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.
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.
- (1607) – Built by William Adams for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Crossed the Pacific in 1610.
- (1614) – One of Japan's first Western-style sail warships, transported the embassy of Hasekura Tsunenaga to America in 1614.
Early modern warships
Edo period
thumb|Illustration of
This section lists warships belonging to the Tokugawa shogunate and to the various domains of Japan before the Meiji Restoration and the Boshin War. Several of the vessels that survived the war would go on to serve in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Navy.
Western-style sail warships
- (1854), Japan's first post-seclusion Western-style sail warship.
- (1854)
- (1854)
- (1862) (:ja:快風丸_(日本海軍))
- (1867) (:ja:立象丸)
Steam warships
thumb| in 1855
thumb| circa 1878
thumb| circa 1878
thumb| circa 1897
- (1855), Japan's first steam warship.
- (1856-1857), Japan's first screw-driven steam warships.
- , , (:ja:電流丸)
- (1858)
- (1863), Japan's first domestically built steam warship.
- (1863) (:ja:翔鶴丸)
- (1864)
- (1864)
- (1865) (:ja:飛龍丸)
- (1865)
- (1865)
- (1865)
- (1866)
- (1866) (:ja:華陽丸)
- (1866) (:ja:行速丸)
- (1866) (:ja:第一丁卯)
- (1866)
- (1867)
- (1867)
- (1867-1868)
- , ,
- (1868) (:ja:延年丸)
- (1868)
- (1868) (:ja:和泉丸)
- (1868)
- (1868) (:ja:摂津艦)
- (:ja:開運丸)
Meiji era
- (1869)
- (1870)
- (1870)
- (1874) (:ja:浅間_(コルベット))
- (1875)
- (1876)
- (1877)
- (1877)
- ,
- (1878)
- (1882)
- (1883)
- (1885-1886)
- , ,
- Chinese gunboat captured during the First Sino-Japanese War (1894)
- Sōkō (ex-')
Battleships
Pre-dreadnoughts
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File:Stonewall-Kotetsu.jpg|
File:Battleship_Shikishima.jpg|
File:Japanese_battleship_Asahi.jpg|
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Ship or class
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Displacement
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main<br>battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Secondary<br>battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Torpedo<br>tubes
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Complement
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Speed
! scope="col" colspan=4 | Ships in class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel<br>laid
! scope="col" | Commissioned
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | , ex-CSS Stonewall; renamed Azuma, Dec 1871
|" | 1,390 t
|" | 1×
|" | 2x
|" |
|" | 135
|" |
| scope="row" |
|" | 1863
|" | Feb 1869
|" | Sold for scrap, Dec 1889
|-
! scope="row" |
|" | 3,717 t
|" | 4x
|" | 2x
|" |
|" | 295
|" |
|
|" | Jul 1875
|" | Jan 1878
|" | Sold for scrap, 1909
|-
!scope="row" | Chin'en<br>(Prize of First Sino-Japanese War)
|" | 7,220 t
|" | 4×
|" | 2x
|" | 3x
|" | 350
|" |
|
|" | Mar 1882
|" | Mar 1895
|" | Scrapped, 1912
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Fuji class
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 12,230 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4×
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 10x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 5x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 650
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
|" | Aug 1894
|" | Aug 1897
|" | Scrapped, 1948
|-
! scope="row" |
|" | Dec 1894
|" | Sep 1897
|" | Naval mines, May 1904
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Shikishima class
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 14,850 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4×
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 14x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 741
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
|" | Mar 1897
|" | Jan 1900
|" | Scrapped, 1948
|-
! scope="row" |
|" | Jan 1898
|" | Jan 1901
|" | Naval mine, May 1904
|-
! scope="row" |
|" | 15,200 t
|" | 4×
|" | 14x
|" | 4x
|" | 773
|" |
|
|" | Aug 1898
|" | Apr 1900
|" | sunk by USS Salmon (SS-182) May 1942
|-
! scope="row" |
|" | 15,140 t
|" | 4×
|" | 14x
|" | 4x
|" | 836
|" |
|
|" | Jan 1899
|" | Mar 1902
|" | Preserved as museum ship
|}
Prizes of the Russo-Japanese War
Battleships
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Displacement
! scope="col" | Main<br>battery
! scope="col" | Secondary<br>battery
! scope="col" | Torpedo<br>tubes
! scope="col" | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" | Speed
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commissioned<br>into IJN
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | (ex-Russian )
|9,594 t
|2×
|6x
|6x
|616
|
|Aug 1886
|Jun 1905
|Target,<br>Oct 1915
|-
! scope="row" | (ex-Russian Poltava)
|11,500 t
|4×
|4x
|2x <br>4x
|631
|
|May 1892
|Aug 1905
|Returned to Russia,<br>1916
|-
! scope="row" | (ex-Russian )
|13,810 t
|4×
|10x
|2x
|771
|
|Nov 1895
|Jul 1908
|Sold back to Russia,<br>Mar 1916
|-
! scope="row" | (ex-Russian )
|13,320 t
|4×
|10x
|2x
|771
|
|Feb 1899
|Oct 1908
|Probably scrapped,<br>1922-1923
|-
! scope="row" | (ex-Russian )
|12,780 t
|4×
|12x
|6x
|750
|
|Jul 1899
|Jan 1905
|Sunk as target,<br>Jul 1924
|-
! scope="row" | (ex-Russian )
|14,151 t
|4×
|12x
|4x
|854
|
|Jun 1900
|Jun 1907
|Sunk as target,<br>Jul 1924
|}
Coastal defense ships
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Displacement
! scope="col" | Main<br>battery
! scope="col" | Secondary<br>battery
! scope="col" | Torpedo<br>tubes
! scope="col" | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" | Speed
! scope="col" | Keel laid
! scope="col" | Commissioned<br>into IJN
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | (ex-Russian )
|4,165 t
|4×
|6x
|removed
|406
|
|Aug 1892
|Jun 1905
|Sunk as target,<br>May 1936
|-
! scope="row" | (ex-Russian )
|4,165 t
|3×
|6x
|removed
|406
|
|Oct 1894
|Jun 1905
|Scrapped,<br>1939
|}
Transitional Dreadnoughts
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File:Imperial_Japanese_Battleship_Katori_circa_1915.png|
File:Japanese_battleship_Satsuma.jpg|
File:Settsu.jpg|
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Class
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Displacement
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Secondary<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Torpedo<br>Tubes
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Speed
! scope="col" colspan=4 | Ships in class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commis-<br>sioned
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 15,950 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4× <br>4×
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 12x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 5x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 864
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1904
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1906
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1925
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1904
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1906
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1924
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 19,372 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4× <br>12×
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 8x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 5x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 940
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1905
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1910
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sunk as target, 1924
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1906
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 191
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sunk as target, 1924
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 20,823 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 12×
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 10×
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 5x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 1,100
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1909
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1912
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Internal explosion, 1918
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1909
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1912
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1947
|}
Battleship prizes of World War I
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Source
! scope="col" | Displacement
! scope="col" | Main<br>Battery
! scope="col" | Secondary<br>Battery
! scope="col" | Torpedo<br>Tubes
! scope="col" | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" | Speed
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Ceded<br>to Japan
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | ex-German Nassau
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 18,873 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12×
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1,008
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1907
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1920
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1920
|-
! scope="row" | ex-German Oldenburg
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 22,808 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12×
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 14x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1,069
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1909
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1920
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1921
|}
Battlecruisers
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File:Japanese cruiser Tsukuba.jpg|
File:Japanese_cruiser_Ibuki_ca_1910.jpg|
File:Kirishima_Sasebo_1915.jpg|
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Class
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Displace-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Secondary<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Torpedo<br>Tubes
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Speed
! scope="col" colspan=5 | Ships in Class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commis-<br>sioned
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | 13,750 t
| rowspan=2 | 4×
| rowspan=2 | 12×
| rowspan=2 | 3
| rowspan=2 | 820
| rowspan=2 |
! scope="row" |
| Jan 1905
| Jan 1907
| Explosion, Jan 1917
|-
! scope="row" |
| Mar 1905
| Mar 1908
| Scrapped, 1923
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | 14,636 t
| rowspan=2 | 4×
| rowspan=2 | 8x
| rowspan=2 | 3x
| rowspan=2 | 817
| rowspan=2 |
! scope="row" |
| May 1907
| Nov 1907
| Scrapped, 1923
|-
! scope="row" |
| Aug 1905
| Feb 1911
| Scrapped, 1923
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=4 | Kongō class
| scope="row" rowspan=4 | 31,720 t<br>exc.<br>Kirishima 31,980
| scope="row" rowspan=4 | 8x
| scope="row" rowspan=4 | 16×
| scope="row" rowspan=4 | 8x
| scope="row" rowspan=4 | 1,437
| scope="row" rowspan=4 |
! scope="row" |
| Jan 1911
| Aug 1913
| Converted to fast battleship, 1935
|-
! scope="row" |
| Mar 1912
| Apr 1915
| Converted to fast battleship, 1933
|-
! scope="row" |
| Nov 1911
| Apr 1915
| Converted to training ship, 1937;<br>fast battleship, 1941
|-
! scope="row" |
| Mar 1912
| Apr 1915
| Converted to fast battleship, 1941
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=4 | Amagi class
| scope="row" rowspan=4 | 40,000 t
| scope="row" rowspan=4 |
| scope="row" rowspan=4 |
| scope="row" rowspan=4 |
| scope="row" rowspan=4 |
| scope="row" rowspan=4 |
! scope="row" | Amagi
|
|
| Cancelled, 1922
|-
! scope="row" | Akagi
| Dec 1920
| Mar 1927
| Completed as aircraft carrier
|-
! scope="row" | Atago
|
|
| Cancelled, 1922
|-
! scope="row" | Takao
|
|
| Cancelled, 1922
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Type B-65
| rowspan=2 | 32,000 t
| rowspan=2 | 9x
| rowspan=2 | 16x
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 |
! scope="row" | Hull 795
| Cancelled, 1942
|
|
|-
! scope="row" | Hull 796
| Cancelled, 1942
|
|
|}
In commission during World War II
Old battleships
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File:Haruna_1934.jpg|
File:Fuso_Trial_Heading_Left.jpg|
File:Battleship-carrier_Ise.jpg| after conversion
File:Japanese_Battleship_Nagato_1944.jpg|
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Class
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Displacement
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Main<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Secondary<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Speed
! scope="col" colspan="5" | Ships in Class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel laid
! scope="col" | Commis-<br>sioned
! scope="col" | War loss
! scope="col" | Postwar
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=4 | Kongō class
| scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 31,720 t<br>exc. Kirishima 31,980
| scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 8x
| scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 14×
| scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 1,437
| scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1911
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1913
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | sunk by USS Sealion (SS-315) Nov 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1912
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1915
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Hit in Bombing of Kure July 1945
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped 1946
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1911
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1915
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sunk at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Nov 1942
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1912
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1915
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |Sunk at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Nov 1942
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Fusō class
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 34,700 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 12x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 16×
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 1,376
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1912
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1915
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sunk at Battle of Surigao Strait Oct 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1913
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1917
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sunk at Battle of Surigao Strait Oct 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Ise class ‡
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 42,001 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 12x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 16x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 1,376
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1915
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1915
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sunk by Air attack on Kure Jul 1945
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1915
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1918
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sunk by Air attack on Kure Jul 1945
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1947
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Nagato class
