List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy

"Japanese aircraft carrier" redirects here. For JMSDF carriers, see Izumo-class helicopter destroyer.

The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868-1945.^[1] This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army. For a list of ships of its successor, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, see List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Early warships

• Atakebune, 16th century coastal battleships.
• Red seal ships – Around 350 armed sailships, commissioned by the Bakufu in the early 17th century, for Asian and South-East Asian trade.
• San Buena Ventura (1607) – Built by William Adams for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Crossed the Pacific in 1610.
• San Juan Bautista (1614) – One of Japan's first Western-style sail warships, transported the embassy of Hasekura Tsunenaga to America in 1614.

Early modern warships

Western-style sail warships

 

Shohei Maru (1854)

 

Kanrin Maru (1855)

• Shohei Maru (1854) – Japan's first post-seclusion Western-style sail warship.
• Hou-Ou Maru (1854)
• Asahi Maru (1856)

Steam warships

• Kankō Maru (1855), Japan's first steam warship.
• Kanrin Maru (1855) – Japan's first screw-driven steam warship
• Chōyō (1858)
• Kaiyō Maru (1866)
• Kaiten
• Banryū
• Chogei
• Shinsoku
• Mikaho
• Yoshun(ja:陽春丸)
• Kasuga
• Chiyodagata (1863), Japan's first domestically-built steam warship.
• Hiryū(ja:飛龍丸)
• Teibo
• Ryūjō (1864)
   

  The Japanese gunboat Unyo.
• Unyo
• Nisshin
• Takao(ja:第二回天)
• Moshun

Corvettes and gunboats

• Kongō class
  • Kongō (1877)
  • Hiei (1877)
• Amagi
• Tsukushi
• Kaimon
• Tenryū
• Katsuragi class
  • Katsuragi
  • Yamato
  • Musashi
• Heien (1882, ex-Chinese, captured 1895)
• Maya class
  • Maya
  • Akagi
  • Atago
  • Chōkai
• Ōshima
• Banjo
• Uji

Battleships

Further information: List of battleships of Japan

Pre-dreadnoughts

•  

  Kotetsu

•  

  Shikishima

•  

  Asahi

Ship or class	Displacement	Main battery	Secondary battery	Torpedo tubes	Complement	Speed	Ships in class
							Ship	Keel laid	Commissioned	Fate
Kōtetsu, ex-CSS Stonewall; renamed Azuma, Dec 1871	1,390 tons	1 × 10-in.	2 × 6.4-in.		135	10.5 kn		1863	Feb 1869	Sold for scrap, Dec 1889
Fusō	3,717 tons	4 × 9.4-in.	2 × 6.7-in.		295	13 kn		Sep 1875(?)	Jan 1878	Sold for scrap, 1909
Chin'en (Prize of First Sino-Japanese War)	7,220 tons	4 × 12-in.	2 × 5.9-in.	3 × 14-in.	350	15.4 kn		Mar 1882	Mar 1895	Scrapped, 1912
Fuji class	12,230 tons	4 × 12-in.	10 × 6-in.	5 × 18-in.	650	18.25 kn	Fuji	Aug 1894	Aug 1897	Scrapped, 1948
							Yashima	Dec 1894	Sep 1897	Naval mines, May 1904
Shikishima class	14,850 tons	4 × 12-in.	14 × 6-in.	4 × 18-in.	741	18 kn	Shikishima	Mar 1897	Jan 1900	Scrapped, 1948
							Hatsuse	Jan 1898	Jan 1901	Naval mine, May 1904
Asahi	15,200 tons	4 × 12-in.	14 × 6-in.	4 × 18-in.	773	18 kn		Aug 1898	Apr 1900	sunk by USS Salmon (SS-182) May 1942
Mikasa	15,140 tons	4 × 12-in.	14 × 6-in.	4 × 18-in.	836	18 kn		Jan 1899	Mar 1902	Preserved as museum ship

Prizes of the Russo-Japanese War

Battleships

Ship	Displacement	Main battery	Secondary battery	Torpedo tubes	Comple- ment	Speed	Keel Laid	Commissioned into IJN	Fate
Iki (ex-Russian Imperator Nikolai I)	9,594 tons	2 × 12-in.	6 × 6-in.	6 × 18-in.	616	14 kn	Aug 1886	Jun 1905	Target, Oct 1915
Tango (ex-Russian Poltava)	11,500 tons	4 × 12-in.	4 × 9-in.	2 × 18-in. 4 × 15-in.	631	16 kn	May 1892	Aug 1905	Returned to Russia, 1916
Sagami (ex-Russian Peresvet)	13,810 tons	4 × 10-in.	10 × 6-in.	2 × 18-in.	771	18 kn	Nov 1895	Jul 1908	Sold back to Russia, Mar 1916
Suwo (ex-Russian Pobeda)	13,320 tons	4 × 10-in.	10 × 6-in.	2 × 18-in.	771	18 kn	Feb 1899	Oct 1908	Probably scrapped, 1922-1923
Hizen (ex-Russian Retvizan)	12,780 tons	4 × 12-in.	12 × 6-in.	6 × 15-in.	750	18 kn	Jul 1899	Jan 1905	Sunk as target, Jul 1924
Iwami (ex-Russian Oryol)	14,151 tons	4 × 12-in.	12 × 6-in.	4 × 15-in.	854	18 kn	Jun 1900	Jun 1907	Sunk as target, Jul 1924

Coastal defense ships

Ship	Displacement	Main battery	Secondary battery	Torpedo tubes	Comple- ment	Speed	Keel laid	Commissioned into IJN	Fate
Mishima (ex-Russian Admiral Seniavin)	4,165 tons	4 × 10-in.	6 × 6-in.	removed	406	16 kn	Aug 1892	Jun 1905	Sunk as target, May 1936
Okinoshima (ex-Russian General Admiral Graf Apraksin)	4,165 tons	3 × 10-in.	6 × 6-in.	removed	406	15 kn	Oct 1894	Jun 1905	Scrapped, 1939

