List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy

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The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868–1945.<ref name="WIJN">Template:Cite book</ref> 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. Template:Inc-transport

Early warships

Early modern warships

Western-style sail warships

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Steam warships

Corvettes and gunboats

Battleships

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Pre-dreadnoughts

Ship or class Displacement Main
battery 		Secondary
battery 		Torpedo
tubes 		Complement Speed Ships in class
Ship Keel
laid 		Commissioned Fate
Template:Ship, ex-CSS Stonewall; renamed Azuma, Dec 1871 1,390 t 1× Template:Convert 2x Template:Convert 135 Template:Cvt 1863 Feb 1869 Sold for scrap, Dec 1889
Template:Ship 3,717 t 4x Template:Convert 2x Template:Convert 295 Template:Cvt Sep 1875(?) Jan 1878 Sold for scrap, 1909
Chin'en
(Prize of First Sino-Japanese War) 		7,220 t 4× Template:Convert 2x Template:Convert 3x Template:Convert 350 Template:Cvt Mar 1882 Mar 1895 Scrapped, 1912
Fuji class 12,230 t 4× Template:Convert 10x Template:Convert 5x Template:Convert 650 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Aug 1894 Aug 1897 Scrapped, 1948
Template:Ship Dec 1894 Sep 1897 Naval mines, May 1904
Shikishima class 14,850 t 4× Template:Convert 14x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 741 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Mar 1897 Jan 1900 Scrapped, 1948
Template:Ship Jan 1898 Jan 1901 Naval mine, May 1904
Template:Ship 15,200 t 4× Template:Convert 14x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 773 Template:Cvt Aug 1898 Apr 1900 sunk by USS Salmon (SS-182) May 1942
Template:Ship 15,140 t 4× Template:Convert 14x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 836 Template:Cvt Jan 1899 Mar 1902 Preserved as museum ship

Prizes of the Russo-Japanese War

Battleships

Ship Displacement Main
battery 		Secondary
battery 		Torpedo
tubes 		Comple-
ment 		Speed Keel Laid Commissioned
into IJN 		Fate
Template:Ship (ex-Russian Template:Ship) 9,594 t 2× Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 616 Template:Cvt Aug 1886 Jun 1905 Target,
Oct 1915
Template:Ship (ex-Russian Poltava) 11,500 t 4× Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 2x Template:Convert
4x Template:Convert 		631 Template:Cvt May 1892 Aug 1905 Returned to Russia,
1916
Template:Ship (ex-Russian Template:Ship) 13,810 t 4× Template:Convert 10x Template:Convert 2x Template:Convert 771 Template:Cvt Nov 1895 Jul 1908 Sold back to Russia,
Mar 1916
Template:Ship (ex-Russian Template:Ship) 13,320 t 4× Template:Convert 10x Template:Convert 2x Template:Convert 771 Template:Cvt Feb 1899 Oct 1908 Probably scrapped,
1922-1923
Template:Ship (ex-Russian Template:Ship) 12,780 t 4× Template:Convert 12x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 750 Template:Cvt Jul 1899 Jan 1905 Sunk as target,
Jul 1924
Template:Ship (ex-Russian Template:Ship) 14,151 t 4× Template:Convert 12x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 854 Template:Cvt Jun 1900 Jun 1907 Sunk as target,
Jul 1924

Coastal defense ships

Ship Displacement Main
battery 		Secondary
battery 		Torpedo
tubes 		Comple-
ment 		Speed Keel laid Commissioned
into IJN 		Fate
Template:Ship (ex-Russian Template:Ship) 4,165 t 4× Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert removed 406 Template:Cvt Aug 1892 Jun 1905 Sunk as target,
May 1936
Template:Ship (ex-Russian Template:Ship) 4,165 t 3× Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert removed 406 Template:Cvt Oct 1894 Jun 1905 Scrapped,
1939

Transitional Dreadnoughts

Class Displacement Main
Battery 		Secondary
Battery 		Torpedo
Tubes 		Comple-
ment 		Speed Ships in class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned 		Fate
Template:Sclass 15,950 t 4× Template:Convert
4× Template:Convert 		12x Template:Convert 5x Template:Convert 864 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Apr 1904 May 1906 Scrapped, 1925
Template:Ship Feb 1904 May 1906 Scrapped, 1924
Template:Sclass 19,372 t 4× Template:Convert
12× Template:Convert 		8x Template:Convert 5x Template:Convert 940 Template:Cvt Template:Ship May 1905 Mar 1910 Sunk as target, 1924
Template:Ship Mar 1906 Mar 191 Sunk as target, 1924
Template:Sclass 20,823 t 12× Template:Convert 10× Template:Convert 5x Template:Convert 1,100 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Apr 1909 Mar 1912 Internal explosion, 1918
Template:Ship Jan 1909 Jul 1912 Scrapped, 1947

Battleship prizes of World War I

Source Displacement Main
Battery 		Secondary
Battery 		Torpedo
Tubes 		Comple-
ment 		Speed Keel Laid Ceded
to Japan 		Fate
ex-German Nassau 18,873 t 12x Template:Convert 12× Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 1,008 Template:Cvt Jul 1907 Apr 1920 Scrapped, 1920
ex-German Oldenburg 22,808 t 12× Template:Convert 14x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 1,069 Template:Cvt Mar 1909 Apr 1920 Scrapped, 1921

