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  2. JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base - Wikipedia

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    The Yokosuka Naval Base (Japanese: 横須賀基地, Hepburn: Yokosuka Kichi), also simply known as the JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base, is a group of ports and land facilities of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), which are scattered in multiple districts of Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and where the Yokosuka District Force [], etc. are located.

  3. United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka - Wikipedia

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    When Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Japan in 1853, using naval pressure to open up Japan to foreign trade, Yokosuka was a quaint, native fishing village. In 1860, Lord Oguri Kozukenosuke, Minister of Finance to the Tokugawa Shogunate Government, decided that "If Japan is to assume an active role in world trade, she must have proper facilities to build and maintain large seagoing vessels."

  4. Yokosuka Naval Base - Wikipedia

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    Yokosuka Naval Base may refer to: . United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka, the present United States naval base located next to the city, beginning in 1945; JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base (横須賀基地_(海上自衛隊)), which hosts the headquarters of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force as well as several major units assigned to the District Force.

  5. Imperial Japanese Navy bases and facilities - Wikipedia

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    Kure Naval Base - now a Japan Self-Defense Forces facility and museum; Maizuru Naval Base Maizuru Naval District - now a Japan Self-Defense Forces facility and museum; Hiroshima Naval Base; Oroku Aerodrome/Oroku Naval Air Base - now the Naha Airport/Naha Air Base (JSADF, but the MSDF also has a presence) Kōchi Airfield - now Kōchi Ryōma Airport

  6. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal - Wikipedia

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    Construction of the Yokosuka arsenal c.1870. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal immediately after the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923 Yokosuka Naval Base in July 18, 1945. In 1866, the Tokugawa shogunate government established the Yokosuka Seisakusho, a military arsenal and naval base, with the help of foreign engineers, including the French naval architect Léonce Verny.

  7. Port of Yokosuka - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Navy base and the Maritime Self-Defense force base lie within the Port of Yokosuka. Located near the Nissan Oppama plant, Yokosuka is a major port for the shipping of automobiles. The fishing fleet brings in tuna and other ocean products. Tokyo-Wan Ferry links Yokosuka with the Port of Kanaya in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture.

  8. USS Ronald Reagan leaves its Japan home port after ... - AOL

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    YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — A U.S ... increased joint naval operations with the United States. Family members and friends of the crew were on hand to wave the carrier off from Yokosuka Naval Base ...

  9. Naval Forces Japan (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Naval Forces Japan/Navy Region Japan (CNFJ/CNRJ) is a dual-hatted command with command and control authority of all shore installations and assigned forces of the United States Navy in Japan as well as the responsibility to liaise with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).