List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy

The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, including ships that are no longer in service. For a list of ships of its successor, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, see JMSDF Fleet.

Medieval warships

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

Western-style sail warships

 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Shohei Maru (1854) – Japan's first post-seclusion Western-style sail warship.
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Hou-Ou Maru (1854)
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Asahi Maru (1856)

Steam warships

 * Kankō Maru (1855), Japan's first steam warship.
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Kanrin Maru (1855) – Japan's first screw-driven steam warship
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Chōyō (1858)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Kaiyō Maru (1866)
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Kaiten
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Banryū
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Chogei
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Shinsoku
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Mikaho
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Yoharu
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Kasuga
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Chiyodagata (1863), Japan's first domestically-built steam warship.
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Hiryū
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Teibo
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Ryūjō (1864) Unyogunboat.jpg
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Unyo
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Nisshin
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Takao
 * JAPANESE WARSHIP Moshun

Corvettes and gunboats

 * JAPANESE CORVETTE Hiei (1877)
 * JAPANESE CORVETTE Kongō (1877)
 * JAPANESE CORVETTE Amagi
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Tsukushi
 * JAPANESE CORVETTE Kaimon
 * JAPANESE CORVETTE Tenryū
 * JAPANESE CORVETTE Katsuragi
 * JAPANESE CORVETTE Yamato
 * JAPANESE CORVETTE Musashi
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Heien (1882, ex-Chinese, captured 1895) – Armored gunboat
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Maya
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Akagi
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Atago
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Chōkai
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Ōshima
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Banjo
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Uji
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Ōshima
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Banjo
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Uji

Battleships

 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Kōtetsu, (1864–1888) – Japan's first ironclad warship, later renamed Azuma (ex-CSS Stonewall)
 * JAPANESE IRONCLAD WARSHIP Fusō (1877–1910)


 * Battleship prizes of the First Sino-Japanese War :
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Chin'en (1882, ex-Chinese Chen Yuen (1895–1914))


 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Fuji (1896–1948)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Yashima (1896–1904)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Yashima (1896–1904)


 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Shikishima (1898–1948)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Hatsuse (1899–1904)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Asahi (1899–1942)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Mikasa (1900 – Preserved)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Mikasa (1900 – Preserved)


 * Battleship prizes of the Russo-Japanese War :
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Iki (1889, ex-Russian RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Imperator Nikolai I) (1905–1915)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Tango (1892, ex-Russian RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Poltava) (1905–1923)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Sagami (1898, ex-Russian RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Peresvet) (1905–1916)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Suwo (1900, ex-Russian RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Pobeda) (1905–1946)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Hizen (1900, ex-Russian RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Retvizan) (1905–1924)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Iwami (1902, ex-Russian RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Oryol) (1905–1924)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Mishima (1894, ex-Russian RUSSIAN COAST DEFENSE SHIP Admiral Seniavin) (1905–1936)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Okinoshima (1896, ex-Russian RUSSIAN COAST DEFENSE SHIP General Admiral Graf Apraksin) (1905–1925)


 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Katori (1905–1924)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Kashima (1905–1924)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Kashima (1905–1924)


 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Satsuma (1906–1924)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Aki (1907–1923)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Aki (1907–1923)


 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Kawachi (1910–1918)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Settsu (1911–1924)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Settsu (1911–1924)


 * – Battlecruisers rebuilt as fast battleships
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Kongō (1912–1944)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Hiei (1912–1942)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Haruna (1913–1945)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Kirishima (1913–1942)


 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Fusō (1914–1944)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Yamashiro (1915–1944)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Yamashiro (1915–1944)


 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Ise (1916–1945)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Hyūga (1917–1945)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Hyūga (1917–1945)


 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Nagato (1919–1946)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Mutsu (1920–1943)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Mutsu (1920–1943)


 * Battleship prizes of World War I:
 * ex-Turkish OTTOMAN BATTLESHIP Turgut Reis, ex-German SMS Weissenburg, assigned but not taken over) – BU 1938
 * ex-German Nassau BU 1920
 * ex-German Oldenburg – BU 1921


 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Kaga (1921 – converted to an aircraft carrier)
 * Tosa (cancelled 1922)
 * Tosa (cancelled 1922)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Yamato (1940–1945)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Musashi (1940–1944)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Shinano (converted to an aircraft carrier)
 * Yokomokyoto (cancelled 1942)
 * Asahi (not started)
 * Asahi (not started)

