List of ships of the Japanese Navy
The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Contents
- 1 Medieval warships
- 2 Early modern warships
- 3 Battleships
- 4 Aircraft carriers
- 5 Cruisers
- 6 Destroyers
- 7 Torpedo Boats
- 8 Gunboats
- 9 Patrol Vessels
- 10 Minelayers
- 11 Submarines
- 12 Suicide boats
- 13 references
- 14 External links
- 15 See also
Medieval 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
Shōhei Maru (1854) Kanrin Maru (1855)- Shōhei 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
- Banryo
- Chogei
- Shinsoku
- Mikaho
- Yoharu
- Kasuga
- Chiyodagata (1863), Japan's first domestically-built steam warship.
- Hiryū
- Teibo
- Ryūjō (1864) The Japanese gunboat Unyo.
- Unyo
- Nisshin
Covettes and gunboats
- Hiei class
- Amagi
- Tsukushi
- Kaimon
- Tenryū
- Katsuragi class
- Heien (1882, ex-Chinese, captured 1895) - Armored gunboat
Battleships
Kotetsu (1864)- Kōtetsu, (1864 - 1888) - Japan's first ironclad warship, later renamed Azuma {Ex-"CSS Stonewall"}
- Fusō (1877 - 1910)
- Battleship prizes of the First Sino-Japanese War :
- Shikishima-class
- Shikishima (1898 – 1948)
- Hatsuse (1899 – 1904)
- Asahi (1899 – 1942)
- Mikasa (1900 – Preserved)
- Battleship prizes of the Russo-Japanese War :
- Iki (1889, ex-Russian Imperator Nikolai I) (1905 - 1915)
- Tango (1892, ex-Russian Poltava) (1905 - 1923)
- Sagami (1898, ex-Russian Peresviet) (1905 - 1916)
- Suwo (1900, ex-Russian Pobieda) (1905 - 1946)
- Hizen (1900, ex-Russian Retvizan) (1905 - 1924)
- Iwami (1902, ex-Russian Orel) (1905 - 1924)
- Mishima (1894, ex-Russian Admiral Senyavin) (1905 - 1936)
- Okinoshima (1896, ex-Russian General-Admiral Graf Apraxin) (1905 - 1925)
- Kongō-class – Battlecruisers rebuilt as fast battleships
- Battleship prizes of World
War I:
- ex-Turkish Torgud Reis, ex-German Weissenburg, assigned but not taken over) - BU 1938
- ex-German Nassau BU 1920
- ex-German Oldenburg - BU 1921
- Kaga-class
- Kaga (1921 - converted to an aircraft carrier)
- Tosa (cancelled 1922)
Aircraft carriers
Hosho (1921)- Wakamiya (1913)
- Notoro (1920)
- Hōshō (1921)
- Kaga (1921)
- Akagi (1925)
- Ryūjō (1931)
- Ryuho (1933)
- Shinyo (1934)
- Sōryū-class
- Zuihō-class
- Chitose-class
- Kaiyo (1938)
- Shōkaku-class
- Hiyō-class
- Taiyō-class
- Akitsu Maru-class
- Akitsu Maru (1941)
- Nigitsu Maru (1942)
- Shōhō-class
- Taihō (1943)
- Unryū-class
- Shinano (1944)
- Shimane Maru-class
- Shimane Maru (1944)
- Otakisan Maru (not completed)
- Yamashiro Maru-class
- Yamashiro Maru (1944)
- Chigusa Maru (not completed)
- Kumano Maru (1945)
Cruisers
Protected Cruisers
- ex-Chinese cruisers as prizes of First Sino-Japanese War
- Saien (1895-1904)
- Izumi (1884 - 1912)
- Unebi (1886 - 1887)
- Yaeyama (1890 - 1911)
- Chiyoda (1891 - 1927)
- Chishima (1892 - 1892)
- Matsushima-class
- Itsukushima (1891 - 1926)
- Matsushima (1892 - 1908)
- Hashidate (1894 - 1927)
- Akitsushima (1894 - 1927)
- Yoshino (1893 - 1904)
- Takasago (1898 - 1904)
- Otowa (1904 - 1917)
- Tone (1910 - 1931)
- ex-Russian cruisers as prizes of Russo-Japanese War
Dispatch Vessels
TenryūLight Cruisers
Kitakami- ex-German cruisers as prize of World
War I
- Y (1909, ex-German Augsburg, 1920 - 1922)
- Yubari (1923 - 1944)
- ex-Republic of China cruisers as prizes of Second Sino-Japanese War
- Ioshima (1931 ex-Ning Hai) (1937 - 1944)
- Yasojima (1935 ex-P'ing Hai) (1937 - 1944)
- Ōyodo-class
- Ōyodo (1943 - 1945)
- Niyodo (not completed)
Armored cruisers
Tokiwa- Yakumo (1900 - 1946)
- Azuma (1900 - 1944)
- ex-Russian armored cruisers as prizes of the Russo-Japanese War
Battlecruisers
Tsukuba- Kongō-class (battlecruisers converted to "fast battleships" in 1920s)
- Amagi-class battlecruisers:
- Amagi (not completed)
- Akagi (converted to aircraft carrier)
- Atago (not launched)
- Takao (not launched)
Heavy Cruisers
Maya Mogami- Ibuki class
- Ibuki (1943; converted to aircraft carrier)
- ? (No. 301) (not launched)
Destroyers
1st Class Destroyers
