The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (海上自衛隊 Kaijō Jieitai), or JMSDF, is the naval branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. It is the de facto navy of Japan and was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) after World War II.[4] The JMSDF has a fleet of 154 ships and 346 aircraft. Its main tasks are to maintain control of the nation's sea lanes and to patrol territorial waters. It also participates in UN-led peacekeeping operations (PKOs) and Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIOs).
The JMSDF will play a prominent role in Gate: Weight Anchor.
History[]
Japan has a long history of naval interaction with the Asian continent, involving the transportation of troops, starting at least with the beginning of the Kofun period in the 3rd century. Following the attempts at Mongol invasions of Japan by Kublai Khan in 1274 and 1281, Japanese wakō became very active in plundering the coast of the Chinese Empire
Over the course of the WWII, Japan displayed many significant advances in military technology, strategy, and tactics. Among them were the Yamato-class battleship, concentrated use of several aircraft carriers (the Kido Butai), "Long Lance" oxygen torpedoes, the Sen-Toku submarine bomber carriers, the Mitsubishi Zero fighters, and Kamikaze tactics
Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the Imperial Japanese Navy was dissolved by the Potsdam Declaration acceptance. Ships were disarmed, and some of them, such as the battleship Nagato, were taken by the Allied Powers as reparation. The remaining ships were used for repatriation of the Japanese soldiers from abroad and also for minesweeping in the area around Japan, initially under the control of the Second Bureau of the Demobilization Ministry. The minesweeping fleet was eventually transferred to the newly formed Maritime Safety Agency, which helped maintain the resources and expertise of the navy
The first ships in the JMSDF were former U.S. Navy destroyers, transferred to Japanese control in 1954. In 1956, the JMSDF received its first domestically produced destroyer since World War II, Harukaze. Due to the Cold War threat posed by the Soviet Navy's sizable and powerful submarine fleet, the JMSDF was primarily tasked with an anti-submarine role
During the Battle of Ginza, the JMSDF took part, as it is mentioned that the Asagiri-class Destroyer was among the forces deployed in response to the Ginza incident.
Equipment[]
Among the ships that were somehow shown or mentioned are:
Gallery[]
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