Transitional Dreadnoughts

•  

  Katori

•  

  Satsuma

•  

  Settsu

Class	Displacement	Main Battery	Secondary Battery	Torpedo Tubes	Comple- ment	Speed	Ships in class
							Ship	Keel Laid	Commis- sioned	Fate
Katori class	15,950 tons	4 × 12-in. 4 × 10-in.	12 × 6-in.	5 × 18-in.	864	18 kn	Katori	Apr 1904	May 1906	Scrapped, 1925
							Kashima	Feb 1904	May 1906	Scrapped, 1924
Satsuma class	19,372 tons	4 × 12-in. 12 × 10-in.	8 × 6-in.	5 × 18-in.	940	20 kn	Satsuma	May 1905	Mar 1910	Sunk as target, 1924
							Aki	Mar 1906	Mar 191	Sunk as target, 1924
Kawachi class	20,823 tons	12 × 12-in.	10 × 6-in.	5 × 18-in.	1,100	21 kn	Kawachi	Apr 1909	Mar 1912	Internal explosion, 1918
							Settsu	Jan 1909	Jul 1912	Scrapped, 1947

Battleship prizes of World War I

Source	Displacement	Main Battery	Secondary Battery	Torpedo Tubes	Comple- ment	Speed	Keel Laid	Ceded to Japan	Fate
ex-German Nassau	18,873 tons	12 × 11-in.	12 × 6-in.	6 × 17.7-in.	1,008	20 kn	Jul 1907	Apr 1920	Scrapped, 1920
ex-German Oldenburg	22,808 tons	12 × 12-in.	14 × 5.9-in.	6 × 21-in.	1,069	20.8 kn	Mar 1909	Apr 1920	Scrapped, 1921

Battlecruisers

•  

  Tsukuba

•  

  Ibuki

•  

  Kirishima

Class	Displace- ment	Main Battery	Secondary Battery	Torpedo Tubes	Comple- ment	Speed	Ships in Class
							Ship	Keel Laid	Commis- sioned	Fate
Tsukuba class	13,750 tons	4 × 12-in.	12 × 6-in.	3	820	20.5 kn	Tsukuba	Jan 1905	Jan 1907	Explosion, Jan 1917
							Ikoma	Mar 1905	Mar 1908	Scrapped, 1923
Ibuki class	14,636 tons	4 × 12-in.	8 × 8-in.	3 × 17.7-in.	817	21.25 kn	Ibuki	May 1907	Nov 1907	Scrapped, 1923
							Kurama	Aug 1905	Feb 1911	Scrapped, 1923
Kongō class	31,720 tons exc. Kirishima 31,980	8 × 14-in.	16 × 6-in.	8 × 21-in.	1,437	30.5 kn	Kongō	Jan 1911	Aug 1913	Converted to fast battleship, 1935
							Haruna	Mar 1912	Apr 1915	Converted to fast battleship, 1933
							Hiei	Nov 1911	Apr 1915	Converted to training ship, 1937; fast battleship, 1941
							Kirishima	Mar 1912	Apr 1915	Converted to fast battleship, 1941
Amagi class	40,000 tons						Amagi			Cancelled, 1922
							Akagi	Dec 1920	Mar 1927	Completed as aircraft carrier
							Atago			Cancelled, 1922
							Takao			Cancelled, 1922
Tosa class	38,500 tons	10 × 16-in.	20 × 5.5-in.	8 × 24-in.		26.5 kn	Tosa	Feb 1920		Cancelled, 1922; scuttled 1925
							Kaga	Jul 1920	Mar 1928	Completed as aircraft carrier
Type B-65	32,000 tons	9 × 12.2-in.	16 × 3.9-in.			33 kn	Hull 795	Cancelled, 1942
							Hull 796	Cancelled, 1942

In commission during World War II

Old battleships

•  

  Haruna

•  

  Fuso

•  

  Ise after conversion

•  

  Nagato

Class	Displacement	Main Battery	Secondary Battery	Comple- ment	Speed	Ships in Class
						Ship	Keel laid	Commis- sioned	War loss	Postwar
Kongō class	31,720 tons exc. Kirishima 31,980	8 × 14-in.	14 × 6-in.	1,437	30.5 kn	Kongō	Jan 1911	Aug 1913	sunk by USS Sealion (SS-315) Nov 1944
						Haruna	Mar 1912	Apr 1915	Hit in Bombing of Kure July 1945	Scrapped 1946
						Hiei	Nov 1911	Apr 1915	Sunk at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Nov 1942
						Kirishima	Mar 1912	Apr 1915	Sunk at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Nov 1942
Fusō class	34,700 tons	12 × 14-in.	16 × 5.5-in.	1,376	25 kn	Fusō	Mar 1912	Nov 1915	Sunk at Battle of Surigao Strait Oct 1944
						Yamashiro	Nov 1913	Mar 1917	Sunk at Battle of Surigao Strait Oct 1944
Ise class ‡	42,001 tons	12 × 14-in.	16 × 5.5-in.	1,376	25 kn	Ise	May 1915	Nov 1915	Sunk by Air attack on Kure Jul 1945
						Hyūga	May 1915	Apr 1918	Sunk by Air attack on Kure Jul 1945	Scrapped, 1947
Nagato class	39,130 tons	8 × 16-in.	18 × 5.5-in.	1,368	25 kn	Nagato	Aug 1917	Nov 1920		Used at target in Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test, 1946
						Mutsu	Jun 1918	Oct 1921	Internal explosion, Jun 1943
Tosa class	38,500 tons	10 × 16-in.	20 × 5.5-in.		26.5 kn	Tosa	Feb 1920		Cancelled, 1922; hull used for tests and scuttled 1925
						Kaga	Jul 1920	Mar 1928	Completed as aircraft carrier