Battlecruisers

Class Displace-
ment 		Main
Battery 		Secondary
Battery 		Torpedo
Tubes 		Comple-
ment 		Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned 		Fate
Template:Sclass 13,750 t 4× Template:Convert 12× Template:Convert 3 820 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Jan 1905 Jan 1907 Explosion, Jan 1917
Template:Ship Mar 1905 Mar 1908 Scrapped, 1923
Template:Sclass 14,636 t 4× Template:Convert 8x Template:Convert 3x Template:Convert 817 Template:Cvt Template:Ship May 1907 Nov 1907 Scrapped, 1923
Template:Ship Aug 1905 Feb 1911 Scrapped, 1923
Kongō class 31,720 t
exc.
Kirishima 31,980 		8x Template:Convert 16× Template:Convert 8x Template:Convert 1,437 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Jan 1911 Aug 1913 Converted to fast battleship, 1935
Template:Ship Mar 1912 Apr 1915 Converted to fast battleship, 1933
Template:Ship Nov 1911 Apr 1915 Converted to training ship, 1937;
fast battleship, 1941
Template:Ship Mar 1912 Apr 1915 Converted to fast battleship, 1941
Amagi class 40,000 t Amagi Cancelled, 1922
Akagi Dec 1920 Mar 1927 Completed as aircraft carrier
Atago Cancelled, 1922
Takao Cancelled, 1922
Type B-65 32,000 t 9x Template:Convert 16x Template:Convert Template:Cvt Hull 795 Cancelled, 1942
Hull 796 Cancelled, 1942

In commission during World War II

Old battleships

Class Displacement Main
Battery 		Secondary
Battery 		Comple-
ment 		Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel laid Commis-
sioned 		War loss Postwar
Kongō class 31,720 t
exc. Kirishima 31,980 		8x Template:Convert 14× Template:Convert 1,437 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Jan 1911 Aug 1913 sunk by USS Sealion (SS-315) Nov 1944
Template:Ship Mar 1912 Apr 1915 Hit in Bombing of Kure July 1945 Scrapped 1946
Template:Ship Nov 1911 Apr 1915 Sunk at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Nov 1942
Template:Ship Mar 1912 Apr 1915 Sunk at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Nov 1942
Fusō class 34,700 t 12x Template:Convert 16× Template:Convert 1,376 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Mar 1912 Nov 1915 Sunk at Battle of Surigao Strait Oct 1944
Template:Ship Nov 1913 Mar 1917 Sunk at Battle of Surigao Strait Oct 1944
Ise class ‡ 42,001 t 12x Template:Convert 16x Template:Convert 1,376 Template:Cvt Template:Ship May 1915 Nov 1915 Sunk by Air attack on Kure Jul 1945
Template:Ship May 1915 Apr 1918 Sunk by Air attack on Kure Jul 1945 Scrapped, 1947
Nagato class 39,130 t 8x Template:Convert 18x Template:Convert 1,368 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Aug 1917 Nov 1920 Used at target in Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test, 1946
Template:Ship Jun 1918 Oct 1921 Internal explosion, Jun 1943
Template:Sclass 38,500 t 10x Template:Convert 20x Template:Convert Template:Cvt Template:Ship Feb 1920 Cancelled, 1922; hull used for tests and scuttled 1925
Template:Ship Jul 1920 Mar 1928 Completed as aircraft carrier

‡ Before conversion to hybrid aircraft carriers

Super battleships

Class Displacement Main Battery Secondary Battery Complement Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commissioned War Loss
Yamato class 64,170 t 9x Template:Convert 12x Template:Convert 2,500 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Nov 1937 Dec 1941 Sunk by air attack during Operation Ten-Go Apr 1945
Template:Ship Mar 1938 Aug 1942 Sunk at Battle of the Sibuyan Sea Oct 1944
Template:Ship May 1940 completed as
aircraft carrier 		sunk by submarine attack 29 November 1944
Hull 111 scrapped
6x Template:Convert Hull 797 cancelled
Design A-150 battleship 70,000 t 6x Template:Convert "Many" Template:Convert Hull 798 cancelled
Hull 799 cancelled

Seaplane tenders

Aircraft carriers

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Standard aircraft carriers

File:Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho 02.jpg
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Light aircraft carriers

Escort aircraft carriers

Cruisers

Protected cruisers

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Class or Ship Displace-
ment 		Main
Battery 		Secondary
Battery 		Torpedo
Tubes 		Comple-
ment 		Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Completed Fate
ex-Chinese prize of First Sino-Japanese War Template:Ship 2,300 t 2x Template:Convert 1x Template:Convert 4 180 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Jan 1883 Mar 1895 Mine, Nov 1904
Chilean corvette Esmeralda sold to Japan 2,950 t 2× Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 296 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Apr1881 1894 Scrapped
Template:Sclass 3,727 t 2x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 325 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Mar 1884 Feb 1886 Sold for scrap, Jun 1913
Template:Ship Apr 1884 Mar 1886 Torpedoed off Tsingtao, Oct 1914
Template:Ship 3,615 t 4x Template:Convert 7x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 400 Template:Cvt Template:Ship May 1884 Oct 1886 Lost at sea,
Dec 1886
Template:Ship 1,584 t 3x Template:Convert 8× 3-pdr. 2x Template:Convert 200 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Jun 1887 Mar 1890 Scrapped,
Apr 1911
Template:Ship 2,439 t 10x Template:Convert 14× 3-pdr. 3x Template:Convert 350 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Dec 1888 Jan 1891 Target,
Aug 1927
Template:Ship 741 t 5x Template:Convert 6x 1-pdr. 3x Template:Convert 90 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Jan 1890 Apr 1892 Collision,
Nov 1892
Template:Sclass 4,278 t 1x Template:Convert 11-12x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 360 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Jan 1888 Sep 1891 Scrapped,
1926
Template:Ship Feb 1888 Apr 1892 Explosion,
Apr 1908
Template:Ship Aug 1888 Jun 1894 Scrapped,
1927
Template:Ship 3,100 t 4x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 330 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Mar 1890 Mar 1894 Scrapped,
1927
Template:Ship 4,150 t 4x Template:Convert 8x Template:Convert 5x Template:Convert 360 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Dec 1892 Sep 1893 Collision,
May 1904
Template:Sclass 2,657 t 2x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 2x Template:Convert 256 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Aug 1892 Dec 1896 Scrapped,
1928
Template:Ship Aug 1894 Mar 1899 Target,
Aug 1930
Template:Ship 4,160 t 2x Template:Convert 10x Template:Convert 5x Template:Convert 425 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Apr 1896 May 1898 Mined off Port Arthur,
Dec 1904
Template:Sclass 4,979 t 2x Template:Convert 10x Template:Convert 5x Template:Convert 405 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Feb 1897 Oct 1898 Ran aground Tsugaru Strait, Jul 1916
Template:Ship Jan 1898 Mar 1899 Target, Jul 1931
Template:Sclass 3,366 t 6x Template:Convert 10× 12-pdr. 320 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Jan 1902 Jan 1904 Wrecked Kamchatka Peninsula, Aug 1922
Template:Ship Oct 1901 Feb 1904 Target, 1944
Template:Ship 3,000 t 2x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 312 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Jan 1903 Sep 1904 Grounded in dense fog off Daiozaki, Shima peninsula, Jul 1917
Template:Ship 4,113 t 2x Template:Convert 10x Template:Convert 3x Template:Convert 370 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Nov 1905 May 1910 Target, Apr 1933
Template:Sclass 5,000 t 8x Template:Convert 4× 12-pdr. 3x Template:Convert Template:Cvt Template:Ship Apr 1909 May 1912 Target, 1935
Template:Ship Aug 1910 Jul 1912 Scrapped, 1947
Template:Ship Jun 1910 Jul 1912 Scrapped, 1947

