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
- 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.
[edit] Early modern warships
[edit] Western-style sail warships
- Shōhei Maru (1854) - Japan's first post-seclusion Western-style sail warship.
- Hou-Ou Maru (1854)
- Asahi Maru (1856)
[edit] Steam warships
- Kankō Maru (1855), Japan's first steam warship.
- Kanrin Maru (1855) - Japan's first screw-driven steam warship
- Kaiyō Maru (1866)
- Kaiten
- Banryo
- Chogei
- Shinsoku
- Mikaho
- Yoharu
- Kasuga
- Chiyodagata (1863), Japan's first domestically-built steam warship.
- Hiryū
- Teibo
- Ryūjō (1864) - Armored corvette
- Unyo
- Hiei class - Armored corvettes
- Heien (1882, ex-Chinese, captured 1895) - Armored gunboat
[edit] Battleships
- 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:
- Kaga class
- Kaga (1921 - converted to an aircraft carrier)
- Tosa (cancelled 1922)
[edit] Aircraft carriers
- Hōshō (1921)
- Kaga (1921)
- Akagi (1925)
- Ryūjō (1931)
- Ryuho (1933)
- Shinyo (1934)
- Sōryū class
- Zuihō class
- Chitose class
- Chitose (1936)
- Chiyoda (1937)
- Kaiyo (1938)
- Shōkaku class
- Junyō class
- Taiyō class
- Akitsu Maru class
- Akitsu Maru (1941)
- Nigitsu Maru (1942)
- Taihō (1943)
- Unryū class
- Shinano (1944)
- Shinane 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
- ex-Chinese cruisers as prizes of First Sino-Japanese War
- Sai Yen (1883, ex-Chinese)
- Izumi (1883-1912)
- Unebi (1886-1887)
- Yaeyama (1889-1911)
- Chishima (1890-1892)
- Matsushima class
- Itsukushima (1889-1926)
- Matsushima (1890-1908)
- Hashidate (1891-1927)
- Akitsushima (189-1927)
- Yoshino (1892-1904)
- Takasago (1897)
- Otowa (1903-1917)
- Tone (1907-1933)
- ex-Russian cruisers as prizes of Russo-Japanese War
[edit] Light cruisers
- Kuma class
- ex-German cruisers as prize of World War I
- Y (1909, ex-German Augsburg, 1920-1922)
- Nagara class
- Yubari (1923 - 1944)
- ex-Chinese 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 (1942 - 1945)
- Niyodo (not completed)
[edit] Armored cruisers
- Chiyoda (1890-1927)
- Yakumo (1899-1946)
- Azuma (1899-1944)
- ex-Russian armored cruisers as prizes of the Russo-Japanese War
- Aso (1900, ex-Russian Bayan, 1905-1931)
[edit] Heavy cruisers
- Tsukuba class (note: the IJN classified these as battlecruisers but they lacked the big guns of battlecruisers proper)
- Ibuki class (note: the IJN classified these as battlecruisers but they lacked the big guns of battlecruisers proper)
- Kongō class (battlecruisers which were all converted to "fast battleships" in the 1920s)
- Amagi class battlecruisers:
- Amagi (destroyed by earthquake in the slips, was to be converted to an aircraft carrier, Replaced by Kaga)
- Akagi (converted to aircraft carrier)
- Atago (not launched)
- Takao (not launched)
- Furutaka class
- Aoba class
- Myōkō class
- Takao class
- Mogami class - Converted from light cruisers
- Tone class
- Ibuki class
- Ibuki (1943; converted to aircraft carrier)
- ? (No. 301) (not launched)
[edit] Destroyers
- Minekaze class (1919–1922)
- Akikaze
- Hakaze
- Hokaze
- Minekaze
- Namikaze
- Nokaze
- Numakaze
- Okikaze
- Sawakaze
- Shiokaze
- Tachikaze
- Yakaze
- Yukaze
- 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
- Huyo
- Karukaya
- Kuretaka
- Sanae
- Wakatake
- Kamikaze class (1922–1925)
- Asakaze
- Asanagi
- Harukaze
- Hatakaze
- Hayate
- Kamikaze
- Matsukaze
- Oite
- Yunagi
- Mutsuki class (1925–1927)
- Fubuki class (1927–1931)
- Akatsuki class (1931–1932)
- Hatsuharu class (1932–1934)
- Tomozuru class (1933)
- Chidori
- Hatsukari
- Manazuru
- Tomozuru
- Shiratsuyu class (1935–1937)
- Otori class (1935–1937)
- Hato
- Hayabusa
- Hiyōdori
- Kari
- Kasasagi
- Kiji
- Otori
- Sagi
- Asashio class (1936–1937)
- Kagero class (1938–1941)
- Yugumo class (1941–1944)
- Akizuki class (1941–1944)
- Shimakaze class (1942)
- Matsu class (1944–1948)
- Enoki
- Hagi
- Hatsuume
- Hatsuzakura
- Hinoki
- Kaba
- Kaede
- Kaki
- Kashi
- Kaya
- Keyaki
- Kiri
- Kusunoki
- Kuwa
- Maki
- Matsu
- Momi
- Momo
- Nara
- Nashi
- Nire
- Odake
- Sakura
- Shii
- Sugi
- Sumire
- Tachibana
- Take
- Tsubaki
- Tsuta
- Ume
- Yanagi
- 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)
[edit] Gunboats
[edit] Minelayers
[edit] Submarines
Main article Imperial Japanese Navy submarines
1st Class Submarines
- Junsen class
- Kou class
- 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
- Tei class
- 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.
- 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, 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, 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
- Holland class
- modified Holland class
[edit] Suicide boats
- Shinyo. 6,200 units.
[edit] External links
- MaritimeQuest Japanese Destroyer Index
- MaritimeQuest Akatsuki Class Destroyers Overview
- MaritimeQuest Akizuki Class Destroyers Overview
- MaritimeQuest Hatsuharu Class Destroyers Overview
- MaritimeQuest Matsu Class Destroyer Overview
- MaritimeQuest Minekaze Class Destroyers Overview
- MaritimeQuest Kamikaze Class Destroyers Class Overview
- MaritimeQuest Japanese Battleship Index
- Japanese gunboats in Japanese, with photo
- Japanese gunboats in Japanese, with photo
- Materials of IJN
- Monograph 144 Chapter II
