List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy

The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868-1945.[1] This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army. For a list of ships of its successor, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, see List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

"Japanese aircraft carrier" redirects here. For JMSDF carriers, see Izumo-class helicopter destroyer.
Imperial Japanese Military
Empire of Japan
Administration
 Imperial Japanese Army
(Dai Nippon Teikoku Rikugun)
 Imperial Japanese Navy
(Dai Nippon Teikoku Kaigun)
Rank insignia
History

Early warships

Early modern warships

Western-style sail warships
Shohei Maru (1854)
Kanrin Maru (1855)

Steam warships

Corvettes and gunboats

Battleships
Further information: List of battleships of Japan

Pre-dreadnoughts
Ship or class Displacement Main
battery		 Secondary
battery		 Torpedo
tubes		 Complement Speed Ships in class
Ship Keel
laid		 Commissioned Fate
Kōtetsu, ex-CSS Stonewall; renamed Azuma, Dec 1871 1,390 tons 1 × 10-in. 2 × 6.4-in. 135 10.5 kn 1863 Feb 1869 Sold for scrap, Dec 1889
Fusō 3,717 tons 4 × 9.4-in. 2 × 6.7-in. 295 13 kn Sep 1875(?) Jan 1878 Sold for scrap, 1909
Chin'en
(Prize of First Sino-Japanese War)		 7,220 tons 4 × 12-in. 2 × 5.9-in. 3 × 14-in. 350 15.4 kn Mar 1882 Mar 1895 Scrapped, 1912
Fuji class 12,230 tons 4 × 12-in. 10 × 6-in. 5 × 18-in. 650 18.25 kn Fuji Aug 1894 Aug 1897 Scrapped, 1948
Yashima Dec 1894 Sep 1897 Naval mines, May 1904
Shikishima class 14,850 tons 4 × 12-in. 14 × 6-in. 4 × 18-in. 741 18 kn Shikishima Mar 1897 Jan 1900 Scrapped, 1948
Hatsuse Jan 1898 Jan 1901 Naval mine, May 1904
Asahi 15,200 tons 4 × 12-in. 14 × 6-in. 4 × 18-in. 773 18 kn Aug 1898 Apr 1900 sunk by USS Salmon (SS-182) May 1942
Mikasa 15,140 tons 4 × 12-in. 14 × 6-in. 4 × 18-in. 836 18 kn Jan 1899 Mar 1902 Preserved as museum ship

Battleships
Ship Displacement Main
battery		 Secondary
battery		 Torpedo
tubes		 Comple-
ment		 Speed Keel Laid Commissioned
into IJN		 Fate
Iki (ex-Russian Imperator Nikolai I) 9,594 tons 2 × 12-in. 6 × 6-in. 6 × 18-in. 616 14 kn Aug 1886 Jun 1905 Target,
Oct 1915
Tango (ex-Russian Poltava) 11,500 tons 4 × 12-in. 4 × 9-in. 2 × 18-in.
4 × 15-in.		 631 16 kn May 1892 Aug 1905 Returned to Russia,
1916
Sagami (ex-Russian Peresvet) 13,810 tons 4 × 10-in. 10 × 6-in. 2 × 18-in. 771 18 kn Nov 1895 Jul 1908 Sold back to Russia,
Mar 1916
Suwo (ex-Russian Pobeda) 13,320 tons 4 × 10-in. 10 × 6-in. 2 × 18-in. 771 18 kn Feb 1899 Oct 1908 Probably scrapped,
1922-1923
Hizen (ex-Russian Retvizan) 12,780 tons 4 × 12-in. 12 × 6-in. 6 × 15-in. 750 18 kn Jul 1899 Jan 1905 Sunk as target,
Jul 1924
Iwami (ex-Russian Oryol) 14,151 tons 4 × 12-in. 12 × 6-in. 4 × 15-in. 854 18 kn Jun 1900 Jun 1907 Sunk as target,
Jul 1924

Coastal defense ships
Ship Displacement Main
battery		 Secondary
battery		 Torpedo
tubes		 Comple-
ment		 Speed Keel laid Commissioned
into IJN		 Fate
Mishima (ex-Russian Admiral Seniavin) 4,165 tons 4 × 10-in. 6 × 6-in. removed 406 16 kn Aug 1892 Jun 1905 Sunk as target,
May 1936
Okinoshima (ex-Russian General Admiral Graf Apraksin) 4,165 tons 3 × 10-in. 6 × 6-in. removed 406 15 kn Oct 1894 Jun 1905 Scrapped,
1939

