List Of Destroyers Of Japan

The following is a list of destroyers and 1st class (steam) torpedo boats of Japan grouped by class or design. Each ship's name is followed by its launch date in brackets. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. The Japanese torpedo boat of 1885 was "the forerunner of torpedo boat destroyers that appeared a decade later". They were designed to Japanese specifications and ordered from the London Yarrow shipyards in 1885. The Yarrow shipyards, builder of the parts for the ''Kotaka'', "considered Japan to have effectively invented the destroyer".

Imperial Japanese Navy

Russo-Japanese War

These twenty-three 'turtle-back' destroyers, all authorised under the Ten Year Naval Expansion Programme of 1898, comprised six ''Ikazuchi'' class built by Yarrow and six ''Murakumo'' class built by Thornycroft in the UK, each carrying 1–12pdr (aft) and 5–6pdr guns and 2–18in torpedo tubes, and followed by two larger ships from each of the same builders (the ''Shirakumo'' class from Thornycroft and the ''Akatsuki'' class from Yarrow), in which a second 12pdr replaced the foremost 6pdr, and finally by seven ''Harusame'' class built in Japan. All were later rated as 3rd Class destroyers (under 600 tons each). The Programme also included sixteen First Class torpedo boats, included below (47 smaller 2nd and 3rd Class boats from this Programme are not included)

— 6 ships

* ''Murakumo'' (16 November 1898)
* ''Shinonome'' (14 December 1898)
* ''Yūgiri'' (26 January 1899)

* ''Shiranui'' (14 March 1899)
* ''Kagero'' (23 August 1899)
* ''Usugumo'' (16 October 1900)

— 6 ships

* ''Ikazuchi'' (15 November 1898)
* ''Inazuma'' (28 January 1899)
* ''Akebono'' (25 April 1899)

* (8 August 1899)
* ''Niji'' (22 June 1899)
* ''Oboro'' (5 October 1899)

''Shirataka'' class - 1 1st class torpedo boat

* ''Shirataka'' (10 June 1899)

''Hayabusa'' class - 15 1st class torpedo boats

* ''Hayabusa'' (1899)
* ''Kasasagi'' (1900)
* ''Manazuru'' (1900)
* ''Chidori'' (1901)
* ''Aotaka'' (February 1903)
* ''Kari'' (14 March 1903)
* ''Hato'' (July 1903)
* ''Tsubame'' (August 1903)

* ''Hibari'' (October 1903)
* ''Kiji'' (November 1903)
* ''Hashitaka'' (December 1903)
* ''Sagi'' (December 1903
* ''Uzura'' (February 1904)
* ''Kamone'' (April 1904)
* ''Ōtori'' (April 1904)

— 2 ships

* ''Shirakumo'' (1 October 1901)

* ''Asashio'' (10 January 1902)

''Akatsuki'' class — 2 ships

* ''Akatsuki'' (13 November 1901)

* ''Kasumi'' (23 January 1902)

— 7 ships

* ''Harusame'' (31 October 1902)
* ''Murasame'' (29 November 1902)
* ''Hayatori'' (12 March 1903)
* ''Asagiri'' (15 April 1903)

* ''Ariake'' (7 December 1904)
* ''Fubuki'' (21 January 1905)
* ''Arare'' (5 April 1905)

World War I

Before and during World War I, Japan established three grades of destroyers - the large (over 1,000 tons) 1st Class or ocean-going type, the medium (600 to 1,000 tons) 2nd Class type and the small (below 600 tons) 3rd Class type. Between 1904 and 1918, Japan built thirty-two 3rd Class destroyers (the ''Kamikaze'' class), twenty-two 2nd Class destroyers (the ''Sakura'', ''Kaba'', ''Momo'' and ''Enoki'' classes) and eight 1st Class destroyers (the ''Umikaze'', ''Isokaze'' and ''Kawakaze'' classes). They also purchased two further 1st Class destroyers (the ''Urakaze'' class) built in the UK by Yarrow.

