiwan Naval Base * Buka Island Seaplane Base, Solomon Islands *
Rekata Bay Rekata Bay, also known as ''Suavanau'', is a bay located on the northeast coast of Santa Isabel Island in the Solomon Islands between Santa Isabel and Papatura Island. History Before the Second World War a copra plantation was built at Suavana ...
Seaplane Base, Santa Isabel Island * Shortland Islands Seaplane Base * Tulagi Seaplane Base, Solomon Islands


See also

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Imperial Japanese Navy Land Forces Imperial Japanese Naval Landing Forces refers to a number of naval infantry units in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) organized for offensive operations and for the defense of Japanese naval facilities both overseas and in the Japanese home isla ...
*
Notoro class oiler The were a class of seven oilers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during the 1920s and World War II. They were also called the , after ''Notoro'' and ''Shiretoko'' were converted to other ship types. Construction They were built un ...
*
Japanese seaplane carrier Nisshin was a seaplane tender (AV) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was built at Kure Naval Arsenal from 1938 to 1942 and was equipped with 2 aircraft catapults and facilities for launching, lifting and carrying up to 12 floatpl ...
* Tokai Maru *
Type J1 submarine The , also called were large cruiser submarines ( Junsen type submarines) of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Four boats were built between 1926 and 1929. These boats, based on the KD2 and U-139 designs, were of a junsen, or cruiser, type with an ...
*
Type D submarine The , also called or was a type of the 1st class submarine in the Imperial Japanese Navy serving during the Second World War. The type name, was shortened to . The , also called was different from the ''I-361'' class, however since the ''I-37 ...
* Ha-101 class submarine Imperial Japanese Navy Empire of Japan Naval installations