List of Japanese Navy ships and war vessels in World War II

This List of Japanese Navy ships and war vessels in World War II is a list of seafaring vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy of World War Two. It includes submarines, battleships, oilers, minelayers and other types of Japanese sea vessels of war and naval ships used during wartime. (This list is not yet complete.)

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Abbreviations for units

Midget submarines

"Kaiten" Type1 Suicide Attack Midget Submarine

"Kairyu" midget submarine

Undersea-carrier submarines

Modified A Type 2 "Ko-Kai 2" Class(I-14)

Type B "Otsu" Class(I-15/26)

Modified B Type2"Otsu-Kai 2" Class(I-54)

Sento-Ku Class(I-400/402)

Submarine Depot Ships

Taigei Class(Taigei)

Tsurugizaki Class(Tsurugizaki)

Heian Class(Heian)

Jingei Class

Surface oilers and tankers

Shiretoko Class(Shiretoko)

Minelayers

Tsugaru Class(Tsugaru)

Okinoshima Class(Okinoshima)

Seaplane Tenders

Chitose Class(Chitose)

Mizuho Class(Mizuho)

Kamikawa Class(Kamikawa)

Coastal Defense ships

Shimushu-class(Ishigaki)

Etorofu-class(Matsuwa)

Mikura-class(Chiburi)

Ukuru-class(Okinawa)

Aircraft Carriers

Akagi Class(Akagi)

Kaga Class(Kaga)

Sōryū Class(Sōryū)

Hiryū Class(Hiryū)

Shōkaku Class(Shōkaku)

Shōkaku Class(Zuikaku)

Taiho class (Taiho)

Tank Landing Ship

ES-Tei Class

Aircraft Battleships

Ise Class(Ise)

Battleships

Mikasa Class(Mikasa)

Yamato Class(Yamato)

Nagato Class(Nagato)

Commissioned:1920—1921

Special Attack Boat

Suicide Attack Boat "Shinyo" Class

See also