''Kamikaze'' class — 32 ships

* ''Kamikaze'' (15 July 1905)
* ''Hatsushimo'' (13 May 1905)
* ''Yayoi'' (7 August 1905)
* ''Kisaragi'' (19 October 1905)
* ''Asakaze'' (28 October 1905)
* ''Shiratsuyu'' (12 February 1906)
* ''Shirayuki'' (12 October 1906)
* ''Matsukaze'' (23 December 1906)
* ''Harukaze'' (25 December 1905)
* ''Shigure'' (12 March 1906)
* ''Asatsuyu'' (2 April 1906)
* ''Hayate'' (22 May 1906)
* ''Oite'' (10 January 1906)
* ''Yūnagi'' (22 August 1906)
* ''Yūgure'' (17 November 1905)
* ''Yūdachi'' (26 March 1906)

* ''Mikazuki'' (26 May 1906)
* ''Nowaki'' (25 July 1906)
* ''Ushio'' (30 August 1905)
* ''Nenohi'' (30 August 1905)
* ''Hibiki'' (31 March 1906)
* ''Shirotae'' (30 July 1906)
* ''Hatsuharu'' (21 May 1906)
* ''Wakaba'' (25 November 1906)
* ''Hatsuyuki'' (8 March 1906)
* ''Uzuki'' (20 September 1906)
* ''Minatsuki'' (5 November 1906)
* ''Nagatsuki'' (15 December 1906)
* ''Kikutsuki'' (10 April 1907)
* ''Uranami'' (8 December 1907)
* ''Isonami'' (21 November 1908)
* ''Ayanami'' (20 March 1909)

— 2 ships

* ''Umikaze'' (10 October 1910)

* ''Yamakaze'' (21 January 1911)

— 2 ships

* ''Sakura'' (20 December 1911)

* ''Tachibana'' (27 January 1912)

— 10 ships

* ''Kaba'' (6 February 1915)
* ''Kashiwa'' (14 February 1915)
* ''Sakaki'' (4 March 1915)
* ''Katsura'' (15 February 1915)
* ''Sugi'' (16 February 1915)

* ''Kaede'' (20 February 1915)
* ''Ume'' (27 February 1915)
* ''Kiri'' (28 February 1915)
* ''Kusunoki'' (5 March 1915)
* ''Matsu'' (5 March 1915)

— 2 ships

* ''Urakaze'' (16 February 1915)

* ''Kawakaze'' (27 September 1915)

— 4 ships

* ''Momo'' (12 October 1916)
* ''Kashi'' (1 December 1916)

* ''Hinoki'' (25 December 1916)
* ''Yanagi'' (24 February 1917)

— 4 ships

* ''Isokaze'' (5 October 1916)
* ''Amatsukaze'' (5 October 1916)

* ''Hamakaze'' (30 October 1916)
* ''Tokitsukaze'' (27 December 1917)

/ ''Kanran'' class - 2 ships

(both ships loaned from the Royal Navy from June 1917 to 1919)

* ''Kanran'' (ex HMS ''Nemesis'' - launched 9 August 1910)

* ''Sendan'' (ex HMS ''Minstrel'' - launched 2 February 1911)

— 2 ships

* '' Kawakaze'' (10 October 1917)

* '' Tanikaze'' (20 July 1918)

— 6 ships

* ''Enoki'' (5 March 1918)
* ''Maki'' (28 December 1917)
* ''Nara'' (28 March 1918)

* ''Keyaki'' (15 January 1918)
* ''Kuwa'' (23 February 1918)
* ''Tsubaki'' (23 February 1918)

The Inter-War Period

From 1919 onwards, a series of destroyers were built regularly in Japan. No further 3rd Class ships were built after 1909, and only two further classes of 2nd Class ships (the ''Momi'' and ''Wakatake'' classes) were built by 1923, after which all were 1st Class. The ships of the ''Wakatake'', ''Kamikaze'' and ''Mutsuki'' classes were initially given numbers rather than names, but names were assigned on 1 August 1928. The numbering system continued after 1928, but were not assigned to ships, which were all named.

