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Current. commander. Captain Michael Fontaine. U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo is a United States Navy base, in Sasebo, Japan, on the island of Kyūshū. It provides facilities for the logistic support of forward-deployed units and visiting operating forces of the United States Pacific Fleet and designated tenant activities.
JMSDF Sasebo Naval Base. / 33.162079°N 129.712354°E / 33.162079; 129.712354. The Sasebo Naval Base ( Japanese: 佐世保基地, Hepburn: Sasebo Kichi), also simply known as the JMSDF Sasebo 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 ...
Mission. Naval Beach Unit Seven is a one of a kind Navy command that provides a limited Defensive Combat Operations (DCO) capability in support of Amphibious Operations and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief efforts (HADR). Using its assigned Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), Landing Craft Utility (LCU) and Beach Party Team (BPT), NBU-7 ...
Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade. Official ARDB insignia. The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (水陸機動団, Suirikukidōdan)[ 5] is a marine unit of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) responsible for conducting amphibious operations . The ARDB is based at Camp Ainoura in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture.
Assault Craft Unit 1. Assault Craft Unit ONE, (ACU-1) is a Pacific Ocean Maritime Prepositioning Force in the United States Navy operated under Naval Beach Group ONE out of Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) Coronado with a Forward Detachment in Sasebo, Japan. [1] ACU-1's force consists of Landing Craft Utility (LCU) boats, Landing Craft Mechanized ...
The 21st Naval Air Arsenal ( Dai-Nijuichi Kaigun Kokusho ), established jointly at Sasebo and Omura, produced a total of 966 aircraft. The facilities at Sasebo were used for repairs on the battleships Yamato and Musashi during the Pacific War . After the surrender of Japan, On September 22, 1945, the 5th Marine Division landed at Sasebo, and in ...
After the surrender of Japan, Sasebo was occupied by the U.S. Marine Corps' Fifth Division, and the Sasebo Naval District was formally abolished on November 30, 1945. Part of the former base facilities is still in use by the United States Navy as the United States Fleet Activities Sasebo and by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. One of the ...
Japan provides a base for the U.S. to project military power in Asia, hosting 54,000 American troops, hundreds of U.S. aircraft and Washington's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier strike group.