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 39,130 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 8x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 18x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 1,368
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1917
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1920
| scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Used at target in Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test, 1946
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1918
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1921
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Internal explosion, Jun 1943
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 38,500 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 10x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 20x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1920
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Cancelled, 1922; hull used for tests and scuttled 1925
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1920
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1928
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Completed as aircraft carrier
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
|}
‡ Before conversion to hybrid aircraft carriers
Super battleships
<gallery class="left" mode="packed" heights="200px">
File:Japanese_battleships_Yamato_and_Musashi_moored_in_Truk_Lagoon,_in_1943_(L42-08.06.02).jpg|Yamato and Musashi in Truk Atoll, 1943
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Class
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Displacement
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Secondary Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Complement
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Speed
! scope="col" colspan=4 | Ships in Class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commissioned
! scope="col" | War Loss
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 | Yamato class
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center"| 64,170 t
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center"| 9x
| scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align: center"| 12x
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center"| 2,500
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center"|
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| Nov 1937
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| Dec 1941
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| Sunk by air attack during Operation Ten-Go Apr 1945
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| Mar 1938
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| Aug 1942
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| Sunk at Battle of the Sibuyan Sea Oct 1944
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| May 1940
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| completed as<br>aircraft carrier
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| sunk by submarine attack 29 November 1944
|-
! scope="row" | Hull 111
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| scrapped
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"|
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| 6x
! scope="row" | Hull 797
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| cancelled
| scope="row" |
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Design A-150 battleship
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center"| 70,000 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center"| 6x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center"| "Many"
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center"|
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center"|
! scope="row" | Hull 798
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| cancelled
| scope="row" |
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" | Hull 799
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| cancelled
| scope="row" |
| scope="row" |
|}
Seaplane tenders
- (1913)
- Notoro (1920)
- Akitsushima-class
- Akitsushima
- Chihaya (not completed)
- Kamoi
- (converted to aircraft carriers)
Aircraft carriers
thumb|right| (1921)
Standard aircraft carriers
- (1925)
- (1928)
- (1935)
- (1937)
- (1939)
- (1939)
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- (1943)
- (1943)
- (1943)
- (1944)
- (not completed)
- Aso (not completed)
- Ikoma (not completed)
- (1944)
Light aircraft carriers
- (1921)
- (1931)
- (converted from submarine tender in 1940)
- (converted from submarine tender in 1941)
- (converted from ocean liner in 1941)
- (converted from ocean liner in 1941)
- (converted from seaplane tender in 1943)
- (converted from seaplane tender in 1944)
- Ibuki (not completed, converted from heavy cruiser)
Escort aircraft carriers
- (converted from ocean liner in 1941)
- (converted from ocean liner in 1942)
- (converted from ocean liner in 1942)
- (converted from ocean liner in 1942)
- (converted from submarine tender in 1942)
- Shin'yō (converted from ocean liner in 1943)
- Special 1TL Type auxiliary escort carrier
- (1944)
- Otakisan Maru (not completed)
Cruisers
Unprotected cruisers
<gallery class="left" mode="packed" heights="110px">
File:Japanese gunboat Tsukushi.jpg| circa 1888
File:Tatsuta 1894.png| in 1894
File:IJN despatch vessel MIYAKO in 1902.jpg| in 1902
File:IJN despatch vessel CHIHAYA in 1906.jpg| in 1906
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Class or Ship
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Displace-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Secondary<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Torpedo<br>Tubes
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Speed
! scope="col" colspan=4 | Ships in Class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Completed
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | Chilean cruiser Arturo Prat sold to Japan
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1,370 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2×
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 186
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1879
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1883
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,<br>1911
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1,778 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 220
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1886
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1889
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,<br>1912
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1,609 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 8×
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 200
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1887
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1890
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,<br>1912
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 753 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 5x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 90
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1890
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1892
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sunk after collision,<br>Nov 1892
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 660 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 5x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 100
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1893
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1894
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,<br>1926
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1,800 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 8x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 200
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1894
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1899
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mined off Port Arthur,<br>May 1904
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1,258 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 125
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1898
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1901
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,<br>1939
|}
Protected cruisers
<gallery class="left" mode="packed" heights="110px">
File:Japanese cruiser Izumi at Sasebo 1908.jpg|
File:Japanese cruiser Itsukushima.jpg|
File:Japanese cruiser Akashi.jpg|
File:IJN Chikuma in 1912 during commissioning.jpg|
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Class or Ship
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Displace-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Secondary<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Torpedo<br>Tubes
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Speed
! scope="col" colspan=4 | Ships in Class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Completed
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | ex-Chinese prize of First Sino-Japanese War
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2,300 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 180
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1883
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1895
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mine, Nov 1904
|-
! scope="row" | Chilean corvette Esmeralda sold to Japan
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2,950 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2×
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 296
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1881
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1894
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 3,727 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 325
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1884
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1886
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sold for scrap, Jun 1913
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1884
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1886
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Torpedoed off Tsingtao, Oct 1914
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3,615 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 7x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 400
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1884
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1886
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Lost at sea,<br>Dec 1886
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2,439 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 10x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 14× 3-pdr.
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 350
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1888
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1891
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Target,<br>Aug 1927
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3 |
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 4,278 t
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 1x
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 11-12x
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 360
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1888
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1891
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,<br>1926
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1888
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1892
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Explosion,<br>Apr 1908
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1888
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1894
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,<br>1927
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3,100 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 330
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1890
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1894
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,<br>1927
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4,150 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 8x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 5x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 360
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1892
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1893
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Collision,<br>May 1904
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2,657 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 256
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1892
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1896
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,<br>1928
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1894
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1899
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Target,<br>Aug 1930
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4,160 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 10x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 5x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 425
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1896
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1898
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mined off Port Arthur,<br>Dec 1904
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4,979 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 10x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 5x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 405
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1897
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1898
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Ran aground Tsugaru Strait, Jul 1916
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1898
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1899
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Target, Jul 1931
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 3,366 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 10× 12-pdr.
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 320
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1902
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1904
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Wrecked Kamchatka Peninsula, Aug 1922
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1901
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1904
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Target, 1944
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3,000 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 312
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1903
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1904
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Grounded in dense fog off Daiozaki, Shima peninsula, Jul 1917
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4,113 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 10x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 370
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1905
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1910
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Target, Apr 1933
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3 |
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 5,000 t
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 8x
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 4× 12-pdr.
