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List of battlecruisers of Japan. Haruna, a Kongō -class battlecruiser on its sea trials, on 23 January 1915. The Imperial Japanese Navy (大日本帝国海軍) built four battlecruisers, with plans for an additional four, during the first decades of the 20th century. The battlecruiser was an outgrowth of the armoured cruiser concept, which had ...
29 October 1946; Sunk as a target ship in the Strait of Malacca after surrender to the Royal Navy. Atago. Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan. Takao -class heavy cruiser. 15,490. 30 March 1932. 23 October 1944; Sunk by USS Darter at in Palawan Passage during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Chōkai. Mitsubishi, Nagasaki.
Hiyō sunk and Jun'yō scrapped 1946–1947. Zuihō -class. Light aircraft carrier. Zuihō (1940–1944) Shōhō (1939–1942) 11,443 tonnes. Both sunk during WWII. Chitose -class. Light aircraft carrier.
Japanese cruiser Yahagi (1942) Japanese cruiser Yakumo. Japanese cruiser Yasoshima. Japanese cruiser Yūbari. Japanese cruiser Yura. Categories: World War II cruisers. World War II naval ships of Japan. Cruisers of Japan.
Japanese forces surrendered Seletar Naval Base to the British on 21 September 1945. On 27 October 1946, Takao was towed to the Strait of Malacca and was sunk as a target ship by the light cruiser HMS Newfoundland on 29 October 1946 at 03°05′05″N 100°41′00″E. [4] She was removed from the navy list on 3 May 1947.
Furutaka. Furutaka (古鷹, Furutaka) was the lead ship in the two-vessel Furutaka -class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after Mount Furutaka, located on Etajima, Hiroshima, immediately behind the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy. She was commissioned in 1926 and was sunk 12 October 1942 by USS Salt Lake City ...
Aircraft carriers. 6 heavy and 6 light (plus 7 building ) (1) Hōshō built in 1922. Akagi (2) (ex-battlecruiser converted by 1927) — †1942. Kaga (ex-battleship converted in 1928) — †1942. Ryūjō completed 1933 — †1942. Sōryū — †1942. Hiryū — †1942. 2 Zuihō class commissioned as aircraft carriers 1940-1941.
Battle of the Java Sea (1942) Battle of Leyte Gulf (1944) Ashigara (足柄) was the final vessel of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which were active in World War II. [2] The other ships of the class were Nachi, Myōkō, and Haguro. [3] Ashigara was named after Mount Ashigara on the border of ...