— 21 ships

The total of 21 excludes 7 cancelled.
( lost in August 1927; , and scrapped by 1940, leaving 17 which served in the Pacific War)

* ''Momi'' (10 June 1919)
* ''Kaya'' (10 June 1919)
* ''Nire'' (22 December 1919)
* ''Kuri'' (19 March 1920)
* ''Nashi'' (26 August 1919)
* ''Take'' (26 August 1919)
* ''Kaki'' (20 October 1919)
* ''Tsuga'' (17 April 1920)
* ''Kiku'' (13 October 1920)
* ''Aoi'' (9 December 1920)
* ''Hagi'' (29 October 1920)

* ''Susuki'' (21 February 1921)
* ''Fuji'' (27 November 1920)
* ''Tsuta'' (9 May 1921)
* ''Ashi'' (3 September 1921)
* ''Hishi'' (9 May 1921)
* ''Hasu'' (8 December 1921)
* ''Sumire'' (14 December 1921)
* ''Yomogi'' (14 March 1922)
* ''Warabi'' (28 September 1921)
* ''Tade'' (15 March 1921)

— 15 ships

* ''Minekaze'' (8 February 1919)
* ''Sawakaze'' (7 January 1919)
* ''Okikaze'' (3 October 1919)
* ''Shimakaze'' (31 March 1920)
* ''Nadakaze'' (26 June 1920)
* ''Yakaze'' (10 April 1920)
* ''Hakaze'' (21 June 1920)
* ''Shiokaze'' (22 October 1920)

* ''Akikaze'' (14 December 1920)
* ''Yūkaze'' (28 April 1921)
* ''Tachikaze'' (31 March 1921)
* ''Hokaze'' (12 July 1921)
* ''Nokaze'' (1 October 1921)
* ''Namikaze'' (24 June 1922)
* ''Numakaze'' (22 May 1922)

— 8 ships

The total of 8 excludes 5 cancelled in 1922.
( lost in December 1932; leaving 7 which served in the Pacific War)

* No.2/ ''Wakatake'' (24 July 1922)
* No.4/ ''Kuretake'' (21 October 1922)
* No.6/ ''Sanae'' (15 February 1923)
* No.8/ ''Sawarabi'' (1 September 1923)
* No.10/ ''Asagao'' (4 November 1922)
* No.12/ ''Yūgao'' (14 April 1923)
* No.14/''Kijiko'' (cancelled 1922)

* No.16/ ''Fuyō'' (22 September 1922)
* No.18/ ''Karukaya'' (19 March 1923)
* No.20/''Omadaka'' (cancelled 1922)
* No.22/''Nadeshiko'' (cancelled 1922)
* No.24/''Botan'' (cancelled 1922)
* No.26/''Basho'' (cancelled 1922)

''Kamikaze'' class — 9 ships

* No.1/ ''Kamikaze'' (25 September 1922)
* No.3/ ''Asakaze'' (8 December 1922)
* No.5/ ''Harukaze'' (18 December 1922)
* No.7/ ''Matsukaze'' (30 October 1923)
* No.9/ ''Hatakaze'' (15 March 1924)

* No.11/ ''Oite'' (27 November 1924)
* No.13/ ''Hayate'' (23 March 1925)
* No.15/ ''Asanagi'' (21 April 1924)
* No.17/ ''Yūnagi'' (23 April 1924)

— 12 ships

* No.19/ ''Mutsuki'' (23 July 1925)
* No.21/ ''Kisaragi'' (5 June 1925)
* No.23/ ''Yayoi'' (11 July 1925)
* No.25/ ''Uzuki'' (15 October 1925)
* No.27/ ''Satsuki'' (25 March 1925)
* No.28/ ''Minazuki'' (25 May 1926)

* No.29/ ''Fumitsuki'' (16 February 1926)
* No.30/ ''Nagatsuki'' (6 October 1926)
* No.31/ ''Kikutsuki'' (15 May 1926)
* No.32/ ''Mikatsuki'' (12 July 1926)
* No.33/ ''Mochitsuki'' (28 April 1927)
* No.34/ ''Yūzuki'' (4 March 1927)

(Special Type)— 20 ships

( lost in 1934, leaving 19 which served in the Pacific War)