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 3x
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1909
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1912
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Target, 1935
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1910
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1912
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1947
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1910
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1912
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1947
|}
Prizes of Russo-Japanese War
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Class or Ship
! scope="col" | Displace-<br>ment
! scope="col" | Main<br>Battery
! scope="col" | Secondary<br>Battery
! scope="col" | Torpedo<br>Tubes
! scope="col" | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" | Speed
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commissioned<br>into IJN
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | (ex-Russian Pallada)
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6,932 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 8x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 514
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1895
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1908
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scuttled, May 1924
|-
! scope="row" | (ex-Russian Varyag)
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6,500 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 10x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 571
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1899
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1907
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Returned to Russia, Apr 1916
|-
! scope="row" | (ex-Russian Novik)
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3,080 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 340
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1900
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1904
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sold, Apr 1913
|}
Armored cruisers
<gallery class="left" mode="packed" heights="180px">
File:Japanese cruiser Tokiwa.jpg|
File:Japanese cruiser Yakumo.jpg|
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Class
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Displace-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Secondary<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Torpedo<br>Tubes
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Speed
! scope="col" colspan=5 | Ships in Class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Completed
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 9,557 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 14x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 5x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 676
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1896
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1899
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1947
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1897
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1899
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Aug 1944
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 9,353 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 14x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 672
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1898
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1900
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Jul 1945
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1898
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1901
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Jul 1945
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 9,646 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 5x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 670
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1897
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1900
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, Jul 1946
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 9,278 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 5x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 670
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1898
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1900
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1946
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 7,698 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4x .
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 14x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 600
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" | ex-Argentine Bernardino Rivadavia
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1902
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1904
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Jul 1945
|-
! scope="row" | ex-Argentine Mariano Moreno
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar1902
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan1904
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Target, 1936 and again 1942
|-
! scope="row" | Prize of Russo-Japanese War
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 7,802 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 8x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 573
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" | (ex-Russian Bayan)
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1899
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1902
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Target, Aug 1932
|}
Other cruisers
Dispatch vessels
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Class
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Displace-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Main<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Secondary<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Torpedo<br>Tubes
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Speed
! scope="col" colspan="5" | Ships in Class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commis-<br>sioned
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"|
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 1,270 t
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 2x
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 4× 12-pdr.
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 12x
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 116
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1906
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1908
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1945
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1907
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1908
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1929
|}
Foreign ships
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Class
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Displace-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Main Battery
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Secondary Battery
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Torpedo Tubes
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Speed
! scope="col" colspan="5" | Ships in Class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commis-<br>sioned
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | Prize of World War I
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4,350 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6x 15cm/45 (5.9") SK L/45
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x 88mm/45 (3.46") SK L/45
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2x45cm (17.7") C45/91S Torpedoe Tubes
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 380
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" | Y (ex-German Augsburg)
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1910
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1922
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Ioshima-class (prizes of Second Sino-Japanese War, used as Kaibōkan)
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 2,526 t
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 351
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" | training vessel Mikura, Jul 1938; renamed , Jun 1944 (ex-Chinese Ning-Hai)
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1931
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1932
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Submarine, Sep 1944
|-
! scope="row" | barracks hulk Mishima, 1938; renamed , Jun 1944 (ex-Chinese P'ing-Hai)
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1931
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1936
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Nov 1944
|}
In commission during World War II
Old light cruisers
<gallery class="left" mode="packed" heights="140px">
File:IJN Tenru in Yokosuka 1925.jpg|
File:Japanese cruiser Kitakami in 1935.jpg|
File:Abukuma cl1941.jpg|
File:Sendai_class_light_cruiser.jpg|
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Class
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Displacement
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Main Battery
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Torpedo<br>Tubes
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Speed
! scope="col" colspan="5" | Ships in Class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commis-<br>sioned
! scope="col" | War Loss
! scope="col" | Postwar
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Tenryū class
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 3,230 t
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 332
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" | Tatsuta
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1917
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1919
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Submarine, Mar 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1917
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1919
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Submarine, Dec 1942
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 | Kuma class
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center" | 5,870 t
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center" | 7x
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center" | 8x
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center" | 439
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1918
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1920
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Submarine, Jan 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1918
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1921
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Submarine, Oct 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1919
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1921
| scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1946
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1918
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1921
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Nov 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1919
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1921
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Submarine, Jul 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=6 | Nagara class
| scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align: center" | 5,170 t
| scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align: center" | 7x
| scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align: center" | 8x
| scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align: center" | 438
| scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1920
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1922
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Submarine, Oct 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1920
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1922
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Submarine, Aug 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1921
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1922
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Oct 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1921
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1923
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Guadalcanal, Oct 1942
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1920
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1923
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Submarine, Apr 1945
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1921
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1925
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Oct 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" | Yūbari class
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2,890 t
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 328
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1922
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1923
| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| Submarine, Apr 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3 | Sendai class
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 5,195 t
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 7x
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 8x
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 450
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1922
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1924
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Empr. Aug. Bay, Nov 1943
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1922
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1925
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Kolombangara, Jul 1943
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1922
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1925
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Truk, Feb 1944
| scope="row" |
|}
Heavy cruisers
<gallery class="left" mode="packed" heights="110px">
File:Japanese cruiser Furutaka - 19260405.jpg|
File:CruiserHaguro.jpg|
File:Heavy Cruiser Maya.jpg|
File:Mogami running trials in 1935.jpg|
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Class
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Displacement
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Main Battery
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Torpedo Tubes
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Complement
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Speed
! scope="col" colspan="5" | Ships in Class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commis-<br>sioned
! scope="col" | War Loss
! scope="col" | Postwar
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Furutaka class
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 9,150 t
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 12x
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 625
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1922
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1926
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Cape Esperance, Oct 1942
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1922
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1926
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Submarine, Aug 1942
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Aoba class
|! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 9,380 t<br>exc. Aoba 9,000
|! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 6x
|! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 12x
|! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 773
|! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
|! scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1924
|! scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1927
|! scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Jul 1945
|! scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|! scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1924
|! scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1927
|! scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Guadalcanal, Nov 1942
|! scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4"| Myōkō class
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 13,380 t
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 10x
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 16x
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 773
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1924
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1929
| scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scuttled, 1946
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1924
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1928
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Nov 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1925
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1929
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Surface action, May 1945
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1925
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1929
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Surface action, Jun 1945
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4"| Takao class
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 13,160 t
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 10x
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 16x
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 773
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1927
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1932
| scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Target, 1946
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1927
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1932
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Submarine, Oct 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1931
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1932
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Off Samar, Oct 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1928
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1932
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Submarine, Oct 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4"| Mogami class
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 12,400 t
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 10x
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 12x
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 850
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1931
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1935
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Surigao Strait, Oct 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1931
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1935
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Midway, Jun 1942
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1933
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1937
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Off Samar, Oct 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1934
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1935
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Nov 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Tone class
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 11,215 t
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 8x
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 12x
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 850
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1934
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1938
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Jul 1945
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1935
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1939
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Off Samar, Oct 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Ibuki class
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 12,200 t
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 10x
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 16x
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1942
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1943
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | completed as aircraft carrier
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" | No. 301
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | cancelled
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | cancelled
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |
| scope="row" |
|}
New light cruisers
<gallery class="left" mode="packed" heights="110px">
File:Japanese cruiser Kashii 1941.jpg|
File:Japanese cruiser Agano.jpg|
File:OyodoJun43.jpg|
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Class
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Displacement
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Main Battery
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Torpedo<br>Tubes
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Speed
! scope="col" colspan="5" | Ships in Class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commis-<br>sioned
! scope="col" | War Loss
! scope="col" | Postwar
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Katori class
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 5,890 t
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 4x
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 590
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1938
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1940
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Truk, Feb 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1938
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | May 1940
| scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1947
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1939
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jul 1941
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Jan 1945
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" | Kashiwara
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | cancelled
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | cancelled
| scope="row" |
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Agano class
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 6,652 t
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 8x
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 730
| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1940
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Oct 1942
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Submarine, Feb 1945
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1941
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1943
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Oct 1944
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" | Yahagi
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1941
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1943
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Apr 1945
| scope="row" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1942
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Nov 1944
| scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Atomic bomb test, Jul 1946
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Ōyodo class
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 8,164 t
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 6x
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | designed to carry 6 seaplanes
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 782
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" |
! scope="row" |
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1941
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1943
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Jul 1945
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped, 1948
|-
! scope="row" | Niyodo
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | cancelled
| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | cancelled
| scope="row" |
| scope="row" |
|}
Destroyers
1st Class destroyers
World War I era
<gallery class="left" mode="packed" heights="140px">
File:Japanese_destroyer_Urakaze.jpg|
File:TANIKAZE.jpg|
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Class
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Displacement
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Torpedo<br>Tubes
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Complement
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Speed
! scope="col" colspan=4 | Ships in Class
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Completed or<br>Commissioned
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 1,030 t
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2x <br>5× 12‑pndr.
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2x
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 141
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
|
| style="text-align: center" | Nov 1909
| style="text-align: center" | Sep 1911
| style="text-align: center" | Minesweeper , 1930;<br>Retired, 1936
|-
|
| style="text-align: center" | Jun 1910
| style="text-align: center" | Oct 1911
| style="text-align: center" | Minesweeper , 1930;<br>Retired, 1936
|-
! rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 907 t
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 1x <br>4× 12‑pndr.
