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This is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Japan Self-Defence Forces, including ones in the past and ones in the present time.
Early warships
- Red seal ships - Around 350 armed sailships, commissionned by the Bakufu in the early 17th century, for Asian and South-East Asian trade.
- San Juan Bautista (1614) - One of Japan's first Western-style sail warships, and the first to cross the Pacific Ocean
- Shōhei Maru (1854) - Japan's first post-seclusion Western-style sail warship.
- Kanrin Maru (1855) - Japan's first screw-driven steam warship
- Kaiyō Maru (1866)
- Kaiten
- Banryo
- Chiyodagata
- Chogei
- Shinsoku
- Mikaho
- Yoharu
- Haruhi
- Hiryu
- Teibo
- Ryujo (1864) - Armored corvette
- Hiei class - Armored corvettes
- Heien (1882, ex-Chinese, captured 1895) - Armored gunboat
- Kotetsu (1864) - Japan's first ironclad warship, later renamed Azuma
- Fuso (1877)
- Chin'en (1882, ex-Chinese Chen Yuan, captured 1895) - BU 1914
- Fuji class
- Fuji (1896) - BU 1948
- Yashima (1896) - Mined 1904
- Shikishima class
- Shikishima (1898) - BU 1948
- Hatsuse (1899) - Mined 1904
- Asahi (1899) - Sunk 1942
- Mikasa (1900) - Preserved
- Captured in 1905:
- Iki (1889, ex-Russian Imperator Nikolai I)
- Tango (1892, ex-Russian Poltava) - BU 1923
- Sagami (1898, ex-Russian Peresviet)
- Suwo (1900, ex-Russian Pobieda)
- Hizen (1900, ex-Russian Retvizan)
- Iwami (1902, ex-Russian Orel)
- Mishima (1894, ex-Russian Admiral Senyavin)
- Okinoshima (1896, ex-Russian General-Admiral Graf Apraxin)
- Katori class
- Katori (1905)
- Kashima (1905)
- Satsuma class
- Satsuma (1906) - Scuttled 1924
- Aki (1907)
- Kawachi class
- Kawachi (1910)
- Settsu (1911)
- Kongo class - Battlecruisers rebuilt as fast battleships
- Fuso class
- Ise class
- Nagato class
- Battleship prizes of World War I
- ex-Turkish Torgud Reis, ex-German Weissenburg, assigned but not taken over) - BU 1938
- ex-German Nassau) BU
- ex-German Oldenburg) - BU 1921
- Kaga class
- Kaga (1921, converted to an aircraft carrier)
- Tosa (not completed)
- Yamato class
- Hosho (1921)
- Kaga (1921)
- Akagi (1925)
- Ryujo (1931)
- Ryuho (1933)
- Shinyo (1934)
- Soryu class
- Zuiho class
- Shoho (1935)
- Zuiho (1936)
- Chitose class
- Chitose (1936)
- Chiyoda (1937)
- Kaiyo (1938)
- Shokaku class
- Junyo class
- Taiyo class
- Unyo (1939)
- Chuyo (1939)
- Taiyo (1940)
- Akitsu Maru class
- Akitsu Maru (1941)
- Nigitsu Maru (1942)
- Taiho (1943)
- Unryu class
- Amagi (1943)
- Unryu (1943)
- Katsuragi (1944)
- Kasagi (not completed)
- Aso (not completed)
- Ikoma (not completed)
- Shinano (1944)
- Shinane Maru class
- Shimane Maru (1944)
- Otakisan Maru (not completed)
- Yamashiro Maru class
- Yamashiro Maru (1944)
- Chigusa Maru (not completed)
- Kumano Maru (1945)
Cruisers
Small cruisers
- Sai Yen (1883, ex-Chinese)
- Izumi (1883)
- Naniwa class
- Naniwa (1885)
- Takachiho (1885)
- Unebi (1886)
- Matsushima class
- Itsukushima (1889)
- Matsushima (1890)
- Hashidate (1891)
- Akitsushima (1892)
- Yoshino (1892)
- Akashi class
- Suma (1895)
- Akashi (1897)
- Takasago (1897)
- Chitose class
