A naval base , navy base , or military port is a military base , where warships and naval ships are docked when they have no mission at sea or need to restock. Ships may also undergo repairs. Some naval bases are temporary homes to aircraft that usually stay on ships but are undergoing maintenance while the ship is in port.
6-655: The Mako Guard District ( 馬公警備府 , Makō Keibifu ) was the major navy base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in Taiwan before and during World War II . Located in Mako 23°35′24″N 119°34′05″E / 23.590°N 119.568°E / 23.590; 119.568 , (present-day Makung , Pescadores Islands , Republic of China ), the Mako Guard District was responsible for control of
12-571: A shipyard or training school. They tended to be established by strategic waterways or major port cities for defensive purposes. In concept, the Guard District was similar to the United States Navy Sea Frontiers concept. the Guard District maintained a small garrison force of ships and Naval Land Forces which reported directly to the Guard District commander, and hosted detachments of the numbered fleets on
18-679: A temporary assignment basis. The port of Mako in the Pescadores Islands was an area with a long association with the Imperial Japanese Navy, having been the first portion of Taiwan captured during the Japanese invasion of Taiwan in the First Sino-Japanese War . Mako was designated a third echelon naval port, or yokobu ( 要港部 ) on 4 July 1901. It served as a staging point and refueling base in
24-815: The Russo-Japanese War , and especially during the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War . Mako was upgraded to full Guard District status on 20 November 1941, and served as a staging group and supply base for the invasion of the Philippines and other naval operations in Southeast Asia after the start of the Pacific War . In 1943, the base was relocated to Takao on the Taiwanese mainland. Navy base In
30-702: The United States , the United States Department of the Navy 's General Order No. 135 issued in 1911 as a formal guide to naval terminology described a naval station as "any establishment for building, manufacturing, docking, repair, supply, or training under control of the Navy. It may also include several establishments". A naval base, by contrast, was "a point from which naval operations may be conducted". In most countries, naval bases are expressly named and identified as such. One peculiarity of
36-616: The strategic Straits of Taiwan and for patrols along the Taiwan and China coastlines and in the South China Sea . It was disbanded in 1943, and reestablished as the Takao Guard District at Takao on the Taiwan main island. The Guard Districts ( 警備府 , Keibifu ) were second tier naval bases, similar to the first tier Naval Districts ( 鎮守府 ) , with docking, fueling and resupply facilities, but typically lacked
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