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4x
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 120
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
|
| style="text-align: center" | Oct 1913
| style="text-align: center" | Oct 1915
| style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Jul 1945
|-
|
| style="text-align: center" | Oct 1913
| style="text-align: center" | Dec 1916
| style="text-align: center" | Transferred to Italy as Audace, Jul 1916
|-
! rowspan=4 |
| rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 1,227 t
| rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 4x
| rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 6x
| rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 128
| rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" |
|
| style="text-align: center" | Apr 1916
| style="text-align: center" | Feb 1917
| style="text-align: center" | Retired, 1935
|-
|
| style="text-align: center" | Apr 1916
| style="text-align: center" | Apr 1917
| style="text-align: center" | Retired, 1935
|-
|
| style="text-align: center" | Apr 1916
| style="text-align: center" | Mar 1917
| style="text-align: center" | Retired, 1935
|-
|
| style="text-align: center" | Dec 1916
| style="text-align: center" | Mar 1917
| style="text-align: center" | Training ship Haikan No.20, 1940;<br>Wrecked in storm, 1945
|-
! rowspan=2 | *
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 730 t
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2x <br>2x 12‑pndr.
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2x
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 72
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
| Kanran ()
| style="text-align: center" | Nov 1909
| style="text-align: center" | Mar 1911
| style="text-align: center" | Loaned, 1917;<br>Returned, 1919
|-
| Sendan ()
| style="text-align: center" | Mar 1910
| style="text-align: center" | May 1911
| style="text-align: center" | Loaned, 1917;<br>Returned, 1919
|-
! rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 1,300 t
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 3x
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 6x
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 128
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |
|
| style="text-align: center" | Feb 1917
| style="text-align: center" | Nov 1918
| style="text-align: center" | Retired, 1934
|-
|
| style="text-align: center" | Sep 1916
| style="text-align: center" | Jan 1919
| style="text-align: center" | Retired, 1935
|-
| colspan=10 | * On loan from Royal Navy
|}
In commission during World War II
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
|- valign="bottom"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Class
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Displace-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main<br>Battery
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Torpedo<br>Tubes
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Comple-<br>ment
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Speed
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Number<br>Commis-<br>sioned
! scope="col" colspan=4 | War Losses
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Survived<br>War
|-
! scope="col" rowspan=1 | Air<br>Attack
! scope="col" rowspan=1 | Sub-<br>marine
! scope="col" rowspan=1 | Surface<br>Action
! scope="col" rowspan=1 | Other
|-
! style="text-align: left" | <!--Hungrydog55/sandbox/military/1940-00_List_of_ships_of_the_IJN#Minekaze-class-->
| 1,650 t
| 4x
| 6x
| 148
|
! 15
| 1
| 9
|
|
| 5
|-
! style="text-align: left" | Kamikaze class
| 1,720 t
| 4x
| 6x
| 154
|
! 9
| 2
| 4
|
| 1
| 2
|-
! style="text-align: left" |
| 1,445 t
| 4x
| 6x
| 154
|
! 12
| 9
| 1
| 2
|
| none
|-
! style="text-align: left" |
| 2,050 t
| 6x
| 9x
| 219
|
! 20
| 7
| 6
| 4
| 2
| 1
|-
! style="text-align: left" | Akatsuki class
| 2,050 t
| 6x
| 9x
| 233
|
! 4
|
| 2
|
| 1
| 1
|-
! style="text-align: left" |
| 1,802 t
| 5x
| 6x
| 212
|
! 6
| 4
| 1
|
| 1
| none
|-
! style="text-align: left" |
| 1,685 t
| 5x
| 8x
| 180
|
! 10
| 1
| 6
| 2
| 1
| none
|-
! style="text-align: left" |
| 2,370 t
| 6x
| 8x
| 200
|
! 10
| 4
| 2
| 4
|
| none
|-
! style="text-align: left" |
| 2,500 t
| 6x
| 8x
| 239
|
! 19
| 6
| 4
| 6
| 2
| 1
|-
! style="text-align: left" |
| 2,520 t
| 6x
| 8x
| 225
|
! 19
| 9
| 4
| 5
| 1
| none
|-
! style="text-align: left" |
| 3,700 t
| 8x
| 4x
| 263
|
! 12
| 1
| 1
| 4
|
| 6
|-
! style="text-align: left" |
| 3,300 t
| 6x
| 15x
| 267
|
! 1
| 1
|
|
|
| none
|-
! style="text-align: left" |
| 1,530 t
| 3x
| 4x
| 211
|
! 19
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 12
|-
! style="text-align: left" |
| 1,530 t
| 3x
| 4x
| 211
|
! 14
| 1
|
|
| 1
| 12
|-
| colspan=6 style="text-align: left" | Totals
! 170
| style="text-align: center" | 48
| style="text-align: center" | 41
| style="text-align: center" | 30
| style="text-align: center" | 11
| style="text-align: center" | 40
|}
Minekaze-class
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | thumb|center|upright=1| underway near [[Yokosuka Naval District|Yokosuka Naval Base, 1932]]
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | (15)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 1,650 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 4x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 6x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 148
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Ship
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Keel Laid
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Completed or<br>Commissioned
! scope="row" colspan=3 style="text-align: center" | Fate
|-
! scope="col" | War Loss
! scope="col" | Postwar
|-
! <br><small>(Summit Wind)</small>
| Apr 1918
| May 1920
| Submarine off Formosa,<br>Feb 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Marsh Wind)</small>
| Jan 1918
| Mar 1920
|
| Scuttled,<br>1948
|-
! <br><small>(Offshore Wind)</small>
| Feb 1919
| Aug 1920
| Submarine near Yokosuka,<br>Jan 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(Island Wind)</small>
| Sep 1919
| Nov 1920
| Submarine near Kavieng,<br>Jan 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(High Seas Wind)</small>
| Jan 1920
| Sep 1920
| Submarine near Lombok Strait,<br>Jul 1945
|
|-
! <br><small>(Arrow Wind)</small>
| Jan 1918
| Jul 1920
|
| Scrapped,<br>1948
|-
! <br><small>(Winged Wind)</small>
| Nov 1918
| Sep 1920
| Submarine near Kavieng,<br>Jan 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(Tide Wind)</small>
| May 1920
| Jul 1921
|
| Scuttled,<br>1945
|-
! <br><small>(Autumn Wind)</small>
| Jun 1920
| Sep 1921
| Submarine west of Luzon,<br>Nov 1944 ‡
|
|-
! <br><small>(Evening Wind)</small>
| Dec 1920
| Aug 1921
|
| To Royal Navy,<br>1947
|-
! <br><small>(Sword Wind)</small>
| Aug 1920
| Dec 1921
| Air attack at Truk,<br>Feb 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Sail Wind)</small>
| Nov 1920
| Dec 1921
| Submarine in Celebes Sea,<br>Jul 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Field Wind)</small>
| Apr 1921
| Mar 1922
| Submarine in South China Sea,<br>Feb 1945
|
|-
! <br><small>(Wave Wind)</small>
| Nov 1921
| Nov 1922
|
| To Rep. of China,<br>1947
|-
! <br><small>(Marsh Wind)</small>
| Aug 1921
| Jul 1922
| Submarine off Okinawa,<br>Dec 1943 ‡
|-
| colspan=11 style="text-align: left" | ‡ Lost with all hands
|}
Kamikaze-class
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | thumb|center|upright=1| underway, 1922
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | Kamikaze class (9)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 1,720 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 4x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 6x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 154
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Ship
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Keel Laid
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Completed or<br>Commissioned
! scope="row" colspan=3 style="text-align: center" | Fate
|-
! scope="col" | War Loss
! scope="col" | Postwar
|-
! <br><small>(Morning Wind)</small>
| Feb 1922
| Jun 1923
| Submarine off Luzon,<br>Aug 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Morning Calm)</small>
| Mar 1923
| Dec 1924
| Submarine south of Honshu,<br>May 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Spring Wind)</small>
| May 1922
| May 1923
|
| Scuttled,<br>1947
|-
! <br><small>(Flag Wind)</small>
| Jul 1923
| Aug 1924
| Air attack at Takao,<br>Jan 1945
|
|-
! <br><small>(Gale)</small>
| Nov 1922
| Dec 1925
| Coastal battery at Wake Atoll,<br>Dec 1941*
|
|-
! <br><small>(Divine Wind)</small>
| Dec 1921
| Dec 1922
|
| Scrapped,<br>1947
|-
! <br><small>(Pine Wind)</small>
| Dec 1922
| Apr 1924
| Submarine south of Honshu,<br>Jun 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Tail Wind)</small>
| Mar 1923
| Oct 1925
| Air attack at Truk,<br>Feb 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Evening Calm)</small>
| Sep 1923
| May 1925
| Submarine off Luzon,<br>Aug 1944
|-
| colspan=11 style="text-align: left" | *First Japanese warship lost in Pacific War