Seaplane tenders

 * JAPANESE SEAPLANE CARRIER Wakamiya (1913)
 * JAPANESE SEAPLANE CARRIER Notoro (1920)
 * Akitsushima
 * Kamoi
 * (converted to aircraft carriers)
 * JAPANESE SEAPLANE TENDER Mizuho

Aircraft carriers



 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Hōshō (1921)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Kaga (1921)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Akagi (1925)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Ryūjō (1931)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Shinyo (1934)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Sōryū (1935)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Hiryū (1937)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Kaiyo (1938)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Shōkaku (1939)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Zuikaku (1939)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Zuihō (1940)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Shōhō (1941)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Junyō (1941)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Hiyō (1941)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Unyō (1939)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Chūyō (1939)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Taiyō (1940)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Akitsu Maru (1941)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Nigitsu Maru (1942)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Chūyō (1939)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Taiyō (1940)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Akitsu Maru (1941)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Nigitsu Maru (1942)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Nigitsu Maru (1942)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Ryūhō (1942)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Taihō (1943)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Chiyoda (1943)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Chitose (1944)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Amagi (1943)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Unryū (1943)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Katsuragi (1944)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Kasagi (not completed)
 * Aso (not completed)
 * Ikoma (not completed)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Shinano (1944)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Shimane Maru (1944)
 * Otakisan Maru (not completed)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Yamashio Maru (1944)
 * Chigusa Maru (not completed)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Kumano Maru (1945)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Yamashio Maru (1944)
 * Chigusa Maru (not completed)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Kumano Maru (1945)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Kumano Maru (1945)

Protected Cruisers

 * ex-Chinese cruisers as prizes of First Sino-Japanese War
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Saien (1895–1904)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Izumi (1884–1912)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Naniwa (1885–1912)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Takachiho (1885–1914)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Takachiho (1885–1914)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Unebi (1886–1887)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Yaeyama (1890–1911)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Chiyoda (1891–1927)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Chishima (1892–1892)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Itsukushima (1891–1926)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Matsushima (1892–1908)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Hashidate (1894–1927)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Hashidate (1894–1927)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Akitsushima (1894–1927)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Yoshino (1893–1904)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Suma (1896–1923)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Akashi (1899–1928)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Akashi (1899–1928)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Takasago (1898–1904)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kasagi (1898–1916)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Chitose (1898–1928)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Chitose (1898–1928)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Niitaka (1904–1923)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Tsushima (1904–1936)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Tsushima (1904–1936)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Otowa (1904–1917)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Chikuma (1912–1931)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Hirado (1912–1940)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Yahagi (1912–1940)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Yahagi (1912–1940)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Tone (1910–1931)
 * ex-Russian cruisers as prizes of Russo-Japanese War
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Tsugaru (1901, ex-Russian Pallada, 1908–1921)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Soya (1901, ex-Russian Varyag, 1907–1916)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Suzuya (1901, ex-Russian Novik, 1906–1913)

Dispatch Vessels

 * JAPANESE CRUISER Yodo (1908–1940)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Mogami (1908–1928)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Mogami (1908–1928)

Light Cruisers

 * JAPANESE CRUISER Tenryū (1919–1942)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Tatsuta (1919–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Tatsuta (1919–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kuma (1920–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Tama (1921–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kitakami (1921–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Ōi (1921–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kiso (1921–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kiso (1921–1944)


 * ex-German cruisers as prize of World War I
 * Y (1909, ex-German Augsburg, 1920–1922)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Nagara (1922–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Isuzu (1923–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Yura (1923–1942)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Natori (1922–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kinu (1922–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Abukuma (1925–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Abukuma (1925–1944)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Sendai (1924–1943)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Jintsu (1925–1943)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Naka (1925–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Naka (1925–1944)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Yūbari (1923–1944)


 * ex-Republic of China cruisers as prizes of Second Sino-Japanese War
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Ioshima (1931 ex-Ning Hai) (1937–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Yasoshima (1935 ex-P'ing Hai) (1937–1944)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Katori (1940–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kashima (1940–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kashii (1941–1945)
 * Kashiwara (not completed)
 * Kashiwara (not completed)
 * Agano-class cruiser
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Agano (1942–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Yahagi (1943–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Noshiro (1943–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Sakawa (1944–1945)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Ōyodo (1943–1945)
 * Niyodo (not completed)
 * Niyodo (not completed)