* (No.35)/ ''Fubuki'' (15 November 1927)
* (No.36)/ ''Shirayuki'' (20 March 1928)
* (No.37)/ ''Hatsuyuki'' (29 September 1928)
* (No.38)/ ''Miyuki'' (26 June 1928)
* (No.39)/ ''Murakumo'' (27 September 1928)
* (No.40)/ ''Shinonome'' (26 November 1927)
* (No.41)/ ''Usugumo'' (26 December 1927)
* (No.42)/ ''Shirakumo'' (27 December 1927)
* (No.43)/ ''Isonami'' (24 November 1927)
* (No.44)/ ''Uranami'' (29 November 1928)

* (No.45)/ ''Ayanami'' (5 October 1929)
* (No.46)/ ''Shikinami'' (22 June 1929)
* (No.47)/ ''Asagiri'' (18 November 1929)
* (No.48)/ ''Yūgiri'' (12 May 1930)
* (No.49)/ ''Amagiri'' (27 February 1930)
* (No.50)/ ''Sagiri'' (23 December 1929)
* (No.51)/ ''Oboro'' (8 November 1930)
* (No.52)/ ''Akebono'' (7 November 1930)
* (No.53)/ ''Sazanami'' (6 June 1931)
* (No.54)/ ''Ushio'' (17 November 1930)

''Akatsuki'' class — 4 ships

* (No.55)/ ''Akatsuki'' (7 May 1932)
* (No.56)/ ''Hibiki'' (22 December 1932)

* (No.57)/ ''Ikazuchi'' (22 October 1931)
* (No.58)/ ''Inazuma'' (25 February 1932)

— 6 ships

* (No.59)/ ''Hatsuharu'' (27 February 1933)
* (No.60)/ ''Nenohi'' (22 December 1932
* (No.61)/ ''Wakaba'' (18 March 1934)

* (No.62)/ ''Hatsushimo'' (4 November 1933
* (No.63)/ ''Ariake'' (23 September 1934)
* (No.64)/ ''Yūgure'' (6 May 1934)

— 4 ships

These four vessels were nominally "torpedo boats". Built under the 1st Naval Armaments Supplement Programme of 1931.

* ''Chidori'' (1 April 1933)
* ''Manazuru'' (11 July 1933)

* ''Tomozuru'' (1 October 1933)
* ''Hatsukari'' (19 December 1933)

The Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II

— 8 ships

These eight vessels were nominally "torpedo boats". The total of 8 excludes another 8 cancelled units.

* ''Ōtori'' (25 April 1935)
* ''Kasasagi'' (28 October 1935)
* ''Hiyodori'' (25 October 1935)
* ''Hayabusa'' (28 October 1935)

* ''Hato'' (25 January 1937)
* ''Sagi'' (30 January 1937)
* ''Kari'' (20 January 1937)
* ''Kiji'' (26 January 1937)

— 10 ships

* (No.65)/ ''Shiratsuyu'' (5 April 1935)
* (No.66)/ ''Shigure'' (18 May 1935)
* (No.67)/ ''Murasame'' (20 June 1935)
* (No.68)/ ''Yūdachi'' (21 June 1936)
* (No.69)/ ''Harusame'' (21 September 1935)

* (No.70)/ ''Samidare'' (6 July 1935)
* (No.71)/ ''Umikaze'' (27 November 1936)
* (No.72)/ ''Yamakaze'' (21 February 1936)
* (No.73)/ ''Kawakaze'' (1 November 1936)
* (No.74)/ ''Suzukaze'' (11 March 1937)

— 10 ships

* (No.75)/ ''Asashio'' (16 December 1936)
* (No.76)/ ''Ōshio'' (19 April 1937)
* (No.77)/ ''Michishio'' (15 March 1937)
* (No.78)/ ''Arashio'' (26 May 1937)
* (No.79)/ ''Yamagumo'' (24 July 1937)

* (No.80)/ ''Natsugumo'' (26 May 1937)
* (No.81)/ ''Asagumo'' (5 November 1937)
* (No.82)/ ''Minegumo'' (4 November 1937)
* (No.83)/ ''Arare'' (16 November 1937)
* (No.84)/ ''Kasumi'' (18 November 1937)

