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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.[1] 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.
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Early warships
- Atakebune, 16th century coastal oar propelled warships.
- 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.
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Early modern warships
Western-style sail warships
- Shohei Maru (1854) – Japan's first post-seclusion Western-style sail warship.
- Hōō Maru (1854)
- Asahi Maru (1856)
Steam warships
- Kankō Maru (1855), Japan's first steam warship.
- Bali class (1857-1858), Japan's first screw-driven steam warships.
- Kanrin Maru, Chōyō Maru, Denryū Maru (ja:電流丸)
- Banryū Maru (1858)
- Chiyodagata (1863), Japan's first domestically built steam warship.
- Kaiten (1864)
- Hiryū (1865) (ja:飛龍丸)
- Fujiyama (1866)
- Chōgei Maru (1866)
- Kaiyō Maru (1866)
- Kasuga (1867)
- Pawtuxet class (1867-1868)
- Mōshun (1868)
- Yōshun (1868)
- Ryūjō (1869)
- Nisshin (1870)
- Shinsoku
- Mikaho
Corvettes and gunboats
- Teibō No.1 (1868) (ja:第一丁卯)
- Teibō No.2 (1868)
- Un'yō (1870)
- Tsukuba (1871)
- Seiki (1876)
- Kongō class (1877)
- Amagi (1878)
- Banjō (1880)
- Tsukushi (1883)
- Kaimon (1884)
- Tenryū (1885)
- Katsuragi class (1887-1888)
- Maya class (1888-1890)
- Ōshima (1892)
- Uji (1904)
- Chinese gunboat captured during the First Sino-Japanese War, Sōkō (ex-Tsao-kiang)
- Chinese ironclad captured during the First Sino-Japanese War, Heien (ex-Pingyuan)
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Battleships
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Pre-dreadnoughts
Prizes of the Russo-Japanese War
Battleships
Coastal defense ships
Transitional Dreadnoughts
Battleship prizes of World War I
Battlecruisers
In commission during World War II
Old battleships
Ise after conversion
‡ Before conversion to hybrid aircraft carriers
Super battleships
Yamato and Musashi in Truk Atoll, 1943
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Seaplane tenders
- Wakamiya (1913)
- Notoro (1920)
- Akitsushima-class
- Akitsushima
- Chihaya (not completed)
- Kamoi
- Chitose class (converted to aircraft carriers)
- Mizuho
- Nisshin
- Kamikawa Maru class
- Kamikawa Maru
- Kiyokawa Maru
- Kimikawa Maru
- Kunikawa Maru
Aircraft carriers
Standard aircraft carriers
Light aircraft carriers
- Hōshō (1921)
- Ryūjō (1931)
- Zuihō class
- Hiyō class
- Chitose class
- Ibuki (not completed, converted from heavy cruiser)
Escort aircraft carriers
- Taiyō class
- Kaiyō (converted from ocean liner in 1942)
- Ryūhō (converted from submarine tender in 1942)
- Shin'yō (converted from ocean liner in 1943)
- Special 1TL Type auxiliary escort carrier
- Shimane Maru (1944)
- Otakisan Maru (not completed)
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Cruisers
Protected cruisers
Prizes of Russo-Japanese War
Armored cruisers
Other cruisers
Dispatch vessels
Foreign ships
In commission during World War II
Old light cruisers
Heavy cruisers
New light cruisers
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Destroyers
1st Class destroyers
World War I era
In commission during World War II
Minekaze-class
Kamikaze-class
Mutsuki-class
Fubuki-class
Akatsuki-class
Hatsuharu-class
Shiratsuyu-class
Asashio-class
Kagerō-class
Yūgumo-class
Akizuki-class
Shimakaze
Matsu-class
Tachibana-class
2nd Class destroyers
- Sakura class (1911–1912)
- Kaba class (1915)
- Momo class (1916–1917)
- Enoki class (1917–1918)
- Enoki, Maki, Nara, Keyaki, Kuwa, Tsubaki
- Momi class (1919–1922)
- Wakatake class (1922–1923)
- Wakatake, Kuretake, Sanae, Sawarabi, Asagao, Yūgao, Fuyo, Karukaya
3rd Class destroyers
- Murakumo class (1898–1922)
- Ikazuchi class (1898–1926)
- Ikazuchi, Inazuma, Akebono, Sazanami, Niji, Oboro
