Naval Academy Etajima

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 日本国 海上自衛隊 (Kaijō Jieitai)
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Etajima base (JMSDF Etajima Naval Base) in

The predecessor of the Etajima base was the branch officer training system of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy. The Naval Academy moved to Etajima from Tsukiji, Tokyo in 1888. The current academy was re-established in 1956.

Before World War II, the Britannia Royal Naval College and United States Naval Academy were called the “worldwide 3^{[clarification needed]} large service academies”.^{[citation needed]}

Many of the facilities of the former Naval Academy are now used by the 1st Technical School and the Officer Candidate School.

Agency unit arrangement

• The Maritime Self Defense Force 1st Technical School
• The Maritime Self Defense Force Officer Candidate School
• The 31st Fleet Air Wing
• The target plane service area
• The Special guard (Maritime Self Defense Force)
• The Etajima police duty casual detachment
• The Kure structure learning/repairing depot
• The Hitonose oil storage branch
• The Kure ammunition storehouse and maintenance depot
• The 1st Technical School sick bay

The Naval History Museum

The Naval History Museum is a building of reinforced concrete that was constructed in 1936. It holds

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• Bombing of Kure (July 1945)
• Imperial Japanese Army
• Imperial Japanese Navy
• Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
• Kure Naval Arsenal
• Military history of Japan
• Japan Coast Guard Academy
• National Defense Academy of Japan

External links

• Maritime Self Defense Force 1st Technical School
• Construction map
• Present Kure troop port and Kure city

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