(Type A) — 19 ships

* (No.85)/ ''Kagerō'' (27 September 1938)
* (No.86)/ ''Shiranui'' (28 June 1938)
* (No.87)/ ''Kuroshio'' (25 October 1938)
* (No.88)/ ''Oyashio'' (29 November 1938)
* (No.89)/ ''Hayashio'' (19 April 1939)
* (No.90)/ ''Natsushio'' (23 February 1939)
* (No.91)/ ''Hatsukaze'' (24 January 1939)
* (No.92)/ ''Yukikaze'' (24 March 1939)
* (No.93)/ ''Amatsukaze'' (19 October 1939)
* (No.94)/ ''Tokitsukaze'' (10 November 1939)

* (No.95)/ ''Urakaze'' (19 April 1940)
* (No.96)/ ''Isokaze'' (19 June 1939)
* (No.97)/ ''Hamakaze'' (25 November 1940)
* (No.98)/ ''Tanikaze'' (1 November 1940)
* (No.99)/ ''Nowaki'' (17 September 1940)
* (No.100)/ ''Arashi'' (22 April 1940)
* (No.101)/ ''Hagikaze'' (18 June 1940)
* (No.102)/ ''Maikaze'' (15 March 1941)
* (No.103)/ ''Akigumo'' (11 April 1941)

''Akizuki'' class (Type B) — 12 ships

The total of 12 excludes 1 uncompleted (''Michitsuki'') and 3 cancelled; 21 intended further ships were never ordered.

* (No.104)/ ''Akizuki'' (2 July 1941)
* (No.105)/ ''Teruzuki'' (21 November 1941)
* (No.106)/ ''Suzutsuki'' (4 March 1942)
* (No.107)/ ''Hatsuzuki'' (3 April 1942)
* (No.108)/ ''Niizuki'' (29 June 1942)
* (No.109)/ ''Wakatsuki'' (24 November 1942)

* ''Shimotsuki'' (7 April 1943)
* ''Fuyutsuki'' (20 January 1944)
* ''Harutsuki'' (3 August 1944)
* ''Yoizuki'' (25 September 1944)
* ''Natsuzuki'' (2 December 1944)
* ''Hanazuki'' (10 October 1944)

(Type A) — 19 ships

The total of 19 excludes 8 cancelled.

* (No.110)/ ''Yūgumo'' (16 March 1941)
* (No.111)/ ''Makigumo'' (5 November 1941)
* (No.112)/ ''Kazagumo'' (26 September 1941)
* (No.113)/ ''Naganami'' (5 March 1942)
* (No.114)/ ''Makinami'' (17 December 1941)
* (No.115)/ ''Takanami'' (16 March 1942)
* (No.116)/ ''Ōnami'' (11 August 1942)
* (No.117)/ ''Kiyonami'' (17 August 1942)
* (No.118)/ ''Tamanami'' (20 December 1942)

* (No.120)/ ''Suzunami'' (12 March 1943)
* (No.121)/ ''Fujinami'' (20 April 1943)
* (No.122)/ ''Hayanami'' (19 December 1942)
* (No.123)/ ''Hamanami'' (18 April 1943)
* (No.124)/ ''Okinami'' (18 July 1943)
* (No.125)/ ''Kishinami'' (19 August 1943)
* (No.126)/ ''Asashimo'' (18 July 1943)
* (No.127)/ ''Hayashimo'' (November 1943)
* (No.128)/ ''Akishimo'' (5 December 1943)
* (No.129)/ ''Kiyoshimo'' (29 February 1944)

''Shimakaze'' class (Type C) — 1 ship

The total excludes 16 cancelled.The 16 units were ordered as #733-#748 under the 1942 Programme but were cancelled without being laid down.
* (No.119)/ ''Shimakaze'' (18 July 1942)

(Type D)— 18 ships

* ''Matsu'' (3 February 1944)
* ''Take'' (28 March 1944)
* ''Ume'' (24 April 1944)
* ''Momo'' (25 March 1944)
* ''Kuwa'' (25 May 1944)
* ''Kiri'' (27 May 1944)
* ''Sugi'' (3 July 1944)
* ''Maki'' (10 June 1944)
* ''Momi'' (16 June 1944)