- Chitose (1898)
- Kasagi (1898)
- Tsushima class
- Tsushima (1902)
- Niitaka (1902)
- Otowa (1903)
- Tone (1904)
- Tsugaru (1899, ex-Russian Pallada, captured 1905)
- Soya (1899, ex-Russian Varyag, captured 1905)
- Suzuyu (1900, ex-Russian Novik, captured 1905)
- Yodo class
- Yodo (1907)
- Mogami (1908)
- Chikuma class
- Chikuma (1911)
- Hirado (1911)
- Yahagi (1911)
- Tenryu class
- Tenryu (1918)
- Tatsuta (1918)
- Kuma class
- Kuma (1919)
- Tama (1920)
- Kitakami (1920)
- Oi (1920)
- Kiso (1920)
- Y (1909, ex-German Augsburg, taken 1920)
- Nagara class
- Nagara (1921)
- Isuzu (1921)
- Yura (1922)
- Natori (1922)
- Kinu (1922)
- Abukuma (1922)
- Sendai class
- Sendai (1923)
- Jintsu (1923)
- Naka (1925)
- Yubari (1923)
- Chinese Ning Hai class
- Ioshima (ex-Ning Hai) (1931)
- Yasoshima (ex-P'ing Hai) (1935)
- Katori class
- Katori (1939)
- Kashima (1939)
- Kashii (1940)
- Kashiwara (not completed)
- Agano class
- Agano (1941)
- Yahagi (1942)
- Noshiro (1942)
- Sakawa (1944)
- Oyodo class
- Oyodo (1942)
- Niyodo (not completed)
Large cruisers
- Chiyoda (1890)
- Asama class
- Asama (1898)
- Tokiwa (1898)
- Izumo (1899)
- Iwate (1900)
- Yakumo (1899)
- Azuma (1899)
- Kasuga class
- Kasuga (1902)
- Nisshin (1903)
- Aso (1900, ex-Russian Bayan, captured 1905)
- Tsukuba class (note: the IJN classified these as battlecruisers but they lacked the big guns of battlecruisers proper)
- Tsukuba (1906)
- Ikoma (1905)
- Ibuki class (note: the IJN classified these as battlecruisers but they lacked the big guns of battlecruisers proper)
- Ibuki (1907)
- Kurama (1907)
- Kongo class (all were converted to "fast battleships" in the 1920s)
- Amagi class:
- Amagi (not launched)
- Akagi (converted to aircraft carrier)
- Atago (not launched)
- Takao (not launched)
- Furutaka class
- Furutaka (1925)
- Kako (1925)
- Aoba class
- Aoba (1926)
- Kinugasa (1926)
- Myoko class
- Takao class
- Mogami class - Converted from light cruisers
- Mogami (1934)
- Mikuma (1934)
- Suzuya (1934)
- Kumano (1936)
- Tone class
- Ibuki class
- Ibuki (1943; converted to aircraft carrier)
- ? (No. 301) (not launched)
- Minekaze class (1919–1922)
- Akikaze
- Hakaze
- Hokaze
- Minekaze
- Namikaze
- Nokaze
- Numakaze
- Okikaze
- Sawakaze
- Shiokaze
- Tachikaze
- Yakaze
- Yukaze
- Momi class (1919–1922)
- Aoi
- Ashi
- Fuji
- Hagi
- Hasu
- Hishi
- Kaki
- Kaya
- Kiku
- Kuri
- Momi
- Nashi
- Sumire
- Susuki
- Tade
- Take
- Tsuga
- Tsuta
- Warabi
- Yomogi
- Wakatake class (1922–1923)
- Asagao
- Huyo
- Karukaya
- Kuretaka
- Sanae
- Wakatake
- Kamikaze class (1922–1925)
- Asakaze
- Asanagi
- Harukaze
- Hatakaze
- Hayate
- Kamikaze
- Matsukaze
- Oite
- Yunagi
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- Mutsuki class (1925–1927)
- Fumizuki
- Kikuzuki
- Kisaragi
- Mikazuki
- Minazuki
- Mochizuki
- Mutsuki
- Nagatsuki
- Satsuki
- Uzuki
- Yayoi
- Yuzuki
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- Fubuki class (1927–1931)
- Akebono
- Amagiri
- Asagiri
- Ayanami
- Fubuki
- Hatsuyuki
- Isonami
- Miyuki
- Murakumo
- Oboro
- Sagiri
- Sazanami
- Shikinami
- Shinonome
- Shirakumo
- Shirayuki
- Uranami
- Ushio
- Usugumo