- Akatsuki class (1901–1920)
- Shirakumo class (1901–1926)
- Harusame class (1902–1926)
- Harusame, Murasame, Hayatori, Asagiri, Ariake, Fubuki, Arare
- Kamikaze class (1905–1930)
- Russian destroyers captured during the Russo-Japanese War, 3 units, Satsuki (ex-Bedovyi), Akatsuki / Yamabiko (ex-Reshitel'nyi), Fumizuki (ex-Sil'nyi)
Kaibōkan
- Shimushu class
- Etorofu class
- Ukuru class
- Hiburi class
- Hiburi, Shonan, Daito, Kume, Ikuna, Shisaka, Sakito, Mokuto, Habuto
- Type C
- CD-1, CD-3, CD-5, CD-7, CD-9, CD-11, CD-13, CD-15, CD-17, CD-19, CD-21, CD-23, CD-25, CD-27, CD-29, CD-31, CD-33, CD-35, CD-37, CD-39 CD-41, CD-43, CD-45, CD-47, CD-49, CD-51, CD-53, CD-55, CD-57, CD-59, CD-61, CD-63, CD-65, CD-67, CD-69, CD-71, CD-73, CD-75, CD-77, CD-79, CD-81, CD-85, CD-87, CD-95, CD-97, CD-105, CD-107, CD-205, CD-207, CD-213, CD-215, CD-217, CD-219, CD-221, CD-225, CD-227
- Type D
- CD-2, CD-4, CD-6, CD-10, CD-12, CD-14, CD-16, CD-18, CD-20, CD-22, CD-24, CD-26, CD-28, CD-30, CD-32, CD-34, CD-36, CD-38, CD-40, CD-42, CD-44, CD-46, CD-48, CD-50, CD-52, CD-54, CD-56, CD-58, CD-60, CD-64, CD-66, CD-68, CD-70, CD-72, CD-74, CD-76, CD-78, CD-80, CD-82, CD-84, CD-102, CD-104, CD-106, CD-112, CD-116, CD-118, CD-124, CD-126, CD-130, CD-132, CD-134, CD-138, CD-142, CD-144, CD-150, CD-154, CD-156, CD-158, CD-160, CD-186, CD-190, CD-192, CD-194, CD-196, CD-198, CD-200, CD-202, CD-204
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Torpedo boats
1st Class torpedo boats
- Kotaka (1888)
- Shirataka (1899)
- Hayabusa class (1899–1904)
- Hayabusa, Kasasagi, Manazuru, Chidori, Aotaka, Kari, Hato, Tsubame, Hibari, Kiji, Hashitaka, Sagi, Uzura, Kamome, Ōtori
- Chinese torpedo boat captured during the First Sino-Japanese War, Fukuryū (ex-Fulong)
- Chinese torpedo boat captured during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Kawasemi (ex-Hu Oah)
- German torpedo boats awarded as prizes of World War I, 4 units, ex-S60, ex-V80, ex-V127, ex-V181
2nd Class torpedo boats
- Type 21 (1894-1895)
- No.21, No.24
- Type 22 (1893-1901)
- No.22, No.23, No.25, No.31, No.32, No.33, No.34, No.35, No.36, No.37, No.38, No.44, No.45, No.46, No.47, No.48, No.49, No.60, No.61
- Type 29 (1900)
- No.29, No.30
- Type 39 (1901-1902)
- No.39, No.40, No.41, No.42, No.43, No.62, No.63, No.64, No.65, No.66
- Type 67 (1903-1904)
- No.67, No.68, No.69, No.70, No.71, No.72, No.73, No.74, No.75
3rd Class torpedo boats
- Type 1 (1881-1884)
- No.1, No.2, No.3, No.4
- Type 5 (1892–1894)
- No.5, No.6, No.7, No.8, No.9, No.10, No.11, No.12, No.13, No.14, No.16, No.17, No.18, No.19
- Type 15 (1893)
- No.15, No.20
- Type 50 (1900-1902)
- No.50, No.51, No.52, No.53, No.54, No.55, No.56, No.57, No.58, No.59
- Chinese torpedo boats captured during the First Sino-Japanese War, 2 units, No.26 (ex-Right Fleet 1), No.27 (ex-Right Fleet 3)
4th Class torpedo boats
- Chinese torpedo boat captured during the First Sino-Japanese War, No.28
London Naval Treaty era torpedo boats
- Chidori class (1933)
- Chidori, Hatsukari, Manazuru, Tomozuru
- Ōtori class (1935–1937)
- Hato, Hayabusa, Hiyodori, Kari, Kasasagi, Kiji, Ōtori, Sagi
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River gunboats
- Sumida (1903)
- Fushimi (1906)
- Toba (1911)
- Ataka (1922)
- Seta class (1922-1923)
- Atami class (1929)
- Kotaka (1929)
- Kozakura class (1935)
- Hakubai, Kozakura
- Fushimi class (1939)
- American gunboats captured during the Pacific War, 2 units, Karatsu (ex-USS Luzon), Tatara (ex-USS Wake)
- British gunboat captured during the Pacific War, Suma (ex-HMS Moth)
- Italian gunboat captured during the Pacific War, Okitsu (ex-Lepanto)
Minesweepers
Patrol vessels
- No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser (驅潛特務艇第一號型): Over 200 built during World War II, 81 lost.
