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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]
Commissioned into IJN Fate Tatsuta: Sasebo Navy Yard Tenryū-class light cruiser: 3,948 31 May 1919 13 March 1944; Sunk by USS Sand Lance east of Hachijojima: Tenryū: Yokosuka Naval Arsenal: Tenryū-class light cruiser 3,948 20 November 1919 18 December 1942; Sunk by USS Albacore E of Madang: Kuma: Sasebo Navy Yard Kuma-class light cruiser ...
The navy decided that Shinano would become a heavily armored support carrier [8] —carrying reserve aircraft, fuel and ordnance in support of other carriers—rather than a fleet carrier. [ 9 ] As completed, Shinano had a length of 265.8 meters (872 ft 1 in) overall , a beam of 36.3 meters (119 ft 1 in) and a draft of 10.3 meters (33 ft 10 in).
This list of Japanese Naval ships and war vessels in World War II is a list of seafaring vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. It includes submarines , battleships , oilers , minelayers and other types of Japanese sea vessels of war and naval ships used during wartime.
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun ⓘ 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II.
Haguro (羽黒) was a Myōkō-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, named after Mount Haguro in Yamagata Prefecture. Commissioned in 1929, Haguro saw significant service during World War II, participating in nine naval engagements between 1942 and 1945. As a heavy cruiser, she was better armed and armored than most surface vessels ...
The IJN Air Service had the mission of national air defence, deep strike, naval warfare, and so forth. It retained this mission to the end. The Japanese pilot training program was very selective and rigorous, producing a high-quality and long-serving pilot corps, who were very successful in the air during the early part of World War II in the ...
The I-400-class submarine (伊四百型潜水艦, I-yon-hyaku-gata sensuikan) Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) submarines were the largest submarines of World War II, with the final completed submarine being finished roughly a month before the end of the war.