List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy#Aircraft carriers

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The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868–1945.{{cite book |last1=Jentschura |first1=Hansgeorg |last2=Jung |first2=Dieter |last3=Mickel |first3=Peter |title=Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945 |date=1977 |publisher=Arms & Armour Press |location=London |isbn=0-85368-151-1 |edition=1st English}} This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army. For a list of ships of its successor, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, see List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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Early warships

  • Atakebune, 16th century coastal oar propelled warships.
  • Red seal ships – Around 350 armed sailships, commissioned by the Bakufu in the early 17th century, for Asian and South-East Asian trade.
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|San Buena Ventura||2}} (1607) – Built by William Adams for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Crossed the Pacific in 1610.
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|San Juan Bautista||2}} (1614) – One of Japan's first Western-style sail warships, transported the embassy of Hasekura Tsunenaga to America in 1614.

Early modern warships

=Western-style sail warships=

File:Shohei Maru warship drawing.png

File:Kanrinmaru.jpg

  • {{ship|Japanese battleship|Shohei Maru||2}} (1854) – Japan's first post-seclusion Western-style sail warship.
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Hou-Ou Maru||2}} (1854)
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Asahi Maru||2}} (1856)

=Steam warships=

  • Kankō Maru (1855), Japan's first steam warship.
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Kanrin Maru||2}} (1855) – Japan's first screw-driven steam warship
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Chōyō||2}} (1858)
  • {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kaiyō Maru||2}} (1866)
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Kaiten||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Banryū||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Chogei||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Shinsoku||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Mikaho||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Yoshun||2}}(:ja:陽春丸)
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Kasuga|1862|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Chiyodagata||2}} (1863), Japan's first domestically built steam warship.
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Hiryū||2}}(:ja:飛龍丸)
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Teibo||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese battleship|Ryūjō|1864|2}} (1864) File:Japanese-Gunboat-Unyo-1875.png
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Unyo||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Nisshin||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Takao|1888|2}}(:ja:第二回天)
  • {{ship|Japanese warship|Moshun||2}}

=Corvettes and gunboats=

  • {{sclass|Kongō|ironclad|4}}
  • {{ship|Japanese corvette|Kongō|1877|2}} (1877)
  • {{ship|Japanese corvette|Hiei|1877|2}} (1877)
  • {{ship|Japanese corvette|Amagi||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Tsukushi||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese corvette|Kaimon||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese corvette|Tenryū||2}}
  • {{sclass|Katsuragi|corvette|4}}
  • {{ship|Japanese corvette|Katsuragi||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese corvette|Yamato||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese corvette|Musashi||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Heien||2}} (1882, ex-Chinese, captured 1895)
  • {{sclass|Maya|gunboat|4}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Maya||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Akagi||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Atago||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Chōkai||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Ōshima||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Banjo||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Uji|1903|2}}

Battleships

{{further|List of battleships of Japan}}

= Pre-dreadnoughts =

File:Stonewall-Kotetsu.jpg|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Kotetsu||2}}

File:Battleship_Shikishima.jpg|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Shikishima||2}}

File:Japanese_battleship_Asahi.jpg|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Asahi||2}}

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! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Ship or class

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Displacement

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main
battery

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Secondary
battery

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Torpedo
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" | Commissioned

! scope="col" | Fate

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kōtetsu||2}}, ex-CSS Stonewall; renamed Azuma, Dec 1871

|" | 1,390 tons

|" | 1 × 10-in.

|" | 2 × 6.4-in.

|" |

|" | 135

|" | 10.5 kn

| scope="row" |

|" | 1863

|" | Feb 1869

|" | Sold for scrap, Dec 1889

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese ironclad|Fusō||2}}

|" | 3,717 tons

|" | 4 × 9.4-in.

|" | 2 × 6.7-in.

|" |

|" | 295

|" | 13 kn

|

|" | Sep 1875(?)

|" | Jan 1878

|" | Sold for scrap, 1909

scope="row" | 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

scope="row" rowspan=2 | Fuji class

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 12,230 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 12-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 10 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 5 × 18-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 650

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 18.25 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Fuji||2}}

|" | Aug 1894

|" | Aug 1897

|" | Scrapped, 1948

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Yashima||2}}

|" | Dec 1894

|" | Sep 1897

|" | Naval mines, May 1904

scope="row" rowspan=2 | Shikishima class

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 14,850 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 12-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 14 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 18-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 741

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 18 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Shikishima||2}}

|" | Mar 1897

|" | Jan 1900

|" | Scrapped, 1948

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Hatsuse||2}}

|" | Jan 1898

|" | Jan 1901

|" | Naval mine, May 1904

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Asahi||2}}

|" | 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

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Mikasa||2}}

|" | 15,140 tons

|" | 4 × 12-in.

|" | 14 × 6-in.

|" | 4 × 18-in.

|" | 836

|" | 18 kn

|

|" | Jan 1899

|" | Mar 1902

|" | Preserved as museum ship

= Prizes of the Russo-Japanese War =

== Battleships ==

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valign="bottom"

! scope="col" | Ship

! scope="col" | Displacement

! scope="col" | Main
battery

! scope="col" | Secondary
battery

! scope="col" | Torpedo
tubes

! scope="col" | Comple-
ment

! scope="col" | Speed

! scope="col" | Keel Laid

! scope="col" | Commissioned
into IJN

! scope="col" | Fate

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Iki||2}} (ex-Russian {{ship|Russian battleship|Imperator Nikolai I|1889|2}})

|9,594 tons

|2 × 12-in.

|6 × 6-in.

|6 × 18-in.

|616

|14 kn

|Aug 1886

|Jun 1905

|Target,
Oct 1915

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Tango||2}} (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

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Sagami||2}} (ex-Russian {{ship|Russian battleship|Peresvet||2}})

|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

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Suwo||2}} (ex-Russian {{ship|Russian battleship|Pobeda||2}})

|13,320 tons

|4 × 10-in.

|10 × 6-in.

|2 × 18-in.

|771

|18 kn

|Feb 1899

|Oct 1908

|Probably scrapped,
1922-1923

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Hizen||2}} (ex-Russian {{ship|Russian battleship|Retvizan||2}})

|12,780 tons

|4 × 12-in.

|12 × 6-in.

|6 × 15-in.

|750

|18 kn

|Jul 1899

|Jan 1905

|Sunk as target,
Jul 1924

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Iwami||2}} (ex-Russian {{ship|Russian battleship|Oryol||2}})

|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 ==

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! scope="col" | Ship

! scope="col" | Displacement

! scope="col" | Main
battery

! scope="col" | Secondary
battery

! scope="col" | Torpedo
tubes

! scope="col" | Comple-
ment

! scope="col" | Speed

! scope="col" | Keel laid

! scope="col" | Commissioned
into IJN

! scope="col" | Fate

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Mishima||2}} (ex-Russian {{ship|Russian coast defense ship|Admiral Seniavin||2}})

|4,165 tons

|4 × 10-in.

|6 × 6-in.

|removed

|406

|16 kn

|Aug 1892

|Jun 1905

|Sunk as target,
May 1936

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Okinoshima||2}} (ex-Russian {{ship|Russian coast defense ship|General Admiral Graf Apraksin||2}})

|4,165 tons

|3 × 10-in.

|6 × 6-in.

|removed

|406

|15 kn

|Oct 1894

|Jun 1905

|Scrapped,
1939

= Transitional Dreadnoughts =

File:Imperial_Japanese_Battleship_Katori_circa_1915.png|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Katori||2}}

File:Japanese_battleship_Satsuma.jpg|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Satsuma||2}}

File:Settsu.jpg|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Settsu||2}}

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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 | Torpedo
Tubes

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Comple-
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-
sioned

! scope="col" | Fate

scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{sclass|Katori|battleship|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 15,950 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 12-in.
4 × 10-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 12 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 5 × 18-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 864

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 18 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Katori||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kashima||2}}

| 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 | {{sclass|Satsuma|battleship|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 19,372 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 12-in.
12 × 10-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 8 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 5 × 18-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 940

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 20 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Satsuma||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Aki||2}}

| 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 | {{sclass|Kawachi|battleship|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 20,823 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 12 × 12-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 10 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 5 × 18-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 1,100

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 21 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kawachi||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Settsu||2}}

| 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]] =

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! scope="col" | Source

! scope="col" | Displacement

! scope="col" | Main
Battery

! scope="col" | Secondary
Battery

! scope="col" | Torpedo
Tubes

! scope="col" | Comple-
ment

! scope="col" | Speed

! scope="col" | Keel Laid

! scope="col" | Ceded
to Japan

! scope="col" | Fate

scope="row" | ex-German Nassau

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 18,873 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12 × 11-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12 × 6-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 17.7-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1,008

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 20 kn

| 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 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12 × 12-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 14 × 5.9-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 21-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1,069

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 20.8 kn

| 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 =

File:Japanese cruiser Tsukuba.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tsukuba||2}}

File:Japanese_cruiser_Ibuki_ca_1910.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Ibuki||2}}

File:Kirishima_Sasebo_1915.jpg|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Kirishima||2}}

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valign="bottom"

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Class

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Displace-
ment

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main
Battery

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Secondary
Battery

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Torpedo
Tubes

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Comple-
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-
sioned

! scope="col" | Fate

scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{sclass|Tsukuba|cruiser|4}}

| rowspan=2 | 13,750 tons

| rowspan=2 | 4 × 12-in.

| rowspan=2 | 12 × 6-in.

| rowspan=2 | 3

| rowspan=2 | 820

| rowspan=2 | 20.5 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tsukuba||2}}

| Jan 1905

| Jan 1907

| Explosion, Jan 1917

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Ikoma||2}}

| Mar 1905

| Mar 1908

| Scrapped, 1923

scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{sclass|Ibuki|armored cruiser|4}}

| rowspan=2 | 14,636 tons

| rowspan=2 | 4 × 12-in.

