List of ships of the Japanese Navy

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The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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[edit] Medieval warships

[edit] Early modern warships

[edit] Western-style sail warships

Shōhei Maru (1854)
Shōhei Maru (1854)
Kanrin Maru (1855)
Kanrin Maru (1855)

[edit] Steam warships

[edit] Covettes and gunboats

[edit] Battleships

Kotetsu (1864)
Kotetsu (1864)
  • Kōtetsu, (1864 - 1888) - Japan's first ironclad warship, later renamed Azuma {Ex-"CSS Stonewall"}
  • Fusō (1877 - 1910)
  • Kaga-class
    • Kaga (1921 - converted to an aircraft carrier)
    • Tosa (cancelled 1922)
Yamato (1940)
Yamato (1940)

[edit] Aircraft carriers

Hosho (1921)
Hosho (1921)
Taihō (1943).
Taihō (1943).
  • Taihō (1943)
  • Unryū-class
    • Amagi (1943)
    • Unryū (1943)
    • Katsuragi (1944)
    • Kasagi (not completed)
    • Aso (not completed)
    • Ikoma (not completed)
  • 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)

[edit] Cruisers

[edit] Protected Cruisers

Izumi
Izumi
Itsukushima
Itsukushima
Akashi
Akashi
Chikuma
Chikuma

[edit] Dispatch Vessels

Tenryū
Tenryū
  • Yodo-class

[edit] Light Cruisers

Kitakami
Kitakami
  • ex-German cruisers as prize of World War I
    • Y (1909, ex-German Augsburg, 1920 - 1922)
Abukuma
Abukuma
Kashii
Kashii
Agano
Agano

[edit] Armored cruisers

Tokiwa
Tokiwa
Yakumo
Yakumo
Aso

[edit] Battlecruisers

Tsukuba
Tsukuba
  • Amagi-class battlecruisers:
    • Amagi (not completed)
    • Akagi (converted to aircraft carrier)
    • Atago (not launched)
    • Takao (not launched)
Kako
Kako

[edit] Heavy Cruisers

Maya
Maya
Mogami
Mogami
  • Ibuki class
    • Ibuki (1943; converted to aircraft carrier)
    • ? (No. 301) (not launched)

[edit] Destroyers

[edit] 1st Class Destroyers

[edit] 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

[edit] Torpedo Boats

  • Tomozuru-class (1933)
    • Chidori
    • Hatsukari
    • Manazuru
    • Tomozuru
  • Ōtori-class (1935 – 1937)
    • Hato
    • Hayabusa
    • Hiyodori
    • Kari
    • Kasasagi
    • Kiji
    • Ōtori
    • Sagi

[edit] Gunboats

[edit] Patrol Vessels

[edit] Minelayers

[edit] Submarines

Main article Imperial Japanese Navy submarines

1st Class Submarines

  • Junsen-class
    • J1 type,Junsen 1 gata (巡潜Ⅰ型?), 4 units, I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4.
    • J1M type,Junsen 1 gata kai (巡潜Ⅰ型改?), I-5.
    • J2 type,Junsen 2 gata (巡潜Ⅱ型?), I-6.
    • J3 type,Junsen 3 gata (巡潜Ⅲ型?), 2 units, I-7, I-8.
  • Kou-class
    • A1 type, Kou gata(S35) (甲型 (S35)?), 3 units, I-9, I-10, I-11.
    • A2 type, Kou gata(S35B) (甲型 (S35B)?), I-12.
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AM type submarine I-14
    • AM type, Kou gata(S35G) (甲型 (S35G)?), 2 units, I-13, I-14.
  • Otu-class
    • B1 type,Otu 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.
    • B2 type,Otu gata(S37B) (乙型 (S37B)?), 6 units, I-40, I-41, I-42, I-43, I-44, I-45.
    • B3 type,Otu gata(S37C) (乙型 (S37C)?), 3 units, I-54, I-56, I-58.
  • Hei-class
    • C1 type,Hei gata(S38) (丙型 (S38)?), 5 units, I-16, I-18, I-20, I-22, I-24.
    • C2 type,Hei gata(S38B) (丙型 (S38B)?), 3 units, I-46, I-47, I-48.
C3 type submarine I-55
C3 type submarine I-55
    • C3 type,Hei gata(S37D) (丙型 (S37D)?), 3 units, I-52, I-53, I-55.
  • Tei-class
    • D1 type,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).
    • D2 type,Tei gata kai(S51C) (丁型改 (S51C)?), I-373.
  • Kaidai-class
    • KD1 type,Kaidai 1 gata (海大Ⅰ型?), I-51.
    • KD2 type,Kaidai 2 gata (海大Ⅱ型?), I-152(52).
    • KD3a type,Kaidai 3 gata a (海大Ⅲ型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?), 5 units, I-156(56), I-157(57), I-159(59), I-60, I-63.
    • KD4 type,Kaidai 4 gata (海大Ⅳ型?), 3 units, I-61, I-162(62), I-164(64),
    • KD5 type,Kaidai 5 gata (海大Ⅴ型?), 3 units, I-165(65), I-166(66), I-67,
    • KD6a type,Kaidai 6 gata a (海大Ⅵ型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?), 2 units, I-174(74), I-175(75).
    • KD7 type,Kaidai 7 gata (海大Ⅶ型?), 10units, I-176(76), I-177, I-178, I-179, I-180, I-181, I-182, I-183, I-184, I-185.
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I-400 (Toku Type) (1944)
  • Toku type,Toku gata (特型?), 3 units, I-400, I-401, I-402 (I-404 not launched, I-405 not completed).
  • Senkou dai type,Senkou-dai (潜高大?), 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, 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 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 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?),71-gou

Army submarines

  • Yu1 class
  • Yu1001 class
  • Yu2001 class

Other submarines

[edit] Suicide boats

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