- Minekaze-class (1919 – 1922)
- Kamikaze-class (1922 – 1925)
- Asakaze
- Asanagi
- Harukaze
- Hatakaze
- Hayate
- Kamikaze
- Matsukaze
- Oite
- Yūnagi
- Mutsuki-class (1925 – 1927)
- Fubuki-class (1927 – 1931)
- Akatsuki-class (1931 – 1932)
- Hatsuharu-class (1932 – 1934)
- Shiratsuyu-class (1935 – 1937)
- Asashio-class (1936 – 1937)
- Kagerō-class (1938 – 1941)
- Yugumo-class (1941 – 1944)
- Akizuki-class (1941 – 1944)
- Shimakaze-class (1942)
- Matsu-class (1944 – 1948)
- Tachibana-class (1944 – 1945)
- Azusa (not launched)
- Enoki
- Hagi
- Hatsuume
- Hatsuzakura
- Hishi (not launched)
- Kaba
- Kagi
- 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
- Momi-class (1919 – 1922)
- Aoi
- Ashi
- Fuji
- Hagi
- Hasu
- Hishi
- Kaki
- Kaya
- Kiku
- Kuri
- Momi
- Nashi
- Sumire
- Susuki
- Tade
- Take
- Tsuga
- Tsuta
- Warabi
- Yomogi
- Wakatake-class (1922 – 1923)
- Asagao
- Fuyō
- Karukaya
- Kuretaka
- Sanae
- Wakatake
Torpedo Boats
- Tomozuru-class (1933)
- Chidori
- Hatsukari
- Manazuru
- Tomozuru
- Ōtori-class (1935 – 1937)
- Hato
- Hayabusa
- Hiyodori
- Kari
- Kasasagi
- Kiji
- Ōtori
- Sagi
Gunboats
- Akagi
- Ataka
- Karatsu {formerly USS Luzon (PR-7)}
- Katada
- Sumida
- Hozu
- Futami
- Kotaka
- Atami
- Seta
- Toba
- Hira
Patrol Vessels
- Patrol Boat # 32-sunk at Battle of Wake Island
- Patrol Boat # 33-sunk at Battle of Wake Island
- Patrol Boat # 102-formerly USN Destroyer USS Stewart (DD-224)
Minelayers
Submarines
Main article Imperial Japanese Navy
submarines
1st Class Submarines
- Junsen-class
- Kou-class
- Otu-class
- B1 type,Otu gata(S37) (乙型 (S37), Otu gata(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.
- B2 type,Otu gata(S37B) (乙型 (S37B), Otu gata(S37B)?), 6 units, I-40, I-41, I-42, I-43, I-44, I-45.
- B3 type,Otu gata(S37C) (乙型 (S37C), Otu gata(S37C)?), 3 units, I-54, I-56, I-58.
- Hei-class
- Tei-class
- Kaidai-class
- KD1 type,Kaidai 1 gata (海大Ⅰ型, Kaidai 1 gata?), I-51.
- KD2 type,Kaidai 2 gata (海大Ⅱ型, Kaidai 2 gata?), I-152(52).
- KD3a type,Kaidai 3 gata a (海大Ⅲ型a, Kaidai 3 gata a?), 4 units, I-153(53), I-154(54), I-155(55), I-158(58).
- KD3b type,Kaidai 3 gata b (海大Ⅲ型b, Kaidai 3 gata b?), 5 units, I-156(56), I-157(57), I-159(59), I-60, I-63.
- KD4 type,Kaidai 4 gata (海大Ⅳ型, Kaidai 4 gata?), 3 units, I-61, I-162(62), I-164(64),
- KD5 type,Kaidai 5 gata (海大Ⅴ型, Kaidai 5 gata?), 3 units, I-165(65), I-166(66), I-67,
- KD6a type,Kaidai 6 gata a (海大Ⅵ型a, Kaidai 6 gata a?), 6 units, I-168(68), I-169(69), I-70, I-171(71), I-172(72), I-73.
- KD6b type,Kaidai 6 gata b (海大Ⅵ型b, Kaidai 6 gata b?), 2 units, I-174(74), I-175(75).
- KD7 type,Kaidai 7 gata (海大Ⅶ型, Kaidai 7 gata?), 10units, I-176(76), I-177, I-178, I-179, I-180, I-181, I-182, I-183, I-184, I-185.
- Toku type,Toku gata (特型, Toku gata?), 3 units, I-400, I-401, I-402 (I-404 not launched, I-405 not completed).
- Senkou dai type,Senkou-dai (潜高大, Senkou-dai?), 3 units, I-201, I-202, I-203 (I-204 to I-208 not completed).
- Senho type,Senho (潜補, Senho?), I-351 (I-352 not completed).
- Kiraisen (Mine layer) type,Kiraisen (機雷潜, Kiraisen?), 4 units I-121, I-122, I-123, I-124.
- Captured German submarines, 6 units, I-501(U-181), I-502(U-862), I-503(UIT-24), I-504(UIT-25), I-505(U-219), I-506(U-195).
2nd Class Submarines
Kaichu type submarine RO-33- Kaichu type, 20 units, RO-33, RO-34, 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
- K1 type
- F1 type
- L1 type
- K2 type
- L2 type
- K3 type
- F2 type
- L3 type
- K4 type
- KT type
- L4 type
- KS type
- SS type
- STS type
3rd Class Submarines
Ko-hyoteki-class submarine- Ko-hyoteki-class, 50 units.
- Kairyu-class, about 250 units (750 planned).
- Kaiten-class, about 1000 units.
- C1 type
- C2 type
- S1 type
- Kawasaki-class
- S2 type
- No.71,Dai 71 gou-kan (第71号艦, Dai 71 gou-kan?),71-gou
Army submarines
- Yu1 class
- Yu1001 class
- Yu2001 class
Other submarines
- Holland-class
- modified Holland class
Suicide boats
- Shinyo. 6,200 units.
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