Transitional Dreadnoughts
Class Displacement Main
Battery		 Secondary
Battery		 Torpedo
Tubes		 Comple-
ment		 Speed Ships in class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned		 Fate
Katori class 15,950 tons 4 × 12-in.
4 × 10-in.		 12 × 6-in. 5 × 18-in. 864 18 kn Katori Apr 1904 May 1906 Scrapped, 1925
Kashima Feb 1904 May 1906 Scrapped, 1924
Satsuma class 19,372 tons 4 × 12-in.
12 × 10-in.		 8 × 6-in. 5 × 18-in. 940 20 kn Satsuma May 1905 Mar 1910 Sunk as target, 1924
Aki Mar 1906 Mar 191 Sunk as target, 1924
Kawachi class 20,823 tons 12 × 12-in. 10 × 6-in. 5 × 18-in. 1,100 21 kn Kawachi Apr 1909 Mar 1912 Internal explosion, 1918
Settsu Jan 1909 Jul 1912 Scrapped, 1947

Battleship prizes of World War I
Source Displacement Main
Battery		 Secondary
Battery		 Torpedo
Tubes		 Comple-
ment		 Speed Keel Laid Ceded
to Japan		 Fate
ex-German Nassau 18,873 tons 12 × 11-in. 12 × 6-in. 6 × 17.7-in. 1,008 20 kn Jul 1907 Apr 1920 Scrapped, 1920
ex-German Oldenburg 22,808 tons 12 × 12-in. 14 × 5.9-in. 6 × 21-in. 1,069 20.8 kn Mar 1909 Apr 1920 Scrapped, 1921

Battlecruisers
Class Displace-
ment		 Main
Battery		 Secondary
Battery		 Torpedo
Tubes		 Comple-
ment		 Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned		 Fate
Tsukuba class 13,750 tons 4 × 12-in. 12 × 6-in. 3 820 20.5 kn Tsukuba Jan 1905 Jan 1907 Explosion, Jan 1917
Ikoma Mar 1905 Mar 1908 Scrapped, 1923
Ibuki class 14,636 tons 4 × 12-in. 8 × 8-in. 3 × 17.7-in. 817 21.25 kn Ibuki May 1907 Nov 1907 Scrapped, 1923
Kurama Aug 1905 Feb 1911 Scrapped, 1923
Kongō class 31,720 tons
exc.
Kirishima 31,980		 8 × 14-in. 16 × 6-in. 8 × 21-in. 1,437 30.5 kn Kongō Jan 1911 Aug 1913 Converted to fast battleship, 1935
Haruna Mar 1912 Apr 1915 Converted to fast battleship, 1933
Hiei Nov 1911 Apr 1915 Converted to training ship, 1937;
fast battleship, 1941
Kirishima Mar 1912 Apr 1915 Converted to fast battleship, 1941
Amagi class 40,000 tons Amagi Cancelled, 1922
Akagi Dec 1920 Mar 1927 Completed as aircraft carrier
Atago Cancelled, 1922
Takao Cancelled, 1922
Type B-65 32,000 tons 9 × 12.2-in. 16 × 3.9-in. 33 kn Hull 795 Cancelled, 1942
Hull 796 Cancelled, 1942

Old battleships
Class Displacement Main
Battery		 Secondary
Battery		 Comple-
ment		 Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel laid Commis-
sioned		 War loss Postwar
Kongō class 31,720 tons
exc. Kirishima 31,980		 8 × 14-in. 14 × 6-in. 1,437 30.5 kn Kongō Jan 1911 Aug 1913 sunk by USS Sealion (SS-315) Nov 1944
Haruna Mar 1912 Apr 1915 Hit in Bombing of Kure July 1945 Scrapped 1946
Hiei Nov 1911 Apr 1915 Sunk at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Nov 1942
Kirishima Mar 1912 Apr 1915 Sunk at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Nov 1942
Fusō class 34,700 tons 12 × 14-in. 16 × 6-in. 1,376 25 kn Fusō Mar 1912 Nov 1915 Sunk at Battle of Surigao Strait Oct 1944
Yamashiro Nov 1913 Mar 1917 Sunk at Battle of Surigao Strait Oct 1944
Ise class ‡ 42,001 tons 12 × 14-in. 16 × 5.5-in. 1,376 25 kn Ise May 1915 Nov 1915 Sunk by Air attack on Kure Jul 1945
Hyūga May 1915 Apr 1918 Sunk by Air attack on Kure Jul 1945 Scrapped, 1947
Nagato class 39,130 tons 8 × 16-in. 18 × 5.5-in. 1,368 25 kn Nagato Aug 1917 Nov 1920 Used at target in Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test, 1946
Mutsu Jun 1918 Oct 1921 Internal explosion, Jun 1943
Tosa class 38,500 tons 10 × 16-in. 20 × 5.5-in. 26.5 kn Tosa Feb 1920 Cancelled, 1922; hull used for tests and scuttled 1925
Kaga Jul 1920 Mar 1928 Completed as aircraft carrier