‡ Before conversion to hybrid aircraft carriers

Super battleships

•  

  Yamato and Musashi in Truk Atoll, 1943

Class	Displacement	Main Battery	Secondary Battery	Complement	Speed	Ships in Class
						Ship	Keel Laid	Commissioned	War Loss
Yamato class	64,170 tons	9 × 18-in.	12 × 6.1-in.	2,500	27.5 kn	Yamato	Nov 1937	Dec 1941	Sunk by air attack during Operation Ten-Go Apr 1945]]
						Musashi	Mar 1938	Aug 1942	Sunk at Battle of the Sibuyan Sea Oct 1944
						Shinano	May 1940	completed as aircraft carrier	sunk by submarine attack 29 November 1944
						Hull 111	scrapped
Kai Yamato class						Hull 797	cancelled
Design A-150 battleship	70,000 tons	6 × 20.1-in.	"Many" × 3.9-in.			Hull 798	cancelled
						Hull 799	cancelled

Seaplane tenders

• Wakamiya (1913)
• Notoro (1920)
• Akitsushima
• Kamoi
• Chitose class (converted to aircraft carriers)
• Mizuho
• Nisshin
• Kamikawa Maru class

Aircraft carriers

 

Hōshō (1921)

• Hōshō (1921)
• Akagi (1925)
• Kaga (1928)
• Ryūjō (1931)
• Sōryū (1935)
• Hiryū (1937)
• Shōkaku class
  • Shōkaku (1939)
  • Zuikaku (1939)
• Zuihō class
  • Zuihō (1940)
  • Shōhō (1941)
• Hiyō class
  • Jun'yō (1941)
  • Hiyō (1941)
• Taiyō class escort carrier
  • Unyō (liner converted to escort carrier in 1941)
  • Chūyō (liner converted to escort carrier in 1942)
  • Taiyō (liner converted to escort carrier in 1942)
• Kaiyō (liner converted to escort carrier in 1942) (liner converted to escort carrier in 1943)
• Akitsu Maru class (used by the Army)
  • Akitsu Maru (1941, depot ship and escort carrier)
  • Nigitsu Maru (1942, depot ship without flight deck)
• Ryūhō (converted from submarine tender in 1942)

 

Taihō

• Taihō (1943)
• Chitose class light aircraft carriers
  • Chiyoda (1943)
  • Chitose (1944)
• Unryū class
  • Amagi (1943)
  • Unryū (1943)
  • Katsuragi (1944)
  • Kasagi (not completed)
  • Aso (not completed)
  • Ikoma (not completed)
• Shin'yō (1943)
• Shinano (1944)
• Shimane Maru class escort carrier
  • Shimane Maru (1944)
  • Otakisan Maru (not completed)
• Yamashio Maru class auxiliary escort carrier (used by the Army)
  • Yamashio Maru (1944)
  • Chigusa Maru (not completed)
• Kumano Maru (1945) (used by the Army)

Cruisers

Protected cruisers

Main article: Protected cruiser

•  

  Izumi

•  

  Itsukushima

•  

  Akashi

•  

  Chikuma

Class or Ship	Displace- ment	Main Battery	Secondary Battery	Torpedo Tubes	Comple- ment	Speed	Ships in Class
							Ship	Keel Laid	Completed	Fate
ex-Chinese prize of First Sino-Japanese War Jiyuan	2,300 tons	2 × 8.2-in.	1 × 5.9-in.	4	180	15 kn	Saien	Jan 1883	Mar 1895	Mine, Nov 1904
Chilean corvette Esmeralda sold to Japan	2,950 tons	2 × 10-in.	6 × 6-in.		296	18.3 kn	Izumi	Apr1881	1894	Scrapped
Naniwa class	3,727 tons	2 × 10.2-in.	6 × 5.9-in.	4 × 14-in.	325	18 kn	Naniwa	Mar 1884	Feb 1886	Sold for scrap, Jun 1913
							Takachiho	Apr 1884	Mar 1886	Torpedoed off Tsingtao, Oct 1914
Unebi	3,615 tons	4 × 9.4-in.	7 × 5.9-in.	4 × 14-in.	400	18 kn	Unebi	May 1884	Oct 1886	Lost at sea, Dec 1886
Yaeyama	1,584 tons	3 × 4.7-in.	8 × 3-pdr.	2 × 18-in.	200	20.75 kn	Yaeyama	Jun 1887	Mar 1890	Scrapped, Apr 1911
Chiyoda	2,439 tons	10 × 4.7-in.	14 × 3-pdr.	3 × 14-in.	350	19 kn	Chiyoda	Dec 1888	Jan 1891	Target, Aug 1927
Chishima	741 tons	5 × 3-in.	6 × 1-pdr.	3 × 15-in.	90	19 kn	Chishima	Jan 1890	Apr 1892	Collision, Nov 1892
Matsushima class	4,278 tons	1 × 12.6-in.	11-12 × 4.7-in.	4 × 14-in.	360	16.5 kn	Itsukushima	Jan 1888	Sep 1891	Scrapped, 1926
							Matsushima	Feb 1888	Apr 1892	Explosion, Apr 1908
							Hashidate	Aug 1888	Jun 1894	Scrapped, 1927
Akitsushima	3,100 tons	4 × 6-in.	6 × 4.7-in.	4 × 14-in.	330	19 kn	Akitsushima	Mar 1890	Mar 1894	Scrapped, 1927
Yoshino	4,150 tons	4 × 6-in.	8 × 4.7-in.	5 × 14-in.	360	23 kn	Yoshino	Dec 1892	Sep 1893	Collision, May 1904
Suma class	2,657 tons	2 × 6-in.	6 × 4.7-in.	2 × 15-in.	256	20 kn	Suma	Aug 1892	Dec 1896	Scrapped, 1928
							Akashi	Aug 1894	Mar 1899	Target, Aug 1930
Takasago	4,160 tons	2 × 8-in.	10 × 4.7-in.	5 × 18-in.	425	23.5 kn	Takasago	Apr 1896	May 1898	Mined off Port Arthur, Dec 1904
Kasagi class	4,979 tons	2 × 8-in.	10 × 4.7-in.	5 × 14-in.	405	22.5 kn	Kasagi	Feb 1897	Oct 1898	Ran aground Tsugaru Strait, Jul 1916
							Chitose	Jan 1898	Mar 1899	Target, Jul 1931
Niitaka class	3,366 tons	6 × 6-in.	10 × 12-pdr.		320	20 kn	Niitaka	Jan 1902	Jan 1904	Wrecked Kamchatka Peninsula, Aug 1922
							Tsushima	Oct 1901	Feb 1904	Target, 1944
Otowa	3,000 tons	2 × 6-in.	6 × 4.7-in.		312	21 kn	Otowa	Jan 1903	Sep 1904	Grounded in dense fog off Daiozaki, Shima peninsula, Jul 1917
Tone	4,113 tons	2 × 6-in.	10 × 4.7-in.	3 × 18-in.	370	23 kn	Tone	Nov 1905	May 1910	Target, Apr 1933
Chikuma class	5,000 tons	8 × 6-in.	4 × 12-pdr.	3 × 18-in.		26 kn	Chikuma	Apr 1909	May 1912	Target, 1935
							Hirado	Aug 1910	Jul 1912	Scrapped, 1947
							Yahagi	Jun 1910	Jul 1912	Scrapped, 1947