* ''Kashi'' (13 August 1944)
* ''Kaya'' (30 July 1944)
* ''Nara'' (12 October 1944)
* ''Sakura'' (6 September 1944)
* ''Yanagi'' (25 November 1944)
* ''Tsubaki'' (30 September 1944)
* ''Hinoki'' (4 July 1944)
* ''Kaede'' (25 July 1944)
* ''Keyaki'' (30 September 1944)

(Modified ''Matsu -'' Type D Kai) — 23 ships

The total includes 9 never completed but excludes cancelled units

* ''Kaki'' (11 December 1944)
* ''Kaba'' (27 February 1945)
* ''Tachibana'' (14 October 1944)
* ''Tsuta'' (2 November 1944)
* ''Hagi'' (27 November 1944)
* ''Sumire'' (27 December 1944)
* ''Kusunoki'' (18 January 1945)
* ''Hatsuzakura'' (10 February 1945)
* ''Nire'' (25 November 1944)
* ''Nashi'' (17 January 1945) - was sunk during the war but was later refloated as ''JDS Wakaba'' of the JMSDF
* ''Enoki'' (27 January 1945)
* ''Odake'' (10 March 1945)
* ''Hatsuume'' (25 April 1945)
* ''Shii'' (13 January 1945)

* ''Yaezakura'' (17 March 1945) - not completed, construction stopped 23 June 1945
* ''Tochi'' (28 May 1945) - not completed, construction stopped 18 May 1945
* ''Katsura'' (23 June 1945) - not completed, construction stopped 23 June 1945
* ''Azusa'' - not launched, construction stopped 17 April 1945
* ''Sakaki'' - not launched, construction stopped 17 April 1945
* ''Hishi'' - not launched, construction stopped 17 April 1945
* ''Wakazakura'' not launched, construction stopped 11 May 1945
* ''Kuzu'' - not launched - construction stopped 17 April 1945
* ''Yadake'' - (1 May 1945 to clear slip) - not completed, construction stopped 17 April 1945

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Standard Destroyer

/ (DD) — 2 ships transferred 1954 from USA

* DD-181 ''Asakaze'' (ex USS ''Ellyson'' - launched 26 July 1941)

* DD-182 ''Hatakaze'' (ex USS ''Macomb'' - launched 23 September 1941)

/ (DD) — 2 ships transferred 1959 from USA

* DD-183 ''Ariake'' (ex USS ''Heywood L. Edwards'' - launched 6 October 1943)

* DD-184 ''Yūgure'' (ex USS ''Richard P. Leary'' - launched 6 October 1943)

(DD) — 2 ships

* DD-101 ''Harukaze'' (20 September 1955)

* DD-102 ''Yukikaze'' (20 August 1955)

(DDK) — 7 ships

* DD-103 ''Ayanami'' (1 June 1957)
* DD-104 ''Isonami'' (30 September 1957)
* DD-105 ''Uranami'' (29 August 1957)
* DD-106 ''Shikanami'' (25 September 1957)

* DD-110 ''Takanami'' (8 August 1959)
* DD-111 ''Ōnami'' (13 February 1960)
* DD-112 ''Makinami'' (25 April 1960)

''Murasame'' class (1958) (DDA) — 3 ships

* DDA-107 ''Murasame'' (31 July 1958)
* DDA-108 ''Yūdachi'' (31 July 1958)

* DDA-109 ''Harusame'' (18 June 1959)

''Akizuki'' class (1959) (DD) — 2 ships

* DD-161 ''Akizuki'' (26 June 1959)

* DD-162 ''Teruzuki'' (24 June 1959)

(DDK) — 6 ships

* DDK-113 ''Yamagumo'' (27 February 1965)
* DDK-114 ''Makigumo'' (26 July 1967)
* DDK-115 ''Asagumo'' (25 November 1966)

* DDK-119 ''Aokumo'' (30 March 1972)
* DDK-120 ''Akigumo'' (23 October 1973)
* DDK-121 ''Yūgumo'' (21 May 1977)

(DDA) — 4 ships

* DDA-164 ''Takatsuki'' (7 January 1966)
* DDA-165 ''Kikuzuki'' (25 March 1967)

