User:Hungrydog55/sandbox/military/pacificfront/1940-00 List of ships of the IJN
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The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868-1945. 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.
Destroyers[edit]
1st-Class Destroyers[edit]
In commission during World War II[edit]
Class | Displacement | Main Battery |
Torpedo Tubes |
Comple- ment |
Speed | Number Commis- sioned |
War Losses | Survived War | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Air Attack |
Submarine | Surface Action |
Other | ||||||||
Minekaze class | 1,345 tons | 4 × 4.7‑in. | 6 × 21‑in. | 148 | 39 kn | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
Kamikaze class | 1,400 tons | 4 × 4.7‑in. | 6 × 21‑in. | 154 | 37¼ kn | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
Mutsuki class | 1,315 tons | 4 × 4.7‑in. | 6 × Type 12 | 154 | 37¼ kn | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | none | |
Fubuki class | 1,750 tons | 6 × 5‑in. | 9 × 24‑in. | 219 | 38 kn | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Akatsuki class | 1,750 tons | 6 × 5‑in. | 9 × 24‑in. | 233 | 38 kn | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Hatsuharu class | 1,530 tons | 5 × 5‑in. | 6 × 24‑in. | 212 | 36 kn | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | none | |
Shiratsuyu class | 1,685 tons | 5 × 5‑in. | 6 × 24‑in. | 180 | 34 kn | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | none |
Asashio class | 2,370 tons | 6 × 5‑in. | 8 × 24‑in. | 200 | 35 kn | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | none | |
Kagerō class | 2,500 tons | 6 × 5‑in. | 8 × 24‑in. | 239 | 35.5 kn | 19 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Yūgumo class | 2,520 tons | 6 × 5‑in. | 8 × 24‑in. | 225 | 35.5 kn | 19 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | none |
Akizuki class | 2,700 tons | 8 × 3.9‑in. | 4 × 24‑in. | 263 | 33 kn | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
Shimakaze | 3,300 tons | 6 × 5‑in. | 15 × 24‑in. | 267 | 40.9 kn | 1 | 1 | none | |||
Matsu class | 1,530 tons | 3 × 5‑in. | 4 × 24‑in. | 211 | 27.8 kn | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
Tachibana class | 1,530 tons | 3 × 5‑in. | 4 × 24‑in. | 211 | 27.8 kn | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
Totals | 170 | 48 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 40 |
Matsu-class[edit]
Matsu class (19) | ||
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Displacement: | 1,530 tons | |
Main battery: | 3 × 5 in (130 mm) | |
Torpedo tubes: | 4 × 24‑in. | |
Complement: | 211 | |
Speed: | 27.8 kn (51.5 km/h; 32.0 mph) |
Ship | Keel Laid | Commis- sioned |
War Loss | Postwar |
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Hinoki (Japanese Cypress) |
Mar 1944 | Sep 1944 | Surface action off Manila Bay, Jan 1945 ‡ |
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Kaede (Maple) |
Mar 1944 | Oct 1944 | To Rep. of China, Jul 1947 | |
Kashi (Live Oak) |
May 1944 | Sep 1944 | Scrapped 1947 | |
Kaya (Japanese Nutmeg-Yew) |
Apr 1944 | Sep 1944 | To USSR, Jul 1947 | |
Keyaki (Japanese Elm) |
Jun 1944 | Dec 1944 | Sunk as target, 1947 | |
Kiri (Paulownia Hardwood) |
Feb 1944 | Aug 1944 | To USSR, Jul 1947 | |
Kuwa (Mulberry) |
