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Izumo-class armoured cruiser 9,750 18 March 1901 26 July 1945; destroyed at mooring by USN aircraft at Kure: Kasuga: Gio. Ansaldo & C., Italy: Kasuga-class armoured cruiser: 7,680 4 January 1904 18 July 1945; destroyed at mooring by USN aircraft at Yokosuka: Nisshin: Gio. Ansaldo & C., Italy Kasuga-class armoured cruiser 7,689 7 January 1904
Japan initiated the 1896 Naval Expansion Plan after the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95. The plan included four armored cruisers and four battleships, all of which had to be ordered from foreign shipyards as Japan lacked the capability to build them itself.
Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-311-3. McCurtie, Francis (1989) [1945]. Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II. London: Bracken Books. ISBN 1-85170-194-X; Schom, Alan (2004). The Eagle and the Rising Sun; The Japanese-American War, 1941–1943. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393049248
Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-311-3. Mauch, Peter (2011). Sailor Diplomat: Nomura KichisaburÅ and the Japanese-American War. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Center. ISBN 978-0-674-05599-5. Milanovich, Kathrin (2014). "Armored Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy".
The only US ship surrendered to Japanese during World War II Azio-class: Gunboat: Okitsu: 625 Salvaged from the Italian wreck Insect-class: River gunboat: Suma: 635 Salvaged from the British wreck Atami-class: River gunboat: Atami Futami: 249 Seta-class: River gunboat: Seta Katata Hira Hozu: 343 Japanese gunboat Kotaka: River gunboat: Kotaka: 57
Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-311-3. Milanovich, Kathrin (2014). "Armored Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2014. London: Conway. ISBN 978-1-84486-236-8. Newbolt, Henry (1996). Naval Operations. History of the Great War Based on Official ...
Pages in category "World War II cruisers of Japan" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. ... Japanese cruiser Kako; Japanese cruiser Kashii;
List of cruisers of World War II Ship Operator Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Abdiel Royal Navy: Abdiel: minelayer cruiser: 2,650 15 April 1941 sunk 10 September 1943 Abrek Soviet Navy: Kazarskii: torpedo cruiser: 535 23 September 1897 rated as a destroyer by World War II, scrapped 1948 Abukuma Imperial Japanese Navy: Nagara