|}
Mutsuki-class
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | thumb|center|upright=1| underway
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | (12)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 1,445 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 4x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 6x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 154
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Completed or<br>Commissioned
! scope="col" | War Loss
|-
! <br><small>(July)</small>
| Oct 1924
| Jul 1926
| Air attack at Truk,<br>Feb 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Chrysanthemum Moon)</small>
| Jun 1925
| Nov 1926
| Air attack at Tulagi,<br>May 1942
|-
! <br><small>(February)</small>
| Jun 1924
| Dec 1925
| Air attack at Wake Atoll,<br>Dec 1941*‡
|-
! <br><small>(Crescent Moon)</small>
| Aug 1925
| May 1927
| Air attack at Tuluvu,<br>Jul 1943
|-
! <br><small>(June)</small>
| Mar 1925
| Mar 1927
| Submarine off Tawitawi,<br>Jun 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Full Moon)</small>
| Mar 1926
| Oct 1927
| Air attack off Rabaul,<br>Oct 1943
|-
! <br><small>(January)</small>
| May 1924
| Mar 1926
| Battle of the Eastern Solomons,<br>Aug 1942
|-
! <br><small>(September)</small>
| Apr 1926
| Apr 1927
| Battle of Kula Gulf,<br>Jul 1943
|-
! <br><small>(May)</small>
| Dec 1924
| Nov 1925
| Air attack on Manila Bay,<br>Sep 1944
|-
! <br><small>(April)</small>
| Jan 1924
| Sep 1926
| PT boat attack off Cebu,<br>Dec 1944
|-
! <br><small>(March)</small>
| Jan 1924
| Aug 1926
| Air attack off New Guinea,<br>Sep 1942
|-
! <br><small>(Evening Moon)</small>
| Nov 1926
| Jul 1927
| Air attack off Cebu,<br>Dec 1944
|-
| colspan=11 style="text-align: left" | * Second Japanese warship lost in Pacific War
|-
| colspan=11 style="text-align: left" | ‡ Lost with all hands
|}
Fubuki-class
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | thumb|center|upright=1|
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | (20)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 2,050 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 6x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 18x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 219
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Ship
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Keel Laid
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Completed or<br>Commissioned
! scope="row" colspan=3 style="text-align: center" | Fate
|-
! scope="col" | Prewar
! scope="col" | War Loss
! scope="col" | Postwar
|-
! <br><small>(Daybreak)</small>
| Nov 1929
| Jul 1931
|
| Air attack near Manila,<br>Nov 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Fogged or Clouded Sky)</small>
| Nov 1928
| Nov 1930
|
| Struck mine in Makassar Strait,<br>Apr 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Morning Fog)</small>
| Dec 1928
| Jun 1930
|
| Battle of the Eastern Solomons,<br>Aug 1942
|
|-
! <br><small>(Twilled Waves)</small>
| Jan 1928
| Apr 1930
|
| Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,<br>Nov 1942
|
|-
! <br><small>(Blizzard)</small>
| Jun 1926
| Aug 1928
|
| Battle of Cape Esperance,<br>Oct 1942
|
|-
! <br><small>(First Snow)</small>
| Apr 1927
| Mar 1929
|
| Air attack near Shortlands,<br>Jul 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(Breakers or Surf)</small>
| Oct 1926
| Jun 1928
|
| Submarine in Sulu Sea,<br>Apr 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(Deep Snow)</small>
| Apr 1927
| Jun 1929
| Collision in Korea Strait,<br>Jun 1934*
|
|
|-
! <br><small>(Massed Clouds)</small>
| Apr 1927
| May 1929
|
| Battle of Cape Esperance,<br>Oct 1942
|
|-
! <br><small>(Moonlight)</small>
| Oct 1929
| Nov 1931
|
| Air attack in Aleutians,<br>Oct 1942
|
|-
! <br><small>(Haze)</small>
| Mar 1929
| Jan 1931
|
| Submarine near Borneo,<br>Dec 1941
|
|-
! <br><small>(Ripples)</small>
| Mar 1930
| Jun 1931
|
| Submarine near Caroline Islands,<br>Jan 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Spreading Waves)</small>
| Jul 1928
| Dec 1929
|
| Submarine in South China Sea,<br>Sep 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Daybreak)</small>
| Oct 1924
| Jul 1926
|
| Air attack near British Borneo,<br>Dec 1941
|
|-
! <br><small>(White Cloud)</small>
| Oct 1924
| Jul 1926
|
| Submarine off Hokkaidō,<br>Mar 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(White Snow)</small>
| Mar 1927
| Dec 1928
|
| Battle of the Bismarck Sea,<br>Mar 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(Shore Wave)</small>
| Oct 1924
| Jul 1926
|
| Air attack off Panay,<br>Oct 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Tide)</small>
| Oct 1924
| Jul 1926
|
|
| Scrapped,<br>1948
|-
! <br><small>(Thin Clouds)</small>
| Oct 1924
| Jul 1926
|
| Submarine in Sea of Okhotsk,<br>Jul 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Evening Mist)</small>
| Oct 1924
| Jul 1926
|
| Battle of Cape St. George,<br>Nov 1943
|
|-
| scope="row" colspan=12 style="text-align:left" | * Only Japanese modern destroyer loss prewar; only Japanese modern destroyer loss to collision
|}
Akatsuki-class
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | upright=1|thumb|center| in Chinese waters, 1938
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | Akatsuki class (4)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 2,050 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 6x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 9x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 233
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Ship
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Keel Laid
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Completed or<br>Commissioned
! scope="row" colspan=3 style="text-align: center" | Fate
|-
! scope="col" | War Loss
! scope="col" | Postwar
|-
! <br><small>(Dawn)</small>
| Feb 1930
| Nov 1932
| Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,<br>Nov 1942
|
|-
! <br><small>(Echo)</small>
| Feb 1930
| Mar 1933
|
| To USSR,<br>1949
|-
! <br><small>(Thunder)</small>
| Mar 1930
| Aug 1932
| Submarine off Guam,<br>Jul 1944 ‡
|
|-
! <br><small>(Lightning)</small>
| Mar 1930
| Nov 1932
| Submarine off Tawitawi,<br>May 1944
|
|-
| colspan=12 style="text-align: left" | ‡ Lost with all hands
|}
Hatsuharu-class
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | upright=1|thumb|center|
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | (6)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 1,802 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 5x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 6x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 212
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Completed or<br>Commissioned
! scope="col" | War Loss
|-
! <br><small>(Daybreak)</small>
| Jan 1933
| Mar 1935
| Air attack near Tuluvu,<br>Jul 1943
|-
! <br><small>(Early Spring)</small>
| May 1931
| Sep 1933
| Air attack on Manila Bay,<br>Nov 1944
|-
! <br><small>(First Frost)</small>
| Jan 1933
| Sep 1934
| Mined and beached in Miyazu Bay,<br>Jul 1945
|-
! <br><small>(New Year Day)</small>
| Dec 1931
| Sep 1933
| Submarine in Aleutians,<br>Jul 1942
|-
! <br><small>(Young Leaves)</small>
| Dec 1931
| Oct 1934
| Air attack off Panay,<br>Oct 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Twilight)</small>
| Apr 1933
| Mar 1935
| Air attack off Kolombangara,<br>Jul 1943 †
|-
| colspan=11 style="text-align: left" | † Survivors rescued but subsequently lost
|}
Shiratsuyu-class
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | upright=1|thumb|center|Harusame underway, 1943
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | (10)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 1,685 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 5x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 8x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 180
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Completed or<br>Commissioned
! scope="col" | War Loss
|-
! <br><small>(Spring Rain)</small>
| Feb 1935
| Aug 1937
| Air attack near New Guinea,<br>Jun 1944
|-
! <br><small>(River Wind)</small>
| Apr 1935
| Apr 1937
| Battle of Vella Gulf,<br>Aug 1943
|-
! <br><small>(Passing Shower)</small>
| Feb 1934
| Jan 1937
| Submarine in Blackett Strait,<br>Mar 1943
|-
! <br><small>(Early Summer Rain)</small>
| Dec 1934
| Jan 1937
| Submarine near Palau,<br>Aug 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Drizzle)</small>
| Dec 1933
| Sep 1936
| Submarine in Gulf of Siam,<br>Jan 1945
|-
! <br><small>(White Dew)</small>
| Nov 1933
| Sep 1936
| Collision near Surigao Strait,<br>Jun 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Cool Breeze)</small>
| Jul 1935
| Aug 1937
| Submarine off Ponape,<br>Jan 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Sea Breeze)</small>
| May 1935
| May 1937
| Submarine at Truk,<br>Feb 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Mountain Wind)</small>
| May 1935
| Jun 1937
| Submarine off Honshu,<br>Jun 1942 ‡
|-
! <br><small>(Evening Squall)</small>
| Oct 1934
| Jan 1937
| Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,<br>Nov 1942
