List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from List of ships of the Japanese Navy)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, including ships that are no longer in service. For a list of ships of its successor, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, see JMSDF Fleet.
-
This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Contents |
[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
- Shohei 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
- Chōyō (1858)
- Kaiyō Maru (1866)
- Kaiten
- Banryū
- Chogei
- Shinsoku
- Mikaho
- Yoharu
- Kasuga
- Chiyodagata (1863), Japan's first domestically-built steam warship.
- Hiryū
- Teibo
- Ryūjō (1864)
The Japanese gunboat Unyo.
- Unyo
- Nisshin
- Takao
- Moshun
[edit] Corvettes and gunboats
- Hiei class
- Amagi
- Tsukushi
- Kaimon
- Tenryū
- Katsuragi class
- Heien (1882, ex-Chinese, captured 1895) – Armored gunboat
- Maya-class gunboat
- Ōshima
- Banjo
- Uji
[edit] Battleships
- Kōtetsu, (1864–1888) – Japan's first ironclad warship, later renamed Azuma {Ex-"CSS Stonewall"}
- Fusō (1877–1910)
- 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:
- ex-Turkish Torgud Reis, ex-German Weissenburg, assigned but not taken over) – BU 1938
- ex-German Nassau BU 1920
- ex-German Oldenburg – BU 1921
- Kaga-class
- Kaga (1921 – converted to an aircraft carrier)
- Tosa (cancelled 1922)
[edit] Aircraft carriers
- Wakamiya (1913)
- Notoro (1920)
- Hōshō (1921)
- Kaga (1921)
- Akagi (1925)
- Ryūjō (1931)
- Shinyo (1934)
- Sōryū class
- Zuihō class
- Kaiyo (1938)
- Shokaku class
- Hiyō class
- Taiyō class
- Akitsu Maru class
- Akitsu Maru (1941)
- Nigitsu Maru (1942)
- Ryūhō (1942)
- Taihō (1943)
- Chitose class
- Unryū class
- Shinano (1944)
- Shimane Maru class
- Shimane Maru (1944)
- Otakisan Maru (not completed)
- Yamashio Maru class
- Yamashio Maru (1944)
- Chigusa Maru (not completed)
- Kumano Maru (1945)
[edit] Cruisers
[edit] Protected Cruisers
- ex-Chinese cruisers as prizes of First Sino-Japanese War
- Saien (1895–1904)
- Izumi (1884–1912)
- Unebi (1886–1887)
- Yaeyama (1890–1911)
- Chiyoda (1891–1927)
- Chishima (1892–1892)
- Matsushima class
- Itsukushima (1891–1926)
- Matsushima (1892–1908)
- Hashidate (1894–1927)
- Akitsushima (1894–1927)
- Yoshino (1893–1904)
- Takasago (1898–1904)
- Otowa (1904–1917)
- Tone (1910–1931)
- ex-Russian cruisers as prizes of Russo-Japanese War
[edit] Dispatch Vessels
[edit] Light Cruisers
- ex-German cruisers as prize of World War I
- Y (1909, ex-German Augsburg, 1920–1922)
- Yūbari (1923–1944)
- ex-Republic of China cruisers as prizes of Second Sino-Japanese War
- Ōyodo class
- Ōyodo (1943–1945)
- Niyodo (not completed)
[edit] Armored cruisers
- Yakumo (1900–1946)
- Azuma (1900–1944)
- ex-Russian armored cruisers as prizes of the Russo-Japanese War
[edit] Battlecruisers
- Kongō class (battlecruisers converted to "fast battleships" in 1920s)
- Amagi-class battlecruisers:
- Amagi (not completed)
- Akagi (converted to aircraft carrier)
- Atago (not launched)
- Takao (not launched)
[edit] Heavy Cruisers
- Ibuki class
- Ibuki (1943; converted to aircraft carrier)
- ? (No. 301) (not launched)
[edit] Destroyers
[edit] 1st Class Destroyers
- Minekaze class (1919–1922)
- Kamikaze-class (1922–1925)
- Mutsuki class (1925–1927)
- Fubuki class (1927–1931)
- Akatsuki class (1931–1932)
- Hatsuharu class (1932–1934)
- Shiratsuyu class (1935–1937)
- Asashio class (1936–1937)
- Kagero class (1938–1941)
- Yugumo class (1941–1944)
- Akizuki-class (1941–1944)
- Shimakaze class (1942)
- Matsu class (1944–1948)
- 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] 2nd Class Destroyers
- Momi class (1919–1922)
- Wakatake class (1922–1923)
[edit] Torpedo Boats
- Tomozuru class (1933)
- Otori class (1935–1937)
[edit] River Gunboats
- Sumida
- Fushimi
- Ataka
- Okitsu
- Karatsu {formerly USS Luzon (PR-7))
- Katada
- Fushimi
- Sumida
- Hozu
- Futami
- Atami
- Seta
- Kotaka
- Toba
- Hira
- Tatara {formerly {USS Wake (PR-3))
- 25 ton class riverine gunboat
[edit] Patrol Vessels
- Type I submarine chaser (驅潛特務艇第一號型): Over 200 built during the World War II, 81 lost.
List of IJN Patrol Vessels can be found here at [1]
- Patrol Boat # 01-see [2]
- Patrol Boat # 02-see [3]
- Patrol Boat # 31-see [4]
- Patrol Boat # 32-sunk at Battle of Wake Island
- Patrol Boat # 33-sunk at Battle of Wake Island
- Patrol Boat # 34-see [5]
- Patrol Boat # 35-see [6]
- Patrol Boat # 36-see [7]
- Patrol Boat # 37-see [8]
- Patrol Boat # 38-see [9]
- Patrol Boat # 39-see [10]
- Patrol Boat # 46-see [11]
- Patrol Boat # 101-see [12]
- Patrol Boat # 102-formerly USN Destroyer USS Stewart (DD-224)
- Patrol Boat # 103-formerly USN minesweeperUSS Finch (AM-9)
- Patrol Boat # 104-see [13]
- Patrol Boat # 105-see [14]
- Patrol Boat # 106-see [15]
- Patrol Boat # 107-see USS Genesee (AT-55)
- Patrol Boat # 108-see [16]
- Patrol Boat # 109-see [17]
- Sparviero class
[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
- Other submarines
- Holland class
- modified Holland class
[edit] Suicide boats
- Shinyo. 6,200 units.
[edit] References
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2008) |
[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
[edit] See also
|
|||||||