* DDA-166 ''Mochizuki'' (15 March 1968)
* DDA-167 ''Nagatsuki'' (19 March 1979)

(DDK) — 3 ships

* DDK-116 ''Minegumo'' (16 December 1967)
* DDK-117 ''Natsugumo'' (25 July 1968)

* DDK-118 ''Murakumo'' (15 November 1969)

(DD) — 12 ships

* DD-122 ''Hatsuyuki'' (7 November 1980)
* DD-123 ''Shirayuki'' (4 August 1981)
* DD-124 ''Mineyuki'' (19 October 1982)
* DD-125 ''Sawayuki'' (21 June 1982)
* DD-126 ''Hamayuki'' (27 May 1982)
* DD-127 ''Isoyuki'' (19 September 1983)

* DD-128 ''Haruyuki'' (6 September 1983)
* DD-129 ''Yamayuki'' (10 July 1984)
* DD-130 ''Matsuyuki'' (25 October 1984)
* DD-131 ''Setoyuki'' (3 July 1985)
* DD-132 ''Asayuki'' (16 October 1985)
* DD-133 ''Shimayuki'' (29 January 1986)

(DD) — 8 ships

* DD-151 ''Asagiri'' (19 September 1986)
* DD-152 ''Yamagiri'' (10 October 1987)
* DD-153 ''Yūgiri'' (21 September 1987)
* DD-154 ''Amagiri'' (9 September 1987)

* DD-155 ''Hamagiri'' (4 June 1988)
* DD-156 ''Setogiri'' (12 September 1988)
* DD-157 ''Sawagiri'' (25 December 1988)
* DD-158 ''Umigiri'' (11 September 1989)

''Murasame'' class (1994) (DD) — 9 ships

(orders for 5 more were replaced by those for the succeeding ''Takanami'' class)

* DD-101 ''Murasame'' (23 August 1994)
* DD-102 ''Harusame'' (16 October 1995)
* DD-103 ''Yudachi'' (19 August 1997)
* DD-104 ''Kirisame'' (21 August 1997)
* DD-105 ''Inazuma'' (9 September 1998)

* DD-106 ''Samidare'' (24 September 1998)
* DD-107 ''Ikazuchi'' (24 June 1999)
* DD-108 ''Akebono'' (25 September 2000)
* DD-109 ''Ariake'' (16 October 2000)

(DD) — 5 ships

* DD-110 ''Takanami'' (26 July 2001)
* DD-111 ''Ōnami'' (20 September 2001)
* DD-112 ''Makinami'' (8 August 2002)

* DD-113 ''Sazanami'' (29 August 2003)
* DD-114 ''Suzunami'' (26 August 2004)

''Akizuki'' class (DD) — 4 ships

* DD-115 ''Akizuki'' (13 October 2010)
* DD-116 ''Teruzuki'' (15 September 2011)

* DD-117 ''Suzutsuki'' (17 October 2012)
* DD-118 ''Fuyuzuki'' (22 August 2012)

''Asahi'' class (DD) — 2 ships

* DD-119 ''Asahi'' (19 October 2016)

* DD-120 ''Shiranui'' (12 October 2017)

Guided Missile Destroyer

(DDG) — 1 ship
* DDG-163 ''Amatsukaze'' (5 October 1963)
(DDG) — 3 ships

* DDG-168 ''Tachikaze''
* DDG-169 ''Asakaze''

* DDG-170 ''Sawakaze''

(DDG) — 2 ships

* DDG-171 ''Hatakaze'' (9 November 1984)

* DDG-172 ''Shimakaze'' (30 January 1987)

(DDG) — 4 ships

* DDG-173 ''Kongō'' (20 September 1991)
* DDG-174 ''Kirishima'' (19 August 1993)

* DDG-175 ''Myōkō'' (5 October 1994)
* DDG-176 ''Chōkai'' (27 August 1996)

(DDG) — 2 ships

* DDG-177 ''Atago'' (24 August 2005)

* DDG-178 ''Ashigara'' (30 August 2006)