Dec 1943 | Jul 1944 | Surface action off Ormoc Bay, Dec 1944 |
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Maki (Podocarp Hardwood) |
Feb 1944 | Aug 1944 | Scrapped 1947 | |
Matsu (Pine Tree) |
Aug 1943 | Apr 1944 | Air attack off Bonin Islands, Aug 1944 |
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Momi (White Fir) |
Jan 1944 | Sep 1944 | Air attack off Manila Bay, Jan 1945 |
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Momo (Peach) |
Nov 1943 | Jun 1944 | Submarine off Cape Bolinao, Luzon, Dec 1944 |
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Nara (Oak) |
Jun 1944 | Nov 1944 | Scrapped, 1948 | |
Sakura (Cherry Blossom) |
Jun 1944 | Nov 1944 | Struck mine off Osaka, Jul 1945 |
|
Sugi (Cedar) |
Feb 1944 | Aug 1944 | To Rep. of China, Jul 1947 | |
Sumire (Violet) |
Oct 1944 | Mar 1945 | Sunk as target, 1947 | |
Take (Bamboo) |
Oct 1943 | Jun 1944 | Sunk as target, 1947 | |
Tsubaki (Camellia) |
Jun 1944 | Nov 1944 | Scrapped, Jul 1948 | |
Ume (Apricot) |
Jan 1944 | Jun 1944 | Air attack off Ormoc Bay, Jan 1945 |
|
Yanagi (Willow) |
Aug 1944 | Jan 1945 | Scrapped, Apr 1947 | |
‡ Lost with all hands |
Tachibana-class[edit]
Tachibana class (14) | ||
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Displacement: | 1,530 tons | |
Main battery: | 3 × 5 in (130 mm) | |
Torpedo tubes: | 4 × 24‑in. | |
Complement: | 211 | |
Speed: | 27.8 kn (51.5 km/h; 32.0 mph) |
Ship | Keel Laid | Commis- sioned |
War Loss | Postwar |
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Enoki (Nettle Tree) |
Oct 1944 | Mar 1945 | Struck mine Jun 1945, scrapped |
|
Hagi (Bush Clover) |
Sep 1944 | Mar 1945 | To Royal Navy, Apr 1947 | |
Hatsuume (Early-blooming Plum) |
Dec 1944 | Jun 1945 | To Rep. of China, Jul 1947 | |
Hatsuzakura (Early-blooming Cherry) |
Apr 1944 | May 1945 | To USSR, Jul 1947 | |
Kaba (Birch) |
Oct 1944 | May 1945 | To US, Aug 1947 | |
Kaki (Persimmon) |
Oct 1944 | May 1945 | To US, Jul 1947 | |
Kusunoki (Camphor) |
Nov 1944 | May 1945 | To Royal Navy, Jul 1947 | |
Nashi (?) |
Sep 1944 | Mar 1945 | Salvaged 1955 as JDS Wakaba | |
Nire (Elm) |
Aug 1944 | Jan 1945 | Scrapped, Apr 1948 | |
Odake (Great Bamboo) |
Nov 1944 | May 1945 | To US, Jul 1945 | |
Shii (Castanopsis) |
Sep 1944 | Mar 1945 | To USSR, Jul 1945 | |
Sumire (Violet) |
Oct 1944 | Mar 1945 | To Royal Navy, Aug 1947 | |
Tachibana (?) |
Jul 1944 | Jan 1945 | Sunk by air attack, Jul 1945 |
|
Tsuta (Ivy) |
Jul 1944 | Feb 1945 | To Rep. of China, Jul 1947 |
2nd Class destroyers[edit]
Sakura-class[edit]
Class | Displace- ment |
Main Battery |
Secondary Battery |
Torpedo Tubes |
Comple- ment |
Speed | Ships in Class | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ship | Keel Laid | Commis- sioned |
War Loss | Postwar | |||||||
Sakura class | 830 tons | 1 × 120‑mm | 4 × 80‑mm | 4 × 17.7‑in. | 30 kn | Sakura | Oct 1906 | Apr 1908 | |||
Tachibana | Oct 1906 | Apr 1908 |
- Kaba class (1915)
- Momo class (1916–1917)
- Enoki class (1917–1918)
- Momi class (1919–1922)
- Wakatake class (1922–1923)
3rd Class destroyers[edit]
- Murakumo class (1898–1922)
- Ikazuchi class (1898–1926)
- Akatsuki class (1901–1920)
- Shirakumo class (1901–1926)
- Harusame class (1902–1926)
- Kamikaze class (1905–1930)
