Post-war Japan as a Sea Power: Imperial Legacy, Wartime Experience and the Making of a Navy

263 Pages·2015·3.441 MB·English

by  Alessio Patalano

Post-war Japan as a Sea Power
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Post-war Japan as a Sea Power
Imperial Legacy, Wartime Experience
and the Making of a Navy
Alessio Patalano
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Patalano, Alessio.
Post-war Japan as a sea power: imperial legacy, wartime experience
and the making of a navy/Alessio Patalano.
pages cm. – (Bloomsbury studies in military history)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4725-2651-9 (hbk.) – ISBN 978-1-4725-2232-0 (.pdf) –
ISBN 978-1-4725-2682-3 (.epub) 1. Japan. Kaigun.
2. Sea-power – Japan. 3. Japan – History, Naval. I. Title.
VA653.P47 2015
359’.03095209045–dc23
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Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Military History
Typeset by Deanta Global Publishing Services, Chennai, India
This book is dedicated to Julie,
the ‘captain’ of my life and the ‘lighthouse’ of my heart,
and to the sea that made us meet on a summer day.

Contents
Abbreviations and Acronyms viii
JMSDF Ship Classification xi
Figures, Maps and Photos xii
Conventions xiv
Acknowledgements xv
1 Japanese Sea Power: From Kaigun to Kaiji 1
2 Ethos and Traditions: The Navy of Imperial Japan 17
3 History and Memory: The Imperial Navy of the Post-war Era 37
4 Experience and Legacy: The Education of a New Navy 61
5 Ethos and Propaganda: Ships, Men and the Image of the
Naval Profession 79
6 Strategy and Policy: The ‘Sea Power’ of the Pacific 95
7 Doctrine and Capabilities: The Quest for a Balanced Fleet 119
8 Conclusions: The Past and the Future 147
Notes 165
Bibliography 207
Index 235
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AAW Anti-Air Warfare
AEW Airborne Early Warning
AIP Air Independent Propulsion
ASROC Anti-Submarine Rocket
ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare
AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System
BMD Ballistic Missile Defence
C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information
CDS Combat Direction System
CIC Combat Information Centre
CinC Commander in Chief
CIWS Close-In Weapons System
CMS Chief of Maritime Staff, JMSDF
CO Commanding Officer
CODAG Combined Diesel and Gas Turbine
CODOG Combined Diesel or Gas Turbine Engine
COGAC Combined Gas Turbine and Gas Turbine
COGOC Combined Gas Turbine or Gas Turbine
CVH Helicopter Carrier (Japan)
DSP Democratic Socialist Party
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
FY Financial Year (1 April – 31 March)
GDP Gross Domestic Product
IJA Imperial Japanese Army
IJN Imperial Japanese Navy
JASDF Japan Air Self-Defence Force
JCG Japan Coast Guard
JCP Japan Communist Party
JDA Japan Defence Agency
JGSDF Japan Ground Self-Defence Force
JMoD Japan Ministry of Defence
JMSDF Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force
JNA Japanese naval Association
JSDF Japan Self-Defence Forces
JSP Japan Socialist Party
KI Kodansha International
LDP Liberal Democratic Party
MAAG-J Military Assistance and Advisory Group – Japan
Abbreviations and Acronyms ix
MCM Mine Counter Measures
MOF Ministry of Finance
MOFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MOOTW Military Operations Other Than War
MSA Maritime Safety Agency
MSC Maritime Staff College, JMSDF
MSF Maritime Safety Force
MSO Maritime Staff Office, JMSDF
MTDP Mid-Term Defence Programme
MW Mine Warfare
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NCO Non-Commissioned Officer
NDA National Defence Academy
NDC National Defence Council
NDPG National Defence Programme Guideline
NDPO National Defence Programme Outline
NGS Naval Gunfire Support
NIDS National Institute for Defence Studies
NPR National Police Reserve
NSC Naval Staff College, IJN
NSF National Safety Force
NTDS Naval Tactical Data System
OCS Officer Candidate School, JMSDF
ONUMOZ United Nations Operations in Mozambique
OPD Operations and Plans Department, MSO, JMSDF
PED Personnel and Education Division, MSO, JMSDF
PKO Peacekeeping Operations
PLAN People’s Liberation Army Navy
PPD Plans and Programmes Division, MSO, JMSDF
PPS Plans and Policy Section, MSO, JMSDF
PR Public Relations
PSI Proliferation Security Initiative
RIMPAC Rim of the Pacific Exercise
SA Safety Agency
SAM Surface-to-Air Missile
SAREX Search and Rescue Exercise
SAU Search Attack Unit
SIGINT Signal Intelligence
SLOCs Sea Lanes of Communication
SOSUS Sound Surveillance Sonar System
SSM Surface-to-Surface Missile
SSN Nuclear-powered Attack Submarine
SURTASS Surveillance Towed Array Sonar System
SVTOL Short and Vertical Take-Off and Landing
TACAN Tactical Antenna