‡ Before conversion to hybrid aircraft carriers

Super battleships
Class Displacement Main Battery Secondary Battery Complement Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commissioned War Loss
Yamato class 64,170 tons 9 × 18-in. 12 × 6.1-in. 2,500 27.5 kn Yamato Nov 1937 Dec 1941 Sunk by air attack during Operation Ten-Go Apr 1945
Musashi Mar 1938 Aug 1942 Sunk at Battle of the Sibuyan Sea Oct 1944
Shinano May 1940 completed as
aircraft carrier		 sunk by submarine attack 29 November 1944
Hull 111 scrapped
6 × 6.1-in. Hull 797 cancelled
Design A-150 battleship 70,000 tons 6 × 20.1-in. "Many" × 3.9-in. Hull 798 cancelled
Hull 799 cancelled

Seaplane tenders

Aircraft carriers
Hōshō (1921)
Taihō

Cruisers

Protected cruisers
Main article: Protected cruiser
Class or Ship Displace-
ment		 Main
Battery		 Secondary
Battery		 Torpedo
Tubes		 Comple-
ment		 Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Completed Fate
ex-Chinese prize of First Sino-Japanese War Jiyuan 2,300 tons 2 × 8.2-in. 1 × 5.9-in. 4 180 15 kn Saien Jan 1883 Mar 1895 Mine, Nov 1904
Chilean corvette Esmeralda sold to Japan 2,950 tons 2 × 10-in. 6 × 6-in. 296 18.3 kn Izumi Apr1881 1894 Scrapped
Naniwa class 3,727 tons 2 × 10.2-in. 6 × 5.9-in. 4 × 14-in. 325 18 kn Naniwa Mar 1884 Feb 1886 Sold for scrap, Jun 1913
Takachiho Apr 1884 Mar 1886 Torpedoed off Tsingtao, Oct 1914
Unebi 3,615 tons 4 × 9.4-in. 7 × 5.9-in. 4 × 14-in. 400 18 kn Unebi May 1884 Oct 1886 Lost at sea,
Dec 1886
Yaeyama 1,584 tons 3 × 4.7-in. 8 × 3-pdr. 2 × 18-in. 200 20.75 kn Yaeyama Jun 1887 Mar 1890 Scrapped,
Apr 1911
Chiyoda 2,439 tons 10 × 4.7-in. 14 × 3-pdr. 3 × 14-in. 350 19 kn Chiyoda Dec 1888 Jan 1891 Target,
Aug 1927
Chishima 741 tons 5 × 3-in. 6 × 1-pdr. 3 × 15-in. 90 19 kn Chishima Jan 1890 Apr 1892 Collision,
Nov 1892
Matsushima class 4,278 tons 1 × 12.6-in. 11-12 × 4.7-in. 4 × 14-in. 360 16.5 kn Itsukushima Jan 1888 Sep 1891 Scrapped,
1926
Matsushima Feb 1888 Apr 1892 Explosion,
Apr 1908
Hashidate Aug 1888 Jun 1894 Scrapped,
1927
Akitsushima 3,100 tons 4 × 6-in. 6 × 4.7-in. 4 × 14-in. 330 19 kn Akitsushima Mar 1890 Mar 1894 Scrapped,
1927
Yoshino 4,150 tons 4 × 6-in. 8 × 4.7-in. 5 × 14-in. 360 23 kn Yoshino Dec 1892 Sep 1893 Collision,
May 1904
Suma class 2,657 tons 2 × 6-in. 6 × 4.7-in. 2 × 15-in. 256 20 kn Suma Aug 1892 Dec 1896 Scrapped,
1928
Akashi Aug 1894 Mar 1899 Target,
Aug 1930
Takasago 4,160 tons 2 × 8-in. 10 × 4.7-in. 5 × 18-in. 425 23.5 kn Takasago Apr 1896 May 1898 Mined off Port Arthur,
Dec 1904
Kasagi class 4,979 tons 2 × 8-in. 10 × 4.7-in. 5 × 14-in. 405 22.5 kn Kasagi Feb 1897 Oct 1898 Ran aground Tsugaru Strait, Jul 1916
Chitose Jan 1898 Mar 1899 Target, Jul 1931
Niitaka class 3,366 tons 6 × 6-in. 10 × 12-pdr. 320 20 kn Niitaka Jan 1902 Jan 1904 Wrecked Kamchatka Peninsula, Aug 1922
Tsushima Oct 1901 Feb 1904 Target, 1944
Otowa 3,000 tons 2 × 6-in. 6 × 4.7-in. 312 21 kn Otowa Jan 1903 Sep 1904 Grounded in dense fog off Daiozaki, Shima peninsula, Jul 1917
Tone 4,113 tons 2 × 6-in. 10 × 4.7-in. 3 × 18-in. 370 23 kn Tone Nov 1905 May 1910 Target, Apr 1933
Chikuma class 5,000 tons 8 × 6-in. 4 × 12-pdr. 3 × 18-in. 26 kn Chikuma Apr 1909 May 1912 Target, 1935
Hirado Aug 1910 Jul 1912 Scrapped, 1947
Yahagi Jun 1910 Jul 1912 Scrapped, 1947