Prizes of Russo-Japanese War

Class or Ship Displace-
ment 		Main
Battery 		Secondary
Battery 		Torpedo
Tubes 		Comple-
ment 		Speed Keel Laid Commissioned
into IJN 		Fate
Template:Ship (ex-Russian Pallada) 6,932 t 8x Template:Convert 12x Template:Convert 3x Template:Convert 514 Template:Cvt Dec 1895 Aug 1908 Scuttled, May 1924
Template:Ship (ex-Russian Varyag) 6,500 t 12x Template:Convert 10x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 571 Template:Cvt Oct 1899 Jul 1907 Returned to Russia, Apr 1916
Template:Ship (ex-Russian Novik) 3,080 t 2x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 340 Template:Cvt Feb 1900 May 1904 Sold, Apr 1913

Armored cruisers

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Class Displace-
ment 		Main
Battery 		Secondary
Battery 		Torpedo
Tubes 		Comple-
ment 		Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Completed Fate
Template:Sclass 9,557 t 4x Template:Convert 14x Template:Convert 5x Template:Convert 676 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Oct 1896 Mar 1899 Scrapped, 1947
Template:Ship Jan 1897 May 1899 Air attack, Aug 1944
Template:Sclass 9,353 t 4x Template:Convert 14x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 672 Template:Cvt Template:Ship May 1898 Sep 1900 Air attack, Jul 1945
Template:Ship Nov 1898 Mar 1901 Air attack, Jul 1945
Template:Ship 9,646 t 4x Template:Convert 12x Template:Convert 5x Template:Convert 670 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Sep 1897 Jun 1900 Scrapped, Jul 1946
Template:Ship 9,278 t 4x Template:Convert 12x Template:Convert 5x Template:Convert 670 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Feb 1898 Jul 1900 Scrapped, 1946
Template:Sclass 7,698 t 4x Template:Convert. 14x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 600 Template:Cvt Template:Ship ex-Argentine Bernardino Rivadavia Mar 1902 Jan 1904 Air attack, Jul 1945
Template:Ship ex-Argentine Mariano Moreno Mar1902 Jan1904 Target, 1936 and again 1942
Prize of Russo-Japanese War 7,802 t 2x Template:Convert 8x Template:Convert 2x Template:Convert 573 Template:Cvt Template:Ship (ex-Russian Bayan) Mar 1899 Dec 1902 Target, Aug 1932

Other cruisers

Dispatch vessels

Class Displace-
ment 		Main
Battery 		Secondary
Battery 		Torpedo
Tubes 		Comple-
ment 		Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned 		Fate
Template:Sclass 1,270 t 2x Template:Convert 4× 12-pdr. 12x Template:Convert 116 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Oct 1906 Apr 1908 Scrapped, 1945
Template:Ship Mar 1907 Sep 1908 Scrapped, 1929

Foreign built

Class Displace-
ment 		Main Battery Secondary Battery Torpedo Tubes Comple-
ment 		Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned 		Fate
Prize of World War I 4,350 t 6x Template:Convert 1x Template:Convert 2x Template:Convert 380 Template:Cvt Y (ex-German Augsburg) 1910 Scrapped, 1922
Ioshima-class (prizes of Second Sino-Japanese War) 2,526 t 6x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 351 Template:Cvt training vessel Mikura, Jul 1938; renamed Template:Ship, Jun 1944 (ex-Chinese Ning-Hai) Feb 1931 Sep 1932 Submarine, Sep 1944
barracs hulk Mishima, 1938; renamed Template:Ship, Jun 1944 (ex-Chinese P'ing-Hai) Jun 1931 Jun 1936 Air attack, Nov 1944

In commission during World War II

Old light cruisers

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Class Displacement Main Battery Torpedo
Tubes 		Comple-
ment 		Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned 		War Loss Postwar
Tenryū class 3,230 t 4x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 332 Template:Cvt Tatsuta Jul 1917 May 1919 Submarine, Mar 1944
Template:Ship May 1917 Nov 1919 Submarine, Dec 1942
Kuma class 5,870 t 7x Template:Convert 8x Template:Convert 439 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Aug 1918 Aug 1920 Submarine, Jan 1944
Template:Ship Aug 1918 Jan 1921 Submarine, Oct 1944
Template:Ship Sep 1919 Apr 1921 Scrapped, 1946
Template:Ship Aug 1918 May 1921 Air attack, Nov 1944
Template:Ship Nov 1919 Oct 1921 Submarine, Jul 1944
Nagara class 5,170 t 7x Template:Convert 8x Template:Convert 438 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Sep 1920 Apr 1922 Submarine, Oct 1944
Template:Ship Dec 1920 Sep 1922 Submarine, Aug 1944
Template:Ship Jan 1921 Nov 1922 Air attack, Oct 1944
Template:Ship May 1921 Mar 1923 Guadalcanal, Oct 1942
Template:Ship Aug 1920 Aug 1923 Submarine, Apr 1945
Template:Ship Dec 1921 May 1925 Air attack, Oct 1944
Yūbari class 2,890 t 6x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 328 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Jun 1922 Jul 1923 Submarine, Apr 1944
Sendai class 5,195 t 7x Template:Convert 8x Template:Convert 450 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Feb 1922 Apr 1924 Empr. Aug. Bay, Nov 1943
Template:Ship Aug 1922 Jul 1925 Kolombangara, Jul 1943
Template:Ship Jun 1922 Nov 1925 Truk, Feb 1944

