Etajima base (JMSDF Etajima Naval Base) in Etajima city, Hiroshima prefecture is in the Etajima-cho government building and is the base of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . Beside housing the 1st Technical School and the Officer Candidates School, it is home to the local Kure Naval District , LCAC training facilities, and Self-Defense Force oil storage. In addition, the Special Forces of the Maritime Self Defense Force is here.
5-605: 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 large service academies”. Many of the facilities of
10-817: A period of active duty and an overseas cruise. In 1943, a separate school for naval aviation was opened in Iwakuni , and in 1944, another naval aviation school was established in Maizuru . The academy was closed in 1945, when the Imperial Japanese Navy was abolished. The Naval Academy Etajima opened in 1956 and the site now serves as the location for Officer Candidate School of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . 34°14′41.5″N 132°28′26.1″E / 34.244861°N 132.473917°E / 34.244861; 132.473917 This article on
15-480: The former Naval Academy are now used by the 1st Technical School and the Officer Candidate School. The Naval History Museum is a building of reinforced concrete that was constructed in 1936. It holds artifacts of Heihachiro Togo , Horatio Nelson , John Paul Jones and Isoroku Yamamoto , as well as a book of naval officers which holds more than 10,000 names. Inside the site is a midget submarine that
20-531: Was a school established to train line officers for the Imperial Japanese Navy . It was originally located in Nagasaki , moved to Yokohama in 1866, and was relocated to Tsukiji , Tokyo , in 1869. It moved to Etajima , Hiroshima , in 1888. Students studied for three or four years, and upon graduation were ordered (warranted) as Midshipmen , commissioned to the rank of Ensign / Acting Sub-Lieutenant after
25-507: Was used in the Pearl Harbor attack ; artifacts from the Japanese battleship Yamato and the Japanese battleship Mutsu are on display. 34°14′41.5″N 132°28′26.1″E / 34.244861°N 132.473917°E / 34.244861; 132.473917 Imperial Japanese Naval Academy The Imperial Japanese Naval College ( 海軍兵学校 , Kaigun Heigakkō , Short form: 海兵 Kaihei )
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