List of IJN Patrol Vessels can be found here at
- No.1-class patrol boat
- No.31-class patrol boat
- Patrol Boat No. 101 (ex-HMS Thracian)
- Patrol Boat No. 102 (ex-USS Stewart (DD-224))
- Patrol Boat No. 103 (ex-USS Finch (AM-9))
- Patrol Boat No. 104 (ex-HNLMS Valk)
- Patrol Boat No. 105 (ex-Arayat)
- Patrol Boat No. 106 (ex-HNLMS Banckert)
- Patrol Boat No. 107 (ex-USS Genesee (AT-55))
- Patrol Boat No. 108 (ex-HNLMS Arend)
- Patrol Boat No. 109 (ex-HNLMS Fazant)
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Minelayers
Landing craft
Submarines
1st Class submarines
- Kaidai type
- Type KD1, Kaidai 1 gata (海大1型), I-51.
- Type KD2, Kaidai 2 gata (海大2型), I-152 (ex-I-52).
- Type KD3a, Kaidai 3 gata a (海大3型a), 4 units, I-153 (ex-I-53), I-154 (ex-I-54), I-155 (ex-I-55), I-158 (ex-I-58).
- Type KD3b, Kaidai 3 gata b (海大3型b), 5 units, I-156 (ex-I-56), I-157 (ex-I-57), I-159 (ex-I-59), I-60, I-63.
- Type KD4, Kaidai 4 gata (海大4型), 3 units, I-61, I-162 (ex-I-62), I-164 (ex-I-64)
- Type KD5, Kaidai 5 gata (海大5型), 3 units, I-165 (ex-I-65), I-166 (ex-I-66), I-67
- Type KD6a, Kaidai 6 gata a (海大6型a), 6 units, I-168 (ex-I-68), I-169 (ex-I-69), I-70, I-171 (ex-I-71), I-172 (ex-I-72), I-73.
- Type KD6b, Kaidai 6 gata b (海大6型b), 2 units, I-174 (ex-I-74), I-175 (ex-I-75).
- Type KD7, Kaidai 7 gata (海大7型), 10 units, I-176 (ex-I-76), I-177, I-178, I-179, I-180, I-181, I-182, I-183, I-184, I-185.
- Sentoku type, Toku gata (特型), 3 units, I-400, I-401, I-402 (I-404 not launched, I-405 not completed).
- Sentaka-Dai type, Sentaka (潜高), 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 type, Kiraisen (機雷潜), 4 units I-121 (ex-I-21), I-122 (ex-I-22), I-123 (ex-I-23), I-124 (ex-I-24).
- Captured German submarines, 6 units, I-501 (ex-U-181), I-502 (ex-U-862), I-503 (ex-UIT-24, ex-Comandante Cappellini), I-504 (ex-UIT-25, ex-Luigi Torelli), I-505 (ex-U-219), I-506 (ex-U-195).
2nd Class submarines
- Type F
- Kaichū type
- Type K1, Kaichū 1 gata (海中I型), 2 units, Ro-11, Ro-12.
- Type K2, Kaichū 2 gata (海中II型), 3 units, Ro-13, Ro-14, Ro-15.
- Type K3, Kaichū 3 gata (海中III型), 10 units, Ro-16, Ro-17, Ro-18, Ro-19, Ro-20, Ro-21, Ro-22, Ro-23, Ro-24, Ro-25.
- Type K4, Kaichū 4 gata (海中IV型), 3 units, Ro-26, Ro-27, Ro-28.
- Type KT (Toku-Chū), Kaichū 5 gata (海中V型), 5 units, Ro-29,Ro-30, Submarine No. 70, Ro-31, Ro-32.
- Type K6, Kaichū 6 gata (海中VI型), 2 units, Ro-33, Ro-34.
- Type KS (Sen-Chū), Kaichū 7 gata (海中VII型), 18 units, 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.
- Type L
- Ko Type, 18 units, Ro-100, Ro-101, Ro-102, Ro-103, Ro-104, Ro-105, Ro-106, Ro-107, Ro-108, Ro-109, Ro-110, Ro-111, Ro-112, Ro-113, Ro-114, Ro-115, Ro-116, Ro-117.
- Ex-German submarines, 2 units, Ro-500 (ex-U-511), Ro-501 (ex-U-1224).
3rd Class submarines
- Sen'yu-Shō Type, 10 units, Ha-101, Ha-102, Ha-103, Ha-104, 'Ha-105, Ha-106, Ha-107, Ha-108, Ha-109, Ha-111 (Ha-110 and Ha-112 not completed)
- Sentaka-Shō Type, 11 units, Ha-201, Ha-202, Ha-203, Ha-204, Ha-205, Ha-207, Ha-208, Ha-209, Ha-210, Ha-216 (Ha-206, Ha-211 to Ha-215, Ha-217 to Ha-279 not completed)
- Kō-hyōteki class, 216 units.
- Kairyū class, about 250 units (750 planned).
- Kaiten, 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
Other submarines
- Holland class
- modified Holland class
Suicide vessels
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