Prizes of Russo-Japanese War
Class or Ship Displace-
ment		 Main
Battery		 Secondary
Battery		 Torpedo
Tubes		 Comple-
ment		 Speed Keel Laid Commissioned
into IJN		 Fate
Tsugaru (ex-Russian Pallada) 6,932 tons 8 × 6-in. 12 × 3.1-in. 3 × 18-in. 514 20 kn Dec 1895 Aug 1908 Scuttled, May 1924
Soya (ex-Russian Varyag) 6,500 tons 12 × 6-in. 10 × 3-in. 4 × 18-in. 571 23 kn Oct 1899 Jul 1907 Returned to Russia, Apr 1916
Suzuya (ex-Russian Novik) 3,080 tons 2 × 4.7-in. 4 × 3-in. 340 25 kn Feb 1900 May 1904 Sold, Apr 1913

Armored cruisers
Main article: Armored cruiser
Class Displace-
ment		 Main
Battery		 Torpedo
Tubes		 Secondary
Battery		 Comple-
ment		 Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Completed Fate
Asama class 9,557 tons 4 × 8-in. 14 × 6-in. 5 × 18-in. 676 21 kn Asama Oct 1896 Mar 1899 Scrapped, 1947
Tokiwa Jan 1897 May 1899 Air attack, Aug 1944
Izumo class 9,353 tons 4 × 8-in. 14 × 6-in. 4 × 18-in. 672 20.75 kn Izumo May 1898 Sep 1900 Air attack, Jul 1945
Iwate Nov 1898 Mar 1901 Air attack, Jul 1945
Yakumo 9,646 tons 4 × 8-in. 12 × 6-in. 5 × 18-in. 670 20 kn Yakumo Sep 1897 Jun 1900 Scrapped, Jul 1946
Azuma 9,278 tons 4 × 8-in. 12 × 6-in. 5 × 18-in. 670 21 kn Azuma Feb 1898 Jul 1900 Scrapped, 1946
Kasuga class 7,698 tons 4 × 8-in. 14 × 6-in. 4 × 18-in. 600 20 kn Kasuga ex-Argentine Bernardino Rivadavia Mar 1902 Jan 1904 Air attack, Jul 1945
Nisshin ex-Argentine Mariano Moreno Mar1902 Jan1904 Target, 1936 and again 1942
Prize of Russo-Japanese War 7,802 tons 2 × 8-in. 8 × 6-in. 2 × 18-in. 573 21 kn Aso (ex-Russian Bayan) Mar 1899 Dec 1902 Target, Aug 1932

Dispatch vessels
Class Displace-
ment		 Main
Battery		 Secondary
Battery		 Torpedo
Tubes		 Comple-
ment		 Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned		 Fate
Yodo class 1,270 tons 2 × 4.7-in. 4 × 12-pdr. 12 × 24-in. 116 22 kn Yodo Oct 1906 Apr 1908 Scrapped, 1945
Mogami Mar 1907 Sep 1908 Scrapped, 1929

Foreign built
Class Displace-
ment		 Main Battery Secondary Battery Torpedo Tubes Comple-
ment		 Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned		 Fate
Prize of World War I 4,350 tons 6 × 5.9-in. 1 × 3.4-in. 2 × 17.7-in. 380 27.25 kn Y (ex-German Augsburg) 1910 Scrapped, 1922
Ning Hai-class (prizes of Second Sino-Japanese War) 2,526 tons 6 × 5.5-in. 6 × 3.1-in. 4 × 21-in. 351 23 kn training vessel Mikura, Jul 1938; renamed Ioshima, Jun 1944 (ex-Chinese Ning-Hai) Feb 1931 Sep 1932 Submarine, Sep 1944
barracs hulk Mishima, 1938; renamed Yasoshima, Jun 1944 (ex-Chinese P'ing-Hai) Jun 1931 Jun 1936 Air attack, Nov 1944