World War I era[edit]
Class | Displacement | Main Battery | Torpedo Tubes |
Complement | Speed | Ships in Class | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ship | Keel Laid | Completed or Commissioned |
Fate | ||||||
Urakaze class | 907 tons | 1 × 4.7‑in. 4 × 12‑pndr. |
4 × 21‑in. | 120 | 30 kn | Urakaze | Oct 1913 | Oct 1915 | Air attack, Jul 1945 |
Kawakaze | Oct 1913 | Dec 1916 | Transferred to Italy as Audace, Jul 1916 | ||||||
Isokaze class | 1,227 tons | 4 × 4.7-in. | 6 × 18-in. | 128 | 34 kn | Isokaze | Apr 1916 | Feb 1917 | Retired, 1935 |
Amatsukaze | Apr 1916 | Apr 1917 | Retired, 1935 | ||||||
Hamakaze | Apr 1916 | Mar 1917 | Retired, 1935 | ||||||
Tokitsukaze | Dec 1916 | Mar 1917 | Training ship, 1940; sank in storm, 1945 | ||||||
Acorn class * | 730 tons | 2 × 4‑in. 2 × 12‑pndr. |
2 × 21-in. | 72 | 27 kn | Kanran (HMS Nemesis) | 1910‑1911 | 1910‑1911 | Loaned, 1917; returned, 1919 |
Sendan (HMS Minstrel) | 1910‑1911 | 1910‑1911 | Loaned, 1917; returned, 1919 | ||||||
Kawakaze class | 1,300 tons | 3 × 4.7-in. | 6 × 21-in. | 128 | 37.5‑kn | Kawakaze | Feb 1917 | Nov 1918 | Retired, 1934 |
Tanikaze | Sep 1916 | Jan 1919 | Retired, 1935 | ||||||
* On loan from Royal Navy |
Aircraft-bearing vessels[edit]
Aircraft Carriers[edit]
Fleet Carriers[edit]
Ship or Class | Displacement | Overall Length |
Aircraft | Comple- ment |
Speed | Ships in Class | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ship | Keel Laid | Commis- sioned |
War Loss | Postwar | ||||||
Akagi | 36,500 tons | 855⅓ ft | 91 | 2,000 | 31⅕ kn | Akagi | Dec 1920 | Mar 1927 | Midway, Jun 1942 | |
Kaga | 38,200 tons | 812½ ft | 90 | 2,019 | 28⅓ kn | Kaga | Jul 1920 | Nov 1929 | Midway, Jun 1942 | |
Ryūjō | 10,600 tons | 590⅓ ft | 48 | 900 | 29 kn | Ryūjō | Nov 1929 | May 1933 | Eastern Solomons, Aug 1942 | |
Sōryū | 15,900 tons | 746½ ft | 73 | 1,101 | 34⅓ kn | Sōryū | Nov 1934 | Jan 1937 | Midway, Jun 1942 | |
Hiryū | 17,300 tons | 746 ft | 73 | 1,101 | 34½ kn | Hiryū | Jul 1936 | Jul 1939 | Midway, Jun 1942 | |
Shōkaku class | 25,675 tons | 844.75 ft | 84 | 1,660 | 34 kn | Shōkaku | Dec 1937 | Aug 1941 | Submarine, Jun 1944 | |
Zuikaku | May 1938 | Sep 1941 | Cape Engaño, Oct 1944 | |||||||
Hiyō class | 24,140 tons | 719½ ft | 53 | 1,224 | 25½ kn | Jun'yō | Mar 1939 | May 1942 | Surrendered Sasebo, Sep 1945 | Scrapped 1946-47 |
Hiyō | Nov 1939 | Jul 1942 | Philippine Sea, Jun 1944 | |||||||
Shinano | 64,800 tons | 872.75 ft | 47 | 2,400 | 27 kn | Shinano | May 1940 | --never-- | Submarine, Nov 1944 | |
Taihō | 29,300 tons | 852 ft | 53 | 1,751 | 33 kn | Taihō | Jul 1941 | Mar 1944 | Philippine Sea, Jun 1944 | |
Unryū class | 17,150 tons | 741½ ft | 65• | 1,500 | 34 kn∞ | Unryū | Aug 1942 | Aug 1944 | Submarine, Dec 1944 | |
Amagi | Oct 1942 | Aug 1944 | Air attack Kure, Jul 1945 | Scrapped 1946-47 | ||||||
Katsuragi | Dec 1942 | --never-- | Air attack Kure, Jul 1945 | Scrapped 1946-47 | ||||||
Kasagi | Scrapped | |||||||||
Aso | Constructive total loss, Jul 1945 | |||||||||
Ikoma | Constructive total loss, Jul 1945 |
• Except Aso, Kasagi and Katsuragi, 64; Ikoma 53
∞ Except Aso and Katsuragi, 32 kn
Light Carriers[edit]
Light carriers had a smaller aircraft capacity but sufficient speed to keep up with the combat fleet.
