List of ships of the Imperial 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 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.
* (1607) – Built by William Adams (sailor, born 1564), William Adams for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Crossed the Pacific in 1610.
* (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

* (1854) – Japan's first post-seclusion Western-style sail warship.
* (1854)
* (1856)

Steam warships

* ''Kankō Maru'' (1855), Japan's first steam warship.
* (1855) – Japan's first screw-driven steam warship
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Corvettes and gunboats

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Battleships

Pre-dreadnoughts

File:Stonewall-Kotetsu.jpg,
File:Battleship_Shikishima.jpg,
File:Japanese_battleship_Asahi.jpg,

Prizes of the Russo-Japanese War

Battleships

Coastal defense ships

Transitional Dreadnoughts

File:Imperial_Japanese_Battleship_Katori_circa_1915.png,
File:Japanese_battleship_Satsuma.jpg,
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Battleship prizes of World War I

Battlecruisers

File:Japanese cruiser Tsukuba.jpg,
File:Japanese_cruiser_Ibuki_ca_1910.jpg,
File:Kirishima_Sasebo_1915.jpg,

In commission during World War II

Old battleships

File:Haruna_1934.jpg,
File:Fuso_Trial_Heading_Left.jpg,
File:Battleship-carrier_Ise.jpg, after conversion
File:Japanese_Battleship_Nagato_1944.jpg,

‡ Before conversion to hybrid aircraft carriers

Super battleships

File:Japanese_battleships_Yamato_and_Musashi_moored_in_Truk_Lagoon,_in_1943_(L42-08.06.02).jpg, left, ''Yamato'' and ''Musashi'' in Chuuk Lagoon, Truk Atoll, 1943

Seaplane tenders

* (1913)
* Japanese seaplane tender Notoro, ''Notoro'' (1920)
* Japanese seaplane tender Akitsushima, ''Akitsushima''
* Japanese seaplane tender Kamoi, ''Kamoi''
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Aircraft carriers

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* (liner converted to escort carrier in 1942) (liner converted to escort carrier in 1943)
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* (converted from submarine tender in 1942)

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* light aircraft carriers
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** ''Aso'' (not completed)
** ''Ikoma'' (not completed)
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* escort carrier
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** ''Otakisan Maru'' (not completed)
* auxiliary escort carrier (used by the Army)
** (1944)
** ''Chigusa Maru'' (not completed)
* (1945) (used by the Army)

Cruisers

Protected cruisers

File:Japanese cruiser Izumi at Sasebo 1908.jpg,
File:Japanese cruiser Itsukushima.jpg,
File:Japanese cruiser Akashi.jpg,
File:IJN Chikuma in 1912 during commissioning.jpg,

Prizes of Russo-Japanese War

Armored cruisers

File:Japanese cruiser Tokiwa.jpg,
File:Japanese cruiser Yakumo.jpg,

Other cruisers

Dispatch vessels

Foreign built

In commission during World War II

Old light cruisers

File:IJN Tenru in Yokosuka 1925.jpg,
File:Japanese cruiser Kitakami in 1935.jpg,
File:Abukuma cl1941.jpg,
File:Sendai_class_light_cruiser.jpg,

Heavy cruisers

File:Japanese cruiser Furutaka - 19260405.jpg,
File:CruiserHaguro.jpg,
File:Heavy Cruiser Maya.jpg,
File:Mogami running trials in 1935.jpg,

New light cruisers

File:Japanese cruiser Kashii 1941.jpg,
File:Japanese cruiser Agano.jpg,
File:OyodoJun43.jpg,

Destroyers

1st Class destroyers

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* Kamikaze-class destroyer (1922), ''Kamikaze'' class (1922–1925)
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* Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931), ''Akatsuki'' class (1931–1932)
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* Akizuki-class destroyer (1942), ''Akizuki'' class (1941–1944)
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** ''Michizuki'' (not completed)
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* Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1942), ''Shimakaze'' class (1942)
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** ''Azusa'' (not launched)
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** ''Tochi'' (not completed)
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** ''Wakazakura'' (not launched)
** ''Yadake'' (not completed)
** ''Yaezakura'' (not completed)

2nd Class destroyers

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3rd Class destroyers

* (1898–1922)
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Torpedo boats

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River gunboats

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* Kozakura-class traffic boat

Minesweepers

* No.1 class minesweeper (1923), ''No.1'' class
* No.13-class minesweeper, ''No.13'' class
* No.7 class minesweeper (1938), ''No.7'' class
* No.19-class minesweeper, ''No.19'' class
* No.1 class auxiliary minesweeper, Aux. ''No.1'' class

Patrol vessels

* (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 a

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** Patrol Boat ''No. 1'' (ex-

** Patrol Boat ''No. 2'' (ex-

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** Patrol Boat ''No. 31'' (ex-

** Patrol Boat ''No. 32'' (ex-

** Patrol Boat ''No. 33'' (ex-

** Patrol Boat ''No. 34'' (ex-

** Patrol Boat ''No. 35'' (ex-

** Patrol Boat ''No. 36'' (ex-

** Patrol Boat ''No. 37'' (ex-

** Patrol Boat ''No. 38'' (ex-

** Patrol Boat ''No. 39'' (ex-

** Patrol Boat ''No. 46'' (ex-

* Patrol Boat ''No. 101'' (ex-

* Patrol Boat ''No. 102'' (ex-

* Patrol Boat ''No. 103'' (ex-

* Patrol Boat ''No. 104'' (ex-HNLMS Valk, HNLMS ''Valk''

* Japanese patrol boat No. 105 (1931), Patrol Boat ''No. 105'' (ex-''Arayat''

* Patrol Boat ''No. 106'' (ex-

* Patrol Boat ''No. 107'' (ex-

* Patrol Boat ''No. 108'' (ex-HNLMS Arend, HNLMS ''Arend''

* Patrol Boat ''No. 109'' (ex-HNLMS Fazant, HNLMS ''Fazant''

Minelayers

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Submarines

1st Class submarines

* ''Junsen'' class
** Type J1 submarine, Type J1, , 4 units, , , , .
** J1M type submarine, Type J1M, , .
** J2 type submarine, Type J2, , .
** J3 type submarine, Type J3, , 2 units, , .
* ''Kou'' class
** Type A1 submarine, Type A1, , 3 units, , , .
** A2 type submarine, Type A2, , .

