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List of ships of the Japanese Navy

This is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, including ones in the past and ones in the present time.

Contents

4.1 Small cruisers
4.2 Large cruisers

5 Destroyers

6 Submarines

7 See also

Early warships

Red seal ships - Around 350 armed sailships, commissionned by the Bakufu in the early 17th century, for Asian and South-East Asian trade.
San Juan Bautista (1614) - One of Japan's first Western-style sail warships, and the first to cross the Pacific Ocean
Shōhei Maru (1854) - Japan's first post-seclusion Western-style sail warship.
Kanrin Maru (1855) - Japan's first screw-driven steam warship
Kaiyō Maru (1866)
Kaiten
Banryo
Chiyodagata
Chogei
Shinsoku
Mikaho
Yoharu
Haruhi
Hiryu
Teibo
Ryujo (1864) - Armored corvette
Hiei class - Armored corvettes
- Hiei (1877)
- Kongo (1877)
Heien (1882, ex-Chinese, captured 1895) - Armored gunboat

Battleships

Kotetsu (1864) - Japan's first ironclad warship, later renamed Azuma
Fuso (1877)
Chin'en (1882, ex-Chinese Chen Yuen, captured 1895) - BU 1914

Fuji class
- Fuji (1896) - BU 1948
- Yashima (1896) - Mined 1904
Shikishima class
- Shikishima (1898) - BU 1948
- Hatsuse (1899) - Mined 1904
Asahi (1899) - Sunk 1942
Mikasa (1900) - Preserved
Captured in 1905:
- Iki (1889, ex-Russian Imperator Nikolai I )
- Tango (1892, ex-Russian Poltava ) - BU 1923
- Sagami (1898, ex-Russian Peresviet )
- Suwo (1900, ex-Russian Pobieda )
- Hizen (1900, ex-Russian Retvizan )
- Iwami (1902, ex-Russian Orel )
- Mishima (1894, ex-Russian Admiral Senyavin )
- Okinoshima (1896, ex-Russian General-Admiral Graf Apraxin )
Katori class
- Katori (1905)
- Kashima (1905)
Satsuma class
- Satsuma (1906) - Scuttled 1924
- Aki (1907)
Kawachi class
- Kawachi (1910)
- Settsu (1911)

Kongo class - Battlecruisers rebuilt as fast battleships
- Kongo (1912)
- Hiei (1912)
- Haruna (1913)
- Kirishima (1913)
Fuso class
- Fuso (1914)
- Yamashiro (1915)
Ise class
- Ise (1916)
- Hyuga (1917)
Nagato class
- Nagato (1919)
- Mutsu (1920)
Battleship prizes of World War I
- ex-Turkish Torgud Reis , ex-German Weissenburg , assigned but not taken over) - BU 1938
- ex-German Nassau ) BU
- ex-German Oldenburg ) - BU 1921
Kaga class
- Kaga (1921, converted to an aircraft carrier)
- Tosa (not completed)
Yamato class
- Yamato (1940)
- Musashi (1940)
- Shinano (converted to an aircraft carrier)
- Unknown and cancelled

Aircraft carriers

Hosho (1921)
Kaga (1921)
Akagi (1925)
Ryujo (1931)
Ryuho (1933)
Shinyo (1934)
Soryu class
- Soryu (1935)
- Hiryu (1937)
Zuiho class
- Shoho (1935)
- Zuiho (1936)
Chitose class
- Chitose (1936)
- Chiyoda (1937)
Kaiyo (1938)
Shokaku class
- Shokaku (1939)
- Zuikaku (1939)
Junyo class
- Junyo (1939)
- Hiyo (1939)
Taiyo class
- Unyo (1939)
- Chuyo (1939)
- Taiyo (1940)
Akitsu Maru class
- Akitsu Maru (1941)
- Nigitsu Maru (1942)
Taiho (1943)
Unryu class
- Amagi (1943)
- Unryu (1943)
- Katsuragi (1944)
- Kasagi (not completed)
- Aso (not completed)
- Ikoma (not completed)
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)

Cruisers

Small cruisers

Sai Yen (1883, ex-Chinese)
Izumi (1883)
Naniwa class
- Naniwa (1885)
- Takachiho (1885)
Unebi (1886)
Matsushima class
- Itsukushima (1889)
- Matsushima (1890)
- Hashidate (1891)
Akitsushima (1892)
Yoshino (1892)
Akashi class
- Suma (1895)
- Akashi (1897)
Takasago (1897)
Chitose class
- Chitose (1898)
- Kasagi (1898)
Tsushima class
- Tsushima (1902)
- Niitaka (1902)
Otowa (1903)
Tone (1904)
Tsugaru (1899, ex-Russian Pallada , captured 1905)
Soya (1899, ex-Russian Varyag, captured 1905)
Suzuyu (1900, ex-Russian Novik , captured 1905)
Yodo class
- Yodo (1907)
- Mogami (1908)
Chikuma class
- Chikuma (1911)
- Hirado (1911)
- Yahagi (1911)
Tenryu class
- Tenryu (1918)
- Tatsuta (1918)
Kuma class
- Kuma (1919)
- Tama (1920)
- Kitakami (1920)
- Oi (1920)
- Kiso (1920)
Y (1909, ex-German Augsburg, taken 1920)
Nagara class
- Nagara (1921)
- Isuzu (1921)
- Yura (1922)
- Natori (1922)
- Kinu (1922)
- Abukuma (1922)
Sendai class
- Sendai (1923)
- Jintsu (1923)
- Naka (1925)
Yubari (1923)
Chinese Ning Hai class
- Ioshima (ex-Ning Hai) (1931)
- Yasoshima (ex-P'ing Hai) (1935)
Katori class
- Katori (1939)
- Kashima (1939)
- Kashii (1940)
- Kashiwara (not completed)
Agano class
- Agano (1941)
- Yahagi (1942)
- Noshiro (1942)
- Sakawa (1944)
Oyodo class
- Oyodo (1942)
- Niyodo (not completed)