Armored cruisers

 * JAPANESE CRUISER Asama (1899–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Tokiwa (1899–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Tokiwa (1899–1945)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Izumo (1900–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Iwate (1901–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Iwate (1901–1945)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Yakumo (1900–1946)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Azuma (1900–1944)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kasuga (1904–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Nisshin (1904–1936)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Nisshin (1904–1936)


 * ex-Russian armored cruisers as prizes of the Russo-Japanese War
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Aso (1903, ex-Russian Bayan, 1908–1931)

Battlecruisers

 * JAPANESE CRUISER Tsukuba (1907–1917)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Ikoma (1908–1923)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Ikoma (1908–1923)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Ibuki (1909–1923)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kurama (1911–1923)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kurama (1911–1923)


 * (battlecruisers converted to "fast battleships" in 1920s)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Kongō (1913–1945)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Hiei (1914–1942)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Haruna (1915–1945)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Kirishima (1915–1942)


 * Amagi (not completed)
 * JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Akagi (converted to aircraft carrier)
 * Atago (not launched)
 * Takao (not launched)
 * Takao (not launched)

Heavy Cruisers

 * JAPANESE CRUISER Furutaka (1926–1942)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kako (1926–1942)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kako (1926–1942)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Aoba (1927–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kinugasa (1927–1942)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kinugasa (1927–1942)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Myōkō (1929–1946)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Nachi (1928–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Ashigara (1928–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Haguro (1929–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Takao (1932–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Maya (1932–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Atago (1932–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Chōkai (1932–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Atago (1932–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Chōkai (1932–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Mogami (1935–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Mikuma (1935–1942)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Suzuya (1937–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kumano (1937–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kumano (1937–1944)


 * JAPANESE CRUISER Tone (1938–1945)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Chikuma (1939–1944)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Chikuma (1939–1944)
 * Ibuki class
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Ibuki (1943; converted to aircraft carrier)
 * Haogi (No. 301) (Canceled 1942)

1st Class Destroyers

 * (1919–1922)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Akikaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hakaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hokaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Minekaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Namikaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Nokaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Numakaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Okikaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Sawakaze
 * Shimakaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Shiokaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tachikaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yakaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yūkaze


 * Kamikaze class (1922–1925)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Asakaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Asanagi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Harukaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hatakaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hayate
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kamikaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Matsukaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Oite
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yūnagi
 * (1925–1927)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Fumizuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kikuzuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kisaragi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Mikazuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Minazuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Mochizuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Mutsuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Nagatsuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Satsuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Uzuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yayoi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yūzuki
 * (1927–1931)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Akebono
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Amagiri
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Asagiri
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Ayanami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Fubuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hatsuyuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Isonami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Miyuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Murakumo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Oboro
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Sagiri
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Sazanami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Shikinami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Shinonome
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Shirakumo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Shirayuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Uranami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Ushio
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Usugumo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yugiri
 * Akatsuki class (1931–1932)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Akatsuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hibiki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Ikazuchi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Inazuma
 * (1932–1934)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Ariake
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hatsuharu
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hatsushimo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Nenohi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Wakaba
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yugure
 * (1935–1937)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Harusame
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kawakaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Murasame
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Samidare
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Shigure
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Shiratsuyu
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Suzukaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Umikaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yamakaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yudachi
 * (1936–1937)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Arare
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Arashio
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Asagumo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Asashio
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kasumi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Michishio
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Minegumo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Natsugumo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Oshio
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yamagumo
 * (1938–1941)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Akigumo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Amatsukaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Arashi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hagikaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hamakaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hatsukaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hayashio
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Isokaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kagero
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kuroshio
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Maikaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Natsushio
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Nowaki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Oyashio
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Shiranuhi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tanikaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tokitsukaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Urakaze
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yukikaze
 * (1941–1944)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Akishimo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Asashimo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Fujinami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hamanami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hayanami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hayashimo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kazagumo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kishinami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kiyonami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kiyoshimo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Makigumo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Makinami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Naganami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Okinami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Onami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Suzunami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Takanami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tamanami
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yūgumo
 * Akizuki class (1941–1944)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Akizuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Fuyuzuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hanazuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Haruzuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hatsuzuki
 * Mochizuki (not completed)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Natsuzuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Niizuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Shimotsuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Suzutsuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Teruzuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Wakatsuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yoizuki
 * (1942)
 * Shimakaze
 * (1944–1948)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Enoki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hagi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hatsuume
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hatsuzakura
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hinoki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kaba
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kaede
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kaki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kashi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kaya
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Keyaki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kiri
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kusunoki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kuwa
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Maki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Matsu
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Momi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Momo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Nara
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Nashi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Nire
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Odake
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Sakura
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Shii
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Sugi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Sumire
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tachibana
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Take
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tsubaki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tsuta
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Ume
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yanagi
 * (1944–1945)
 * Azusa (not launched)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Enoki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hagi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hatsuume
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hatsuzakura
 * Hishi (not launched)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kaba
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kagi
 * Katsura (not completed)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kusunoki
 * Kuzu (not launched)
 * Nashi – later the JDS Wakaba (DE-261)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Nire
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Odake
 * Sakaki (not launched)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Shii
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Sumire
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tachibana
 * Tochi (not completed)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tsuta
 * Wakazakura (not launched)
 * Yadake (not completed)
 * Yaezakura (not completed)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Odake
 * Sakaki (not launched)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Shii
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Sumire
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tachibana
 * Tochi (not completed)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tsuta
 * Wakazakura (not launched)
 * Yadake (not completed)
 * Yaezakura (not completed)

