Callao Naval Base

Callao Naval Base
President Ollanta Humala and Defence Minister Jakke Valakivi during a ceremony at the base in 2016
Site information
TypeNaval base, prison
OwnerPeruvian State
OperatorNational Penitentiary Institute,
Peruvian Navy
Site history
Built1930 (1930)s
Garrison information
Current
commander
V.A. Jorge Millones Gonzales

Callao Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval del Callao) is the main naval base of the Peruvian Navy. Located north of the main port of Callao, it is also a high-security prison, where members of terrorist groups such as the Shining Path and the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) are located. The base hosts a dockyard and naval aviation base, as well as the Naval Medical Center, which contains the U.S. Navy's Naval Medical Research Unit Six.

A project to modernise the base started in the northern part of the facility on June 21, 2023.