Category: WW2 Japanese Navy

Light Fleet Carriers, Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Japan, 1936-44. light aircraft CarriersIJN Chitose, IJN chiyoda Convertible seaplane tenders with a…

Fleet Armoured Aircraft Carrier (1943) Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-44. The Imperial Japanese Navy Taihō was a modern Fleet Aircraft Carrier…

Hiyō class aircraft carriers (1941) Japan, 1938-45: IJN Jun’yō, Hiyō The first IJN converted liners Jun’yō (隼鷹, “Peregrine Falcon”) and…

Japan, 1933-45. IJN Ryūhō was one of the five converted light fleet aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (alongside…

Zuihō class aircraft carriers (1940) Japan, 1937-44. Zuihō (瑞鳳), Shōhō (祥鳳) The double life of the Zuihō pair Digitally colorized…

Mogami class cruisers (1934) Light/Heavy Cruisers Mogami, Mikuma, Suzuya, Kumano. As Japan signed the treaty of London, the Imperial Navy…

WW2 Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers About 80 destroyers 1919-1945 Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyer’s complete overview Japanese destroyers acquired a fearsome…

Nagara class Cruisers (1920) Empire of Japan, 1920. Light Cruisers: IJN Nagara, Isuzu, Natori, Yura, Kinu, Abukuma The second “three…

Shōkaku class fleet aircraft carriers (1940) Japan, 1940-45. Fleet Aircraft Carriers: Shōkaku 翔鶴, Zuikaku 瑞鶴 The best ever IJN fleet…

IJN Hiryū (1937) Japan, 1938-42. Fleet Aircraft Carrier Soryū’s near sister ship IJN Hiryū was the second purpose-built medium fleet…