(DDG) — 2 ships

* DDG-179 ''Maya'' (30 July 2018)

* DDG-180 ''Haguro'' (17 July 2019)

Helicopter Destroyer

(DDH) — 2 ships

* DDH-141 ''Haruna'' (1 February 1972)

* DDH-142 ''Hiei'' (13 August 1973)

(DDH) — 2 ships

* DDH-143 ''Shirane'' (18 September 1978)

* DDH-144 ''Kurama'' (20 September 1979)

(DDH) — 2 ships

* DDH-181 ''Hyuga'' (23 August 2007)

* DDH-182 ''Ise'' (21 August 2009)

(DDH) — 2 ships

(Re-designated as multi-purpose operation destroyer)

* DDH-183 ''Izumo'' (6 August 2013)

* DDH-184 ''Kaga'' (27 August 2015)

Small Escort

''Tachibana'' class — 1 ship
*DE-261 '' Wakaba'' (formerly IJN destroyer ''Nashi'')
(DE) — 2 ships transferred 1955 from USA

* DE-262 ''Asahi'' (ex USS ''Amick'' - launch 27 May 1943)

* DE-263 ''Hatsuhi'' (ex USS ''Atherton'' - launch 27 May 1943)

(DE) - 1 ship

* DE-201 ''Akebono'' (30 October 1955)
(DE) — 2 ships

* DE-202 ''Ikazuchi'' (6 September 1955)

* DE-203 ''Inazuma'' (4 August 1955)

(DE)— 4 ships

* DE-211 ''Isuzu'' (17 January 1961)
* DE-212 ''Mogami'' (7 March 1961)

* DE-213 ''Kitakami'' (21 June 1963)
* DE-214 ''Ōi'' (15 June 1963)

(DE)— 11 ships

* DE-215 ''Chikugo'' (13 January 1970)
* DE-216 ''Ayase'' (16 September 1970)
* DE-217 ''Mikuma'' (16 February 1971)
* DE-218 ''Tokashi'' (25 November 1971)
* DE-219 ''Iwase'' (29 June 1972)
* DE-220 ''Chitose'' (25 January 1973)

* DE-221 ''Noyodo'' (28 August 1973)
* DE-222 ''Teshio'' (29 May 1974)
* DE-223 ''Yoshino'' (22 August 1974)
* DE-224 ''Kumano'' (24 February 1975)
* DE-225 ''Noshiro'' (23 December 1976)

(DE) - 1 ship

* DE-226 ''Ishikari'' (18 March 1980)

(DE)— 2 ships

* DE-227 ''Yūbari'' (22 February 1982)

* DE-228 ''Yūbetsu'' (25 January 1983)

(DE)— 6 ships

* DE-229 ''Abukuma'' (21 December 1988)
* DE-230 ''Jintsū'' (31 January 1989)
* DE-231 ''Ōyodo'' (19 December 1989)

* DE-232 ''Sendai'' (26 January 1990)
* DE-233 ''Chikuma'' (25 January 1992)
* DE-234 ''Tone'' (6 December 1991)

(FFM)— 6 ships

(2 ships completed, 4 ships are under construction, 2 more ordered and with plan to construct a total of 22 ships)

* FFM-1 ''Mogami'' (2022)
* FFM-2 ''Kumano'' (2022)
* FFM-3 ''Noshiro'' (2022)
* FFM-4 ''Mikuma'' (2022)

* FFM-5 ''Yahagi'' (2022)
* FFM-6 Under construction.
* FFM7-8 On order

References

*Jentschura, Hansgeorg & Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter. ''Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945''. Arms & Armour Press, 1977. .
*Stille, Mark. ''Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-45 (1) - Minekaze to Shiratsuyu Classes''. Osprey Publishing (No. 198), 2013.
*Stille, Mark. ''Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-45 (2) - Asashio to Tachibana Classes''. Osprey Publishing (No. 202), 2013.
*Stille, Mark. ''Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45''. Osprey Publishing (No. 248), 2017.
*Watts, Anthony J. ''Japanese Warships of World War II''. Ian Allan Ltd, London, 1966.
*Whitley, M. J. ''Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia''. Arms & Armour Press, 2000. .

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