Category: WW2 Japanese Navy
Mutsuki class destroyers (1925)
Destroyers built 1924-26, Mutsuki, Kisaragi, Yayoi, Uzuki, Satsuki, Minazuki, Fumizuki, Nagatsuki, Kikuzuki, Mikazuki, Mochizuki, Yūzuki The Mutsuki-class destroyers were twelve…
IJN Shin’yō (1943)
Escort Aircraft Carrier (Launched 1934 as SS Scharnhorst, converted 1942) Shin’yō (“Divine Hawk”) was an escort carrier of the Imperial…
Kamikaze class destroyers (1922)
9 Destroyers built 1921-25: Kamikaze, Asakaze, Harukaze, Matsukaze, Hatakaze, Oite, Hayate, Asanagi, Yūnagi, +2 more cancelled The Kamikaze-class destroyers (Kamikazegata…
Wakatake class destroyers (1922)
2nd class Destroyers built 1921-23, N°2 to 26, 5 cancelled, renamed 1928: Wakatake, Kuretake, Sanae, Sawarabi, Asagao, Yūgao, Fuyō, Karukaya…
Minekaze class destroyers (1918)
Destroyers built 1919-23, Minekaze, Okikaze, Shimakaze, Nadakaze, Tachikaze, Hokaze, Nokaze, Namikaze, Numakaze, Sawakaze, Yakaze, Hakaze, Shiokaze, Akikaze, Yukaze. The Minekaze…
Momi class destroyers (1919)
Destroyers built 1918-22, Momi, Kaya, Nashi, Take, Kaki, Tsuga, Nire, Kuri, Kiku, Aoi, Hagi, Fuji, Susuki, Hishi, Hasu, Warabi, Tade,…
IJN Kaiyō (1943)
Escort Aircraft Carrier (Launched 1939 as Argentina maru, converted 1943) IJN Kaiyō (海鷹, or Sea Hawk) was an escort carrier…
Akitsushima class Seaplane Tenders (1941)
Imperial Japanese Seaplane Tenders, 1942-44: IJN Akistushima, Chihaya, 3 more cancelled. IJN Akitsushima was a seaplane tender of the Imperial…
WW2 IJN Gunboats
22 gunboats, 100+ armoured riverine ones. The Imperial Japanese Navy Gunboats: A wide topic encompassing pre-WW1 and WW1 models as…
Mizuho class seaplane carriers (1938)
IJN – Mizuho, Nisshin 1938-43. The last IJN seaplane carriers IJN Mizuho and Nisshin were near sister ships and related…