Prizes of Russo-Japanese War

Class or Ship	Displace- ment	Main Battery	Secondary Battery	Torpedo Tubes	Comple- ment	Speed	Keel Laid	Commissioned into IJN	Fate
Tsugaru (ex-Russian Pallada)	6,932 tons	8 × 6-in.	12 × 3.1-in.	3 × 18-in.	514	20 kn	Dec 1895	Aug 1908	Scuttled, May 1924
Soya (ex-Russian Varyag)	6,500 tons	12 × 6-in.	10 × 3-in.	4 × 18-in.	571	23 kn	Oct 1899	Jul 1907	Returned to Russia, Apr 1916
Suzuya (ex-Russian Novik)	3,080 tons	2 × 4.7-in.	4 × 3-in.		340	25 kn	Feb 1900	May 1904	Sold, Apr 1913

Armored cruisers

Main article: Armored cruiser

•  

  Tokiwa

•  

  Yakumo

Class	Displace- ment	Main Battery	Torpedo Tubes	Secondary Battery	Comple- ment	Speed	Ships in Class
							Ship	Keel Laid	Completed	Fate
Asama class	9,557 tons	4 × 8-in.	14 × 6-in.	5 × 18-in.	676	21 kn	Asama	Oct 1896	Mar 1899	Scrapped, 1947
							Tokiwa	Jan 1897	May 1899	Air attack, Aug 1944
Izumo class	9,353 tons	4 × 8-in.	14 × 6-in.	4 × 18-in.	672	20.75 kn	Izumo	May 1898	Sep 1900	Air attack, Jul 1945
							Iwate	Nov 1898	Mar 1901	Air attack, Jul 1945
Yakumo	9,646 tons	4 × 8-in.	12 × 6-in.	5 × 18-in.	670	20 kn	Yakumo	Sep 1897	Jun 1900	Scrapped, Jul 1946
Azuma	9,278 tons	4 × 8-in.	12 × 6-in.	5 × 18-in.	670	21 kn	Azuma	Feb 1898	Jul 1900	Scrapped, 1946
Kasuga class	7,698 tons	4 × 8-in.	14 × 6-in.	4 × 18-in.	600	20 kn	Kasuga ex-Argentine Bernardino Rivadavia	Mar 1902	Jan 1904	Air attack, Jul 1945
							Nisshin ex-Argentine Mariano Moreno	Mar1902	Jan1904	Target, 1936 and again 1942
Prize of Russo-Japanese War	7,802 tons	2 × 8-in.	8 × 6-in.	2 × 18-in.	573	21 kn	Aso (ex-Russian Bayan)	Mar 1899	Dec 1902	Target, Aug 1932

Other cruisers

Dispatch vessels

Class	Displace- ment	Main Battery	Secondary Battery	Torpedo Tubes	Comple- ment	Speed	Ships in Class
							Ship	Keel Laid	Commis- sioned	Fate
Yodo class	1,270 tons	2 × 4.7-in.	4 × 12-pdr.	12 × 24-in.	116	22 kn	Yodo	Oct 1906	Apr 1908	Scrapped, 1945
							Mogami	Mar 1907	Sep 1908	Scrapped, 1929

Foreign built

Class	Displace- ment	Main Battery	Secondary Battery	Torpedo Tubes	Comple- ment	Speed	Ships in Class
							Ship	Keel Laid	Commis- sioned	Fate
Prize of World War I	4,350 tons	6 × 5.9-in.	1 × 3.4-in.	2 × 17.7-in.	380	27.25 kn	Y (ex-German Augsburg)	1910		Scrapped, 1922
Ning Hai-class (prizes of Second Sino-Japanese War)	2,526 tons	6 × 5.5-in.	6 × 3.1-in.	4 × 21-in.	351	23 kn	training vessel Mikura, Jul 1938; renamed Ioshima, Jun 1944 (ex-Chinese Ning-Hai)	Feb 1931	Sep 1932	Submarine, Sep 1944
							barracs hulk Mishima, 1938; renamed Yasoshima, Jun 1944 (ex-Chinese P'ing-Hai)	Jun 1931	Jun 1936	Air attack, Nov 1944