Heavy cruisers

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Class Displacement Main Battery Torpedo Tubes Complement Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned 		War Loss Postwar
Furutaka class 9,150 t 6x Template:Convert 12x Template:Convert 625 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Dec 1922 Mar 1926 Cape Esperance, Oct 1942
Template:Ship Dec 1922 Jul 1926 Submarine, Aug 1942
Aoba class 9,380 t
exc. Aoba 9,000 		6x Template:Convert 12x Template:Convert 773 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Jan 1924 Sep 1927 Air attack, Jul 1945
Template:Ship Oct 1924 Sep 1927 Guadalcanal, Nov 1942
Myōkō class 13,380 t 10x Template:Convert 16x Template:Convert 773 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Oct 1924 Jul 1929 Scuttled, 1946
Template:Ship Nov 1924 Nov 1928 Air attack, Nov 1944
Template:Ship Mar 1925 Apr 1929 Surface action, May 1945
Template:Ship Apr 1925 Aug 1929 Surface action, Jun 1945
Takao class 13,160 t 10x Template:Convert 16x Template:Convert 773 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Apr 1927 Mar 1932 Target, 1946
Template:Ship Apr 1927 Mar 1932 Submarine, Oct 1944
Template:Ship Apr 1931 Jun 1932 Off Samar, Oct 1944
Template:Ship Dec 1928 Jun 1932 Submarine, Oct 1944
Mogami class 12,400 t 10x Template:Convert 12x Template:Convert 850 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Oct 1931 Jul 1935 Surigao Strait, Oct 1944
Template:Ship Dec 1931 Aug 1935 Midway, Jun 1942
Template:Ship Dec 1933 Oct 1937 Off Samar, Oct 1944
Template:Ship Apr 1934 Jul 1935 Air attack, Nov 1944
Tone class 11,215 t 8x Template:Convert 12x Template:Convert 850 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Dec 1934 Nov 1938 Air attack, Jul 1945
Template:Ship Oct 1935 May 1939 Off Samar, Oct 1944
Ibuki class 12,200 t 10x Template:Convert 16x Template:Convert Template:Cvt Template:Ship Apr 1942 May 1943 completed as aircraft carrier
No. 301 cancelled cancelled

New light cruisers

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Class Displacement Main Battery Torpedo
Tubes 		Comple-
ment 		Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned 		War Loss Postwar
Katori class 5,890 t 4x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 590 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Aug 1938 Apr 1940 Truk, Feb 1944
Template:Ship Oct 1938 May 1940 Scrapped, 1947
Template:Ship Oct 1939 Jul 1941 Air attack, Jan 1945
Kashiwara cancelled cancelled
Agano class 6,652 t 6x Template:Convert 8x Template:Convert 730 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Jun 1940 Oct 1942 Submarine, Feb 1945
Template:Ship Sep 1941 Jun 1943 Air attack, Oct 1944
Yahagi Nov 1941 Dec 1943 Air attack, Apr 1945
Template:Ship Nov 1942 Nov 1944 Atomic bomb test, Jul 1946
Ōyodo class 8,164 t 6x Template:Convert designed to carry 6 seaplanes 782 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Feb 1941 Feb 1943 Air attack, Jul 1945 Scrapped, 1948
Niyodo cancelled cancelled

Destroyers

1st Class destroyers

World War I era

Class Displacement Main Battery Torpedo
Tubes 		Complement Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Completed or
Commissioned 		Fate
Urakaze class 907 t 1x Template:Convert
4× 12‑pndr. 		4x Template:Convert 120 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Oct 1913 Oct 1915 Air attack, Jul 1945
Template:Ship Oct 1913 Dec 1916 Transferred to Italy as Audace, Jul 1916
Template:Sclass 1,227 t 4x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 128 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Apr 1916 Feb 1917 Retired, 1935
Template:Ship Apr 1916 Apr 1917 Retired, 1935
Template:Ship Apr 1916 Mar 1917 Retired, 1935
Template:Ship Dec 1916 Mar 1917 Training ship, 1940;
sank in storm, 1945
Template:Sclass * 730 t 2x Template:Convert
2x 12‑pndr. 		2x Template:Convert 72 Template:Cvt Kanran (HMS Nemesis) 1910‑1911 1910‑1911 Loaned, 1917;
returned, 1919
Sendan (HMS Minstrel) 1910‑1911 1910‑1911 Loaned, 1917;
returned, 1919
Template:Sclass 1,300 t 3x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 128 Template:Cvt Template:Ship Feb 1917 Nov 1918 Retired, 1934
Template:Ship Sep 1916 Jan 1919 Retired, 1935
* On loan from Royal Navy