- Yugiri
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- Akatsuki class (1931–1932)
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- Hatsuharu class (1932–1934)
- Ariake
- Hatsuharu
- Hatsushimo
- Nenohi
- Wakaba
- Yugure
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- Tomozuru class (1933)
- Chidori
- Hatsukari
- Manazuru
- Tomozuru
- Shiratsuyu class (1935–1937)
- Harusame
- Kawakaze
- Murasame
- Samidare
- Shigure
- Shiratsuyu
- Suzukaze
- Umikaze
- Yamakaze
- Yudachi
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- Otori class (1935–1937)
- Hato
- Hayabusa
- Hiyodori
- Kari
- Kasasagi
- Kiji
- Otori
- Sagi
- Asashio class (1936–1937)
- Arare
- Arashio
- Asagumo
- Asashio
- Kasumi
- Michishio
- Minegumo
- Natsugumo
- Oshio
- Yamagumo
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- Kagero class (1938–1941)
- Akigumo
- Amatsukaze
- Arashi
- Hagikaze
- Hamakaze
- Hatsukaze
- Hayashio
- Isokaze
- Kagero
- Kuroshio
- Maikaze
- Natsushio
- Nowaki
- Oyashio
- Shiranuhi
- Tanikaze
- Tokitsukaze
- Urakaze
- Yukikaze
- Yugumo class (1941–1944)
- Akishimo
- Asashimo
- Fujinami
- Hamanami
- Hayanami
- Hayashimo
- Kazagumo
- Kishinami
- Kiyonami
- Kiyoshimo
- Makigumo
- Makinami
- Naganami
- Okinami
- Onami
- Suzunami
- Takanami
- Tamanami
- Yugumo
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- Akizuki class (1941–1944)
- Akizuki
- Fuyuzuki
- Hanazuki
- Haruzuki
- Hatsuzuki
- Mochizuki (not completed)
- Natsuzuki
- Niizuki
- Shimotsuki
- Suzutsuki
- Teruzuki
- Wakatsuki
- Yoizuki
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- Shimakaze class (1942)
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- Matsu class (1944–1948)
- Enoki
- Hagi
- Hatsuume
- Hatsuzakura
- Hinoki
- Kaba
- Kaede
- Kaki
- Kashi
- Kaya
- Keyaki
- Kiri
- Kusunoki
- Kuwa
- Maki
- Matsu
- Momi
- Momo
- Nara
- Nashi
- Nire
- Odake
- Sakura
- Shii
- Sugi
- Sumire
- Tachibana
- Take
- Tsubaki
- Tsuta
- Ume
- Yanagi
- Tachibana class (1944–1945)
- Azusa (not launched)
- Enoki
- Hagi
- Hatsuume
- Hatsuzakura
- Hishi (not launched)
- Kaba
- Kagi
- Katsura (not completed)
- Kusunoki
- Kuzu (not launched)
- Nashi
- Nire
- Odake
- Sakaki (not launched)
- Shii
- Sumire
- Tachibana
- Tochi (not completed)
- Tsuta
- Wakazakura (not launched)
- Yadake (not completed)
- Yaezakura (not completed)
3rd Class Submarines
2nd Class Submarines
- K1 class
- F1 class
- L1 class
- K2 class
- L2 class
- K3 class
- F2 class
- L3 class
- K4 class
- KT class
- L4 class
- K5 class
- KS class
- K6 class
- SS class
- STS class
1st Class Submarines
- I-400 class
- KD1 class
- KD2 class
- J1 class
- KD3a class
- KRS class
- KD3b class
- KD4 class
- KD5 class
- J1M class
- KD6a class
- J2 class
- J3 class
- KD6b class
- C1 class
- No71
- A1 class
- B1 class
- KD7 class
- L4 class
- B2 class
- A2 class
- B3 class
- C2 class
- C3 class
- B4 class
- C4 class
- D1 class
- AM class
- ST class
- SH class
- D2 class
- TK class
Army submarines
- Yu1 class
- Yu1001 class
- Yu2001 class
Other submarines
- Holland class
- modified Holland class
See also
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