|-
| colspan=11 style="text-align: left" | ‡ Lost with all hands
|}
Asashio-class
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | upright=1|thumb|center|
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | (10)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 2,370 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 6x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 8x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 200
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Completed or<br>Commissioned
! scope="col" | War Loss
|-
! <br><small>(Hailstone)</small>
| Mar 1937
| Apr 1939
| Submarine in Aleutians,<br>Jul 1942
|-
! <br><small>(Stormy Tide)</small>
| Oct 1935
| Dec 1937
| Battle of the Bismarck Sea,<br>Mar 1943
|-
! <br><small>(Morning Cloud)</small>
| Dec 1936
| Mar 1938
| Battle of Surigao Strait,<br>Oct 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Morning Tide)</small>
| Sep 1935
| Aug 1937
| Battle of the Bismarck Sea,<br>Mar 1943
|-
! <br><small>(Haze)</small>
| Dec 1936
| Jun 1939
| Air attack off Okinawa,<br>Apr 1945
|-
! <br><small>(Full Tide)</small>
| Nov 1935
| Oct 1937
| Battle of Surigao Strait,<br>Oct 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Summit Cloud)</small>
| Mar 1937
| Apr 1938
| Battle of Blackett Strait,<br>Mar 1943
|-
! <br><small>(Summer Cloud)</small>
| Jul 1936
| Feb 1938
| Air attack off Guadalcanal,<br>Oct 1942
|-
! <br><small>(High Tide)</small>
| Aug 1936
| Oct 1936
| Submarine off Manus,<br>Feb 1943
|-
! <br><small>(Mountain Cloud)</small>
| Nov 1936
| Jan 1938
| Battle of Surigao Strait,<br>Oct 1944
|}
Kagerō-class
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | upright=1|thumb|center| underway, 1939
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | (19)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 2,500 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 6x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 8x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 239
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Ship
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Keel Laid
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Completed or<br>Commissioned
! scope="row" colspan=3 style="text-align: center" | Fate
|-
! scope="col" | War Loss
! scope="col" | Postwar
|-
! <br><small>(Autumn Clouds)</small>
| Jul 1940
| Sep 1941
| Submarine off Zamboanga Peninsula,<br>Apr 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Heavenly Wind)</small>
| Feb 1939
| Oct 1940
| Scuttled off Amoy,<br>Apr 1945
|
|-
! <br><small>(Storm)</small>
|
| Nov 1940
| Battle of Vella Gulf,<br>Aug 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(Clover Wind)</small>
|
| Jun 1940
| Battle of Vella Gulf,<br>Aug 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(Beach Wind)</small>
| Nov 1939
| Jun 1941
| Air attack in East China Sea,<br>Apr 1945
|
|-
! <br><small>(First Wind)</small>
| Dec 1937
| Feb 1940
| Battle of Empress Augusta Bay,<br>Nov 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(Swift Tide)</small>
| Jun 1938
| Aug 1940
| Air attack in Huon Gulf,<br>Nov 1942
|
|-
! <br><small>(Wind on the Beach)</small>
| Nov 1938
| Nov 1940
| Air attack off Okinawa,<br>Apr 1945
|
|-
! <br><small>(Mirage)</small>
| Sep 1937
| Nov 1939
| Air attack off Rendova,<br>May 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(Black Tide)</small>
| Aug 1937
| Jan 1940
| Struck mine off Kolombangara,<br>May 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(Dancing Wind)</small>
| Apr 1940
| Jul 1941
| Surface action near Truk,<br>Feb 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Summer Tide)</small>
| Dec 1937
| Aug 1940
| Submarine off Makassar,<br>Feb 1942
|
|-
! <br><small>(Autumn Gale)</small>
| Nov 1939
| Apr 1941
| Surface action off Samar,<br>Oct 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Father Current)</small>
| Mar 1938
| Aug 1940
| Air attack off Kolombangara,<br>May 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(Phosphorescent Light)</small>
| Aug 1937
| Dec 1939
| Air attack off Panay,<br>Oct 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Valley Wind)</small>
|
| Apr 1941
| Submarine near TawiTawi,<br>Jun 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Favorable Wind)</small>
| Feb 1939
| Dec 1940
| Battle of the Bismarck Sea,<br>Mar 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(Wind on the Sea)</small>
| Apr 1939
| Dec 1940
| Submarine off Formosa,<br>Nov 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Snowy Wind)</small>
|
| Jan 1940
|
| To Rep. of China,<br>Jul 1947
|}
Yūgumo-class
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | upright=1|thumb|center| at anchor
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | (19)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 2,520 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 6x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 8x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 225
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
| |
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commis-<br>sioned
! scope="col" | War Loss
|-
! <br><small>(Autumn Frost)</small>
| May 1943
| Mar 1944
| Air attack at Cavite,<br>Nov 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Morning Frost)</small>
| Jan 1943
| Nov 1943
| Air attack off Okinawa,<br>Apr 1945
|-
! <br><small>(Purple Wave)</small>
| Aug 1942
| Jul 1943
| Air attack following Battle off Samar,<br>Oct 1944 †
|-
! <br><small>(Beach Waves)</small>
| Apr 1943
| Oct 1943
| Air attack off Leyte,<br>Nov 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Early Waves)</small>
| Jan 1942
| Jul 1943
| Submarine near TawiTawi,<br>Jun 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Early Frost)</small>
| Jan 1943
| Feb 1944
| Grounded and abandoned following Battle off Samar,<br>Oct 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Wind and Clouds)</small>
| Dec 1940
| Mar 1942
| Submarine near Davao Gulf,<br>Jun 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Shore Waves)</small>
| Aug 1943
| Dec 1943
| Submarine near Palawan,<br>Dec 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Clear Wave)</small>
| Oct 1941
| Jan 1943
| Air attack off Kolombangara,<br>Jul 1943 ↔
|-
! <br><small>(Clear Frost)</small>
| Feb 1944
| May 1944
| Air attack and PT boat off Mindoro,<br>Dec 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Cirrus Clouds)</small>
| Dec 1940
| Mar 1942
| Scuttled after striking mine off Savo Island,<br>Feb 1943
|-
! <br><small>(Overflowing Waves)</small>
| Apr 1941
| Aug 1942
| Battle of Cape St. George,<br>Nov 1943
|-
! <br><small>(Long Waves)</small>
| Apr 1941
| Jun 1942
| Air attack Ormoc Bay,<br>Nov 1944
|-
! <br><small>(High Seas Waves)</small>
| Aug 1942
| Dec 1943
| Air attack Manila Bay,<br>Nov 1944
|-
! <br><small>(Big Rough Waves)</small>
| Nov 1941
| Dec 1942
| Battle of Cape St. George,<br>Nov 1943 ‡
|-
! <br><small>(Breaking Waves)</small>
| Mar 1942
| Jul 1943
| Air attack Rabaul,<br>Nov 1943
|-
! <br><small>(Tall Wave)</small>
| May 1941
| Aug 1942
| Battle of Tassafaronga,<br>Nov 1942
|-
! <br><small>(Jade Wave)</small>
| Mar 1942
| Apr 1943
| Submarine off Manila Bay,<br>Jun 1944 ‡
|-
! <br><small>(Evening Clouds)</small>
| Jul 1940
| Dec 1941
| Battle of Vella Lavella,<br>Oct 1943
|-
| colspan=5 style="text-align:left" | ‡ Lost with all hands
|-
| colspan=5 style="text-align:left" | † Lost with all hands, including survivors of Chokai
|-
| colspan=5 style="text-align:left" | ↔ Very few survivors; all previously rescued from Yugumo lost
|-
|}
Akizuki-class
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | upright=1|thumb|center| underway
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | Akizuki class (12)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 2,700 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 8x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 4x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 263
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
| |
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commis-<br>sioned
! scope="col" | War Loss
! scope="col" | Postwar
|-
! <br><small>(Autumn Moon)</small>
| Jul 1940
| Jun 1942
| Battle off Cape Engaño,<br>Oct 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Winter Moon)</small>
| May 1943
| May 1944
|
| Converted to breakwater,<br>May 1948
|-
! <br><small>(Flower Moon)</small>
| Feb 1944
| Dec 1944
|
| Sunk as target,<br>Feb 1948
|-
! <br><small>(Spring Moon)</small>
| Dec 1943
| Dec 1944
|
| To Soviet Navy,<br>Aug 1947
|-
! <br><small>(New Moon in Autumn)</small>
| Jul 1941
| Dec 1942
| Battle off Cape Engaño,<br>Oct 1944
|
|-
! Michitsuki
| --
| --
|
|
|-
! <br><small>(Summer Moon)</small>
| May 1944
| Apr 1945
|
| To Royal Navy,<br>Aug 1947
|-
! <br><small>(New Moon)</small>
| Dec 1941
| Mar 1943
| Battle of Kula Gulf,<br>Jul 1943
|
|-
! <br><small>(November)</small>
| Jul 1942
| Mar 1944
| Submarine off Singapore,<br>Nov 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Clear Moon in Autumn)</small>
| Mar 1941
| Dec 1942
|
| Converted to breakwater,<br>May 1948
|-