| rowspan=2 | 8 × 8-in.

| rowspan=2 | 3 × 17.7-in.

| rowspan=2 | 817

| rowspan=2 | 21.25 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Ibuki|1907|2}}

| May 1907

| Nov 1907

| Scrapped, 1923

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kurama||2}}

| Aug 1905

| Feb 1911

| Scrapped, 1923

scope="row" rowspan=4 | Kongō class

| scope="row" rowspan=4 | 31,720 tons
exc.
Kirishima 31,980

| scope="row" rowspan=4 | 8 × 14-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=4 | 16 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=4 | 8 × 21-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=4 | 1,437

| scope="row" rowspan=4 | 30.5 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kongō||2}}

| Jan 1911

| Aug 1913

| Converted to fast battleship, 1935

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Haruna||2}}

| Mar 1912

| Apr 1915

| Converted to fast battleship, 1933

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Hiei||2}}

| Nov 1911

| Apr 1915

| Converted to training ship, 1937;
fast battleship, 1941

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kirishima||2}}

| Mar 1912

| Apr 1915

| Converted to fast battleship, 1941

scope="row" rowspan=4 | Amagi class

| scope="row" rowspan=4 | 40,000 tons

| 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 tons

| rowspan=2 | 9 × 12.2-in.

| rowspan=2 | 16 × 3.9-in.

| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | 33 kn

! scope="row" | Hull 795

| Cancelled, 1942

|

|

scope="row" | Hull 796

| Cancelled, 1942

|

|

= In commission during World War II =

== Old battleships ==

File:Haruna_1934.jpg|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Haruna||2}}

File:Fuso_Trial_Heading_Left.jpg|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Fuso||2}}

File:Battleship-carrier_Ise.jpg|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Ise||2}} after conversion

File:Japanese_Battleship_Nagato_1944.jpg|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Nagato||2}}

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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" | Comple-
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-
sioned

! scope="col" | War loss

! scope="col" | Postwar

scope="row" rowspan=4 | Kongō class

| scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 31,720 tons
exc. Kirishima 31,980

| scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 8 × 14-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 14 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 1,437

| scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 30.5 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kongō||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Haruna||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Hiei||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kirishima||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 12 × 14-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 16 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 1,376

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 25 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Fusō||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Yamashiro||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 12 × 14-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 16 × 5.5-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 1,376

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 25 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Ise||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Hyūga||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 8 × 16-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 18 × 5.5-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 1,368

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 25 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Nagato||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Mutsu||2}}

| 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 | {{sclass|Tosa|battleship|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 38,500 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 10 × 16-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 20 × 5.5-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" |

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 26.5 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Tosa||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kaga||2}}

| 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 ==

File:Japanese_battleships_Yamato_and_Musashi_moored_in_Truk_Lagoon,_in_1943_(L42-08.06.02).jpg|left|Yamato and Musashi in Truk Atoll, 1943

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! 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center"| 9 × 18-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align: center"| 12 × 6.1-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center"| 2,500

| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center"| 27.5 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Yamato||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese battleship|Musashi||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shinano||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| May 1940

| scope="row" style="text-align: center"| completed as
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"| 6 × 6.1-in.

! 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center"| 6 × 20.1-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center"| "Many" × 3.9-in.

| 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

  • {{ship|Japanese seaplane carrier|Wakamiya||2}} (1913)
  • Notoro (1920)
  • Akitsushima
  • Kamoi
  • {{sclass|Chitose|aircraft carrier|4}} (converted to aircraft carriers)
  • {{ship|Japanese seaplane carrier|Mizuho||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese seaplane carrier|Nisshin||2}}
  • {{sclass|Kamikawa Maru|seaplane tender|4}}

==Aircraft carriers==

File:Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hōshō_Tokyo_Bay.jpg

  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hōshō||2}} (1921)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Akagi||2}} (1925)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kaga||2}} (1928)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}} (1931)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Sōryū||2}} (1935)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiryū||2}} (1937)
  • {{sclass|Shōkaku|aircraft carrier|4}}
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōkaku||2}} (1939)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuikaku||2}} (1939)
  • {{sclass|Zuihō|aircraft carrier|4}}
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuihō||2}} (1940)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōhō||2}} (1941)
  • {{sclass|Hiyō|aircraft carrier|4}}
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Jun'yō||2}} (1941)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiyō||2}} (1941)
  • {{sclass|Taiyō|escort carrier|4}} escort carrier
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Unyō||2}} (liner converted to escort carrier in 1941)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chūyō||2}} (liner converted to escort carrier in 1942)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Taiyō||2}} (liner converted to escort carrier in 1942)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kaiyō||2}} (liner converted to escort carrier in 1942) (liner converted to escort carrier in 1943)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūhō||2}} (converted from submarine tender in 1942)

File:Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Taiho_02.jpg

  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Taihō||2}} (1943)
  • {{sclass|Chitose|aircraft carrier|4}} light aircraft carriers
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chiyoda||2}} (1943)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chitose||2}} (1944)
  • {{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|4}}
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Amagi||2}} (1943)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Unryū||2}} (1943)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Katsuragi||2}} (1944)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kasagi||2}} (not completed)
  • Aso (not completed)
  • Ikoma (not completed)
  • Shin'yō (1943)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shinano||2}} (1944)
  • {{sclass|Shimane Maru|escort carrier|4}} escort carrier
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shimane Maru||2}} (1944)
  • Otakisan Maru (not completed)

=Imperial Japanese Army=

  • {{sclass|Yamashio Maru|aircraft carrier|4}} auxiliary escort carrier (used by the Army)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Yamashio Maru||2}} (1944)
  • Chigusa Maru (not completed)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Akitsu Maru||2}} (1941, landing craft carrier and escort carrier)
  • {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kumano Maru||2}} (1945, landing craft carrier and escort carrier)

Cruisers

=Protected cruisers=

{{main|Protected cruiser}}

File:Japanese cruiser Izumi at Sasebo 1908.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Izumi||2}}

File:Japanese cruiser Itsukushima.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Itsukushima||2}}

File:Japanese cruiser Akashi.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Akashi||2}}

File:IJN Chikuma in 1912 during commissioning.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chikuma|1911|2}}

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! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Class or Ship

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Displace-
ment

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main
Battery

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Secondary
Battery

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Torpedo
Tubes

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Comple-
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 {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Jiyuan||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2,300 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2 × 8.2-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1 × 5.9-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 180

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 15 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Saien||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2 × 10-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 6-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 296

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 18.3 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Izumi||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr1881

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1894

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped

scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{sclass|Naniwa|cruiser|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 3,727 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2 × 10.2-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 6 × 5.9-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 14-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 325

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 18 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Naniwa||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takachiho||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Unebi||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3,615 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 9.4-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 7 × 5.9-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 14-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 400

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 18 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Unebi||2}}

| 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,
Dec 1886

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yaeyama||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1,584 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3 × 4.7-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 8 × 3-pdr.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2 × 18-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 200

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 20.75 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yaeyama||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1887

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1890

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,
Apr 1911

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chiyoda||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2,439 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 10 × 4.7-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 14 × 3-pdr.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3 × 14-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 350

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 19 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chiyoda||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1888

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1891

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Target,
Aug 1927

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chishima||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 741 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 5 × 3-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 1-pdr.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3 × 15-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 90

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 19 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chishima||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1890

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1892

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Collision,
Nov 1892

scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{sclass|Matsushima|cruiser|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 4,278 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 1 × 12.6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 11-12 × 4.7-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 14-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 360

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 16.5 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Itsukushima||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jan 1888

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1891

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,
1926

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Matsushima||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Feb 1888

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Apr 1892

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Explosion,
Apr 1908

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Hashidate||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1888

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Jun 1894

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,
1927

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Akitsushima||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3,100 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 6-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 4.7-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 14-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 330

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 19 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Akitsushima||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1890

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1894

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,
1927

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yoshino||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4,150 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 6-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 8 × 4.7-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 5 × 14-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 360

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 23 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yoshino||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1892

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Sep 1893

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Collision,
May 1904

scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{sclass|Suma|cruiser|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2,657 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 6 × 4.7-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2 × 15-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 256

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 20 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Suma||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1892

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Dec 1896

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Scrapped,
1928

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Akashi||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Aug 1894

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Mar 1899

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | Target,
Aug 1930

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takasago||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4,160 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2 × 8-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 10 × 4.7-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 5 × 18-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 425

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 23.5 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takasago||2}}

| 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,
Dec 1904

scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{sclass|Kasagi|cruiser|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4,979 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2 × 8-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 10 × 4.7-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 5 × 14-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 405

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 22.5 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kasagi||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chitose||2}}

| 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 | {{sclass|Niitaka|cruiser|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 3,366 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 6 × 6-in.

| 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" | 20 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Niitaka||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tsushima||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Otowa||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3,000 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2 × 6-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 4.7-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 312

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 21 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Otowa||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tone|1904|2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4,113 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2 × 6-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 10 × 4.7-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3 × 18-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 370

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 23 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tone|1904|2}}

| 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 | {{sclass|Chikuma|cruiser|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 5,000 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 8 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 12-pdr.