In commission during World War II

Old light cruisers

Main article: Light cruiser

•  

  Tenryu

•  

  Kitakami

•  

  Abukuma

•  

  Sendai

Class	Displacement	Main Battery	Torpedo Tubes	Comple- ment	Speed	Ships in Class
						Ship	Keel Laid	Commis- sioned	War Loss	Postwar
Tenryū class	3,230 tons	4 × 5.5-in.	6 × 21-in.	332	33 kn	Tatsuta	Jul 1917	May 1919	Submarine, Mar 1944
						Tenryū	May 1917	Nov 1919	Submarine, Dec 1942
Kuma class	5,870 tons	7 × 5.5-in.	8 × 24-in.	439	31.75 kn	Kuma	Aug 1918	Aug 1920	Submarine, Jan 1944
						Tama	Aug 1918	Jan 1921	Submarine, Oct 1944
						Kitakami	Sep 1919	Apr 1921		Scrapped, 1946
						Kiso	Aug 1918	May 1921	Air attack, Nov 1944
						Ōi	Nov 1919	Oct 1921	Submarine, Jul 1944
Nagara class	5,170 tons	7 × 5.5-in.	8 × 24-in.	438	36 kn	Nagara	Sep 1920	Apr 1922	Submarine, Oct 1944
						Natori	Dec 1920	Sep 1922	Submarine, Aug 1944
						Kinu	Jan 1921	Nov 1922	Air attack, Oct 1944
						Yura	May 1921	Mar 1923	Guadalcanal, Oct 1942
						Isuzu	Aug 1920	Aug 1923	Submarine, Apr 1945
						Abukuma	Dec 1921	May 1925	Air attack, Oct 1944
Yūbari class	2,890 tons	6 × 5.5-in.	4 × 24-in.	328	35.5 kn	Yūbari	Jun 1922	Jul 1923	Submarine, Apr 1944
Sendai class	5,195 tons	7 × 5.5-in.	8 × 24-in.	450	35.25 kn	Sendai	Feb 1922	Apr 1924	Empr. Aug. Bay, Nov 1943
						Jintsū	Aug 1922	Jul 1925	Kolombangara, Jul 1943
						Naka	Jun 1922	Nov 1925	Truk, Feb 1944

Heavy cruisers

Main article: Heavy cruiser

•  

  Kako

•  

  Haguro

•  

  Maya

•  

  Mogami

Class	Displacement	Main Battery	Torpedo Tubes	Complement	Speed	Ships in Class
						Ship	Keel Laid	Commis- sioned	War Loss	Postwar
Furutaka class	9,150 tons	6 × 7.9-in.	12 × 24-in.	625	33 kn	Furutaka	Dec 1922	Mar 1926	Cape Esperance, Oct 1942
						Kako	Dec 1922	Jul 1926	Submarine, Aug 1942
Aoba class	9,380 tons exc. Aoba 9,000	6 × 8-in.	12 × 24-in.	773	33.3 kn	Aoba	Jan 1924	Sep 1927	Air attack, Jul 1945
						Kinugasa	Oct 1924	Sep 1927	Guadalcanal, Nov 1942
Myōkō class	13,380 tons	10 × 8-in.	16 × 24-in.	773	33.75 kn	Myōkō	Oct 1924	Jul 1929		Scuttled, 1946
						Nachi	Nov 1924	Nov 1928	Air attack, Nov 1944
						Haguro	Mar 1925	Apr 1929	Surface action, May 1945
						Ashigara	Apr 1925	Aug 1929	Surface action, Jun 1945
Takao class	13,160 tons	10 × 8-in.	16 × 24-in.	773	34.25 kn	Takao	Apr 1927	Mar 1932		Target, 1946
						Atago	Apr 1927	Mar 1932	Submarine, Oct 1944
						Chōkai	Apr 1931	Jun 1932	Off Samar, Oct 1944
						Maya	Dec 1928	Jun 1932	Submarine, Oct 1944
Mogami class	12,400 tons	10 × 8-in.	12 × 24-in.	850	34.75 kn	Mogami	Oct 1931	Jul 1935	Surigao Strait, Oct 1944
						Mikuma	Dec 1931	Aug 1935	Midway, Jun 1942
						Suzuya	Dec 1933	Oct 1937	Off Samar, Oct 1944
						Kumano	Apr 1934	Jul 1935	Air attack, Nov 1944
Tone class	11,215 tons	8 × 8-in.	12 × 24-in.	850	35 kn	Tone	Dec 1934	Nov 1938	Air attack, Jul 1945
						Chikuma	Oct 1935	May 1939	Off Samar, Oct 1944
Ibuki class	12,200 tons	10 × 8-in.	16 × 24-in.		35 kn	Ibuki	Apr 1942	May 1943	completed as aircraft carrier
						No. 301	cancelled	cancelled

New light cruisers

Main article: Light cruiser

•  

  Kashii

•  

  Agano

•  

  Ōyodo

Class	Displacement	Main Battery	Torpedo Tubes	Comple- ment	Speed	Ships in Class
						Ship	Keel Laid	Commis- sioned	War Loss	Postwar
Katori class	5,890 tons	4 × 5.5-in.	4 × 21-in.		18 kn	Katori	Aug 1938	Apr 1940	Truk, Feb 1944
						Kashima	Oct 1938	May 1940		Scrapped, 1947
						Kashii	Oct 1939	Jul 1941	Air attack, Jan 1945
						Kashiwara	cancelled	cancelled
Agano class	6,652 tons	6 × 6.1-in.	8 × 24-in.	730	35 kn	Agano	Jun 1940	Oct 1942	Submarine, Feb 1945
						Noshiro	Sep 1941	Jun 1943	Air attack, Oct 1944
						Yahagi	Nov 1941	Dec 1943	Air attack, Apr 1945
						Sakawa	Nov 1942	Nov 1944		Atomic bomb test, Jul 1946
Modified Agano class	8,164 tons	6 × 6.1-in.	designed to carry 6 seaplanes		36 kn	Ōyodo	Feb 1941	Feb 1943	Air attack, Jul 1945	Scrapped, 1948
						Niyodo	cancelled	cancelled

