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Kasuga-class armoured cruiser 7,689 7 January 1904 18 January 1942; scuttled 1936 Tsukuba: Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan Tsukuba-class armoured cruiser: 13,750 14 January 1907 14 January 1917; Accidental explosion Ikoma: Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan: Tsukuba-class armoured cruiser 13,750 28 March 1908 20 September 1923; Scrapped Ibuki: Kure Naval ...
Pages in category "Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Russo-Japanese War cruisers of Japan (1 C, 30 P) World War I cruisers of Japan (33 P) World War II cruisers of Japan (53 P) C.
This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army. For a list of ships of its successor, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, see List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Japanese naval planners calculated that in any conflict with the U.S. Navy, Japan would need a fleet at least 70 percent as strong as the United States' in order to emerge victorious. To that end, the concept of the Eight-Eight fleet was developed, where eight battleships and eight battlecruisers would form a cohesive battle line. [2]
Kitakami and Ōi later converted to a torpedo cruiser under a short-lived Imperial Japanese Navy program. Kiso was also planned to be converted but no modifications took place. Nagara-class: Light cruiser: Nagara Isuzu Yura Natori Kinu Abukuma: 5,570 tonnes Yūbari-class: Light cruiser: Yūbari: 2,890 tonnes An experimental light cruiser ...
18 (plus 1 building) (1) 2 Furutaka built 1926-1927; 2 Aoba built 1926-1927; 4 Myōkō built 1928-1929; 4 Takao built 1932; 4 Mogami built 1935-1937(2); 2 Tone built 1941 (1) Ibuki ordered but not laid down (2) Mogamis designated light cruisers but were built to be up-gunned as heavies once the London Naval Treaty was broken.
No. 754, Special issue Vol. 101, "History of Japanese cruisers", January 2012 "Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR)" . , National Archives of Japan Reference code: A03020231100, Original script signed by the Emperor / Imperial ordinance No.71 of 1896 /Abolition of Naval ships ordinance established in and Warship ordinance