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The only US ship surrendered to Japanese during World War II Azio-class: Gunboat: Okitsu: 625 Salvaged from the Italian wreck Insect-class: River gunboat: Suma: 635 Salvaged from the British wreck Atami-class: River gunboat: Atami Futami: 249 Seta-class: River gunboat: Seta Katata Hira Hozu: 343 Japanese gunboat Kotaka: River gunboat: Kotaka: 57
Aoba (青葉) was the lead ship in the two-vessel Aoba class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy.Launched in 1926 and heavily modernized in 1938-40, Aoba initially served as a patrol craft, largely along the China coast, and saw extensive service during World War II.
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
At the beginning of the Pacific War, the strategy of the Imperial Japanese Navy was underpinned by several key assumptions.The most fundamental was that just as the Russo-Japanese War had been decided by a single naval battle at Tsushima (May 27–28, 1905), the war against the United States would also be decided by a single, decisive battle at sea, or Kantai Kessen. [14]
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Enoura Maru was a Japanese cargo ship used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II as a troop transport and prisoner of war (POW) transport ship. Japanese POW transport ships are referred to as hell ships, due to the overcrowded and unsanitary conditions and the many deaths that occurred on board.
The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons.
The two ships were subsequently renamed as a separate class, but Furutaka and Kako were eventually upgraded with twin turrets in 1937 when all four ships received 203mm main guns. The modifications were significant. The six 20 cm (7.9 in) semi-turrets, 1 through 6, were replaced by three twin turrets, two fore and one aft.