Old light cruisers
Main article: Light cruiser
Class Displacement Main Battery Torpedo
Tubes		 Comple-
ment		 Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned		 War Loss Postwar
Tenryū class 3,230 tons 4 × 5.5-in. 6 × 21-in. 332 33 kn Tatsuta Jul 1917 May 1919 Submarine, Mar 1944
Tenryū May 1917 Nov 1919 Submarine, Dec 1942
Kuma class 5,870 tons 7 × 5.5-in. 8 × 24-in. 439 31.75 kn Kuma Aug 1918 Aug 1920 Submarine, Jan 1944
Tama Aug 1918 Jan 1921 Submarine, Oct 1944
Kitakami Sep 1919 Apr 1921 Scrapped, 1946
Kiso Aug 1918 May 1921 Air attack, Nov 1944
Ōi Nov 1919 Oct 1921 Submarine, Jul 1944
Nagara class 5,170 tons 7 × 5.5-in. 8 × 24-in. 438 36 kn Nagara Sep 1920 Apr 1922 Submarine, Oct 1944
Natori Dec 1920 Sep 1922 Submarine, Aug 1944
Kinu Jan 1921 Nov 1922 Air attack, Oct 1944
Yura May 1921 Mar 1923 Guadalcanal, Oct 1942
Isuzu Aug 1920 Aug 1923 Submarine, Apr 1945
Abukuma Dec 1921 May 1925 Air attack, Oct 1944
Yūbari class 2,890 tons 6 × 5.5-in. 4 × 24-in. 328 35.5 kn Yūbari Jun 1922 Jul 1923 Submarine, Apr 1944
Sendai class 5,195 tons 7 × 5.5-in. 8 × 24-in. 450 35.25 kn Sendai Feb 1922 Apr 1924 Empr. Aug. Bay, Nov 1943
Jintsū Aug 1922 Jul 1925 Kolombangara, Jul 1943
Naka Jun 1922 Nov 1925 Truk, Feb 1944

Heavy cruisers
Main article: Heavy cruiser
Class Displacement Main Battery Torpedo Tubes Complement Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned		 War Loss Postwar
Furutaka class 9,150 tons 6 × 7.9-in. 12 × 24-in. 625 33 kn Furutaka Dec 1922 Mar 1926 Cape Esperance, Oct 1942
Kako Dec 1922 Jul 1926 Submarine, Aug 1942
Aoba class 9,380 tons
exc. Aoba 9,000		 6 × 8-in. 12 × 24-in. 773 33.3 kn Aoba Jan 1924 Sep 1927 Air attack, Jul 1945
Kinugasa Oct 1924 Sep 1927 Guadalcanal, Nov 1942
Myōkō class 13,380 tons 10 × 8-in. 16 × 24-in. 773 33.75 kn Myōkō Oct 1924 Jul 1929 Scuttled, 1946
Nachi Nov 1924 Nov 1928 Air attack, Nov 1944
Haguro Mar 1925 Apr 1929 Surface action, May 1945
Ashigara Apr 1925 Aug 1929 Surface action, Jun 1945
Takao class 13,160 tons 10 × 8-in. 16 × 24-in. 773 34.25 kn Takao Apr 1927 Mar 1932 Target, 1946
Atago Apr 1927 Mar 1932 Submarine, Oct 1944
Chōkai Apr 1931 Jun 1932 Off Samar, Oct 1944
Maya Dec 1928 Jun 1932 Submarine, Oct 1944
Mogami class 12,400 tons 10 × 8-in. 12 × 24-in. 850 34.75 kn Mogami Oct 1931 Jul 1935 Surigao Strait, Oct 1944
Mikuma Dec 1931 Aug 1935 Midway, Jun 1942
Suzuya Dec 1933 Oct 1937 Off Samar, Oct 1944
Kumano Apr 1934 Jul 1935 Air attack, Nov 1944
Tone class 11,215 tons 8 × 8-in. 12 × 24-in. 850 35 kn Tone Dec 1934 Nov 1938 Air attack, Jul 1945
Chikuma Oct 1935 May 1939 Off Samar, Oct 1944
Ibuki class 12,200 tons 10 × 8-in. 16 × 24-in. 35 kn Ibuki Apr 1942 May 1943 completed as aircraft carrier
No. 301 cancelled cancelled

New light cruisers
Main article: Light cruiser
Class Displacement Main Battery Torpedo
Tubes		 Comple-
ment		 Speed Ships in Class
Ship Keel Laid Commis-
sioned		 War Loss Postwar
Katori class 5,890 tons 4 × 5.5-in. 4 × 21-in. 18 kn Katori Aug 1938 Apr 1940 Truk, Feb 1944
Kashima Oct 1938 May 1940 Scrapped, 1947
Kashii Oct 1939 Jul 1941 Air attack, Jan 1945
Kashiwara cancelled cancelled
Agano class 6,652 tons 6 × 6-in. 8 × 24-in. 730 35 kn Agano Jun 1940 Oct 1942 Submarine, Feb 1945
Noshiro Sep 1941 Jun 1943 Air attack, Oct 1944
Yahagi Nov 1941 Dec 1943 Air attack, Apr 1945
Sakawa Nov 1942 Nov 1944 Atomic bomb test, Jul 1946
Ōyodo class 8,164 tons 6 × 6.1-in. designed to carry 6 seaplanes 36 kn Ōyodo Feb 1941 Feb 1943 Air attack, Jul 1945 Scrapped, 1948
Niyodo cancelled cancelled