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 3 × 18-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" |

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 26 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chikuma|1911|2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Hirado||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yahagi|1911|2}}

| 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-
ment

! scope="col" | Main
Battery

! scope="col" | Secondary
Battery

! scope="col" | Torpedo
Tubes

! scope="col" | Comple-
ment

! scope="col" | Speed

! scope="col" | Keel Laid

! scope="col" | Commissioned
into IJN

! scope="col" | Fate

scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tsugaru||2}} (ex-Russian Pallada)

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6,932 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 8 × 6-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12 × 3.1-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3 × 18-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 514

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 20 kn

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Soya||2}} (ex-Russian Varyag)

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6,500 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12 × 6-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 10 × 3-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 18-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 571

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 23 kn

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Suzuya|1904|2}} (ex-Russian Novik)

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 3,080 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2 × 4.7-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 3-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" |

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 340

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 25 kn

| 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 =

{{main|Armored cruiser}}

File:Japanese cruiser Tokiwa.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tokiwa||2}}

File:Japanese cruiser Yakumo.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yakumo||2}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
valign="bottom"

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Class

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Displace-
ment

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main
Battery

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Torpedo
Tubes

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Secondary
Battery

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Comple-
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 | {{sclass|Asama|cruiser|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 9,557 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 8-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 14 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 5 × 18-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 676

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 21 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Asama||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tokiwa||2}}

| 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 | {{sclass|Izumo|cruiser|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 9,353 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 8-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 14 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 18-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 672

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 20.75 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Izumo||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Iwate||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yakumo||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 9,646 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 8-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12 × 6-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 5 × 18-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 670

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 20 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yakumo||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Azuma||2}}

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 9,278 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 8-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 12 × 6-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 5 × 18-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 670

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 21 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Azuma||2}}

| 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 | {{sclass|Kasuga|cruiser|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 7,698 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 8-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 14 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 18-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 600

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 20 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kasuga||2}} 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Nisshin||2}} 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 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2 × 8-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 8 × 6-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2 × 18-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 573

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 21 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Aso||2}} (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-
ment

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Main
Battery

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Secondary
Battery

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Torpedo
Tubes

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Comple-
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-
sioned

! scope="col" | Fate

scope="row" rowspan="2"| {{sclass|Yodo|cruiser|4}}

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 1,270 tons

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 2 × 4.7-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 12-pdr.

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 12 × 24-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 116

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 22 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yodo||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1908|2}}

| 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 built ==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
valign="bottom"

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Class

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Displace-
ment

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Main Battery

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Secondary Battery

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Torpedo Tubes

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Comple-
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-
sioned

! scope="col" | Fate

scope="row" | Prize of World War I

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4,350 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 5.9-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 1 × 3.4-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 2 × 17.7-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 380

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 27.25 kn

! 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" | Ning Hai-class (prizes of Second Sino-Japanese War)

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 2,526 tons

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 5.5-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 3.1-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 21-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 351

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 23 kn

! scope="row" | training vessel Mikura, Jul 1938; renamed {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Ioshima||2}}, 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" | barracs hulk Mishima, 1938; renamed {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yasoshima||2}}, 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 ==

{{main|Light cruiser}}

File:IJN Tenru in Yokosuka 1925.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tenryu||2}}

File:Japanese cruiser Kitakami in 1935.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kitakami||2}}

File:Abukuma cl1941.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Abukuma||2}}

File:Sendai_class_light_cruiser.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Sendai||2}}

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" | Comple-
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-
sioned

! scope="col" | War Loss

! scope="col" | Postwar

scope="row" rowspan=2 | Tenryū class

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 3,230 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 5.5-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 6 × 21-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 332

| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 33 kn

! 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tenryū||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center" | 7 × 5.5-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center" | 8 × 24-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center" | 439

| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align: center" | 31.75 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kuma||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tama||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kitakami||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kiso||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Ōi||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align: center" | 7 × 5.5-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align: center" | 8 × 24-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align: center" | 438

| scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align: center" | 36 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Nagara||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Natori||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kinu||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yura||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Isuzu||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Abukuma||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 5.5-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 24-in.

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 328

| scope="row" style="text-align: center" | 35.5 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yūbari||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 7 × 5.5-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 8 × 24-in.

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 450

| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align: center" | 35.25 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Sendai||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Jintsū||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Naka||2}}

| 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 ==

{{main|Heavy cruiser}}

File:Japanese cruiser Furutaka - 19260405.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kako||2}}

File:CruiserHaguro.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Haguro||2}}

File:Heavy Cruiser Maya.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Maya||2}}

File:Mogami running trials in 1935.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}}

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-
sioned

! scope="col" | War Loss

! scope="col" | Postwar

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Furutaka class

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 9,150 tons

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 7.9-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 12 × 24-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 625

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 33 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Furutaka||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kako||2}}

| 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 tons
exc. Aoba 9,000

|! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 8-in.

|! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 12 × 24-in.

|! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 773

|! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 33.3 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Aoba||2}}

|! 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kinugasa||2}}

|! 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 10 × 8-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 16 × 24-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 773

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 33.75 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Myōkō||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Nachi||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Haguro||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Ashigara||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 10 × 8-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 16 × 24-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 773

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 34.25 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takao|1930|2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Atago||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chōkai||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Maya||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 10 × 8-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 12 × 24-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 850

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 34.75 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mikuma||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Suzuya||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kumano||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 8 × 8-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 12 × 24-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 850

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 35 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tone||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chikuma||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 10 × 8-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 16 × 24-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" |

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 35 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Ibuki|1943|2}}

| 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 ==

{{main|Light cruiser}}

File:Japanese cruiser Kashii 1941.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kashii||2}}

File:Japanese cruiser Agano.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Agano||2}}

File:OyodoJun43.jpg|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Ōyodo||2}}

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" | Comple-
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-
sioned

! scope="col" | War Loss

! scope="col" | Postwar

scope="row" rowspan="4" | Katori class

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 5,890 tons

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 5.5-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 4 × 21-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" |

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 18 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Katori||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kashima||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kashii||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 6-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 8 × 24-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 730

| scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 35 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Agano||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Noshiro||2}}

| 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" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Sakawa||2}}

| 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 tons

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 6 × 6.1-in.

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | designed to carry 6 seaplanes

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" |

| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center" | 36 kn

! scope="row" | {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Ōyodo||2}}

| 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 ==

File:Japanese_destroyer_Urakaze.jpg|{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Urakaze|1915|2}}

File:TANIKAZE.jpg|{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tanikaze||2}}

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
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
Commissioned

! scope="col" | Fate

rowspan=2 | Urakaze class

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 907 tons

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 1 × 4.7‑in.
4 × 12‑pndr.

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 21‑in.

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 120

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 30 kn

| {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Urakaze|1915|2}}

| style="text-align: center" | Oct 1913

| style="text-align: center" | Oct 1915

| style="text-align: center" | Air attack, Jul 1945

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kawakaze|1916|2}}

| 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 | {{sclass|Isokaze|destroyer|4}}

| rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 1,227 tons

| rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 4 × 4.7-in.

| rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 6 × 18-in.

| rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 128

| rowspan=4 style="text-align: center" | 34 kn

| {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Isokaze|1916|2}}

| style="text-align: center" | Apr 1916

| style="text-align: center" | Feb 1917

| style="text-align: center" | Retired, 1935

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Amatsukaze|1916|2}}

| style="text-align: center" | Apr 1916

| style="text-align: center" | Apr 1917

| style="text-align: center" | Retired, 1935

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hamakaze|1916|2}}

| style="text-align: center" | Apr 1916

| style="text-align: center" | Mar 1917

| style="text-align: center" | Retired, 1935

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tokitsukaze|1916|2}}

| style="text-align: center" | Dec 1916

| style="text-align: center" | Mar 1917

| style="text-align: center" | Training ship, 1940;
sank in storm, 1945

rowspan=2 | {{sclass|Acorn|destroyer|4}} *

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 730 tons

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2 × 4‑in.
2 × 12‑pndr.

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 2 × 21-in.

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 72

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 27 kn

| Kanran (HMS Nemesis)

| style="text-align: center" | 1910‑1911

| style="text-align: center" | 1910‑1911

| style="text-align: center" | Loaned, 1917;
returned, 1919

Sendan (HMS Minstrel)

| style="text-align: center" | 1910‑1911

| style="text-align: center" | 1910‑1911

| style="text-align: center" | Loaned, 1917;
returned, 1919

rowspan=2 | {{sclass|Kawakaze|destroyer|4}}

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 1,300 tons

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 3 × 4.7-in.

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 6 × 21-in.

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 128

| rowspan=2 style="text-align: center" | 37.5‑kn

| {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kawakaze|1917|2}}

| style="text-align: center" | Feb 1917

| style="text-align: center" | Nov 1918

| style="text-align: center" | Retired, 1934

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tanikaze|1918|2}}

| 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-
ment

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Main
Battery

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Torpedo
Tubes

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Comple-
ment

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Speed

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Number
Commis-
sioned

! scope="col" colspan=4 | War Losses

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Survived
War

scope="col" rowspan=1 | Air
Attack

! scope="col" rowspan=1 | Sub-
marine

! scope="col" rowspan=1 | Surface
Action

! scope="col" rowspan=1 | Other

style="text-align: left" | {{sclass|Minekaze|destroyer|4}}

| 1,650 tons

| 4 × 4.7‑in.

| 6 × 21‑in.

| 148

| 39 kn

! 15

| 1

| 9

|

|

| 5

style="text-align: left" | Kamikaze class

| 1,720 tons

| 4 × 4.7‑in.

| 6 × 21‑in.

| 154

| 37¼ kn

! 9

| 2

| 4

|

| 1

| 2

style="text-align: left" | {{sclass|Mutsuki|destroyer|4}}

| 1,445 tons

| 4 × 4.7‑in.

| 6 × Type 12

| 154

| 37¼ kn

! 12

| 9

| 1

| 2

|

| none

style="text-align: left" | {{sclass|Fubuki|destroyer|4}}

| 2,050 tons

| 6 × 5‑in.

