Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
海上自衛隊
Founded	1 July 1954; 70 years ago (1954-07-01)[1]
Country	Japan
Type	Navy
Role	Naval warfare
Size	50,800 personnel 150+ ships[2][3] 346 aircraft[4]
Part of	Japan Self-Defense Forces
Garrison/HQ	Ichigaya, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
March	Gunkan March Play (help·info)
Fleet	2 light aircraft carriers 2 helicopter carriers 22 submarines 36 destroyers 10 frigates 6 destroyer escorts 4 landing ships 30 minesweepers 6 patrol boats 8 training ships (21 auxiliaries)
Website	mod.go.jp
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
Minister of Defense	Minoru Kihara
Chief of Staff, Joint Staff	General Yoshihide Yoshida
Chief of the Maritime Staff	Admiral Ryō Sakai
Insignia
Commissioning pennant
Ensign

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force protects Japan at sea. It's part of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and was created after World War II when the Imperial Japanese Navy dissolved. The JMSDF has 154 ships, 346 aircraft, and 50,800 personnel.

1. ↑ "History - Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force". Japan Ministry of Defense. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
2. ↑ "海上自衛隊：ギャラリー：写真ギャラリー：護衛艦（艦艇）". Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
3. ↑ "海上自衛隊：ギャラリー：潜水艦（艦艇）". Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
4. ↑ "Flightglobal - World Air Forces 2015" (PDF). Flightglobal.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2015-05-31.