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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.
Although Japan had emerged victorious at sea, the two large German-made Chinese ironclad battleships (Dingyuan and Zhenyuan) had remained almost impervious to Japanese guns, highlighting the need for bigger capital ships in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The next step of the Imperial Japanese Navy's expansion would thus involve a combination of ...
The Maru Special series each volume, "Ushio Shobō"., Tōkyō, Japan. Ships of the World series each volume, "Kaijinsha"., Tōkyō, Japan. Seiki Sakamoto and Hideki Fukukawa (joint authorship), Encyclopedia of organizations of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Fuyōs Sobō Shuppan, Tōkyō, Japan, 2003, ISBN 4-8295-0330-0
This list of Japanese Naval ships and war vessels in World War II is a list of seafaring vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.It includes submarines, battleships, oilers, minelayers and other types of Japanese sea vessels of war and naval ships used during wartime.
Between the 1890s and 1940s, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) built a series of battleships as it expanded its fleet. Previously, the Empire of Japan had acquired a few ironclad warships from foreign builders, although it had adopted the Jeune École naval doctrine which emphasized cheap torpedo boats and commerce raiding to offset expensive, heavily armored ships.
Imperial Japanese Navy ship names (182 P) World War II naval ships of Japan (10 C, 79 P) A. Aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (9 C, 28 P)
Musashi (Japanese: 武蔵, named after the former Japanese province [2]) was one of four planned Yamato-class battleships [N 1] built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), beginning in the late 1930s.
Kaiyō No.1-class oceanographic research ship; Japanese salvage ship Kamikaze Maru No. 5; Japanese salvage ship Kamikaze Maru No. 7; Japanese seaplane tender Kamoi; Japanese netlayer Kanko Maru; Japanese munition ship Kashino; Japanese fleet oiler Kazahaya; Kinai Maru (1930) Kinesaki-class food supply ship; MV Kinryu Maru; Japanese transport ...