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The following is a list of destroyers and 1st class (steam) torpedo boats of Japan grouped by class or design. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers.
The 33DD (also known as DDR or Destroyer Revolution) was a Japanese destroyer proposed for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The tentative name of the class, 33 DD, is derived from an estimate that it would be budgeted in the Japanese era of Heisei 33 (2021).
The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868–1945. [1] This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army.
Japanese destroyers performed the usual range of tasks: fleet and convoy escorts, supply and reinforcement runs to various isolated island outposts and garrisons. [13] Japanese destroyers were particularly skilled at night actions and the use of torpedo salvoes, tactics which attracted success in several actions. [12]
Pages in category "Destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
List of destroyers of Japan This page was last edited on 29 April 2021, at 16:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Anshan class — 4 ships, all retired (ex-Gnevny class) Sovremennyy class — 4 ships in active service; Type 051 (NATO codename Luda) — 17 ships, all retired; Type 052 (NATO codename Luhu) — 2 ships in active service; Type 051B (NATO codename Luhai) — 1 ship in active service; Type 052B (NATO codename Luyang I) — 2 ships in active service
The Asashio-class destroyers (朝潮型駆逐艦, Asashio-gata kuchikukan) were a class of ten destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy in service before and during World War II. [1] The overall layout of the class proved successful in service and created a powerful ship that served as the basis for the design of the following two classes of ...