In commission during World War II

Class Displace-
ment 		Main
Battery 		Torpedo
Tubes 		Comple-
ment 		Speed Number
Commis-
sioned 		War Losses Survived
War
Air
Attack 		Sub-
marine 		Surface
Action 		Other
Template:Sclass 1,650 t 4x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 148 Template:Cvt 15 1 9 5
Kamikaze class 1,720 t 4x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 154 Template:Cvt 9 2 4 1 2
Template:Sclass 1,445 t 4x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 154 Template:Cvt 12 9 1 2 none
Template:Sclass 2,050 t 6x Template:Convert 9x Template:Convert 219 Template:Cvt 20 7 6 4 2 1
Akatsuki class 2,050 t 6x Template:Convert 9x Template:Convert 233 Template:Cvt 4 2 1 1
Template:Sclass 1,802 t 5x Template:Convert 6x Template:Convert 212 Template:Cvt 6 4 1 1 none
Template:Sclass 1,685 t 5x Template:Convert 8x Template:Convert 180 Template:Cvt 10 1 6 2 1 none
Template:Sclass 2,370 t 6x Template:Convert 8x Template:Convert 200 Template:Cvt 10 4 2 4 none
Template:Sclass 2,500 t 6x Template:Convert 8x Template:Convert 239 Template:Cvt 19 6 4 6 2 1
Template:Sclass 2,520 t 6x Template:Convert 8x Template:Convert 225 Template:Cvt 19 9 4 5 1 none
Template:Sclass 3,700 t 8x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 263 Template:Cvt 12 1 1 4 6
Template:Ship 3,300 t 6x Template:Convert 15x Template:Convert 267 Template:Cvt 1 1 none
Template:Sclass 1,530 t 3x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 211 Template:Cvt 19 2 1 3 1 12
Template:Sclass 1,530 t 3x Template:Convert 4x Template:Convert 211 Template:Cvt 14 1 1 12
Totals 170 48 41 30 11 40
Minekaze-class
File:Japanese destroyer Minekaze Yokosuka Showa 7.jpg
Template:Ship underway near Yokosuka Naval Base, 1932
 Template:Sclass (15)
Displacement: 1,650 t
Main battery: 4x Template:Convert
Torpedo tubes: 6x Template:Convert
Complement: 148
Speed: Template:Cvt
Ship Keel Laid Completed or
Commissioned 		Fate
War Loss Postwar
Template:Ship
(Summit Wind) 		Apr 1918 May 1920 Submarine off Formosa,
Feb 1944
Template:Ship
(Marsh Wind) 		Jan 1918 Mar 1920 Scuttled,
1948
Template:Ship
(Offshore Wind) 		Feb 1919 Aug 1920 Submarine near Yokosuka,
Jan 1943
Template:Ship
(Island Wind) 		Sep 1919 Nov 1920 Submarine near Kavieng,
Jan 1943
Template:Ship
(High Seas Wind) 		Jan 1920 Sep 1920 Submarine near Lombok Strait,
Jul 1945
Template:Ship
(Arrow Wind) 		Jan 1918 Jul 1920 Scrapped,
1948
Template:Ship
(Winged Wind) 		Nov 1918 Sep 1920 Submarine near Kavieng,
Jan 1943
Template:Ship
(Tide Wind) 		May 1920 Jul 1921 Scuttled,
1945
Template:Ship
(Autumn Wind) 		Jun 1920 Sep 1921 Submarine west of Luzon,
Nov 1944 ‡
Template:Ship
(Evening Wind) 		Dec 1920 Aug 1921 To Royal Navy,
1947
Template:Ship
(Sword Wind) 		Aug 1920 Dec 1921 Air attack at Truk,
Feb 1944
Template:Ship
(Sail Wind) 		Nov 1920 Dec 1921 Submarine in Celebes Sea,
Jul 1944
Template:Ship
(Field Wind) 		Apr 1921 Mar 1922 Submarine in South China Sea,
Feb 1945
Template:Ship
(Wave Wind) 		Nov 1921 Nov 1922 To Rep. of China,
1947
Template:Ship
(Marsh Wind) 		Aug 1921 Jul 1922 Submarine off Okinawa,
Dec 1943 ‡
‡ Lost with all hands
Kamikaze-class
File:Kamikaze II.jpg
Template:Ship underway, 1922
 Kamikaze class (9)
Displacement: 1,720 t
Main battery: 4x Template:Convert
Torpedo tubes: 6x Template:Convert
Complement: 154
Speed: Template:Cvt
Ship Keel Laid Completed or
Commissioned 		Fate
War Loss Postwar
Template:Ship
(Morning Wind) 		Feb 1922 Jun 1923 Submarine off Luzon,
Aug 1944
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(Morning Calm) 		Mar 1923 Dec 1924 Submarine south of Honshu,
May 1944
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(Spring Wind) 		May 1922 May 1923 Scuttled,
1947
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(Flag Wind) 		Jul 1923 Aug 1924 Air attack at Takao,
Jan 1945
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(Gale) 		Nov 1922 Dec 1925 Coastal battery at Wake Atoll,
Dec 1941*
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(Divine Wind) 		Dec 1921 Dec 1922 Scrapped,
1947
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(Pine Wind) 		Dec 1922 Apr 1924 Submarine south of Honshu,
Jun 1944
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(Tail Wind) 		Mar 1923 Oct 1925 Air attack at Truk,
Feb 1944
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(Evening Calm) 		Sep 1923 May 1925 Submarine off Luzon,
Aug 1944
*First Japanese warship lost in Pacific War
Mutsuki-class
File:Mutsuki.jpg
Template:Ship underway
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Displacement: 1,445 t
Main battery: 4x Template:Convert
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Complement: 154
Speed: Template:Cvt
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Commissioned 		War Loss
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(July) 		Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Air attack at Truk,
Feb 1944
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(Chrysanthemum Moon) 		Jun 1925 Nov 1926 Air attack at Tulagi,
May 1942
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(February) 		Jun 1924 Dec 1925 Air attack at Wake Atoll,
Dec 1941*‡
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(Crescent Moon) 		Aug 1925 May 1927 Air attack at Tuluvu,
Jul 1943
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(June) 		Mar 1925 Mar 1927 Submarine off Tawitawi,
Jun 1944
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(Full Moon) 		Mar 1926 Oct 1927 Air attack off Rabaul,
Oct 1943
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(January) 		May 1924 Mar 1926 Battle of the Eastern Solomons,
Aug 1942
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(September) 		Apr 1926 Apr 1927 Battle of Kula Gulf,
Jul 1943
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(May) 		Dec 1924 Nov 1925 Air attack on Manila Bay,
Sep 1944
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(April) 		Jan 1924 Sep 1926 PT boat attack off Cebu,
Dec 1944
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(March) 		Jan 1924 Aug 1926 Air attack off New Guinea,
Sep 1942
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(Evening Moon) 		Nov 1926 Jul 1927 Air attack off Cebu,
Dec 1944
* Second Japanese warship lost in Pacific War
‡ Lost with all hands
Fubuki-class
File:Fubuki.jpg
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Displacement: 2,050 t
Main battery: 6x Template:Convert
Torpedo tubes: 18x Template:Convert
Complement: 219
Speed: Template:Cvt
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Commissioned 		Fate
Prewar War Loss Postwar
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(Daybreak) 		Nov 1929 Jul 1931 Air attack near Manila,
Nov 1944
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(Fogged or Clouded Sky) 		Nov 1928 Nov 1930 Struck mine in Makassar Strait,
Apr 1944
