List of Japanese Navy ships and war vessels in World War II
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This List of Japanese Naval ships and war vessels in World War II is a list of seafaring vessels of the
Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II, at the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941, was the third most powerful navy in the world, and the naval air service was one of the most potent air forces in the world. During the first six mo ...
. It includes
submarine A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...
s,
battleship A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of large caliber guns. It dominated naval warfare in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The term ''battleship'' came into use in the late 1880s to describe a type of ...
s, oilers,
minelayer A minelayer is any warship, submarine or military aircraft deploying explosive mines. Since World War I the term "minelayer" refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying naval mines. "Mine planting" was the term for installing controll ...
s and other types of Japanese sea vessels of war and naval ships used during wartime.


Aircraft carrier


Heavy/Fleet carriers


Light carriers


Escort carriers


Seaplane tenders


Armoured vessels


Battlecruisers


Battleships


Heavy cruisers


Light cruisers


Destroyers


Destroyers


Torpedo boats


Destroyer escorts (''Kaibōkan'')


Patrol boats


Submarine chasers


Submarine


Submarine tender


Gunboats


Mine warfare vessels


Auxiliary vessels


Food Supply Ship


Repair ship


Survey ship

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Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II, at the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941, was the third most powerful navy in the world, and the naval air service was one of the most potent air forces in the world. During the first six mo ...
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List of Japanese military equipment of World War II The following is a list of Japanese military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels, and other support equipment of both the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from operations conducte ...
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List of ships of the Japanese Navy The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868-1945. 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 ...
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List of ships of the Second World War This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing ...
* Navy ships and war vessels **