Destroyers

1st Class destroyers
Minekaze-class
Minekaze underway near Yokosuka Naval Base, 1932
 Minekaze class (15)
Displacement: 1,650 tons
Main battery: 4× 4.7 in (120 mm)
Torpedo tubes: 6× 21 in (530 mm)
Complement: 148
Speed: 39 kn (72 km/h; 45 mph)
Ship Keel Laid Completed or
Commissioned		 Fate
War Loss Postwar
Minekaze
(Summit Wind)		 Apr 1918 May 1920 Submarine off Formosa,
Feb 1944
Sawakaze
(Marsh Wind)		 Jan 1918 Mar 1920 Scuttled,
1948
Okikaze
(Offshore Wind)		 Feb 1919 Aug 1920 Submarine near Yokosuka,
Jan 1943
Shimakaze
(Island Wind)		 Sep 1919 Nov 1920 Submarine near Kavieng,
Jan 1943
Nadakaze
(High Seas Wind)		 Jan 1920 Sep 1920 Submarine near Lombok Strait,
Jul 1945
Yakaze
(Arrow Wind)		 Jan 1918 Jul 1920 Scrapped,
1948
Hakaze
(Winged Wind)		 Nov 1918 Sep 1920 Submarine near Kavieng,
Jan 1943
Shiokaze
(Tide Wind)		 May 1920 Jul 1921 Scuttled,
1945
Akikaze
(Autumn Wind)		 Jun 1920 Sep 1921 Submarine west of Luzon,
Nov 1944 ‡
Yūkaze
(Evening Wind)		 Dec 1920 Aug 1921 To Royal Navy,
1947
Tachikaze
(Sword Wind)		 Aug 1920 Dec 1921 Air attack at Truk,
Feb 1944
Hokaze
(Sail Wind)		 Nov 1920 Dec 1921 Submarine in Celebes Sea,
Jul 1944
Nokaze
(Field Wind)		 Apr 1921 Mar 1922 Submarine in South China Sea,
Feb 1945
Namikaze
(Wave Wind)		 Nov 1921 Nov 1922 To Rep. of China,
1947
Numakaze
(Marsh Wind)		 Aug 1921 Jul 1922 Submarine off Okinawa,
Dec 1943 ‡
‡ Lost with all hands
Kamikaze-class
Kamikaze underway, 1922
 Kamikaze class (9)
Displacement: 1,720 tons
Main battery: 4× 4.7 in (120 mm)
Torpedo tubes: 6× 21 in (530 mm)
Complement: 154
Speed: 37.25 kn (68.99 km/h; 42.87 mph)
Ship Keel Laid Completed or
Commissioned		 Fate
War Loss Postwar
Asakaze
(Morning Wind)		 Feb 1922 Jun 1923 Submarine off Luzon,
Aug 1944
Asanagi
(Morning Calm)		 Mar 1923 Dec 1924 Submarine south of Honshu,
May 1944
Harukaze
(Spring Wind)		 May 1922 May 1923 Scuttled,
1947
Hatakaze
(Flag Wind)		 Jul 1923 Aug 1924 Air attack at Takao,
Jan 1945
Hayate
(Gale)		 Nov 1922 Dec 1925 Coastal battery at Wake Atoll,
Dec 1941*
Kamikaze
(Divine Wind)		 Dec 1921 Dec 1922 Scrapped,
1947
Matsukaze
(Pine Wind)		 Dec 1922 Apr 1924 Submarine south of Honshu,
Jun 1944
Oite
(Tail Wind)		 Mar 1923 Oct 1925 Air attack at Truk,
Feb 1944
Yūnagi
(Evening Calm)		 Sep 1923 May 1925 Submarine off Luzon,
Aug 1944
*First Japanese warship lost in Pacific War
Mutsuki-class
Mutsuki underway
 Mutsuki class (12)
Displacement: 1,445 tons
Main battery: 4× 4.7 in (120 mm)
Torpedo tubes: 6× Type 12
Complement: 154
Speed: 37.25 kn (68.99 km/h; 42.87 mph)
Ship Keel Laid Completed or
Commissioned		 War Loss
Fumizuki
(July)		 Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Air attack at Truk,
Feb 1944
Kikuzuki
(Chrysanthemum Moon)		 Jun 1925 Nov 1926 Air attack at Tulagi,
May 1942
Kisaragi
(February)		 Jun 1924 Dec 1925 Air attack at Wake Atoll,
Dec 1941*‡
Mikazuki
(Crescent Moon)		 Aug 1925 May 1927 Air attack at Tuluvu,
Jul 1943
Minazuki
(June)		 Mar 1925 Mar 1927 Submarine off Tawitawi,
Jun 1944
Mochizuki
(Full Moon)		 Mar 1926 Oct 1927 Air attack off Rabaul,
Oct 1943
Mutsuki
(January)		 May 1924 Mar 1926 Battle of the Eastern Solomons,
Aug 1942
Nagatsuki
(September)		 Apr 1926 Apr 1927 Battle of Kula Gulf,
Jul 1943
Satsuki
(May)		 Dec 1924 Nov 1925 Air attack on Manila Bay,
Sep 1944
Uzuki
(April)		 Jan 1924 Sep 1926 PT boat attack off Cebu,
Dec 1944
Yayoi
(March)		 Jan 1924 Aug 1926 Air attack off New Guinea,
Sep 1942
Yūzuki