Ship or Class | Displacement | Overall Length |
Aircraft | Comple- ment |
Speed | Ships in Class | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ship | Keel Laid | Commis- sioned |
War Loss | Postwar | ||||||
Hōshō | 7,470 tons | 551½ ft | 25 | 550 | 25 kn | Hōshō | Dec 1920 | Dec 1922 | Scrapped 1947 | |
Ryūhō | 13,360 tons | 707⅓ ft | 31 | 989 | 26½ kn | Ryūhō | Apr 1933 | Mar 1934 | Scrapped 1946 | |
Chitose class | 11,190 tons | 621½ ft | 30 | 989 | 29 kn | Chitose | Nov 1934 | Jul 1938 | Cape Engaño, Oct 1944 | |
Chiyoda | Nov 1934 | Jul 1938 | Cape Engaño, Oct 1944 | |||||||
Zuihō class | 11,262 tons | 712 ft | 30 | 785 | 28 kn | Shōhō | Dec 1934 | Nov 1941 | Coral Sea, May 1942 | |
Zuihō | Jun 1935 | Dec 1940 | Cape Engaño, Oct 1944 |
Escort Carriers[edit]
Escort carriers were distinguished by a combination of low aircraft capacity and slow speed.
Ship or Class | Displacement | Overall Length |
Aircraft | Comple- ment |
Speed | Ships in Class | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ship | Keel Laid | Commis- sioned |
War Loss | Postwar | ||||||
Taiyō class | 17,830 tons | 591½ ft | 27 | 747 | 21 kn | Chūyō | May 1938 | Nov 1942 | Submarine, Dec 1943 | |
Un'yō | Dec 1938 | May 1942 | Submarine, Sep 1944 | |||||||
Taiyō | Jan 1940 | Sep 1941 | Submarine, Aug 1944 | |||||||
Kaiyō | 13,600 tons | 545⅓ ft | 24 | 829 | 23.75 kn | Kaiyō | unk. | Nov 1943 | Air attack Kure, Nov 1944 | Scrapped 1946 |
Shin'yō | 17,500 tons | 650½ ft | 33 | 948 | 22 kn | Shin'yō | unk. | Nov 1943 | Submarine, Nov 1944 | |
Shimane Maru class | 14,500 tons | 526 ft | 12 | unk. | 18½ kn | Shimane Maru | Jun 1944 | Feb 1945 | Air attack, Jul 1945 | |
Otakisan Maru | Sep 1944 | --never-- | Scrapped, 1948 |
Others[edit]
Army aircraft transports[edit]
Ship or Class | Displacement | Overall Length |
Aircraft | Comple- ment |
Speed | Ships in Class | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ship | Keel Laid | Commis- sioned |
War Loss | Postwar | ||||||
Yamashio Maru class | 16,119 tons | 516.75 ft | 8 | 221 | 15 kn | Yamashio Maru | unk. | Jan 1945 | Air attack Yokohama, Feb 1945 |
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Chigusa Maru | unk. | unk. | Sunk, 1945 | Repaired as tanker 1948; scrapped 1963 | ||||||
Kumano Maru | 8,258 tons | 501 ft | 8-37 | unk. | 19 kn | Kumano Maru | Aug 1944 | Mar 1945 | Surrendered, Aug 1945 | Scrapped 1948 |