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(Morning Fog) 		Dec 1928 Jun 1930 Battle of the Eastern Solomons,
Aug 1942
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(Twilled Waves) 		Jan 1928 Apr 1930 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,
Nov 1942
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(Blizzard) 		Jun 1926 Aug 1928 Battle of Cape Esperance,
Oct 1942
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(First Snow) 		Apr 1927 Mar 1929 Air attack near Shortlands,
Jul 1943
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(Breakers or Surf) 		Oct 1926 Jun 1928 Submarine in Sulu Sea,
Apr 1943
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(Deep Snow) 		Apr 1927 Jun 1929 Collision in Korea Strait,
Jun 1934*
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(Massed Clouds) 		Apr 1927 May 1929 Battle of Cape Esperance,
Oct 1942
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(Moonlight) 		Oct 1929 Nov 1931 Air attack in Aleutians,
Oct 1942
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(Haze) 		Mar 1929 Jan 1931 Submarine near Borneo,
Dec 1941
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(Ripples) 		Mar 1930 Jun 1931 Submarine near Caroline Islands,
Jan 1944
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(Spreading Waves) 		Jul 1928 Dec 1929 Submarine in South China Sea,
Sep 1944
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(Daybreak) 		Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Air attack near British Borneo,
Dec 1941
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(White Cloud) 		Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Submarine off Hokkaidō,
Mar 1944
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(White Snow) 		Mar 1927 Dec 1928 Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
Mar 1943
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(Shore Wave) 		Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Air attack off Panay,
Oct 1944
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(Tide) 		Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Scrapped,
1948
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(Thin Clouds) 		Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Submarine in Sea of Okhotsk,
Jul 1944
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(Evening Mist) 		Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Battle of Cape St. George,
Nov 1943
* Only Japanese modern destroyer loss prewar; only Japanese modern destroyer loss to collision
Akatsuki-class
File:Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi;h74173.jpg
Template:Ship in Chinese waters, 1938
 Akatsuki class (4)
Displacement: 2,050 t
Main battery: 6x Template:Convert
Torpedo tubes: 9x Template:Convert
Complement: 233
Speed: Template:Cvt
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Commissioned 		Fate
War Loss Postwar
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(Dawn) 		Feb 1930 Nov 1932 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,
Nov 1942
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(Echo) 		Feb 1930 Mar 1933 To USSR,
1949
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(Thunder) 		Mar 1930 Aug 1932 Submarine off Guam,
Jul 1944 ‡
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(Lightning) 		Mar 1930 Nov 1932 Submarine off Tawitawi,
May 1944
‡ Lost with all hands
Hatsuharu-class
File:Japanese destroyer Hatsuharu 1934.jpg
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Displacement: 1,802 t
Main battery: 5x Template:Convert
Torpedo tubes: 6x Template:Convert
Complement: 212
Speed: Template:Cvt
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Commissioned 		War Loss
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(Daybreak) 		Jan 1933 Mar 1935 Air attack near Tuluvu,
Jul 1943
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(Early Spring) 		May 1931 Sep 1933 Air attack on Manila Bay,
Nov 1944
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(First Frost) 		Jan 1933 Sep 1934 Mined and beached in Miyazu Bay,
Jul 1945
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(New Year Day) 		Dec 1931 Sep 1933 Submarine in Aleutians,
Jul 1942
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(Young Leaves) 		Dec 1931 Oct 1934 Air attack off Panay,
Oct 1944
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(Twilight) 		Apr 1933 Mar 1935 Air attack off Kolombangara,
Jul 1943 †
† Survivors rescued but subsequently lost
Shiratsuyu-class
File:Harusame II.jpg
Harusame underway, 1943
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Displacement: 1,685 t
Main battery: 5x Template:Convert
Torpedo tubes: 8x Template:Convert
Complement: 180
Speed: Template:Cvt
Ship Keel Laid Completed or
Commissioned 		War Loss
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(Spring Rain) 		Feb 1935 Aug 1937 Air attack near New Guinea,
Jun 1944
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(River Wind) 		Apr 1935 Apr 1937 Battle of Vella Gulf,
Aug 1943
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(Passing Shower) 		Feb 1934 Jan 1937 Submarine in Blackett Strait,
Mar  1943
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(Early Summer Rain) 		Dec 1934 Jan 1937 Submarine near Palau,
Aug 1944
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(Drizzle) 		Dec 1933 Sep 1936 Submarine in Gulf of Siam,
Jan 1945
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(White Dew) 		Nov 1933 Sep 1936 Collision near Surigao Strait,
Jun 1944
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(Cool Breeze) 		Jul 1935 Aug 1937 Submarine off Ponape,
Jan 1944
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(Sea Breeze) 		May 1935 May 1937 Submarine at Truk,
Feb 1944
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(Mountain Wind) 		May 1935 Jun 1937 Submarine off Honshu,
Jun 1942 ‡
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(Evening Squall) 		Oct 1934 Jan 1937 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,
Nov 1942
‡ Lost with all hands
Asashio-class
File:Asashio II.jpg
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Displacement: 2,370 t
Main battery: 6x Template:Convert
Torpedo tubes: 8x Template:Convert
Complement: 200
Speed: Template:Cvt
Ship Keel Laid Completed or
Commissioned 		War Loss
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(Hailstone) 		Mar 1937 Apr 1939 Submarine in Aleutians,
Jul 1942
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(Stormy Tide) 		Oct 1935 Dec 1937 Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
Mar 1943
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(Morning Cloud) 		Dec 1936 Mar 1938 Battle of Surigao Strait,
Oct 1944
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(Morning Tide) 		Sep 1935 Aug 1937 Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
Mar 1943