Large cruisers

Chiyoda (1890)
Asama class
- Asama (1898)
- Tokiwa (1898)
- Izumo (1899)
- Iwate (1900)
Yakumo (1899)
Azuma (1899)
Kasuga class
- Kasuga (1902)
- Nisshin (1903)
Aso (1900, ex-Russian Bayan , captured 1905)
Tsukuba class (note: the IJN classified these as battlecruisers but they lacked the big guns of battlecruisers proper)
- Tsukuba (1906)
- Ikoma (1905)
Ibuki class (note: the IJN classified these as battlecruisers but they lacked the big guns of battlecruisers proper)
- Ibuki (1907)
- Kurama (1907)
Kongo class (battlecruisers which were all converted to "fast battleships" in the 1920s)
- Kongo (1912)
- Hiei (1912)
- Haruna (1913)
- Kirishima (1913)
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
- Furutaka (1925)
- Kako (1925)
Aoba class
- Aoba (1926)
- Kinugasa (1926)
Myoko class
- Myoko (1927)
- Nachi (1927)
- Ashigara (1928)
- Haguro (1928)
Takao class
- Takao (1930)
- Maya (1930)
- Atago (1930)
- Chokai (1931)
Mogami class - Converted from light cruisers
- Mogami (1934)
- Mikuma (1934)
- Suzuya (1934)
- Kumano (1936)
Tone class
- Tone (1937)
- Chikuma (1938)
Ibuki class
- Ibuki (1943; converted to aircraft carrier)
- ? (No. 301) (not launched)

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)
- Fumizuki
- Kikuzuki
- Kisaragi
- Mikazuki
- Minazuki
- Mochizuki
- Mutsuki
- Nagatsuki
- Satsuki
- Uzuki
- Yayoi
- Yuzuki
Fubuki class (1927–1931)
- Akebono
- Amagiri
- Asagiri
- Ayanami
- Fubuki
- Hatsuyuki
- Isonami
- Miyuki
- Murakumo
- Oboro
- Sagiri
- Sazanami
- Shikinami
- Shinonome
- Shirakumo
- Shirayuki
- Uranami
- Ushio
- Usugumo
- Yugiri
Akatsuki class (1931–1932)
- Akatsuki
- Hibiki
- Ikazuchi
- Inazuma
Hatsuharu class (1932–1934)
- Ariake
- Hatsuharu
- Hatsushimo
- Nenohi
- Wakaba
- Yugure
Tomozuru class (1933)
- Chidori
- Hatsukari
- Manazuru
- Tomozuru
Shiratsuyu class (1935–1937)
- Harusame
- Kawakaze
- Murasame
- Samidare
- Shigure
- Shiratsuyu
- Suzukaze
- Umikaze
- Yamakaze
- Yudachi
Otori class (1935–1937)
- Hato
- Hayabusa
- Hiyodori
- Kari
- Kasasagi
- Kiji
- Otori
- Sagi
Asashio class (1936–1937)
- Arare
- Arashio
- Asagumo
- Asashio
- Kasumi
- Michishio
- Minegumo
- Natsugumo
- Oshio
- Yamagumo
Kagero class (1938–1941)
- Akigumo
- Amatsukaze
- Arashi
- Hagikaze
- Hamakaze
- Hatsukaze
- Hayashio
- Isokaze
- Kagero
- Kuroshio
- Maikaze
- Natsushio
- Nowaki
- Oyashio
- Shiranuhi
- Tanikaze
- Tokitsukaze
- Urakaze
- Yukikaze
Yugumo class (1941–1944)
- Akishimo
- Asashimo
- Fujinami
- Hamanami
- Hayanami
- Hayashimo
- Kazagumo
- Kishinami
- Kiyonami
- Kiyoshimo
- Makigumo
- Makinami
- Naganami
- Okinami
- Onami
- Suzunami
- Takanami
- Tamanami
- Yugumo
Akizuki class (1941–1944)
- Akizuki
- Fuyuzuki
- Hanazuki
- Haruzuki
- Hatsuzuki
- Mochizuki (not completed)
- Natsuzuki
- Niizuki
- Shimotsuki
- Suzutsuki
- Teruzuki
- Wakatsuki
- Yoizuki
Shimakaze class (1942)
- Shimakaze
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
- Nire
- Odake
- Sakaki (not launched)
- Shii
- Sumire
- Tachibana
- Tochi (not completed)
- Tsuta
- Wakazakura (not launched)
- Yadake (not completed)
- Yaezakura (not completed)

Submarines

3rd Class Submarines

Ko-hyoteki class
Kairyu class
Kaiten class
C1 class
C2 class
S1 class
Kawasaki class
C3 class
S2 class

2nd Class Submarines

K1 class
F1 class
L1 class
K2 class
L2 class
K3 class
F2 class
L3 class
K4 class
KT class
L4 class
K5 class
KS class
K6 class
SS class
STS class

1st Class Submarines

I-400 class
KD1 class
KD2 class
J1 class
KD3a class
KRS class
KD3b class
KD4 class
KD5 class
J1M class
KD6a class
J2 class
J3 class
KD6b class
C1 class
No71
A1 class
B1 class
KD7 class
L4 class
B2 class
A2 class
B3 class
C2 class
C3 class
B4 class
C4 class
D1 class
AM class
ST class
SH class
D2 class
TK class

Army submarines

Yu1 class
Yu1001 class
Yu2001 class

Other submarines

Holland class
modified Holland class

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