, also simply known as the JMSDF Kure Naval Base, is a group of ports and land facilities of the

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(JMSDF), which are scattered in multiple districts of Kure City,

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, and where the

Kure District Force is a port and major shipbuilding city situated on the Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. With a strong industrial and naval heritage, Kure hosts the second-oldest naval dockyard in Japan and remains an important base for the Japan ...

, etc. are located.

History

On 1 July 1889,

Kure Naval District was the second of four main administrative districts of the pre-war Imperial Japanese Navy. Its territory included the Seto Inland Sea, Inland Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coasts of southern Honshū from Wakayama prefecture, Wakayam ...

was established. On 1 December 1945, Kure Naval District was reorganized into the Kure District Demobilization Bureau following

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. On May 1, 1948, it became a member of the

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at the same time as the establishment of the

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. In July, the Kure Minesweeper Department was set up. On 1 August 1952, the

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was established, and the Kure Route Enlightenment Corps was newly formed under the control of the

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. On 16 September 1953, the Kure Route Enlightenment Corps was abolished, and the Kure District Base corps was newly formed under the control of the Yokosuka District Corps. On July 1, 1954, the National Safety Agency Coastal Safety Force was abolished to make way for the establishment of the

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. Kure District Force was reorganized. On October 1st, opening of the Kure District General Administration Department. On 16 January 1956, new edition of the Kure Training Corps. On May 10, 1957, it was renamed from the Kure Training Corps to the Kure Education Corps. On June 1, 1959, new edition of Kure Torai Coordination Center. On 1 February 1961, Kure Supply Station and Kure Factory were newly reorganized. On 2 March 1970, abolished Kure Kosakusho and reorganized Kure Zoukousho and Kure Sanitary Corps. On October 1st, renamed from Kure Base Guard to Kure Guard. On May 11, 1976, new edition of the Kure Music Corps. On 1 July 1985, the Kure torpedo control station is abolished. New edition of Kure Torai Maintenance Cente.Instructions on the organization of torpedo maintenance stations (Maritime Self-Defense Force Instruction No. 21 in 1985) On July 1, 1987, reorganization of the guards. New edition of Kure Base Service Action. On 8 December 1998, the Kure Supply Station and the Kure Repair Center were integrated due to the reorganization of the supply and maintenance department, and the Kure Repair Supply Station was reorganized, and the Kure Torai Maintenance Center became the Kure Ammunition Maintenance and Supply Station. On 22 March 2002:, the Kure Communication Corps was reorganized into the Kure System Communication Corps and reorganized under the Communications Command Group. On March 1, 2005, the Self-Defense Forces Kure Hospital was opened.

Facilities and operational units

Sachi District

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**4th Escort Flotilla **12th Escort Squadron **1st Training Support Squadron * Training Squadron **1st Training Squadron * Mine Warfare Force **3rd Minesweeper Squadron **1st Landing Ship Squadron *Kure District Police *Kure System Communication Corps *Kure Guard *Kure Repair Supply Station *Kure Base Service Action United-States- Army-Kure-1

*Kure Hygiene Corps *Kure Education Corps *Kure Music Corps

Shōwa District

Fleet Submarine Force The Fleet Submarine Force belonged to the surface force for the self-defense fleet of the Maritime Self-Defense Forces. It is a fleet organized around submarines belonging to the Self-Defense Fleet of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. His ...

**1st Submarine Squadron **1st Submarine Training Squadron **Submarine Training Command *Marine training guidance team **Kure Maritime Training Guidance Team *Mine Warfare Support Detachment Kure *Amphibious Warfare / Mine Tactical Support Team *

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**1st Acoustic Measurement Corps *Jieitaikure Hospital

Yoshiura District

*Kure Repair Supply Station Oil Storage Station

Gallery

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in Kure Naval Base

References

External links

Kure Naval Base official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kure Naval Base Military installations established in 1953 1953 establishments in Japan

Kure is a port and major shipbuilding city situated on the Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. With a strong industrial and naval heritage, Kure hosts the second-oldest naval dockyard in Japan and remains an important base for the Japan M ...

* Japanese Navy submarine bases