** Type AM submarine, Type AM, , 2 units, , .
* ''Otsu'' class
** Type B1 submarine, Type B1, , 20 units, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
** Type B submarine#Type-B Mod.1 (I-40 class), Type B2, , 6 units, , , , , , .
** Type B submarine#Type-B Mod.2 (I-54 class), Type B3, , 3 units, , , .
* Type C submarine, ''Hei'' class
** Type C submarine#Type-C .28I-16 class.29, Type C1, , 5 units, , , , , .
** Type C submarine#Type-C .28I-16 class.29, Type C2, , 3 units, , , .

** I-52-class submarine, Type C3, , 3 units, , , .
* Type D submarine, ''Tei'' class
** Type D submarine#I-361 class, Type D1, , 12 units, , , , , , , , , , , , (S51B).
** Type D submarine#I-373 class, Type D2, , .
* Kaidai-class submarine, ''Kaidai'' class
** KD1 type submarine, Type KD1, , .
** KD2 type submarine, Type KD2, , (ex-''I-52'').
** KD3a type submarine, Type KD3a, , 4 units, (ex-''I-53''), (ex-''I-54''), (ex-''I-55''), (ex-''I-58'').
** KD3b type submarine, Type KD3b, , 5 units, (ex-''I-56''), (ex-''I-57''), (ex-''I-59''), , .
** KD4 type submarine, Type KD4, , 3 units, , (ex-''I-62''), (ex-''I-64'')
** KD5 type submarine, Type KD5, , 3 units, ' (ex-''I-65''), (ex-''I-66''),
** KD6a type submarine, Type KD6a, , 6 units, (ex-''I-68''), (ex-''I-69''), , (ex-''I-71''), (ex-''I-72''), .
** KD6b type submarine, Type KD6b, , 2 units, (ex-''I-74''), (ex-''I-75'').
** KD7 type submarine, Type KD7, , 10 units, (ex-''I-76''), , , , , , , , , .

* I-400-class submarine, ''Sentoku'' type, , 3 units, , , (''I-404'' not launched, ''I-405'' not completed).
* I-201-class submarine, ''Sentaka'' type, , 3 units, , , (''I-204'' to ''I-208'' not completed).
* I-351-class submarine, ''Senho'' type, , (''I-352'' not completed).
* I-121-class submarine, ''Kiraisen'' (Mine layer) type, , 4 units (ex-''I-21''), (ex-''I-22''), (ex-''I-23''), (ex-''I-24'').
* Captured German submarines, 6 units, ''I-501'' (ex-), ''I-502'' (ex-), ''I-503'' (ex-''UIT-24'', ex-), ''I-504'' (ex-''UIT-25'', ex-), ''I-505'' (ex-), ''I-506'' (ex-).

2nd Class submarines

* Type F submarine, Type F
** Type F1, 2 units, , .
** Type F2, , 3 units, , , .
* Kaichū type submarine, Kaichū type
**Type K1, , 2 units, , .
**Type K2, , 3 units, , , .
**Type K3, , 10 units, , , , , , , , , , .
**Type K4, , 3 units, , , .
**Type KT (Toku-Chū), , 5 units, ,, ''Submarine No. 70'', , .
**Type K6, , 2 units, , .
**Type KS (Sen-Chū), , 18 units, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
* Japanese Type L submarine, Type L
** Type L1, , 2 units, , .
** Type L2, , 4 units, , , , .
** Type L3, , 3 units, , , .
** Type L4, , 9 units, , , , , , , , , .
* Ro-100-class submarine, Ko Type, 18 units, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
* Ha-101-class submarine, Sen'yu-Shō Type, 10 units, , , , , ', , , , , (''Ha-110'' and ''Ha-112'' not completed)
* Ha-201-class submarine, Sentaka-Shō Type, 11 units, , , , , , , , , , (''Ha-206'', ''Ha-211'' to ''Ha-215'', ''Ha-217'' to ''Ha-279'' not completed)
* Ex-German submarines, 2 units, ''Ro-500'' (ex-), ''Ro-501'' (ex-).

3rd Class submarines

* , 101 units.
* , about 250 units (750 planned).
* ''Kaiten'', about 1000 units.
* Ha-1-class submarine, C1 type
* Ha-3-class submarine, C2 type
* S1 type submarine, S1 type
* Kawasaki-class, ''Kawasaki'' class
* S2 type submarine, S2 type
* Submarine No.71, No.71, ,71-gou

Army submarines

* Type 3 submergence transport vehicle
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Other submarines

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* modified ''Holland'' class

Suicide boats

* Shinyo (suicide boat), ''Shinyo'', 6,200 units.

See also

* Japanese ship naming conventions
* Japanese destroyers of World War II
* List of sunken aircraft carriers#Japan, List of sunken aircraft carriers
* List of aircraft carriers by country#Japan, 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

External links

MaritimeQuest Japanese Destroyer Index
















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