Destroyers

1st Class destroyers

• Urakaze class (1915)
  • Urakaze
  • Kawakaze
• Isokaze class (1916–1917)
  • Isokaze
  • Amatsukaze
  • Hamakaze
  • Tokitsukaze
• Kanran class (1917-1919 on loan from the Royal Navy)
  • Kanran (HMS Nemesis)
  • Sendan (HMS Minstrel)
• Kawakaze class (1917–1918)
  • Kawakaze
  • Tanikaze
• Minekaze class (1919–1922)
  • Minekaze
  • Sawakaze
  • Okikaze
  • Shimakaze
  • Nadakaze
  • Yakaze
  • Hakaze
  • Shiokaze
  • Akikaze
  • Yūkaze
  • Tachikaze
  • Hokaze
  • Nokaze
  • Namikaze
  • Numakaze
• Kamikaze class (1922–1925)
  • Asakaze
  • Asanagi
  • Harukaze
  • Hatakaze
  • Hayate
  • Kamikaze
  • Matsukaze
  • Oite
  • Yūnagi
• Mutsuki class (1925–1927)
  • Fumizuki
  • Kikuzuki
  • Kisaragi
  • Mikazuki
  • Minazuki
  • Mochizuki
  • Mutsuki
  • Nagatsuki
  • Satsuki
  • Uzuki
  • Yayoi
  • Yūzuki
• Fubuki class (1927–1931)
  • Akebono
  • Amagiri
  • Asagiri
  • Ayanami
  • Fubuki
  • Hatsuyuki
  • Isonami
  • Miyuki
  • Murakumo
  • Oboro
  • Sagiri
  • Sazanami
  • Shikinami
  • Shinonome
  • Shirakumo
  • Shirayuki
  • Uranami
  • Ushio
  • Usugumo
  • Yūgiri
• Akatsuki class (1931–1932)
  • Akatsuki
  • Hibiki
  • Ikazuchi
  • Inazuma
• Hatsuharu class (1932–1934)
  • Ariake
  • Hatsuharu
  • Hatsushimo
  • Nenohi
  • Wakaba
  • Yūgure
• Shiratsuyu class (1935–1937)
  • Harusame
  • Kawakaze
  • Murasame
  • Samidare
  • Shigure
  • Shiratsuyu
  • Suzukaze
  • Umikaze
  • Yamakaze
  • Yūdachi
• Asashio class (1936–1937)
  • Arare
  • Arashio
  • Asagumo
  • Asashio
  • Kasumi
  • Michishio
  • Minegumo
  • Natsugumo
  • Ōshio
  • Yamagumo
• Kagerō class (1938–1941)
  • Akigumo
  • Amatsukaze
  • Arashi
  • Hagikaze
  • Hamakaze
  • Hatsukaze
  • Hayashio
  • Isokaze
  • Kagerō
  • Kuroshio
  • Maikaze
  • Natsushio
  • Nowaki
  • Oyashio
  • Shiranui
  • Tanikaze
  • Tokitsukaze
  • Urakaze
  • Yukikaze
• Yūgumo class (1941–1944)
  • Akishimo
  • Asashimo
  • Fujinami
  • Hamanami
  • Hayanami
  • Hayashimo
  • Kazagumo
  • Kishinami
  • Kiyonami
  • Kiyoshimo
  • Makigumo
  • Makinami
  • Naganami
  • Okinami
  • Ōnami
  • Suzunami
  • Takanami
  • Tamanami
  • Yūgumo
• Akizuki class (1941–1944)
  • Akizuki
  • Fuyutsuki
  • Hanazuki
  • Harutsuki
  • Hatsuzuki
  • Michizuki (not completed)
  • Natsuzuki
  • Niizuki
  • Shimotsuki
  • Suzutsuki
  • Teruzuki
  • Wakatsuki
  • Yoizuki
• Shimakaze class (1942)
  • Shimakaze
• Matsu class (1944–1948)
  • Hinoki
  • Kaede
  • Kashi
  • Kaya
  • Keyaki
  • Kiri
  • Kuwa
  • Maki
  • Matsu
  • Momi
  • Momo
  • Nara
  • Sakura
  • Sugi
  • Sumire
  • Take
  • Tsubaki
  • Tsuta
  • Ume
  • Yanagi
• Tachibana class (1944–1945)
  • Azusa (not launched)
  • Enoki
  • Hagi
  • Hatsuume
  • Hatsuzakura
  • Hishi (not launched)
  • Kaba
  • Kaki
  • Katsura (not completed)
  • Kusunoki
  • Kuzu (not launched)
  • Nashi – later the JDS Wakaba (DE-261)
  • Nire
  • Odake
  • Sakaki (not launched)
  • Shii
  • Sumire
  • Tachibana
  • Tochi (not completed)
  • Tsuta
  • Wakazakura (not launched)
  • Yadake (not completed)
  • Yaezakura (not completed)

2nd Class destroyers

• Sakura class (1911-1912)
  • Sakura
  • Tachibana
• Kaba class (1915)
  • Kaba
  • Kashiwa
  • Sakaki
  • Katsura
  • Sugi
  • Kaede
  • Ume
  • Kiri
  • Kusunoki
  • Matsu
• Momo class (1916–1917)
  • Momo
  • Kashi
  • Hinoki
  • Yanagi
• Enoki class (1917–1918)
  • Enoki
  • Maki
  • Nara
  • Keyaki
  • Kuwa
  • Tsubaki
• Momi class (1919–1922)
  • Momi
  • Kaya
  • Nire
  • Kuri
  • Nashi
  • Take
  • Kaki
  • Tsuga
  • Kiku
  • Aoi
  • Hagi
  • Susuki
  • Fuji
  • Tsuta
  • Ashi
  • Hishi
  • Hasu
  • Sumire
  • Yomogi
  • Warabi
  • Tade
• Wakatake class (1922–1923)
  • Wakatake
  • Kuretake
  • Sanae
  • Sawarabi
  • Asagao
  • Yūgao
  • Fuyo
  • Karukaya

3rd Class destroyers

• Murakumo class (1898–1922)
  • Murakumo
  • Shinonome
  • Yūgiri
  • Shiranui
  • Kagero
  • Usugumo
• Ikazuchi class (1898–1926)
  • Ikazuchi
  • Inazuma
  • Akebono
  • Sazanami
  • Niji
  • Oboro
• Akatsuki class (1901–1920)
  • Akatsuki
  • Kasumi
• Shirakumo class (1901–1926)
  • Shirakumo
  • Asashio
• Harusame class (1902–1926)
  • Harusame
  • Murasame
  • Hayatori
  • Asagiri
  • Ariake
  • Fubuki
  • Arare
• Kamikaze class (1905–1930)
  • Kamikaze
  • Hatsushimo
  • Yayoi
  • Kisaragi
  • Asakaze
  • Shiratsuyu
  • Shirayuki
  • Matsukaze
  • Harukaze
  • Shigure
  • Asatsuyu
  • Hayate
  • Oite
  • Yūnagi
  • Yūgure
  • Yūdachi
  • Mikazuki
  • Nowaki
  • Ushio
  • Nenohi
  • Hibiki
  • Shirotae
  • Hatsuharu
  • Wakaba
  • Hatsuyuki
  • Uzuki
  • Minatsuki
  • Nagatsuki
  • Kikutsuki
  • Uranami
  • Isonami
  • Ayanami

