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The Japanese torpedo boat [1] Kotaka of 1885 was "the forerunner of torpedo boat destroyers that appeared a decade later". [2] They were designed to Japanese specifications and ordered from the London Yarrow shipyards in 1885. The Yarrow shipyards, builder of the parts for the Kotaka, "considered Japan to have effectively invented the destroyer ...
Japanese ship names follow different conventions from those typical in the West. Merchant ship names often contain the word maru at the end (meaning circle), while warships are never named after people, but rather after objects such as mountains, islands, weather phenomena, or animals.
The Japanese Navy is designing a new generation of layered air-defence and information warfare destroyers. It will take concept elements from the Asahi-class (25DD) destroyer and the Mogami-class (30FFM) frigate. It is expected to be compact and stealthy as the 30FFM and as combat capable as the 25DD. It is planned for the early 2030s.
Individual ships (including those that are the only one to bear the name) should instead be categorised in Category:Ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy or Category:Ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force or the relevant subcategory for the type of vessel.
The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868–1945. [1] This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army.
Asakaze class - former USN destroyers supplied under Mutual Defense ... Wakaba (DE-261) (1956-1971), former Imperial Japanese Navy ship Nashi; Isuzu class (1961-1993 ...
The Kongō-class destroyers are named after mountains in Japan, and all four also share their names with World War II-era Japanese warships. Kongō and Kirishima share their names with two ships of the Kongō-class battlecruiser, while the other two ships share their names with the heavy cruisers Myōkō and Chōkai.
Japanese destroyer Asatsuyu (1906) L. List of destroyers of Japan This page was last edited on 29 April 2021, at 16:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...