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(Haze) 		Dec 1936 Jun 1939 Air attack off Okinawa,
Apr 1945
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(Full Tide) 		Nov 1935 Oct 1937 Battle of Surigao Strait,
Oct 1944
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(Summit Cloud) 		Mar 1937 Apr 1938 Battle of Blackett Strait,
Mar 1943
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(Summer Cloud) 		Jul 1936 Feb 1938 Air attack off Guadalcanal,
Oct 1942
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(High Tide) 		Aug 1936 Oct 1936 Submarine off Manus,
Feb 1943
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(Mountain Cloud) 		Nov 1936 Jan 1938 Battle of Surigao Strait,
Oct 1944
Kagerō-class
File:Yukikaze 2.jpg
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Displacement: 2,500 t
Main battery: 6x Template:Convert
Torpedo tubes: 8x Template:Convert
Complement: 239
Speed: Template:Cvt
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Commissioned 		Fate
War Loss Postwar
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(Autumn Clouds) 		Jul 1940 Sep 1941 Submarine off Zamboanga Peninsula,
Apr 1944
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(Heavenly Wind) 		Feb 1939 Oct 1940 Scuttled off Amoy,
Apr 1945
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(Storm) 		Nov 1940 Battle of Vella Gulf,
Aug 1943
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(Clover Wind) 		Jun 1940 Battle of Vella Gulf,
Aug 1943
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(Beach Wind) 		Nov 1939 Jun 1941 Air attack in East China Sea,
Apr 1945
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(First Wind) 		Dec 1937 Feb 1940 Battle of Empress Augusta Bay,
Nov 1943
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(Swift Tide) 		Jun 1938 Aug 1940 Air attack in Huon Gulf,
Nov 1942
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(Wind on the Beach) 		Nov 1938 Nov 1940 Air attack off Okinawa,
Apr 1945
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(Mirage) 		Sep 1937 Nov 1939 Air attack off Rendova,
May 1943
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(Black Tide) 		Aug 1937 Jan 1940 Struck mine off Kolombangara,
May 1943
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(Dancing Wind) 		Apr 1940 Jul 1941 Surface action near Truk,
Feb 1944
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(Summer Tide) 		Dec 1937 Aug 1940 Submarine off Makassar,
Feb 1942
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(Autumn Gale) 		Nov 1939 Apr 1941 Surface action off Samar,
Oct 1944
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(Father Current) 		Mar 1938 Aug 1940 Air attack off Kolombangara,
May 1943
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(Phosphorescent Light) 		Aug 1937 Dec 1939 Air attack off Panay,
Oct 1944
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(Valley Wind) 		Apr 1941 Submarine near TawiTawi,
Jun 1944
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(Favorable Wind) 		Feb 1939 Dec 1940 Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
Mar 1943
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(Wind on the Sea) 		Apr 1939 Dec 1940 Submarine off Formosa,
Nov 1944
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(Snowy Wind) 		Jan 1940 To Rep. of China,
Jul 1947
Yūgumo-class
File:Naganami.jpg
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Displacement: 2,520 t
Main battery: 6x Template:Convert
Torpedo tubes: 8x Template:Convert
Complement: 225
Speed: Template:Cvt
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned 		War Loss
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(Autumn Frost) 		May 1943 Mar 1944 Air attack at Cavite,
Nov 1944
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(Morning Frost) 		Jan 1943 Nov 1943 Air attack off Okinawa,
Apr 1945
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(Purple Wave) 		Aug 1942 Jul 1943 Air attack following Battle off Samar,
Oct 1944 †
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(Beach Waves) 		Apr 1943 Oct 1943 Air attack off Leyte,
Nov 1944
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(Early Waves) 		Jan 1942 Jul 1943 Submarine near TawiTawi,
Jun 1944
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(Early Frost) 		Jan 1943 Feb 1944 Grounded and abandoned following Battle off Samar,
Oct 1944
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(Wind and Clouds) 		Dec 1940 Mar 1942 Submarine near Davao Gulf,
Jun 1944
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(Shore Waves) 		Aug 1943 Dec 1943 Submarine near Palawan,
Dec 1944
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(Clear Wave) 		Oct 1941 Jan 1943 Air attack off Kolombangara,
Jul 1943 ↔
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(Clear Frost) 		Feb 1944 May 1944 Air attack and PT boat off Mindoro,
Dec 1944
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(Cirrus Clouds) 		Dec 1940 Mar 1942 Scuttled after striking mine off Savo Island,
Feb 1943
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(Overflowing Waves) 		Apr 1941 Aug 1942 Battle of Cape St. George,
Nov 1943
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(Long Waves) 		Apr 1941 Jun 1942 Air attack Ormoc Bay,
Nov 1944
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(High Seas Waves) 		Aug 1942 Dec 1943 Air attack Manila Bay,
Nov 1944
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(Big Rough Waves) 		Nov 1941 Dec 1942 Battle of Cape St. George,
Nov 1943 ‡
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(Breaking Waves) 		Mar 1942 Jul 1943 Air attack Rabaul,
Nov 1943
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(Tall Wave) 		May 1941 Aug 1942 Battle of Tassafaronga,
Nov 1942
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(Jade Wave) 		Mar 1942 Apr 1943 Submarine off Manila Bay,
Jun 1944 ‡
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(Evening Clouds) 		Jul 1940 Dec 1941 Battle of Vella Lavella,
Oct 1943
‡ Lost with all hands
† Lost with all hands, including survivors of Chokai
↔ Very few survivors; all previously rescued from Yugumo lost
Akizuki-class
File:Akizuki.jpg
Template:Ship underway
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Displacement: 3,700 t
Main battery: 6x Template:Convert
Torpedo tubes: 8x Template:Convert
Complement: 225
Speed: Template:Cvt
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sioned 		War Loss Postwar
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(Autumn Moon) 		Jul 1940 Jun 1942 Battle off Cape Engaño,
Oct 1944
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(Winter Moon) 		May 1943 May 1944 Converted to breakwater,
May 1948
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(Flower Moon) 		Feb 1944 Dec 1944 Sunk as target,
Feb 1948