2nd Class Destroyers

 * (1919–1922)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Aoi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Ashi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Fuji
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hagi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hasu
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Hishi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kaki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kaya
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kiku
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kuri
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Momi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Nashi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Sumire
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Susuki
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tade
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Take
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tsuga
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Tsuta
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Warabi
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Yomogi
 * (1922–1923)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Asagao
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Fuyo
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Karukaya
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kuretaka
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Sanae
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Wakatake

Torpedo Boats

 * (1933)
 * JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT Chidori
 * JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT Hatsukari
 * JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT Manazuru
 * JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT Tomozuru
 * (1935–1937)
 * JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT Hato
 * JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT Hayabusa
 * JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT Hiyodori
 * JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT Kari
 * JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT Kasasagi
 * JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT Kiji
 * JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT Ōtori
 * JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT Sagi

River Gunboats

 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Sumida
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Fushimi
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Ataka
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Okitsu
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Karatsu (ex-USS Luzon (PR-7))
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Katada
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Fushimi
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Sumida
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Hozu
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Futami
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Atami
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Seta
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Kotaka
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Toba
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Hira
 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Tatara (ex-USS Wake (PR-3))
 * 25 ton class riverine gunboat

Patrol Vessels
List of IJN Patrol Vessels can be found here at
 * Type I submarine chaser (驅潛特務艇第一號型): Over 200 built during World War II, 81 lost.
 * Patrol Boat # 01-see
 * Patrol Boat # 02-see
 * Patrol Boat # 31-see
 * Patrol Boat # 32-sunk at Battle of Wake Island
 * Patrol Boat # 33-sunk at Battle of Wake Island
 * Patrol Boat # 34-see
 * Patrol Boat # 35-see
 * Patrol Boat # 36-see
 * Patrol Boat # 37-see
 * Patrol Boat # 38-see
 * Patrol Boat # 39-see
 * Patrol Boat # 46-see
 * Patrol Boat # 101-see
 * Patrol Boat # 102-formerly USN Destroyer USS Stewart (DD-224)
 * Patrol Boat # 103-formerly USN minesweeperUSS Finch (AM-9)
 * Patrol Boat # 104-see
 * Patrol Boat # 105-see
 * Patrol Boat # 106-see
 * Patrol Boat # 107-see USS Genesee (AT-55)
 * Patrol Boat # 108-see
 * Patrol Boat # 109-see

Minelayers

 * JAPANESE MINELAYER Itsukushima
 * JAPANESE MINELAYER Yaeyama

Submarines

 * 1st Class Submarines
 * Junsen class
 * J1 type,Junsen 1 gata (巡潜Ⅰ型), 4 units, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4.
 * J1M type,Junsen 1 gata kai (巡潜Ⅰ型改), I-5.
 * J2 type,Junsen 2 gata (巡潜Ⅱ型), I-6.
 * J3 type,Junsen 3 gata (巡潜Ⅲ型), 2 units, I-7, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-8.
 * Kou class
 * A1 type, Kou gata(S35) (甲型 (S35)), 3 units, I-9, I-10, I-11.
 * A2 type, Kou gata(S35B) (甲型 (S35B)), JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-12.