| 9 × 24‑in.

| 219

| 38 kn

! 20

| 7

| 6

| 4

| 2

| 1

style="text-align: left" | Akatsuki class

| 2,050 tons

| 6 × 5‑in.

| 9 × 24‑in.

| 233

| 38 kn

! 4

|

| 2

|

| 1

| 1

style="text-align: left" | {{sclass|Hatsuharu|destroyer|4}}

| 1,802 tons

| 5 × 5‑in.

| 6 × 24‑in.

| 212

| 36 kn

! 6

| 4

| 1

|

| 1

| none

style="text-align: left" | {{sclass|Shiratsuyu|destroyer|4}}

| 1,685 tons

| 5 × 5‑in.

| 8 × 24‑in.

| 180

| 34 kn

! 10

| 1

| 6

| 2

| 1

| none

style="text-align: left" | {{sclass|Asashio|destroyer|4}}

| 2,370 tons

| 6 × 5‑in.

| 8 × 24‑in.

| 200

| 35 kn

! 10

| 4

| 2

| 4

|

| none

style="text-align: left" | {{sclass|Kagerō|destroyer|4}}

| 2,500 tons

| 6 × 5‑in.

| 8 × 24‑in.

| 239

| 35.5 kn

! 19

| 6

| 4

| 6

| 2

| 1

style="text-align: left" | {{sclass|Yūgumo|destroyer|4}}

| 2,520 tons

| 6 × 5‑in.

| 8 × 24‑in.

| 225

| 35.5 kn

! 19

| 9

| 4

| 5

| 1

| none

style="text-align: left" | {{sclass|Akizuki|destroyer|4}}

| 3,700 tons

| 8 × 3.9‑in.

| 4 × 24‑in.

| 263

| 33 kn

! 12

| 1

| 1

| 4

|

| 6

style="text-align: left" | {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shimakaze|1942|2}}

| 3,300 tons

| 6 × 5‑in.

| 15 × 24‑in.

| 267

| 40.9 kn

! 1

| 1

|

|

|

| none

style="text-align: left" | {{sclass|Matsu|destroyer|4}}

| 1,530 tons

| 3 × 5‑in.

| 4 × 24‑in.

| 211

| 27.8 kn

! 19

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 1

| 12

style="text-align: left" | {{sclass|Tachibana|destroyer|4}}

| 1,530 tons

| 3 × 5‑in.

| 4 × 24‑in.

| 211

| 27.8 kn

! 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" | File:Japanese_destroyer_Minekaze_Yokosuka_Showa_7.jpg, 1932]]

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{sclass|Minekaze|destroyer|4}} (15)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 1,650 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 4 × {{cvt|4.7|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 6 × {{cvt|21|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 148

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| {{cvt|39|kn}}

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
Commissioned

! scope="row" colspan=3 style="text-align: center" | Fate

scope="col" | War Loss

! scope="col" | Postwar

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Minekaze||2}}
(Summit Wind)

| Apr 1918

| May 1920

| Submarine off Formosa,
Feb 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sawakaze|1919|2}}
(Marsh Wind)

| Jan 1918

| Mar 1920

|

| Scuttled,
1948

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Okikaze||2}}
(Offshore Wind)

| Feb 1919

| Aug 1920

| Submarine near Yokosuka,
Jan 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shimakaze|1920|2}}
(Island Wind)

| Sep 1919

| Nov 1920

| Submarine near Kavieng,
Jan 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nadakaze||2}}
(High Seas Wind)

| Jan 1920

| Sep 1920

| Submarine near Lombok Strait,
Jul 1945

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yakaze||2}}
(Arrow Wind)

| Jan 1918

| Jul 1920

|

| Scrapped,
1948

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hakaze||2}}
(Winged Wind)

| Nov 1918

| Sep 1920

| Submarine near Kavieng,
Jan 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shiokaze||2}}
(Tide Wind)

| May 1920

| Jul 1921

|

| Scuttled,
1945

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Akikaze||2}}
(Autumn Wind)

| Jun 1920

| Sep 1921

| Submarine west of Luzon,
Nov 1944 ‡

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūkaze||2}}
(Evening Wind)

| Dec 1920

| Aug 1921

|

| To Royal Navy,
1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tachikaze|1921|2}}
(Sword Wind)

| Aug 1920

| Dec 1921

| Air attack at Truk,
Feb 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hokaze||2}}
(Sail Wind)

| Nov 1920

| Dec 1921

| Submarine in Celebes Sea,
Jul 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nokaze||2}}
(Field Wind)

| Apr 1921

| Mar 1922

| Submarine in South China Sea,
Feb 1945

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Namikaze||2}}
(Wave Wind)

| Nov 1921

| Nov 1922

|

| To Rep. of China,
1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Numakaze||2}}
(Marsh Wind)

| Aug 1921

| Jul 1922

| Submarine off Okinawa,
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" | File:Kamikaze_II.jpg

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | Kamikaze class (9)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 1,720 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 4 × {{cvt|4.7|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 6 × {{cvt|21|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 154

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| {{cvt|37.25|kn}}

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
Commissioned

! scope="row" colspan=3 style="text-align: center" | Fate

scope="col" | War Loss

! scope="col" | Postwar

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asakaze|1922|2}}
(Morning Wind)

| Feb 1922

| Jun 1923

| Submarine off Luzon,
Aug 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asanagi||2}}
(Morning Calm)

| Mar 1923

| Dec 1924

| Submarine south of Honshu,
May 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Harukaze|1922|2}}
(Spring Wind)

| May 1922

| May 1923

|

| Scuttled,
1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatakaze|1924|2}}
(Flag Wind)

| Jul 1923

| Aug 1924

| Air attack at Takao,
Jan 1945

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hayate|1925|2}}
(Gale)

| Nov 1922

| Dec 1925

| Coastal battery at Wake Atoll,
Dec 1941*

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kamikaze|1922|2}}
(Divine Wind)

| Dec 1921

| Dec 1922

|

| Scrapped,
1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Matsukaze|1923|2}}
(Pine Wind)

| Dec 1922

| Apr 1924

| Submarine south of Honshu,
Jun 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Oite|1924|2}}
(Tail Wind)

| Mar 1923

| Oct 1925

| Air attack at Truk,
Feb 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūnagi|1924|2}}
(Evening Calm)

| Sep 1923

| May 1925

| Submarine off Luzon,
Aug 1944

colspan=11 style="text-align: left" | *First Japanese warship lost in Pacific War

=== ''Mutsuki''-class ===

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valign="bottom"

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | File:Mutsuki.jpg

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{sclass|Mutsuki|destroyer|4}} (12)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 1,445 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 4 × {{cvt|4.7|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 6 × Type 12

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 154

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| {{cvt|37.25|kn}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
valign="bottom"

! scope="col" | Ship

! scope="col" | Keel Laid

! scope="col" | Completed or
Commissioned

! scope="col" | War Loss

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Fumizuki|1926|2}}
(July)

| Oct 1924

| Jul 1926

| Air attack at Truk,
Feb 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kikuzuki|1926|2}}
(Chrysanthemum Moon)

| Jun 1925

| Nov 1926

| Air attack at Tulagi,
May 1942

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kisaragi|1925|2}}
(February)

| Jun 1924

| Dec 1925

| Air attack at Wake Atoll,
Dec 1941*‡

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Mikazuki|1926|2}}
(Crescent Moon)

| Aug 1925

| May 1927

| Air attack at Tuluvu,
Jul 1943

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Minazuki|1926|2}}
(June)

| Mar 1925

| Mar 1927

| Submarine off Tawitawi,
Jun 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Mochizuki|1927|2}}
(Full Moon)

| Mar 1926

| Oct 1927

| Air attack off Rabaul,
Oct 1943

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Mutsuki||2}}
(January)

| May 1924

| Mar 1926

| Battle of the Eastern Solomons,
Aug 1942

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nagatsuki|1926|2}}
(September)

| Apr 1926

| Apr 1927

| Battle of Kula Gulf,
Jul 1943

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Satsuki|1925|2}}
(May)

| Dec 1924

| Nov 1925

| Air attack on Manila Bay,
Sep 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Uzuki|1925|2}}
(April)

| Jan 1924

| Sep 1926

| PT boat attack off Cebu,
Dec 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yayoi|1925|2}}
(March)

| Jan 1924

| Aug 1926

| Air attack off New Guinea,
Sep 1942

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūzuki||2}}
(Evening Moon)

| Nov 1926

| Jul 1927

| Air attack off Cebu,
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 ===

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valign="bottom"

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | File:Fubuki.jpg

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{sclass|Fubuki|destroyer|4}} (20)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 2,050 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 6 × {{cvt|5|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 18 × Type 90

