Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro Navy Arsenal
Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro
Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
AMRJ is located in Brazil
AMRJ
AMRJ
Location in Brazil
Coordinates22°53′47″S 43°10′27″W / 22.89639°S 43.17417°W / -22.89639; -43.17417
TypeNavy base
Site information
Controlled byBrazilian Navy
Open to
the public
No
Site history
In use1763-present (1763-present)
Garrison information
Current
commander
Contra-Almirante José Luiz Rangel da Silva

The Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro (AMRJ) is a military organization of the Brazilian Navy. It is located in Ilha das Cobras, at the Guanabara Bay, in the city of Rio de Janeiro.[1] The Arsenal is the main maintenance center and naval base of the Brazilian Navy, involving the design, construction and maintenance of ships and submarines, not only for the Brazilian Navy, but also friendly nations.

The AMRJ provides shipbuilding services both for military strategic reasons (mastery of technologies, seeking the reduction of external dependence), as economic ones, seeking nationalisation of components and the encouragement of domestic industry.