! <br><small>(Shining Moon)</small>
| Nov 1941
| Jan 1943
| Surface action off Savo Island,<br>Dec 1942
|
|-
! <br><small>(Young Moon)</small>
| Mar 1942
| May 1943
| Air attack off Ormoc Bay,<br>Nov 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Evening Moon)</small>
| Aug 1943
| Jan 1942
|
| To Rep. of China,<br>Aug 1947
|}
Shimakaze
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | upright=1|thumb|center| underway
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | (1)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 3,300 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 6x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 15x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 267
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Completed or<br>Commissioned
! scope="col" | War Loss
|-
! <br><small>(Island Wind)</small>
| Aug 1941
| May 1943
| Battle of Ormoc Bay,<br>Nov 1944
|-
|}
Matsu-class
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | upright=1|thumb|center| at anchor
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | (19)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 1,530 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 3x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 4x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 211
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commis-<br>sioned
! scope="col" | War Loss
! scope="col" | Postwar
|-
! <br><small>(Japanese Cypress)</small>
| Mar 1944
| Sep 1944
| Surface action off Manila Bay,<br>Jan 1945 ‡
|
|-
! <br><small>(Maple)</small>
| Mar 1944
| Oct 1944
|
| To Rep. of China,<br>Jul 1947
|-
! <br><small>(Live Oak)</small>
| May 1944
| Sep 1944
|
| Scrapped<br>1947
|-
! <br><small>(Japanese Nutmeg-Yew)</small>
| Apr 1944
| Sep 1944
|
| To USSR,<br>Jul 1947
|-
! <br><small>(Japanese Elm)</small>
| Jun 1944
| Dec 1944
|
| Sunk as target,<br>1947
|-
! <br><small>(Paulownia Hardwood)</small>
| Feb 1944
| Aug 1944
|
| To USSR,<br>Jul 1947
|-
! <br><small>(Mulberry)</small>
| Dec 1943
| Jul 1944
| Surface action off Ormoc Bay,<br>Dec 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Podocarp Hardwood)</small>
| Feb 1944
| Aug 1944
|
| Scrapped<br>1947
|-
! <br><small>(Pine Tree)</small>
| Aug 1943
| Apr 1944
| Air attack off Bonin Islands,<br>Aug 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(White Fir)</small>
| Jan 1944
| Sep 1944
| Air attack off Manila Bay,<br>Jan 1945
|
|-
! <br><small>(Peach)</small>
| Nov 1943
| Jun 1944
| Submarine off Cape Bolinao, Luzon,<br>Dec 1944
|
|-
! <br><small>(Oak)</small>
| Jun 1944
| Nov 1944
|
| Scrapped,<br>1948
|-
! <br><small>(Cherry Blossom)</small>
| Jun 1944
| Nov 1944
| Struck mine off Osaka,<br>Jul 1945
|
|-
! <br><small>(Cedar)</small>
| Feb 1944
| Aug 1944
|
| To Rep. of China,<br>Jul 1947
|-
! <br><small>(Violet)</small>
| Oct 1944
| Mar 1945
|
| Sunk as target,<br>1947
|-
! <br><small>(Bamboo)</small>
| Oct 1943
| Jun 1944
|
| Sunk as target,<br>1947
|-
! <br><small>(Camellia)</small>
| Jun 1944
| Nov 1944
|
| Scrapped,<br>Jul 1948
|-
! <br><small>(Apricot)</small>
| Jan 1944
| Jun 1944
| Air attack off Ormoc Bay,<br>Jan 1945
|
|-
! <br><small>(Willow)</small>
| Aug 1944
| Jan 1945
|
| Scrapped,<br>Apr 1947
|-
| colspan=5 style="text-align:left" | ‡ Lost with all hands
|}
Tachibana-class
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
|- valign="bottom"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | upright=1|thumb|left|Nire
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | (14)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Displacement:
| 1,530 t
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Main battery:
| 3x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:
| 4x
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Complement:
| 211
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Speed:
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|- valign="bottom"
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Keel Laid
! scope="col" | Commis-<br>sioned
! scope="col" | War Loss
! scope="col" | Postwar
|-
! <br><small>(Nettle Tree)</small>
| Oct 1944
| Mar 1945
| Struck mine Jun 1945,<br>scrapped
|
|-
! <br><small>(Bush Clover)</small>
| Sep 1944
| Mar 1945
|
| To Royal Navy,<br>Apr 1947
|-
! <br><small>(Early-blooming Plum)</small>
| Dec 1944
| Jun 1945
|
| To Rep. of China,<br>Jul 1947
|-
! <br><small>(Early-blooming Cherry)</small>
| Apr 1944
| May 1945
|
| To USSR,<br>Jul 1947
|-
! <br><small>(Birch)</small>
| Oct 1944
| May 1945
|
| To US,<br>Aug 1947
|-
! <br><small>(Persimmon)</small>
| Oct 1944
| May 1945
|
| To US,<br>Jul 1947
|-
! <br><small>(Camphor)</small>
| Nov 1944
| May 1945
|
| To Royal Navy,<br>Jul 1947
|-
! <br><small>(?)</small>
| Sep 1944
| Mar 1945
|
| Salvaged 1955<br>as JDS Wakaba
|-
! <br><small>(Elm)</small>
| Aug 1944
| Jan 1945
|
| Scrapped,<br>Apr 1948
|-
! <br><small>(Great Bamboo)</small>
| Nov 1944
| May 1945
|
| To US,<br>Jul 1945
|-
! <br><small>(Castanopsis)</small>
| Sep 1944
| Mar 1945
|
| To USSR,<br>Jul 1945
|-
! <br><small>(Violet)</small>
| Oct 1944
| Mar 1945
|
| To Royal Navy,<br>Aug 1947
|-
! <br><small>(?)</small>
| Jul 1944
| Jan 1945
| Sunk by air attack,<br>Jul 1945
|
|-
! <br><small>(Ivy)</small>
| Jul 1944
| Feb 1945
|
| To Rep. of China,<br>Jul 1947
|-
|}
2nd Class destroyers
thumb| in 1919
- (1911–1912)
- ,
- (1915)
- , , , , , , , , ,
- (1916–1917)
- , , ,
- (1917–1918)
- , , , , ,
- (1919–1922)
- , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
- (1922–1923)
- , , , , , , ,
3rd Class destroyers
thumb| circa 1900
thumb| in 1929
- (1898–1899)
- , , , , ,
- (1898–1900)
- , , , , ,
- (1901–1902)
- ,
- (1901–1902)
- ,
- (1902–1905)
- , , , , , ,
- (1905–1909)
- , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
- Russian destroyers captured during the Russo-Japanese War (1905)
- Satsuki (ex-Bedovyi) (:ru:Бедовый (миноносец)), Yamabiko (ex-Reshitel'nyi), Fumizuki (ex-Sil'nyi) (:ru:Сильный (миноносец))
Kaibōkan
thumb| in 1943
thumb|Escort ship in 1944
Kaibōkan was originally a catchall term used by the Imperial Japanese Navy for obsolete warships which had been relegated to coastal defense duties. As a consequence of the London Naval Treaty, the Imperial Japanese Navy was constricted on the total tonnage of destroyers it was allowed to build, so Japanese naval planners designed a new class of vessel to take advantage of a loophole in the treaty which permitted ships of between 600 and 2,000 tons, with no more than four guns over , no torpedoes, and a maximum speed of 20 knots, and gave them the obsolete designation of kaibōkan to further ensure that they would not be considered as destroyers. These ships were roughly equivalent to contemporary Allied destroyer escorts and frigates.
- (1939-1940)
- , , ,
- (1942-1943)
- , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
- (1943-1944)
- , , , , , , ,
- (1944-1945)
- , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Ōtsu, Tomoshiri not completed)
- (1944-1945)
- , , , , , , , , (Murotsu, Urumi not completed)
- Type C (1943-1945)
- , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (CD-83, CD-89, CD-93, CD-101, CD-109, CD-117, CD-223, CD-229, CD-235 not completed)
- Type D (1943-1945)
- , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (CD-62, CD-70, CD-80, CD-122 not completed)
- Chinese cruisers captured during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1944)
- Ioshima (ex-), Yasoshima (ex-)
Torpedo boats
thumb| circa 1898-1901
thumb| in 1900
thumb|Torpedo boat circa 1902
thumb|Torpedo boat circa 1900
thumb| in 1937
1st Class torpedo boats
- (1888)
- Chinese torpedo boat captured during the First Sino-Japanese War (1895)
- Fukuryū (ex-Fulong)
- (1899)
- (1899–1904)
- , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
- German torpedo boats awarded as prizes of World War I (1920)<!--Never received japanese names; Germany and Japan classified them as torpedo boats-->
- ex-, ex-, ex-, ex-
- Chinese torpedo boat captured during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1938)
- Kawasemi (ex-Hu Oah)
2nd Class torpedo boats
- (1894-1895)
- ,
- (1893-1901)
- , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
- (1900)
- ,
- (1901-1902)
- , , , , , , , , ,
- (1903-1904)
- , , , , , , , ,
3rd Class torpedo boats
- (1881-1884)
- , , ,
- (1892–1894)
- , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
- (1893)
- ,
- Chinese torpedo boats captured during the First Sino-Japanese War (1895)
- (ex-You III) (:ja:第二十六号水雷艇), (ex-You I) (:ja:第二十七号水雷艇)
- (1900-1902)
- , , , , , , , , ,
4th Class torpedo boats
- Chinese torpedo boat captured during the First Sino-Japanese War (1895)
- (ex-Chen II) (:ja:第二十八号水雷艇)
London Naval Treaty era torpedo boats
As a consequence of the London Naval Treaty, the Imperial Japanese Navy was constricted on the total tonnage of destroyers it was allowed to build, so Japanese naval planners designed a new 600-ton class vessel, which was small enough not to be limited by the treaty, armed with half the armament of a destroyer, and gave them the obsolete designation of torpedo boats to further ensure that they would not be considered as destroyers.