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 219

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| {{cvt|38|kn}}

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
Commissioned

! scope="row" colspan=3 style="text-align: center" | Fate

scope="col" | Prewar

! scope="col" | War Loss

! scope="col" | Postwar

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Akebono|1930|2}}
(Daybreak)

| Nov 1929

| Jul 1931

|

| Air attack near Manila,
Nov 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Amagiri|1930|2}}
(Fogged or Clouded Sky)

| Nov 1928

| Nov 1930

|

| Struck mine in Makassar Strait,
Apr 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asagiri|1929|2}}
(Morning Fog)

| Dec 1928

| Jun 1930

|

| Battle of the Eastern Solomons,
Aug 1942

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ayanami|1929|2}}
(Twilled Waves)

| Jan 1928

| Apr 1930

|

| Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,
Nov 1942

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Fubuki|1927|2}}
(Blizzard)

| Jun 1926

| Aug 1928

|

| Battle of Cape Esperance,
Oct 1942

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsuyuki|1928|2}}
(First Snow)

| Apr 1927

| Mar 1929

|

| Air attack near Shortlands,
Jul 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Isonami|1927|2}}
(Breakers or Surf)

| Oct 1926

| Jun 1928

|

| Submarine in Sulu Sea,
Apr 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Miyuki||2}}
(Deep Snow)

| Apr 1927

| Jun 1929

| Collision in Korea Strait,
Jun 1934*

|

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Murakumo|1928|2}}
(Massed Clouds)

| Apr 1927

| May 1929

|

| Battle of Cape Esperance,
Oct 1942

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Oboro|1930|2}}
(Moonlight)

| Oct 1929

| Nov 1931

|

| Air attack in Aleutians,
Oct 1942

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sagiri||2}}
(Haze)

| Mar 1929

| Jan 1931

|

| Submarine near Borneo,
Dec 1941

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sazanami|1931|2}}
(Ripples)

| Mar 1930

| Jun 1931

|

| Submarine near Caroline Islands,
Jan 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shikinami|1929|2}}
(Spreading Waves)

| Jul 1928

| Dec 1929

|

| Submarine in South China Sea,
Sep 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shinonome|1927|2}}
(Daybreak)

| Oct 1924

| Jul 1926

|

| Air attack near British Borneo,
Dec 1941

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirakumo|1927|2}}
(White Cloud)

| Oct 1924

| Jul 1926

|

| Submarine off Hokkaidō,
Mar 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirayuki|1928|2}}
(White Snow)

| Mar 1927

| Dec 1928

|

| Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
Mar 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Uranami|1928|2}}
(Shore Wave)

| Oct 1924

| Jul 1926

|

| Air attack off Panay,
Oct 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ushio|1930|2}}
(Tide)

| Oct 1924

| Jul 1926

|

|

| Scrapped,
1948

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Usugumo|1927|2}}
(Thin Clouds)

| Oct 1924

| Jul 1926

|

| Submarine in Sea of Okhotsk,
Jul 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūgiri|1930|2}}
(Evening Mist)

| Oct 1924

| Jul 1926

|

| Battle of Cape St. George,
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 ===

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valign="bottom"

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | file:Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi;h74173.jpg

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | Akatsuki class (4)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 2,050 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 6 × {{cvt|5|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 9 × {{cvt|24|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 233

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| {{cvt|38|kn}}

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
Commissioned

! scope="row" colspan=3 style="text-align: center" | Fate

scope="col" | War Loss

! scope="col" | Postwar

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Akatsuki|1932|2}}
(Dawn)

| Feb 1930

| Nov 1932

| Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,
Nov 1942

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hibiki|1932|2}}
(Echo)

| Feb 1930

| Mar 1933

|

| To USSR,
1949

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ikazuchi|1931|2}}
(Thunder)

| Mar 1930

| Aug 1932

| Submarine off Guam,
Jul 1944 ‡

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Inazuma|1932|2}}
(Lightning)

| Mar 1930

| Nov 1932

| Submarine off Tawitawi,
May 1944

|

colspan=12 style="text-align: left" | ‡ Lost with all hands

=== ''Hatsuharu''-class ===

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valign="bottom"

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | file:Japanese_destroyer_Hatsuharu_1934.jpg

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{sclass|Hatsuharu|destroyer|4}} (6)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 1,802 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 5 × {{cvt|5|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 6 × {{cvt|24|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 212

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| {{cvt|36|kn}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
valign="bottom"

! scope="col" | Ship

! scope="col" | Keel Laid

! scope="col" | Completed or
Commissioned

! scope="col" | War Loss

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ariake|1934|2}}
(Daybreak)

| Jan 1933

| Mar 1935

| Air attack near Tuluvu,
Jul 1943

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsuharu|1933|2}}
(Early Spring)

| May 1931

| Sep 1933

| Air attack on Manila Bay,
Nov 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsushimo|1933|2}}
(First Frost)

| Jan 1933

| Sep 1934

| Mined and beached in Miyazu Bay,
Jul 1945

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nenohi|1932|2}}
(New Year Day)

| Dec 1931

| Sep 1933

| Submarine in Aleutians,
Jul 1942

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Wakaba|1934|2}}
(Young Leaves)

| Dec 1931

| Oct 1934

| Air attack off Panay,
Oct 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūgure|1934|2}}
(Twilight)

| Apr 1933

| Mar 1935

| Air attack off Kolombangara,
Jul 1943 †

colspan=11 style="text-align: left" | † Survivors rescued but subsequently lost

=== ''Shiratsuyu''-class ===

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valign="bottom"

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | file:Harusame_II.jpg

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{sclass|Shiratsuyu|destroyer|4}} (10)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 1,685 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 5 × {{cvt|5|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 8 × {{cvt|24|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 180

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| {{cvt|34|kn}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
valign="bottom"

! scope="col" | Ship

! scope="col" | Keel Laid

! scope="col" | Completed or
Commissioned

! scope="col" | War Loss

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Harusame|1935|2}}
(Spring Rain)

| Feb 1935

| Aug 1937

| Air attack near New Guinea,
Jun 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kawakaze|1936|2}}
(River Wind)

| Apr 1935

| Apr 1937

| Battle of Vella Gulf,
Aug 1943

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Murasame|1937|2}}
(Passing Shower)

| Feb 1934

| Jan 1937

| Submarine in Blackett Strait,
Mar  1943

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Samidare|1935|2}}
(Early Summer Rain)

| Dec 1934

| Jan 1937

| Submarine near Palau,
Aug 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shigure|1935|2}}
(Drizzle)

| Dec 1933

| Sep 1936

| Submarine in Gulf of Siam,
Jan 1945

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shiratsuyu|1935|2}}
(White Dew)

| Nov 1933

| Sep 1936

| Collision near Surigao Strait,
Jun 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Suzukaze||2}}
(Cool Breeze)

| Jul 1935

| Aug 1937

| Submarine off Ponape,
Jan 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Umikaze|1936|2}}
(Sea Breeze)

| May 1935

| May 1937

| Submarine at Truk,
Feb 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yamakaze|1936|2}}
(Mountain Wind)

| May 1935

| Jun 1937

| Submarine off Honshu,
Jun 1942 ‡

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūdachi|1937|2}}
(Evening Squall)

| Oct 1934

| Jan 1937

| Naval Battle of Guadalcanal,
Nov 1942

colspan=11 style="text-align: left" | ‡ Lost with all hands

=== ''Asashio''-class ===

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valign="bottom"

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | file:Asashio_II.jpg

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{sclass|Asashio|destroyer|4}} (10)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 2,370 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 6 × {{cvt|5|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 8 × {{cvt|24|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 200

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| {{cvt|35|kn}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
valign="bottom"

! scope="col" | Ship

! scope="col" | Keel Laid

! scope="col" | Completed or
Commissioned

! scope="col" | War Loss

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arare|1937|2}}
(Hailstone)

| Mar 1937

| Apr 1939

| Submarine in Aleutians,
Jul 1942

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashio||2}}
(Stormy Tide)

| Oct 1935

| Dec 1937

| Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
Mar 1943

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asagumo|1938|2}}
(Morning Cloud)

| Dec 1936

| Mar 1938

| Battle of Surigao Strait,
Oct 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asashio|1936|2}}
(Morning Tide)

| Sep 1935

| Aug 1937

| Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
Mar 1943

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kasumi|1937|2}}
(Haze)

| Dec 1936

| Jun 1939

| Air attack off Okinawa,
Apr 1945

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Michishio||2}}
(Full Tide)

| Nov 1935

| Oct 1937

| Battle of Surigao Strait,
Oct 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Minegumo|1937|2}}
(Summit Cloud)

| Mar 1937

| Apr 1938

| Battle of Blackett Strait,
Mar 1943

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Natsugumo|1937|2}}
(Summer Cloud)

| Jul 1936

| Feb 1938

| Air attack off Guadalcanal,
Oct 1942

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ōshio||2}}
(High Tide)

| Aug 1936

| Oct 1936

| Submarine off Manus,
Feb 1943

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yamagumo|1937|2}}
(Mountain Cloud)

| Nov 1936

| Jan 1938

| Battle of Surigao Strait,
Oct 1944

=== ''Kagerō''-class ===

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valign="bottom"

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | file:Yukikaze_2.jpg

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{sclass|Kagerō|destroyer|4}} (19)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 2,500 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 6 × {{cvt|5|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 8 × Type 92