 * AM type, Kou gata(S35G) (甲型 (S35G)), 2 units, I-13, I-14.
 * Otu class
 * B1 type,Otu gata(S37) (乙型 (S37)), 20 units, I-15, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-17, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-19, I-21, I-23, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-25, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-26, I-27, I-28, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-29, I-30, I-31, I-32, I-33, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-34, I-35, I-36, I-37, I-38, I-39.
 * B2 type,Otu gata(S37B) (乙型 (S37B)), 6 units, I-40, I-41, I-42, I-43, I-44, I-45.
 * B3 type,Otu gata(S37C) (乙型 (S37C)), 3 units, I-54, I-56, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-58.
 * Hei class
 * C1 type,Hei gata(S38) (丙型 (S38)), 5 units, I-16, I-18, I-20, I-22, I-24.
 * C2 type,Hei gata(S38B) (丙型 (S38B)), 3 units, I-46, I-47, I-48.
 * C3 type,Hei gata(S37D) (丙型 (S37D)), 3 units, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-52, I-53, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-55.
 * Tei class
 * D1 type,Tei gata(S51/S51B) (丁型 (S51/S51B)), 12 units, I-361, I-362, I-363, I-364, I-365, I-366, I-367, I-368, I-369, I-370, I-371, I-372(S51B).
 * D2 type,Tei gata kai(S51C) (丁型改 (S51C)), I-373.
 * Kaidai class
 * KD1 type,Kaidai 1 gata (海大Ⅰ型), I-51.
 * KD2 type,Kaidai 2 gata (海大Ⅱ型), I-152(52).
 * KD3a type,Kaidai 3 gata a (海大Ⅲ型a), 4 units, I-153(53), I-154(54), I-155(55), I-158(58).
 * KD3b type,Kaidai 3 gata b (海大Ⅲ型b), 5 units, I-156(56), I-157(57), I-159(59), I-60, I-63.
 * KD4 type,Kaidai 4 gata (海大Ⅳ型), 3 units, I-61, I-162(62), I-164(64),
 * KD5 type,Kaidai 5 gata (海大Ⅴ型), 3 units, I-165(65), I-166(66), I-67,
 * KD6a type,Kaidai 6 gata a (海大Ⅵ型a), 6 units, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-168(68), I-169(69), I-70, I-171(71), I-172(72), I-73.
 * KD6b type,Kaidai 6 gata b (海大Ⅵ型b), 2 units, I-174(74), I-175(75).
 * KD7 type,Kaidai 7 gata (海大Ⅶ型), 10units, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-176(76), I-177, I-178, I-179, I-180, I-181, I-182, I-183, I-184, I-185.
 * Toku type,Toku gata (特型), 3 units, I-400, JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-401, I-402 (I-404 not launched, I-405 not completed).
 * Senkou dai type,Senkou-dai (潜高大), 3 units, I-201, I-202, I-203 (I-204 to I-208 not completed).
 * Senho type,Senho (潜補), I-351 (I-352 not completed).
 * Kiraisen (Mine layer) type,Kiraisen (機雷潜), 4 units I-121, I-122, I-123, I-124.
 * Captured German submarines, 6 units, I-501 (U-181), I-502 (U-862), I-503 (UIT-24), I-504 (UIT-25), I-505 (U-219), I-506 (U-195).


 * 2nd Class Submarines
 * Kaichu type, 20 units, RO-33, RO-34, RO-35, RO-36, RO-37, RO-38, RO-39, RO-40, RO-41, RO-42, RO-43, RO-44, JAPANESE SUBMARINE RO-45, RO-46, RO-47, RO-48, RO-49, RO-50, RO-55, RO-56
 * K1 type
 * F1 type
 * L1 type
 * K2 type
 * L2 type
 * K3 type
 * F2 type
 * L3 type
 * K4 type
 * KT type
 * L4 type
 * KS type
 * SS type
 * STS type


 * 3rd Class Submarines
 * , 50 units.
 * , about 250 units (750 planned).
 * , about 1000 units.
 * C1 type
 * C2 type
 * S1 type
 * Kawasaki class
 * S2 type
 * No.71, Dai 71 gou-kan (第71号艦),71-gou


 * Army submarines


 * Other submarines
 * modified Holland class
 * modified Holland class

Suicide boats

 * Shinyo, 6,200 units.