- (1933)
- , , ,
- (1935–1937)
- , , , , , , ,
Gunboats
thumb| in 1902
thumb| in 1940
- (1886-1888)
- , , ,
- (1891)
- Chinese gunboats captured during the First Sino-Japanese War (1895)
- Chinhoku (ex-') (:ja:鎮北 (砲艦)), Chinnan (ex-') (:ja:鎮南 (砲艦)), Chinzei (ex-') (:ja:鎮西 (砲艦)), Chintō (ex-') (:ja:鎮東 (砲艦)), Chinchu (ex-') (:ja:鎮中 (砲艦)), Chinpen (ex-') (:ja:鎮辺 (砲艦))
- Chinese ironclad coastal defence ship captured during the First Sino-Japanese War (1895)
- Heien (ex-')
- (1903)
- (1912)
- (1922)
- (1939-1940)
- ,
- American gunboat captured during the Pacific War (1942)
- Karatsu (ex-)
- Italian gunboat captured during the Pacific War (1943)
- Okitsu (ex-')
River gunboats
thumb| circa 1935
thumb| in 1929
- (1903)
- (1906)
- (1911)
- (1922-1923)
- , , ,
- (1929)
- ,
- (1929)
- (1935)
- ,
- (1939)
- ,
- American gunboat captured during the Pacific War (1941)
- Tatara (ex-)
- British gunboat captured during the Pacific War (1942)
- Suma (ex-)
- Italian gunboat captured during the Pacific War (1943)
- Narumi (ex-')
Patrol boats
thumb|Patrol boat No.35 (ex-) circa 1940
thumb|Patrol boat No.101 (ex-) in 1942
thumb|Auxiliary patrol boat in 1945
- (ex- destroyers converted to patrol boats, 1940)
- No. 1 (ex-), No. 2 (ex-)
- (ex- and destroyers converted to patrol boats, 1940)
- No. 31 (ex-), No. 32 (ex-), No. 33 (ex-), No. 34 (ex-), No. 35 (ex-), No. 36 (ex-), No. 37 (ex-), No. 38 (ex-), No. 39 (ex-), No. 46 (ex-)
- British destroyer captured during the Pacific War (1942)
- No.101 (ex-)
- American destroyer captured during the Pacific War (1943)
- No.102 (ex-)
- American torpedo boat captured during the Pacific War (1943)
- No.114 (ex-Luzon)
- American minesweeper captured during the Pacific War (1943)
- No.103 (ex-)
- Philippine customs patrol boat captured during the Pacific War (1943)
- No.105 (ex-Arayat)
- Dutch patrol boats captured during the Pacific War (1944)
- No.104 (ex-), No.108 (ex-)
- American tugboat captured during the Pacific War (1944)
- No.107 (ex-)
- Dutch patrol boat captured during the Pacific War (1945)
- No.109 (ex-)
- Dutch destroyer captured during the Pacific War (conversion not completed)
- No.106 (ex-)
Auxiliary patrol boats
In addition to the purpose-built No.1-class, during the Pacific War the Imperial Japanese Navy requisitioned and converted a number of civilian vessels into auxiliary patrol boats.
- (1945)
- 27 built during the Pacific War, 5 lost; 30 not completed.
Submarine chasers
- (1943-1945)
- 200 built during the Pacific War, 81 lost.
Minelayers
Minesweepers
thumb|Minesweeper in 1923
thumb|Auxiliary minesweeper in 1942
This section lists the purpose-built and numbered converted minesweepers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
- (1923-1928)
- , , , , ,
- No.7-class (ex- destroyers converted to minesweepers, 1924)
- No.7 (ex-), No.8 (ex-), No.9 (ex-), No.10 (ex-), No.11 (ex-), No.12 (ex-)
- No.7-class (ex- destroyers converted to minesweepers, 1930)
- No.7 (ex-), No.8 (ex-)
- No.9-class (ex- destroyers converted to minesweepers, 1930)
- No.9 (ex-), No.10 (ex-)
- (1933-1935)
- , , , , ,
- (1938-1939)
- , , , , ,
- (1941-1944)
- , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
- British minesweepers captured during the Pacific War (1944)
- No.101 (ex-), No.102 (ex-)
Auxiliary minesweepers
In addition to the vessels listed below, during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War the Imperial Japanese Navy requisitioned and converted a number of civilian vessels into auxiliary minesweepers.
- (1941-1943)
- , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
- Dutch minesweepers captured during the Pacific War (1943-1944)
- No.101 (ex-), No.102 (ex-), No.103 (ex-), No.104 (ex-), No.105 (ex-), No.106 (ex-), No.107 (ex-), ex- (conversion not completed)
Landing craft
Submarines
1st Class submarines
- Kaidai type
- Type KD1, , .
- Type KD2, , (ex-I-52).
- Type KD3a, , 4 units, (ex-I-53), (ex-I-54), (ex-I-55), (ex-I-58).
- Type KD3b, , 5 units, (ex-I-56), (ex-I-57), (ex-I-59), , .
- Type KD4, , 3 units, , (ex-I-62), (ex-I-64)
- Type KD5, , 3 units, ' (ex-I-65), (ex-I-66),
- Type KD6a, , 6 units, (ex-I-68), (ex-I-69), , (ex-I-71), (ex-I-72), .
- Type KD6b, , 2 units, (ex-I-74), (ex-I-75).
- Type KD7, , 10 units, (ex-I-76), , , , , , , , , .
- Junsen type
- Type J1, , 4 units, , , , .
- Type J1M, , .
- Type J2, , .
- Type J3, , 2 units, , .
- Junsen Type A
- Type A1, , 3 units, , , .
- Type A2, , .
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- Type A3, , 2 units, , .
- Junsen Type B
- Type B1, , 20 units, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
- Type B2, , 6 units, , , , , , .
- Type B3, , 3 units, , , .
- Junsen Type C
- Type C1, , 8 units, , , , , , , , .
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- Type C3, , 3 units, , , .
- Type D / Sen'yu-Dai type
- Type D1, , 12 units, , , , , , , , , , , , (S51B).
- Type D2, , .
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- Sentoku type, , 3 units, , , (I-404 not launched, I-405 not completed).
- Sentaka-Dai type, , 3 units, , , (I-204 to I-208 not completed).
- Senho type, , (I-352 not completed).
- Kiraisen type, , 4 units (ex-I-21), (ex-I-22), (ex-I-23), (ex-I-24).
- Captured German submarines, 6 units, I-501 (ex-), I-502 (ex-), I-503 (ex-UIT-24, ex-), I-504 (ex-UIT-25, ex-), I-505 (ex-), I-506 (ex-).
2nd Class submarines
thumb|[[Kaichū type submarine|Kaichū VI Ro-33]]
- Type F
- Type F1, 2 units, , .
- Type F2, , 3 units, , , .
- Kaichū type
- Type K1, , 2 units, , .
- Type K2, , 3 units, , , .
- Type K3, , 10 units, , , , , , , , , , .
- Type K4, , 3 units, , , .
- Type KT (Toku-Chū), , 5 units, ,, Submarine No. 70, , .
- Type K6, , 2 units, , .
- Type KS (Sen-Chū), , 18 units, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
- Type L
- Type L1, , 2 units, , .
- Type L2, , 4 units, , , , .
- Type L3, , 3 units, , , .
- Type L4, , 9 units, , , , , , , , , .
- Ko Type, 18 units, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
- Ex-German submarines, 2 units, Ro-500 (ex-), Ro-501 (ex-).
3rd Class submarines
thumb|[[Ko-hyoteki-class submarine|Ko-hyoteki-class submarine]]
- Sen'yu-Shō Type, 10 units, , , , , ', , , , , (Ha-110 and Ha-112 not completed)
- Sentaka-Shō Type, 11 units, , , , , , , , , , (Ha-206, Ha-211 to Ha-215, Ha-217 to Ha-279 not completed)
- , 216 units.
- , about 250 units (750 planned).
- Kaiten, about 1000 units.
- C1 type
- C2 type
- S1 type
- Kawasaki class
- S2 type
- No.71, ,71-gou
Other submarines
- modified Holland class
Suicide vessels
- Shinyo motorboat, 6,200 units.
- Kaiten torpedo, approx. 420 units.
Training vessels
- Meiji Maru (1873)
- Nippon Maru (1930)
- Kaiwo Maru (1930)
Imperial Japanese Army
Due to various political reasons, the Army used its separate navy during the Second World War, mostly to support with logistical support and ground invasion operations.
Escort carriers
- Special 2TL Type auxiliary escort carrier
- (1944)
- Chigusa Maru (not completed)
Landing craft carriers
Landing craft carriers were an innovation exclusively used by the Army, with some being fitted with a flight deck for limited aerial operations.
- Type C Landing Craft Carrier
- (1941, landing craft carrier and escort carrier)
- M Type C Landing Craft Carrier
- (1945, landing craft carrier and escort carrier)
- Tokitsu Maru (not completed, later completed as a whaling ship in 1946)
- Type A Landing Craft Carrier
- (1943)
- (1942)
- (1944)
- M Type A Landing Craft Carrier
- (1943)
- (1944)
- (1945)
- Type B Landing Craft Carrier
- (1944, with icebreaker capability)
Submarines
The Army only used transport submarines, with limited defensive capacity:
- Type 3 submergence transport vehicle (38 vessels)
- Yu I type
- Yu 1-class
- Yu 1001-class
- Yu 2001-class
- Yu 3001-class
- Yu II type
- Ushio (1945, not completed)
Small craft
See also
- Japanese ship naming conventions
- List of aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy
- List of infantry weapons of the Imperial Japanese Navy
- List of Japanese Navy ships and war vessels in World War II
- List of battleships of Japan
- List of battlecruisers of Japan
- List of cruiser classes of the Imperial Japanese Navy
- List of cruisers of Japan
- List of destroyers of Japan
- Japanese destroyers of World War II
- Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Submarine aircraft carriers of Japan
- List of sunken aircraft carriers
- List of aircraft carriers by country
- Ranks of the Imperial Japanese Navy
References
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