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(Spring Moon) 		Dec 1943 Dec 1944 To Soviet Navy,
Aug 1947
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(New Moon in Autumn) 		Jul 1941 Dec 1942 Battle off Cape Engaño,
Oct 1944
Michizuki -- --
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(Summer Moon) 		May 1944 Apr 1945 To Royal Navy,
Aug 1947
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(New Moon) 		Dec 1941 Mar 1943 Battle of Kula Gulf,
Jul 1943
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(November) 		Jul 1942 Mar 1944 Submarine off Singapore,
Nov 1944
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(Clear Moon in Autumn) 		Mar 1941 Dec 1942 Converted to breakwater,
May 1948
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(Shining Moon) 		Nov 1941 Jan 1943 Surface action off Savo Island,
Dec 1942
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(Young Moon) 		Mar 1942 May 1943 Air attack off Ormoc Bay,
Nov 1944
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(Evening Moon) 		Aug 1943 Jan 1942 To Rep. of China,
Aug 1947
Shimakaze
File:Shimakaze.jpg
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Displacement: 3,300 t
Main battery: 6x Template:Convert
Torpedo tubes: 15x Template:Convert
Complement: 267
Speed: Template:Cvt
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Commissioned 		War Loss
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(Island Wind) 		Aug 1941 May 1943 Battle of Ormoc Bay,
Nov 1944
Matsu-class
File:Momi II.jpg
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Displacement: 1,530 t
Main battery: 3x Template:Convert
Torpedo tubes: 4x Template:Convert
Complement: 211
Speed: Template:Cvt
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sioned 		War Loss Postwar
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(Japanese Cypress) 		Mar 1944 Sep 1944 Surface action off Manila Bay,
Jan 1945 ‡
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(Maple) 		Mar 1944 Oct 1944 To Rep. of China,
Jul 1947
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(Live Oak) 		May 1944 Sep 1944 Scrapped
1947
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(Japanese Nutmeg-Yew) 		Apr 1944 Sep 1944 To USSR,
Jul 1947
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(Japanese Elm) 		Jun 1944 Dec 1944 Sunk as target,
1947
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(Paulownia Hardwood) 		Feb 1944 Aug 1944 To USSR,
Jul 1947
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(Mulberry) 		Dec 1943 Jul 1944 Surface action off Ormoc Bay,
Dec 1944
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(Podocarp Hardwood) 		Feb 1944 Aug 1944 Scrapped
1947
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(Pine Tree) 		Aug 1943 Apr 1944 Air attack off Bonin Islands,
Aug 1944
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(White Fir) 		Jan 1944 Sep 1944 Air attack off Manila Bay,
Jan 1945
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(Peach) 		Nov 1943 Jun 1944 Submarine off Cape Bolinao, Luzon,
Dec 1944
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(Oak) 		Jun 1944 Nov 1944 Scrapped,
1948
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(Cherry Blossom) 		Jun 1944 Nov 1944 Struck mine off Osaka,
Jul 1945
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(Cedar) 		Feb 1944 Aug 1944 To Rep. of China,
Jul 1947
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(Violet) 		Oct 1944 Mar 1945 Sunk as target,
1947
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(Bamboo) 		Oct 1943 Jun 1944 Sunk as target,
1947
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(Camellia) 		Jun 1944 Nov 1944 Scrapped,
Jul 1948
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(Apricot) 		Jan 1944 Jun 1944 Air attack off Ormoc Bay,
Jan 1945
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(Willow) 		Aug 1944 Jan 1945 Scrapped,
Apr 1947
‡ Lost with all hands
Tachibana-class
File:Japanese destroyer Nire 1945.jpg
Nire
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Displacement: 1,530 t
Main battery: 3x Template:Convert
Torpedo tubes: 4x Template:Convert
Complement: 211
Speed: Template:Cvt
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sioned 		War Loss Postwar
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(Nettle Tree) 		Oct 1944 Mar 1945 Struck mine Jun 1945,
scrapped
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(Bush Clover) 		Sep 1944 Mar 1945 To Royal Navy,
Apr 1947
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(Early-blooming Plum) 		Dec 1944 Jun 1945 To Rep. of China,
Jul 1947
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(Early-blooming Cherry) 		Apr 1944 May 1945 To USSR,
Jul 1947
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(Birch) 		Oct 1944 May 1945 To US,
Aug 1947
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(Persimmon) 		Oct 1944 May 1945 To US,
Jul 1947
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(Camphor) 		Nov 1944 May 1945 To Royal Navy,
Jul 1947
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(?) 		Sep 1944 Mar 1945 Salvaged 1955
as JDS Wakaba
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(Elm) 		Aug 1944 Jan 1945 Scrapped,
Apr 1948
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(Great Bamboo) 		Nov 1944 May 1945 To US,
Jul 1945
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(Castanopsis) 		Sep 1944 Mar 1945 To USSR,
Jul 1945
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(Violet) 		Oct 1944 Mar 1945 To Royal Navy,
Aug 1947
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(?) 		Jul 1944 Jan 1945 Sunk by air attack,
Jul 1945
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(Ivy) 		Jul 1944 Feb 1945 To Rep. of China,
Jul 1947

2nd Class destroyers

3rd Class destroyers

Kaibōkan

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Torpedo boats

River gunboats

Minesweepers

Patrol vessels

List of IJN Patrol Vessels can be found here at [1]

Minelayers

Landing craft

Submarines

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1st Class submarines

File:I-55.jpg
C3 type I-55
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Sentoku type I-401

2nd Class submarines

File:RO-33.jpg
Kaichū VI Ro-33

3rd Class submarines

File:Ko-hyoteki class submarine.jpg
Ko-hyoteki-class submarine

Other submarines

Suicide vessels

  • Shinyo motorboat, 6,200 units.
  • Kaiten torpedo, approx. 420 units.

Imperial Japanese Army

Due to various political reasons, the Army used its separate navy during the Second World War, mostly to support with logistical support and ground invasion operations.

Escort carriers

Landing craft carriers

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Submarines

The Army only used transport submarines, with limited defensive capacity:

Small craft

See also

References

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