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 239

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| {{cvt|35.5|kn}}

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
Commissioned

! scope="row" colspan=3 style="text-align: center" | Fate

scope="col" | War Loss

! scope="col" | Postwar

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Akigumo|1941|2}}
(Autumn Clouds)

| Jul 1940

| Sep 1941

| Submarine off Zamboanga Peninsula,
Apr 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Amatsukaze|1939|2}}
(Heavenly Wind)

| Feb 1939

| Oct 1940

| Scuttled off Amoy,
Apr 1945

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashi||2}}
(Storm)

|

| Nov 1940

| Battle of Vella Gulf,
Aug 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hagikaze||2}}
(Clover Wind)

|

| Jun 1940

| Battle of Vella Gulf,
Aug 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hamakaze|1940|2}}
(Beach Wind)

| Nov 1939

| Jun 1941

| Air attack in East China Sea,
Apr 1945

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsukaze||2}}
(First Wind)

| Dec 1937

| Feb 1940

| Battle of Empress Augusta Bay,
Nov 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hayashio||2}}
(Swift Tide)

| Jun 1938

| Aug 1940

| Air attack in Huon Gulf,
Nov 1942

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Isokaze|1939|2}}
(Wind on the Beach)

| Nov 1938

| Nov 1940

| Air attack off Okinawa,
Apr 1945

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kagerō|1938|2}}
(Mirage)

| Sep 1937

| Nov 1939

| Air attack off Rendova,
May 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kuroshio||2}}
(Black Tide)

| Aug 1937

| Jan 1940

| Struck mine off Kolombangara,
May 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Maikaze||2}}
(Dancing Wind)

| Apr 1940

| Jul 1941

| Surface action near Truk,
Feb 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Natsushio||2}}
(Summer Tide)

| Dec 1937

| Aug 1940

| Submarine off Makassar,
Feb 1942

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nowaki|1940|2}}
(Autumn Gale)

| Nov 1939

| Apr 1941

| Surface action off Samar,
Oct 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Oyashio||2}}
(Father Current)

| Mar 1938

| Aug 1940

| Air attack off Kolombangara,
May 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shiranui|1938|2}}
(Phosphorescent Light)

| Aug 1937

| Dec 1939

| Air attack off Panay,
Oct 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tanikaze|1940|2}}
(Valley Wind)

|

| Apr 1941

| Submarine near TawiTawi,
Jun 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tokitsukaze|1939|2}}
(Favorable Wind)

| Feb 1939

| Dec 1940

| Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
Mar 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Urakaze|1940|2}}
(Wind on the Sea)

| Apr 1939

| Dec 1940

| Submarine off Formosa,
Nov 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yukikaze|1939|2}}
(Snowy Wind)

|

| Jan 1940

|

| To Rep. of China,
Jul 1947

=== ''Yūgumo''-class ===

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
valign="bottom"

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | file:Naganami.jpg

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{sclass|Yugumo|destroyer|4}} (19)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 2,520 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 6 × {{cvt|5|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 8 × 24‑in.

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 225

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| | {{cvt|35.5|kn}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
valign="bottom"

! scope="col" | Ship

! scope="col" | Keel Laid

! scope="col" | Commis-
sioned

! scope="col" | War Loss

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Akishimo||2}}
(Autumn Frost)

| May 1943

| Mar 1944

| Air attack at Cavite,
Nov 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asashimo||2}}
(Morning Frost)

| Jan 1943

| Nov 1943

| Air attack off Okinawa,
Apr 1945

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Fujinami||2}}
(Purple Wave)

| Aug 1942

| Jul 1943

| Air attack following Battle off Samar,
Oct 1944 †

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hamanami||2}}
(Beach Waves)

| Apr 1943

| Oct 1943

| Air attack off Leyte,
Nov 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hayanami||2}}
(Early Waves)

| Jan 1942

| Jul 1943

| Submarine near TawiTawi,
Jun 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hayashimo||2}}
(Early Frost)

| Jan 1943

| Feb 1944

| Grounded and abandoned following Battle off Samar,
Oct 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kazagumo||2}}
(Wind and Clouds)

| Dec 1940

| Mar 1942

| Submarine near Davao Gulf,
Jun 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kishinami||2}}
(Shore Waves)

| Aug 1943

| Dec 1943

| Submarine near Palawan,
Dec 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kiyonami||2}}
(Clear Wave)

| Oct 1941

| Jan 1943

| Air attack off Kolombangara,
Jul 1943 ↔

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kiyoshimo||2}}
(Clear Frost)

| Feb 1944

| May 1944

| Air attack and PT boat off Mindoro,
Dec 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Makigumo|1941|2}}
(Cirrus Clouds)

| Dec 1940

| Mar 1942

| Scuttled after striking mine off Savo Island,
Feb 1943

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Makinami|1941|2}}
(Overflowing Waves)

| Apr 1941

| Aug 1942

| Battle of Cape St. George,
Nov 1943

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Naganami||2}}
(Long Waves)

| Apr 1941

| Jun 1942

| Air attack Ormoc Bay,
Nov 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Okinami||2}}
(High Seas Waves)

| Aug 1942

| Dec 1943

| Air attack Manila Bay,
Nov 1944

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ōnami|1942|2}}
(Big Rough Waves)

| Nov 1941

| Dec 1942

| Battle of Cape St. George,
Nov 1943 ‡

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Suzunami|1943|2}}
(Breaking Waves)

| Mar 1942

| Jul 1943

| Air attack Rabaul,
Nov 1943

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Takanami|1942|2}}
(Tall Wave)

| May 1941

| Aug 1942

| Battle of Tassafaronga,
Nov 1942

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tamanami||2}}
(Jade Wave)

| Mar 1942

| Apr 1943

| Submarine off Manila Bay,
Jun 1944 ‡

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūgumo|1941|2}}
(Evening Clouds)

| Jul 1940

| Dec 1941

| Battle of Vella Lavella,
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 ===

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valign="bottom"

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | file:Akizuki.jpg

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | Akizuki class (12)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 3,700 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 6 × {{cvt|5|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 8 × 24‑in.

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 225

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| | {{cvt|35.5|kn}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
valign="bottom"

! scope="col" | Ship

! scope="col" | Keel Laid

! scope="col" | Commis-
sioned

! scope="col" | War Loss

! scope="col" | Postwar

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Akizuki|1941|2}}
(Autumn Moon)

| Jul 1940

| Jun 1942

| Battle off Cape Engaño,
Oct 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Fuyutsuki||2}}
(Winter Moon)

| May 1943

| May 1944

|

| Converted to breakwater,
May 1948

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hanazuki||2}}
(Flower Moon)

| Feb 1944

| Dec 1944

|

| Sunk as target,
Feb 1948

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Harutsuki||2}}
(Spring Moon)

| Dec 1943

| Dec 1944

|

| To Soviet Navy,
Aug 1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsuzuki||2}}
(New Moon in Autumn)

| Jul 1941

| Dec 1942

| Battle off Cape Engaño,
Oct 1944

|

Michizuki

| --

| --

|

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Natsuzuki||2}}
(Summer Moon)

| May 1944

| Apr 1945

|

| To Royal Navy,
Aug 1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Niizuki||2}}
(New Moon)

| Dec 1941

| Mar 1943

| Battle of Kula Gulf,
Jul 1943

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shimotsuki||2}}
(November)

| Jul 1942

| Mar 1944

| Submarine off Singapore,
Nov 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Suzutsuki|1942|2}}
(Clear Moon in Autumn)

| Mar 1941

| Dec 1942

|

| Sold for scrap,
Nov 1945

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Teruzuki|1941|2}}
(Shining Moon)

| Nov 1941

| Jan 1943

| Surface action off Savo Island,
Dec 1942

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Wakatsuki||2}}
(Young Moon)

| Mar 1942

| May 1943

| Air attack off Ormoc Bay,
Nov 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yoizuki||2}}
(Evening Moon)

| Aug 1943

| Jan 1942

|

| To Rep. of China,
Aug 1947

=== ''Shimakaze'' ===

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| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | file:Shimakaze.jpg

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shimakaze|1942|2}} (1)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 3,300 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 6 × {{cvt|5|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 15 × 24‑in.

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 267

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| {{cvt|40.9|kn}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
valign="bottom"

! scope="col" | Ship

! scope="col" | Keel Laid

! scope="col" | Completed or
Commissioned

! scope="col" | War Loss

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shimakaze|1942|2}}
(Island Wind)

| Aug 1941

| May 1943

| Battle of Ormoc Bay,
Nov 1944

=== ''Matsu''-class ===

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valign="bottom"

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | file:Momi_II.jpg

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{sclass|Matsu|destroyer|4}} (19)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 1,530 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 3 × {{cvt|5|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 4 × 24‑in.

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 211

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| {{cvt|27.8|kn}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
valign="bottom"

! scope="col" | Ship

! scope="col" | Keel Laid

! scope="col" | Commis-
sioned

! scope="col" | War Loss

! scope="col" | Postwar

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hinoki|1944|2}}
(Japanese Cypress)

| Mar 1944

| Sep 1944

| Surface action off Manila Bay,
Jan 1945 ‡

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kaede|1944|2}}
(Maple)

| Mar 1944

| Oct 1944

|

| To Rep. of China,
Jul 1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kashi|1944|2}}
(Live Oak)

| May 1944

| Sep 1944

|

| Scrapped
1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kaya|1944|2}}
(Japanese Nutmeg-Yew)

| Apr 1944

| Sep 1944

|

| To USSR,
Jul 1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Keyaki|1944|2}}
(Japanese Elm)

| Jun 1944

| Dec 1944

|

| Sunk as target,
1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kiri|1944|2}}
(Paulownia Hardwood)

| Feb 1944

| Aug 1944

|

| To USSR,
Jul 1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kuwa|1944|2}}
(Mulberry)

| Dec 1943

| Jul 1944

| Surface action off Ormoc Bay,
Dec 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Maki|1944|2}}
(Podocarp Hardwood)

| Feb 1944

| Aug 1944

|

| Scrapped
1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Matsu|1944|2}}
(Pine Tree)

| Aug 1943

| Apr 1944

| Air attack off Bonin Islands,
Aug 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Momi|1944|2}}
(White Fir)

| Jan 1944

| Sep 1944

| Air attack off Manila Bay,
Jan 1945

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Momo|1944|2}}
(Peach)

| Nov 1943

| Jun 1944

| Submarine off Cape Bolinao, Luzon,
Dec 1944

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nara|1944|2}}
(Oak)

| Jun 1944

| Nov 1944

|

| Scrapped,
1948

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sakura|1944|2}}
(Cherry Blossom)

| Jun 1944

| Nov 1944

| Struck mine off Osaka,
Jul 1945

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sugi|1944|2}}
(Cedar)

| Feb 1944

| Aug 1944

|

| To Rep. of China,
Jul 1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sumire|1944|2}}
(Violet)

| Oct 1944

| Mar 1945

|

| Sunk as target,
1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Take|1944|2}}
(Bamboo)

| Oct 1943

| Jun 1944

|

| Sunk as target,
1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tsubaki|1944|2}}
(Camellia)

| Jun 1944

| Nov 1944

|

| Scrapped,
Jul 1948

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ume|1944|2}}
(Apricot)

| Jan 1944

| Jun 1944

| Air attack off Ormoc Bay,
Jan 1945

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yanagi|1944|2}}
(Willow)

| Aug 1944

| Jan 1945

|

| Scrapped,
Apr 1947

colspan=5 style="text-align:left" | ‡ Lost with all hands

=== ''Tachibana''-class ===

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| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | file:Japanese_destroyer_Nire_1945.jpg

! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{sclass|Tachibana|destroyer|4}} (14)

style="text-align:left" | Displacement:

| 1,530 tons

style="text-align:left" | Main battery:

| 3 × {{cvt|5|in}}

style="text-align:left" | Torpedo tubes:

| 4 × 24‑in.

style="text-align:left" | Complement:

| 211

style="text-align:left" | Speed:

| {{cvt|27.8|kn}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
valign="bottom"

! scope="col" | Ship

! scope="col" | Keel Laid

! scope="col" | Commis-
sioned

! scope="col" | War Loss

! scope="col" | Postwar

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Enoki|1945|2}}
(Nettle Tree)

| Oct 1944

| Mar 1945

| Struck mine Jun 1945,
scrapped

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hagi|1944|2}}
(Bush Clover)

| Sep 1944

| Mar 1945

|

| To Royal Navy,
Apr 1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsuume||2}}
(Early-blooming Plum)

| Dec 1944

| Jun 1945

|

| To Rep. of China,
Jul 1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsuzakura||2}}
(Early-blooming Cherry)

| Apr 1944

| May 1945

|

| To USSR,
Jul 1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kaba|1945|2}}
(Birch)

| Oct 1944

| May 1945

|

| To US,
Aug 1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kaki|1944|2}}
(Persimmon)

| Oct 1944

| May 1945

|

| To US,
Jul 1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kusunoki|1945|2}}
(Camphor)

| Nov 1944

| May 1945

|

| To Royal Navy,
Jul 1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nashi|1945|2}}
(?)

| Sep 1944

| Mar 1945

|

| Salvaged 1955
as JDS Wakaba

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nire|1944|2}}
(Elm)

| Aug 1944

| Jan 1945

|

| Scrapped,
Apr 1948

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Odake||2}}
(Great Bamboo)

| Nov 1944

| May 1945

|

| To US,
Jul 1945

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shii||2}}
(Castanopsis)

| Sep 1944

| Mar 1945

|

| To USSR,
Jul 1945

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sumire|1944|2}}
(Violet)

| Oct 1944

| Mar 1945

|

| To Royal Navy,
Aug 1947

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tachibana|1944|2}}
(?)

| Jul 1944

| Jan 1945

| Sunk by air attack,
Jul 1945

|

{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tsuta|1944|2}}
(Ivy)

| Jul 1944

| Feb 1945

|

| To Rep. of China,
Jul 1947

=2nd Class destroyers=

  • {{sclass|Sakura|destroyer|4}} (1911–1912)
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sakura|1911|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tachibana|1912|2}}
  • {{sclass|Kaba|destroyer|4}} (1915)
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kaba|1915|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kashiwa|1915|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sakaki|1915|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Katsura|1915|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sugi|1915|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kaede|1915|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ume|1915|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kiri|1915|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kusunoki|1915|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Matsu|1915|2}}
  • {{sclass|Momo|destroyer|4}} (1916–1917)
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Momo|1916|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kashi|1916|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hinoki|1916|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yanagi|1917|2}}
  • {{sclass|Enoki|destroyer|4}} (1917–1918)
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Enoki|1918|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Maki|1917|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nara|1918|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Keyaki|1918|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kuwa|1918|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tsubaki|1918|2}}
  • {{sclass|Momi|destroyer|4}} (1919–1922)
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Momi|1919|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kaya|1919|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nire|1919|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kuri|1920|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nashi|1919|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Take|1919|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kaki|1919|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tsuga|1920|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kiku|1920|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Aoi|1920|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hagi|1920|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Susuki|1921|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Fuji|1920|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tsuta|1921|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ashi|1921|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hishi|1921|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hasu|1921|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sumire|1921|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yomogi|1922|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Warabi|1921|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tade|1922|2}}
  • {{sclass|Wakatake|destroyer|4}} (1922–1923)
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Wakatake|1922|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kuretake|1922|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sanae|1923|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sawarabi|1923|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asagao|1922|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūgao|1923|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Fuyo|1922|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Karukaya||2}}

=3rd Class destroyers=

  • {{sclass|Murakumo|destroyer|4}} (1898–1922)
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Murakumo|1898|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shinonome|1898|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūgiri|1899|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shiranui|1899|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kagerō|1899|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Usugumo|1900|2}}
  • {{sclass|Ikazuchi|destroyer|4}} (1898–1926)
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ikazuchi|1898|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Inazuma|1899|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Akebono|1899|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sazanami|1899|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Niji|1899|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Oboro|1899|2}}
  • {{sclass|Akatsuki|destroyer|4|5=1901}} (1901–1920)
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Akatsuki|1901|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kasumi|1902|2}}
  • {{sclass|Shirakumo|destroyer|4}} (1901–1926)
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirakumo|1901|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asashio|1902|2}}
  • {{sclass|Harusame|destroyer|4}} (1902–1926)
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Harusame|1902|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Murasame|1902|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hayatori|1903|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asagiri|1903|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ariake|1904|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Fubuki|1905|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arare|1905|2}}
  • {{sclass|Kamikaze|destroyer|4|5=1905}} (1905–1930)
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kamikaze|1905|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsushimo|1905|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yayoi|1905|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kisaragi|1905|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asakaze|1905|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shiratsuyu|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirayuki|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Matsukaze|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Harukaze|1905|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shigure|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asatsuyu|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hayate|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Oite|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūnagi|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūgure|1905|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūdachi|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Mikazuki|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nowaki|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ushio|1905|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nenohi|1905|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hibiki|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirotae|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsuharu|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Wakaba|1905|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsuyuki|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Uzuki|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Minatsuki|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nagatsuki|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kikutsuki|1907|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Uranami|1907|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Isonami|1908|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ayanami|1909|2}}

Torpedo boats

  • {{stype|Type 1|torpedo boat|4}} (1891–1899)
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.1|1899|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.2|1899|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.3|1899|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.4|1899|2}}
  • {{stype|Type 5|torpedo boat|5}} (1892–1910)
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.1|1892|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.2|1892|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.3|1892|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.4|1892|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.5|1892|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.6|1892|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.7|1892|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.8|1892|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.9|1892|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.10|1893|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.11|1893|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.12|1893|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.13|1893|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.14|1893|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.15|1893|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.16|1893|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.17|1893|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.18|1893|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|No.19|1894|2}}
  • {{sclass|Shirataka|torpedo boat|4}} (1899–1923)
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Shirataka|1899|2}}
  • {{sclass|Hayabusa|torpedo boat|4}} (1899–1923)
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Hayabusa|1899|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Kasasagi|1900|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Manazuru|1900|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Chidori|1901|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Aotaka|1903|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Kari|1903|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Hato|1903|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Tsubame|1903|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Hibari|1903|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Kiji|1903|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Hashitaka|1903|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Sagi|1903|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Uzura|1904|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Kamome|1904|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Ōtori|1904|2}}
  • {{sclass|Chidori|torpedo boat|4}} (1933)
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Chidori|1933|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Hatsukari||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Manazuru|1933|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Tomozuru||2}}
  • {{sclass|Ōtori|torpedo boat|4}} (1935–1937)
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Hato|1937|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Hayabusa|1935|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Hiyodori||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Kari|1937|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Kasasagi|1935|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Kiji|1937|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Ōtori|1935|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Sagi|1937|2}}

River gunboats

  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Sumida|1903|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Fushimi|1906|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Ataka||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Okitsu||2}} (ex-Italian minelayer Lepanto)
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Karatsu||2}} (ex-{{USS|Luzon|PR-7}})
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Katada||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Fushimi|1939|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Sumida|1939|2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Hozu||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Katata||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Futami||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Atami||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Seta||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Kotaka||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Toba||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Hira||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Tatara||2}} (ex-{{USS|Wake|PR-3}})
  • {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Suma||2}} (ex-{{HMS|Moth|1915}})
  • Kozakura-class traffic boat

Minesweepers

Patrol vessels

  • {{sclass|No.1|auxiliary submarine chaser|1}} (驅潛特務艇第一號型): Over 200 built during World War II, 81 lost.

