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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]
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 Arsenal, Japan: Ibuki-class armoured cruiser: 14,636 11 November 1907 20 September 1923 ...
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During the war, the surviving battlecruisers saw extensive action, and many were sunk. The four Japanese Kongō-class ships had been rebuilt as fast battleships in the 1930s, but all were sunk during the conflict. [16] Of the three British battlecruisers still in service, HMS Hood and Repulse were sunk, but Renown survived the war.
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(Japanese Cypress) Mar 1944 Sep 1944 Surface action off Manila Bay, Jan 1945 ‡ Kaede (Maple) Mar 1944 Oct 1944 To Rep. of China, Jul 1947 Kashi (Live Oak) May 1944 Sep 1944 Scrapped 1947 Kaya (Japanese Nutmeg-Yew) Apr 1944 Sep 1944 To USSR, Jul 1947 Keyaki (Japanese Elm) Jun 1944 Dec 1944 Sunk as target, 1947 Kiri (Paulownia Hardwood) Feb 1944
The Eight-Eight Fleet Program (八八艦隊, Hachihachi Kantai) was a Japanese naval strategy formulated for the development of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the first quarter of the 20th century, which stipulated that the navy should include eight first-class battleships and eight armoured cruisers or battlecruisers.
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.