(Evening Moon)		 Nov 1926 Jul 1927 Air attack off Cebu,
Dec 1944
* Second Japanese warship lost in Pacific War
‡ Lost with all hands
Fubuki-class
Fubuki
 Fubuki class (20)
Displacement: 2,050 tons
Main battery: 6 × 5-in.
Torpedo tubes: 18 × Type 90
Complement: 219
Speed: 38 kn
Ship Keel Laid Completed or
Commissioned		 Fate
Prewar War Loss Postwar
Akebono
(Daybreak)		 Nov 1929 Jul 1931 Air attack near Manila,
Nov 1944
Amagiri
(Fogged or Clouded Sky)		 Nov 1928 Nov 1930 Struck mine in Makassar Strait,
Apr 1944
Asagiri
(Morning Fog)		 Dec 1928 Jun 1930 Battle of the Eastern Solomons,
Aug 1942
Ayanami
(Twilled Waves)		 Jan 1928 Apr 1930 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,
Nov 1942
Fubuki
(Blizzard)		 Jun 1926 Aug 1928 Battle of Cape Esperance,
Oct 1942
Hatsuyuki
(First Snow)		 Apr 1927 Mar 1929 Air attack near Shortlands,
Jul 1943
Isonami
(Breakers or Surf)		 Oct 1926 Jun 1928 Submarine in Sulu Sea,
Apr 1943
Miyuki
(Deep Snow)		 Apr 1927 Jun 1929 Collision in Korea Strait,
Jun 1934*
Murakumo
(Massed Clouds)		 Apr 1927 May 1929 Battle of Cape Esperance,
Oct 1942
Oboro
(Moonlight)		 Oct 1929 Nov 1931 Air attack in Aleutians,
Oct 1942
Sagiri
(Haze)		 Mar 1929 Jan 1931 Submarine near Borneo,
Dec 1941
Sazanami
(Ripples)		 Mar 1930 Jun 1931 Submarine near Caroline Islands,
Jan 1944
Shikinami
(Spreading Waves)		 Jul 1928 Dec 1929 Submarine in South China Sea,
Sep 1944
Shinonome
(Daybreak)		 Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Air attack near British Borneo,
Dec 1941
Shirakumo
(White Cloud)		 Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Submarine off Hokkaidō,
Mar 1944
Shirayuki
(White Snow)		 Mar 1927 Dec 1928 Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
Mar 1943
Uranami
(Shore Wave)		 Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Air attack off Panay,
Oct 1944
Ushio
(Tide)		 Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Scrapped,
1948
Usugumo
(Thin Clouds)		 Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Submarine in Sea of Okhotsk,
Jul 1944
Yūgiri
(Evening Mist)		 Oct 1924 Jul 1926 Battle of Cape St. George,
Nov 1943
* Only Japanese modern destroyer loss prewar; only Japanese modern destroyer loss to collision
Akatsuki-class
Ikazuchi in Chinese waters, 1938
 Akatsuki class (4)
Displacement: 1,750 tons
Main battery: 6× 5 in (130 mm)
Torpedo tubes: 9× 24 in (610 mm)
Complement: 233
Speed: 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Ship Keel Laid Completed or
Commissioned		 Fate
War Loss Postwar
Akatsuki
(Dawn)		 Feb 1930 Nov 1932 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,
Nov 1942
Hibiki
(Echo)		 Feb 1930 Mar 1933 To USSR,
1949
Ikazuchi
(Thunder)		 Mar 1930 Aug 1932 Submarine off Guam,
Jul 1944 ‡
Inazuma
(Lightning)		 Mar 1930 Nov 1932 Submarine off Tawitawi,
May 1944
‡ Lost with all hands
Hatsuharu-class
Hatsuharu
 Hatsuharu class (6)
Displacement: 1,530 tons
Main battery: 5× 5 in (130 mm)
Torpedo tubes: 6× 24 in (610 mm)
Complement: 212
Speed: 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Ship Keel Laid Completed or
Commissioned		 War Loss
Ariake
(Daybreak)		 Jan 1933 Mar 1935 Air attack near Tuluvu,
Jul 1943
Hatsuharu
(Early Spring)		 May 1931 Sep 1933 Air attack on Manila Bay,
Nov 1944
Hatsushimo
(First Frost)		 Jan 1933 Sep 1934 Mined and beached in Miyazu Bay,
Jul 1945
Nenohi
(New Year Day)		 Dec 1931 Sep 1933 Submarine in Aleutians,
Jul 1942
Wakaba
(Young Leaves)		 Dec 1931 Oct 1934 Air attack off Panay,
Oct 1944