Akitsu Maru-class | 11,800 tons | 471½ ft | 8-30 | unk. | 20 kn | Akitsu Maru | unk. | Jan 1942 | Submarine, Nov 1944 | |
Nigitsu Maru | unk. | Mar 1943 | Submarine, Jan 1944 |
Seaplane tenders[edit]
Ship or Class | Displacement | Overall Length |
Aircraft | Comple- ment |
Speed | Ships in Class | |||||
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Ship | Keel Laid | Commis- sioned |
Prewar | Wartime | Postwar | ||||||
Wakamiya | 7,844 tons | 365 ft | 4 | 234 | 10 kn | Wakamiya | unk. | Aug 1914 | Scrapped, 1932 | ||
Notoro | 14,280 tons | 471 ft | 8 | 250 | 12 kn | Notoro | Nov 1919 | Aug 1920 | Converted from oiler, 1924 | Converted back to oiler, 1941 | |
Akitsushima | 4,725 tons | 376.75 ft | 1 | 545 | 19 kn | Akitsushima | Oct 1940 | Apr 1942 | Air attack Coron Bay, Sep 1944 | ||
Kamoi | 17,273 tons | 4881/2 ft | 12-22 | 324 | 15 kn | Kamoi | Sep 1921 | Sep 1922 | Converted to seaplane tender, 1933 | Converted to flying boat tender, 1939 | Scrapped Hong Kong, 1947 or later |
Chitose class (converted to aircraft carriers) | tons | ft | kn | Mizuho | May 1937 | Feb 1939 | Submarine. May 1942 | ||||
Nisshin | |||||||||||
Kamikawa Maru | tons | ft | kn | Kamikawa Maru | Aug 1936 | ||||||
Kiyokawa Maru | Oct 1936 | ||||||||||
Kimikawa Maru | Nov 1936 | ||||||||||
Kunikawa Maru | Mar 1937 | ||||||||||
Hirokawa Maru | Apr 1939 |
Minesweepers[edit]
Patrol vessels[edit]
- 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 [1]
- No.1-class patrol boat
- No.31-class patrol boat
- Patrol Boat No. 31 (ex-Kiku) [4]
- Patrol Boat No. 32 (ex-Aoi) [5]
- Patrol Boat No. 33 (ex-Hagi) [6]
- Patrol Boat No. 34 (ex-Susuki) [7]
- Patrol Boat No. 35 (ex-Tsuta) [8]
- Patrol Boat No. 36 (ex-Fuji) [9]
- Patrol Boat No. 37 (ex-Hishi) [10]
- Patrol Boat No. 38 (ex-Yomogi) [11]
- Patrol Boat No. 39 (ex-Tade) [12]
- Patrol Boat No. 46 (ex-Yūgao) [13]
- Patrol Boat No. 101 (ex-HMS Thracian) [14]
- Patrol Boat No. 102 (ex-Error: {{Ship}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help)) [15]
- Patrol Boat No. 103 (ex-Error: {{Ship}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help)) [16]
- Patrol Boat No. 104 (ex-HNLMS Valk) [17]
- Patrol Boat No. 105 (ex-Arayat) [18]
- Patrol Boat No. 106 (ex-HNLMS Banckert) [19]
- Patrol Boat No. 107 (ex-Error: {{Ship}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help)) [20]
- Patrol Boat No. 108 (ex-HNLMS Arend) [21]
- Patrol Boat No. 109 (ex-HNLMS Fazant) [22]