List of IJN Patrol Vessels can be found here at [http://admiral31.world.coocan.jp/e/s_xa0f.htm]

  • {{sclass|No.1|patrol boat|1}}
  • Patrol Boat No. 1 (ex-{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shimakaze|1920|2}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-1_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 2 (ex-{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nadakaze||2}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-2_t.htm]
  • {{sclass|No.31|patrol boat|1}}
  • Patrol Boat No. 31 (ex-{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kiku|1920|2}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-31_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 32 (ex-{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Aoi|1920|2}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-32_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 33 (ex-{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hagi|1920|2}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-33_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 34 (ex-{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Susuki|1921|2}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com//PB-34_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 35 (ex-{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tsuta|1921|2}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com//PB-35_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 36 (ex-{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Fuji||2}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com//PB-36_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 37 (ex-{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hishi|1921|2}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shokaitei.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 38 (ex-{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yomogi||2}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shokaitei.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 39 (ex-{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tade||2}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shokaitei.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 46 (ex-{{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūgao||2}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-46_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 101 (ex-{{ship|HMS|Thracian|1920|6}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-101_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 102 (ex-{{ship|USS|Stewart|DD-224}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-102_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 103 (ex-{{ship|USS|Finch|AM-9}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-103_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 104 (ex-HNLMS Valk) [http://www.combinedfleet.com//PB-104_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 105 (ex-Arayat) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-105_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 106 (ex-{{ship|HNLMS|Banckert|1929|6}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com//PB-106_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 107 (ex-{{ship|USS|Genesee|AT-55}}) [http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-107_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 108 (ex-HNLMS Arend) [http://www.combinedfleet.com//PB-108_t.htm]
  • Patrol Boat No. 109 (ex-HNLMS Fazant) [http://www.combinedfleet.com//PB-109_t.htm]

Minelayers

  • {{ship|Japanese minelayer|Okinoshima||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese minelayer|Itsukushima||2}}
  • {{ship|Japanese minelayer|Yaeyama||2}}

Submarines

{{main|Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy}}

=1st Class submarines=

  • Junsen class
  • Type J1, {{nihongo|Junsen 1 gata|巡潜I型|}}, 4 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-1||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-2||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-3||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-4||2}}.
  • Type J1M, {{nihongo|Junsen 1 gata kai|巡潜I型改|}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-5||2}}.
  • Type J2, {{nihongo|Junsen 2 gata|巡潜II型|}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-6||2}}.
  • Type J3, {{nihongo|Junsen 3 gata|巡潜III型|}}, 2 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-7||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-8||2}}.
  • Kou class
  • Type A1, {{nihongo|Kou gata(S35)|甲型 (S35)|}}, 3 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-9||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-10||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-11||2}}.
  • Type A2, {{nihongo|Kou gata(S35B)|甲型 (S35B)|}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-12||2}}.

  • Type AM, {{nihongo|Kou gata(S35G)|甲型 (S35G)|}}, 2 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-13||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-14||2}}.
  • Otsu class
  • Type B1, {{nihongo|Otsu gata(S37)|乙型 (S37)|}}, 20 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-15||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-17||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-19||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-21||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-23||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-25||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-26||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-27||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-28||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-29||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-30||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-31||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-32||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-33||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-34||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-35||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-36||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-37||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-38||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-39||2}}.
  • Type B2, {{nihongo|Otsu gata(S37B)|乙型 (S37B)|}}, 6 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-40||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-41||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-42||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-43||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-44||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-45||2}}.
  • Type B3, {{nihongo|Otsu gata(S37C)|乙型 (S37C)|}}, 3 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-54|1943|2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-55|1943|2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-58|1943|2}}.
  • Hei class
  • Type C1, {{nihongo|Hei gata(S38)|丙型 (S38)|}}, 5 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-16||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-18||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-20||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-22||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-24||2}}.
  • Type C2, {{nihongo|Hei gata(S38B)|丙型 (S38B)|}}, 3 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-46||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-47||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-48||2}}.

File:I-55.jpg I-55]]

  • Type C3, {{nihongo|Hei gata(S37D)|丙型 (S37D)|}}, 3 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-52|1943|2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-53|1942|2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-55|1944|2}}.
  • Tei class
  • Type D1, {{nihongo|Tei gata(S51/S51B)|丁型 (S51/S51B)|}}, 12 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-361||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-362||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-363||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-364||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-365||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-366||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-367||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-368||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-369||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-370||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-371||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-372||2}} (S51B).
  • Type D2, {{nihongo|Tei gata kai(S51C)|丁型改 (S51C)|}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-373||2}}.
  • Kaidai class
  • Type KD1, {{nihongo|Kaidai 1 gata|海大I型|}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-51||2}}.
  • Type KD2, {{nihongo|Kaidai 2 gata|海大II型|}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-152||2}} (ex-I-52).
  • Type KD3a, {{nihongo|Kaidai 3 gata a|海大III型a|}}, 4 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-153||2}} (ex-I-53), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-154||2}} (ex-I-54), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-155||2}} (ex-I-55), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-158||2}} (ex-I-58).
  • Type KD3b, {{nihongo|Kaidai 3 gata b|海大III型b|}}, 5 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-156||2}} (ex-I-56), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-157||2}} (ex-I-57), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-159||2}} (ex-I-59), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-60||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-63||2}}.
  • Type KD4, {{nihongo|Kaidai 4 gata|海大IV型|}}, 3 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-61||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-162||2}} (ex-I-62), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-164||2}} (ex-I-64)
  • Type KD5, {{nihongo|Kaidai 5 gata|海大V型|}}, 3 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-165||2}} (ex-I-65), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-166||2}} (ex-I-66), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-67||2}}
  • Type KD6a, {{nihongo|Kaidai 6 gata a|海大VI型a|}}, 6 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-168||2}} (ex-I-68), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-169||2}} (ex-I-69), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-70||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-171||2}} (ex-I-71), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-172||2}} (ex-I-72), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-73||2}}.
  • Type KD6b, {{nihongo|Kaidai 6 gata b|海大VI型b|}}, 2 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-174||2}} (ex-I-74), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-175||2}} (ex-I-75).
  • Type KD7, {{nihongo|Kaidai 7 gata|海大VII型|}}, 10 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-176||2}} (ex-I-76), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-177||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-178||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-179||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-180||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-181||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-182||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-183||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-184||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-185||2}}.

File:I400 2.jpg I-401]]

  • Sentoku type, {{nihongo|Toku gata|特型|}}, 3 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-400||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-401||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-402||2}} (I-404 not launched, I-405 not completed).
  • Sentaka type, {{nihongo|Sentaka|潜高|}}, 3 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-201||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-202||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-203||2}} (I-204 to I-208 not completed).
  • Senho type, {{nihongo|Senho|潜補|}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-351||2}} (I-352 not completed).
  • Kiraisen (Mine layer) type, {{nihongo|Kiraisen|機雷潜|}}, 4 units {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-121||2}} (ex-I-21), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-122||2}} (ex-I-22), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-123||2}} (ex-I-23), {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-124||2}} (ex-I-24).
  • Captured German submarines, 6 units, I-501 (ex-{{ship|German submarine|U-181||2}}), I-502 (ex-{{ship|German submarine|U-862||2}}), I-503 (ex-UIT-24, ex-{{ship|Italian submarine|Comandante Cappellini|1939|2}}), I-504 (ex-UIT-25, ex-{{ship|Italian submarine|Luigi Torelli||2}}), I-505 (ex-{{ship|German submarine|U-219||2}}), I-506 (ex-{{ship|German submarine|U-195||2}}).

=2nd Class submarines=

File:RO-33.jpg Ro-33]]

  • Type F
  • Type F1, {{nihongo|Ro-ichi-gata|F1型(呂一型}} 2 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-1||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-2||2}}.
  • Type F2, {{nihongo|Ro-san-gata|F2型(呂三型}}, 3 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-3||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-4||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-5||2}}.
  • Kaichū type
  • Type K1, {{nihongo|Kaichū 1 gata|海中I型}}, 2 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-11||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-12||2}}.
  • Type K2, {{nihongo|Kaichū 2 gata|海中II型}}, 3 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-13||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-14||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-15||2}}.
  • Type K3, {{nihongo|Kaichū 3 gata|海中III型}}, 10 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-16||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-17||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-18||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-19||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-20||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-21||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-22||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-23||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-24||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-25||2}}.
  • Type K4, {{nihongo|Kaichū 4 gata|海中IV型}}, 3 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-26||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-27||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-28||2}}.
  • Type KT (Toku-Chū), {{nihongo|Kaichū 5 gata|海中V型}}, 5 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-29||2}},{{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-30||2}}, Submarine No. 70, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-31||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-32||2}}.
  • Type K6, {{nihongo|Kaichū 6 gata|海中VI型}}, 2 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-33||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-34||2}}.
  • Type KS (Sen-Chū), {{nihongo|Kaichū 7 gata|海中VII型}}, 18 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-35||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-36||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-37||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-38||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-39||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-40||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-41||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-42||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-43||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-44||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-45||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-46||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-47||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-48||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-49||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-50||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-55|1944|2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-56|1944|2}}.
  • Type L
  • Type L1, {{nihongo|Ro go jū 1 gata|L1型}}, 2 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-51||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-52||2}}.
  • Type L2, {{nihongo|Ro go jū 2 gata|L2型}}, 4 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-53||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-54||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-55|1921|2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-56|1921|2}}.
  • Type L3, {{nihongo|Ro go jū 3 gata|L3型}}, 3 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-57||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-58||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-59||2}}.
  • Type L4, {{nihongo|Ro go jū 4 gata|L4型}}, 9 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-60||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-61||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-62||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-63||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-64||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-65||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-66||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-67||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-68||2}}.
  • Ko Type, 18 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-100||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-101||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-102||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-103||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-104||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-105||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-106||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-107||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-108||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-109||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-110||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-111||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-112||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-113||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-114||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-115||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-116||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-117||2}}.
  • Sen'yu-Shō Type, 10 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-101||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-102||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-103||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-104||2}}, '{{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-105||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-106||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-107||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-108||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-109||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-111||2}} (Ha-110 and Ha-112 not completed)
  • Sentaka-Shō Type, 11 units, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-201||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-202||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-203||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-204||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-205||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-207||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-208||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-209||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-210||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-216||2}} (Ha-206, Ha-211 to Ha-215, Ha-217 to Ha-279 not completed)
  • Ex-German submarines, 2 units, Ro-500 (ex-{{ship|German submarine|U-511||2}}), Ro-501 (ex-{{ship|German submarine|U-1224||2}}).

=3rd Class submarines=

File:Ko-hyoteki class submarine.jpg submarine]]

=Army submarines=

=Other submarines=

  • {{sclass2|Holland|submarine|4}}
  • modified Holland class

Suicide vessels

See also

References

{{reflist}}