Yūgure
(Twilight)		 Apr 1933 Mar 1935 Air attack off Kolombangara,
Jul 1943 †
† Survivors rescued but subsequently lost
Shiratsuyu-class
Harusame underway, 1943
 Shiratsuyu class (10)
Displacement: 1,685 tons
Main battery: 5× 5 in (130 mm)
Torpedo tubes: 8× 24 in (610 mm)
Complement: 180
Speed: 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Ship Keel Laid Completed or
Commissioned		 War Loss
Harusame
(Spring Rain)		 Feb 1935 Aug 1937 Air attack near New Guinea,
Jun 1944
Kawakaze
(River Wind)		 Apr 1935 Apr 1937 Battle of Vella Gulf,
Aug 1943
Murasame
(Passing Shower)		 Feb 1934 Jan 1937 Submarine in Blackett Strait,
Mar  1943
Samidare
(Early Summer Rain)		 Dec 1934 Jan 1937 Submarine near Palau,
Aug 1944
Shigure
(Drizzle)		 Dec 1933 Sep 1936 Submarine in Gulf of Siam,
Jan 1945
Shiratsuyu
(White Dew)		 Nov 1933 Sep 1936 Collision near Surigao Strait,
Jun 1944
Suzukaze
(Cool Breeze)		 Jul 1935 Aug 1937 Submarine off Ponape,
Jan 1944
Umikaze
(Sea Breeze)		 May 1935 May 1937 Submarine at Truk,
Feb 1944
Yamakaze
(Mountain Wind)		 May 1935 Jun 1937 Submarine off Honshu,
Jun 1942 ‡
Yūdachi
(Evening Squall)		 Oct 1934 Jan 1937 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,
Nov 1942
‡ Lost with all hands
Asashio-class
Asashio
 Asashio class (10)
Displacement: 2,370 tons
Main battery: 6× 5 in (130 mm)
Torpedo tubes: 8× 24 in (610 mm)
Complement: 200
Speed: 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Ship Keel Laid Completed or
Commissioned		 War Loss
Arare
(Hailstone)		 Mar 1937 Apr 1939 Submarine in Aleutians,
Jul 1942
Arashio
(Stormy Tide)		 Oct 1935 Dec 1937 Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
Mar 1943
Asagumo
(Morning Cloud)		 Dec 1936 Mar 1938 Battle of Surigao Strait,
Oct 1944
Asashio
(Morning Tide)		 Sep 1935 Aug 1937 Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
Mar 1943
Kasumi
(Haze)		 Dec 1936 Jun 1939 Air attack off Okinawa,
Apr 1945
Michishio
(Full Tide)		 Nov 1935 Oct 1937 Battle of Surigao Strait,
Oct 1944
Minegumo
(Summit Cloud)		 Mar 1937 Apr 1938 Battle of Blackett Strait,
Mar 1943
Natsugumo
(Summer Cloud)		 Jul 1936 Feb 1938 Air attack off Guadalcanal,
Oct 1942
Ōshio
(High Tide)		 Aug 1936 Oct 1936 Submarine off Manus,
Feb 1943
Yamagumo
(Mountain Cloud)		 Nov 1936 Jan 1938 Battle of Surigao Strait,
Oct 1944

2nd Class destroyers

3rd Class destroyers

Torpedo boats
  • Shirataka class (1899–1923)
    • Shirataka
  • Hayabusa class (1899–1923)
    • Hayabusa
    • Kasasagi
    • Manazuru
    • Chidori
    • Aotaka
    • Kari
    • Hato
    • Tsubame
    • Hibari
    • Kiji
    • Hashitaka
    • Sagi
    • Uzura
    • Kamome
    • Ōtori
  • Chidori class (1933)
  • Ōtori class (1935–1937)
    • Hato
    • Hayabusa
    • Hiyodori
    • Kari
    • Kasasagi
    • Kiji
    • Ōtori
    • Sagi

River gunboats

Minesweepers

Patrol vessels

List of IJN Patrol Vessels can be found here at

Minelayers

Submarines
Main article: Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy

1st Class submarines
C3 type I-55
Sentoku type I-401

2nd Class submarines
Kaichū VI Ro-33

3rd Class submarines
Ko-hyoteki-class submarine

Army submarines

Other submarines

Suicide vessels

See also

References
  1. Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter; Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945 (1st English ed.). London: Arms & Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-151-1.
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