Zuoying Naval Base

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Zuoying Naval Base gate

Zuoying Naval Base in Kaohsiung hosts the Zuoying Naval Airfield (22°42′16″N, 120°16′48″E) and the Zuoying Naval Yard (海軍左營基地), it is the Republic of China Navy's largest naval base. The Republic of China Marine Corps host their training program for their Amphibious Reconnaissance and Patrol Unit (ARP) at that location.[1]

History

In the early days Japan chose Magong as the site for the construction of a major naval headquarters, and forced the residents to relocate to other places. In 1943, the command center of the Garrison Office was moved to Kaohsiung's Zuoying. The Magong facilties were heavily damaged in the Penghu air raids.[2]

In 2017 the government embarked on a major expansion of the naval base. Under the name Weihai Project (威海) the expansion was given a budget of more than a billion US dollars.[3]

In 2025 the Taiwanese government signed a deal with the US government to conduct training at Zuoying Naval Base.[4]

Hsiung Feng III missile mishap

This section is an excerpt from Hsiung Feng III missile mishap.[edit]
On 1 July 2016, a Hsiung Feng III missile was accidentally launched from a Republic of China Navy vessel from waters off Kaohsiung towards Penghu. The missile hit a fishing boat at 8:40 a.m., killing one person and injuring three.[5][6]

Republic of China Naval Academy

This section is an excerpt from Republic of China Naval Academy.[edit]
The Republic of China Naval Academy (CNA; Chinese: 中華民國海軍軍官學校; pinyin: Zhōnghuámínguó Hǎijūn Jūnguān Xuéxiào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-hôa Bîn-kok Hái-kun Kun-koaⁿ Ha̍k-hāu) is the service academy for the navy of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and is located next to the Zuoying Naval Base (海軍左營基地),[7] Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Military dependents' villages

Military dependents' villages near the naval base are composed of single-story houses, uncommon in most Taiwanese cities. The villages were first populated by soldiers of the Kuomintang who came from different provinces of mainland China and gathered here after losing the Chinese Civil War in 1949. The ROC National Government provided these veteran serviceman with these single-story houses. These residential areas belonged to the navy and were under military control at that time. Therefore, people outside could not enter villages without martial permission. Without interference from outside, the culture of villages embodies that of different provinces of mainland China.[citation needed]

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ Blanchard, Ben; Wang, Ann (14 January 2022). "Inside Taiwan's brutal navy frogman bootcamp". The Japan Times.
  2. ↑ Liao, Yingyan (11 March 2020). "二戰「澎湖大空襲」紀實（上）：轟炸2小時、投彈200噸的地獄" [Documentary of the "Penghu Air Raid" in World War II (Part 1): A hell of 2 hours of bombing and 200 tons of bombs dropped]. 鳴人堂 (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Tien-pin, Lo; Chin, Jonathan. "Zuoying naval base to get upgrade". taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Everington, Keoni. "Taiwan inks 2 year naval training deal with US". taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Phippen, J. Weston (1 July 2016). "Taiwan's Deadly Missile Mishap". The Atlantic. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Taiwan mistakenly fires supersonic missile killing one". BBC News. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Transportation information