Torpedo boats

• Shirataka class (1899–1923)
  • Shirataka
• Hayabusa class (1899–1923)
  • Hayabusa
  • Kasasagi
  • Manazuru
  • Chidori
  • Aotaka
  • Kari
  • Hato
  • Tsubame
  • Hibari
  • Kiji
  • Hashitaka
  • Sagi
  • Uzura
  • Kamome
  • Ōtori
• Chidori class (1933)
  • Chidori
  • Hatsukari
  • Manazuru
  • Tomozuru
• Ōtori class (1935–1937)
  • Hato
  • Hayabusa
  • Hiyodori
  • Kari
  • Kasasagi
  • Kiji
  • Ōtori
  • Sagi

River gunboats

• Sumida
• Fushimi
• Ataka
• Okitsu (ex-Italian minelayer Lepanto)
• Karatsu (ex-USS Luzon (PR-7))
• Katada
• Fushimi
• Sumida
• Hozu
• Katata
• Futami
• Atami
• Seta
• Kotaka
• Toba
• Hira
• Tatara (ex-USS Wake (PR-3))
• Suma (ex-HMS Moth (1915))
• Kozakura-class traffic boat

Minesweepers

• No.1 class
• No.13 class
• No.7 class
• No.19 class
• Aux. No.1 class

Patrol vessels

• No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser (驅潛特務艇第一號型): Over 200 built during World War II, 81 lost.

List of IJN Patrol Vessels can be found here at [1]

• No.1-class patrol boat
  • Patrol Boat No. 1 (ex-Shimakaze) [2]
  • Patrol Boat No. 2 (ex-Nadakaze) [3]
• No.31-class patrol boat
  • Patrol Boat No. 31 (ex-Kiku) [4]
  • Patrol Boat No. 32 (ex-Aoi) [5]
  • Patrol Boat No. 33 (ex-Hagi) [6]
  • Patrol Boat No. 34 (ex-Susuki) [7]
  • Patrol Boat No. 35 (ex-Tsuta) [8]
  • Patrol Boat No. 36 (ex-Fuji) [9]
  • Patrol Boat No. 37 (ex-Hishi) [10]
  • Patrol Boat No. 38 (ex-Yomogi) [11]
  • Patrol Boat No. 39 (ex-Tade) [12]
  • Patrol Boat No. 46 (ex-Yūgao) [13]
• Patrol Boat No. 101 (ex-HMS Thracian) [14]
• Patrol Boat No. 102 (ex-USS Stewart (DD-224)) [15]
• Patrol Boat No. 103 (ex-USS Finch (AM-9)) [16]
• Patrol Boat No. 104 (ex-HNLMS Valk) [17]
• Patrol Boat No. 105 (ex-Arayat) [18]
• Patrol Boat No. 106 (ex-HNLMS Banckert) [19]
• Patrol Boat No. 107 (ex-USS Genesee (AT-55)) [20]
• Patrol Boat No. 108 (ex-HNLMS Arend) [21]
• Patrol Boat No. 109 (ex-HNLMS Fazant) [22]

Minelayers

• Itsukushima
• Yaeyama

Submarines

Main article: Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy

1st Class submarines

• Junsen class
  • Type J1, Junsen 1 gata (巡潜I型), 4 units, I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4.
  • Type J1M, Junsen 1 gata kai (巡潜I型改), I-5.
  • Type J2, Junsen 2 gata (巡潜II型), I-6.
  • Type J3, Junsen 3 gata (巡潜III型), 2 units, I-7, I-8.
• Kou class
  • Type A1, Kou gata(S35) (甲型 (S35)), 3 units, I-9, I-10, I-11.
  • Type A2, Kou gata(S35B) (甲型 (S35B)), I-12.
  • Type AM, Kou gata(S35G) (甲型 (S35G)), 2 units, I-13, I-14.
• Otsu class
  • Type B1, Otsu gata(S37) (乙型 (S37)), 20 units, I-15, I-17, I-19, I-21, I-23, I-25, I-26, I-27, I-28, I-29, I-30, I-31, I-32, I-33, I-34, I-35, I-36, I-37, I-38, I-39.
  • Type B2, Otsu gata(S37B) (乙型 (S37B)), 6 units, I-40, I-41, I-42, I-43, I-44, I-45.
  • Type B3, Otsu gata(S37C) (乙型 (S37C)), 3 units, I-54, I-55, I-58.
• Hei class
  • Type C1, Hei gata(S38) (丙型 (S38)), 5 units, I-16, I-18, I-20, I-22, I-24.
  • Type C2, Hei gata(S38B) (丙型 (S38B)), 3 units, I-46, I-47, I-48.

 

C3 type I-55

• • Type C3, Hei gata(S37D) (丙型 (S37D)), 3 units, I-52, I-53, I-55.
• Tei class
  • Type D1, Tei gata(S51/S51B) (丁型 (S51/S51B)), 12 units, I-361, I-362, I-363, I-364, I-365, I-366, I-367, I-368, I-369, I-370, I-371, I-372 (S51B).
  • Type D2, Tei gata kai(S51C) (丁型改 (S51C)), I-373.
• Kaidai class
  • Type KD1, Kaidai 1 gata (海大I型), I-51.
  • Type KD2, Kaidai 2 gata (海大II型), I-152 (ex-I-52).
  • Type KD3a, Kaidai 3 gata a (海大III型a), 4 units, I-153 (ex-I-53), I-154 (ex-I-54), I-155 (ex-I-55), I-158 (ex-I-58).
  • Type KD3b, Kaidai 3 gata b (海大III型b), 5 units, I-156 (ex-I-56), I-157 (ex-I-57), I-159 (ex-I-59), I-60, I-63.
  • Type KD4, Kaidai 4 gata (海大IV型), 3 units, I-61, I-162 (ex-I-62), I-164 (ex-I-64)
  • Type KD5, Kaidai 5 gata (海大V型), 3 units, I-165 (ex-I-65), I-166 (ex-I-66), I-67
  • Type KD6a, Kaidai 6 gata a (海大VI型a), 6 units, I-168 (ex-I-68), I-169 (ex-I-69), I-70, I-171 (ex-I-71), I-172 (ex-I-72), I-73.
  • Type KD6b, Kaidai 6 gata b (海大VI型b), 2 units, I-174 (ex-I-74), I-175 (ex-I-75).
  • Type KD7, Kaidai 7 gata (海大VII型), 10 units, I-176 (ex-I-76), I-177, I-178, I-179, I-180, I-181, I-182, I-183, I-184, I-185.

 

Sentoku type I-401

• Sentoku type, Toku gata (特型), 3 units, I-400, I-401, I-402 (I-404 not launched, I-405 not completed).
• Sentaka type, Sentaka (潜高), 3 units, I-201, I-202, I-203 (I-204 to I-208 not completed).
• Senho type, Senho (潜補), I-351 (I-352 not completed).
• Kiraisen (Mine layer) type, Kiraisen (機雷潜), 4 units I-121 (ex-I-21), I-122 (ex-I-22), I-123 (ex-I-23), I-124 (ex-I-24).
• Captured German submarines, 6 units, I-501 (ex-U-181), I-502 (ex-U-862), I-503 (ex-UIT-24, ex-Comandante Cappellini), I-504 (ex-UIT-25, ex-Luigi Torelli), I-505 (ex-U-219), I-506 (ex-U-195).

2nd Class submarines

 

Kaichū VI Ro-33

• Type F
  • Type F1, Ro-ichi-gata (F1型（呂一型) 2 units, Ro-1, Ro-2.
  • Type F2, Ro-san-gata (F2型（呂三型), 3 units, Ro-3, Ro-4, Ro-5.
• Kaichū type
  • Type K1, Kaichū 1 gata (海中I型), 2 units, Ro-11, Ro-12.
  • Type K2, Kaichū 2 gata (海中II型), 3 units, Ro-13, Ro-14, Ro-15.
  • Type K3, Kaichū 3 gata (海中III型), 10 units, Ro-16, Ro-17, Ro-18, Ro-19, Ro-20, Ro-21, Ro-22, Ro-23, Ro-24, Ro-25.
  • Type K4, Kaichū 4 gata (海中IV型), 3 units, Ro-26, Ro-27, Ro-28.
  • Type KT (Toku-Chū), Kaichū 5 gata (海中V型), 5 units, Ro-29,Ro-30, Submarine No. 70, Ro-31, Ro-32.
  • Type K6, Kaichū 6 gata (海中VI型), 2 units, Ro-33, Ro-34.
  • Type KS (Sen-Chū), Kaichū 7 gata (海中VII型), 18 units, Ro-35, Ro-36, Ro-37, Ro-38, Ro-39, Ro-40, Ro-41, Ro-42, Ro-43, Ro-44, Ro-45, Ro-46, Ro-47, Ro-48, Ro-49, Ro-50, Ro-55, Ro-56.
• Type L
  • Type L1, Ro go jū 1 gata (L1型), 2 units, Ro-51, Ro-52.
  • Type L2, Ro go jū 2 gata (L2型), 4 units, Ro-53, Ro-54, Ro-55, Ro-56.
  • Type L3, Ro go jū 3 gata (L3型), 3 units, Ro-57, Ro-58, Ro-59.
  • Type L4, Ro go jū 4 gata (L4型), 9 units, Ro-60, Ro-61, Ro-62, Ro-63, Ro-64, Ro-65, Ro-66, Ro-67, Ro-68.
• Ko Type, 18 units, Ro-100, Ro-101, Ro-102, Ro-103, Ro-104, Ro-105, Ro-106, Ro-107, Ro-108, Ro-109, Ro-110, Ro-111, Ro-112, Ro-113, Ro-114, Ro-115, Ro-116, Ro-117.
• Sen'yu-Shō Type, 10 units, Ha-101, Ha-102, Ha-103, Ha-104, 'Ha-105, Ha-106, Ha-107, Ha-108, Ha-109, Ha-111 (Ha-110 and Ha-112 not completed)
• Sentaka-Shō Type, 11 units, Ha-201, Ha-202, Ha-203, Ha-204, Ha-205, Ha-207, Ha-208, Ha-209, Ha-210, Ha-216 (Ha-206, Ha-211 to Ha-215, Ha-217 to Ha-279 not completed)
• Ex-German submarines, 2 units, Ro-500 (ex-U-511), Ro-501 (ex-U-1224).

3rd Class submarines

 

Ko-hyoteki-class submarine

• Type A Kō-hyōteki class, 101 units.
• Kairyū class, about 250 units (750 planned).
• Kaiten, about 1000 units.
• C1 type
• C2 type
• S1 type
• Kawasaki class
• S2 type
• No.71, Dai 71 gou-kan (第71号艦),71-gou

Army submarines

• Type 3 submergence transport vehicle
  • Yu 1 class
  • Yu 1001 class
  • Yu 2001 class

Other submarines

• Holland class
• modified Holland class

Suicide vessels

• Shinyo, 6,200 units.
• Kaiten, approx. 420 units.

See also

• Japanese ship naming conventions
• Japanese destroyers of World War II
• List of sunken aircraft carriers
• List of aircraft carriers by country
• List of battleships of Japan
• List of battlecruisers of Japan
• List of cruiser classes of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• List of cruisers of Japan
• List of destroyers of Japan

References

1. Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter; Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945 (1st English ed.). London: Arms & Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-151-1.

External links

• MaritimeQuest Japanese Destroyer Index
• MaritimeQuest Akatsuki Class Destroyers Overview
• MaritimeQuest Akizuki Class Destroyers Overview
• MaritimeQuest Hatsuharu Class Destroyers Overview
• MaritimeQuest Matsu Class Destroyer Overview
• MaritimeQuest Minekaze Class Destroyers Overview
• MaritimeQuest Kamikaze Class Destroyers Class Overview
• MaritimeQuest Japanese Battleship Index
• in Japanese, with photo
• in Japanese, with photo
• Materials of IJN
• Monograph 144 Chapter II