List of battleships of Japan
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Early battleships
- Fusō (1877) - BU 1910
- Kongō (1877) class corvettes
- Hiei (1877)
- Kongō (1877)
- Chin'En (1882) (ex-Chinese Chen Yuan, captured 1895) - BU 1914
Pre-Dreadnoughts
} (1896) - BU 1948} (1896) - Mined 1904
} (1898) - BU 1948
} (1899) - Mined 1904 (1899) - Sunk 1942 (1900) - Preserved Yokosuka (1889) (ex-Russian battleship Imperator Nikolai I
Russian battleship Imperator Nikolai I
Imperator Nikolai I was a Russian pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Baltic Fleet in the late 1880s. She participated in the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America in New York City in 1892. She assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron and visited Toulon in October 1893...
, captured 1905) - sunk as target 1915 (1894) (ex , captured 1905) - BU 1923 (1898) (ex-, captured 1905) (1900) (ex-, captured 1905) (1900) (ex-, captured 1905) (1902) (ex-Russian Orel, captured 1905) (1894) (ex-Russian coastal battleship
Coastal defence ship
Coastal defence ships were warships built for the purpose of coastal defence, mostly during the period from 1860 to 1920. They were small, often cruiser-sized warships that sacrificed speed and range for armour and armament...
, captured 1905) (1896) (ex-Russian coastal battleship
Coastal defence ship
Coastal defence ships were warships built for the purpose of coastal defence, mostly during the period from 1860 to 1920. They were small, often cruiser-sized warships that sacrificed speed and range for armour and armament...
, captured 1905)
} (1905) - scrapped 1924
} (1905) - scrapped 1924
} (1906) - Scuttled 1924
} (1907) - Sunk 1924
Dreadnoughts
} (1910) - sunk 1918} (1911) - scrapped 1947
- Battleship prizes of World War 1
- Torgud Reis (ex-Turkish, ex-German Weissenburg) - BU 1938
- NassauSMS NassauSMS Nassau"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was the first dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial German Navy, a response to the launching of the British battleship HMS Dreadnought in 1906...
(ex-German) - BU - OldenburgSMS OldenburgThere were two ships in the German Imperial Navy with the name SMS Oldenburg, both named after the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg:*SMS Oldenburg *SMS Oldenburg...
(ex-German) - BU 1921
- Kongo classKongo class battlecruiserThe were a class of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy constructed immediately before World War I. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, the lead ship of the class was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside of Japan. Displacing upon completion, the vessels of this...
- KongoJapanese battleship KongoKongō was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. She was the first battlecruiser of the Kongō class, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built. Her designer was the British naval engineer George Thurston, and she was laid down in 1911 at...
- HieiJapanese battleship Hieiwas a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, she was the second launched of four s, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built. Laid down in 1911 at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Hiei was formally...
- KirishimaJapanese battleship Kirishimawas a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval engineer George Thurston, she was the third launched of the four Kongō-class battlecruisers, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built...
- HarunaJapanese battleship Haruna, named after Mount Haruna, was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during :World War I and :World War II. Designed by the British naval engineer George Thurston, she was the fourth and last battlecruiser of the , among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built...
- Kongo
- Fusō classFuso class battleshipThe Fusō-class battleships were two battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy constructed during World War I. Displacing upon completion, and , the vessels of this class, were the first super-dreadnoughts of the IJN. They were completed from 1915 to 1917, both in Japanese shipyards...
- FusōJapanese battleship FusoThe Japanese battleship Fusō , was a part of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of the Fusō-class. She was laid down by the Kure Kaigun Koshō on 11 March 1912, launched on 28 March 1914 and completed on 18 November 1915...
(1914) - Sunk October 1944 in Battle of Leyte GulfBattle of Leyte GulfThe Battle of Leyte Gulf, also called the "Battles for Leyte Gulf", and formerly known as the "Second Battle of the Philippine Sea", is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history.It was fought in waters...
. - YamashiroJapanese battleship YamashiroYamashiro was the Imperial Japanese Navy's second Fusō-class battleship, and was laid down at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on November 20, 1913, launched on November 3, 1915, and commissioned on March 31, 1917. She was the first Japanese vessel equipped with aircraft catapults...
(1915) - Sunk October 1944 in Battle of Leyte GulfBattle of Leyte GulfThe Battle of Leyte Gulf, also called the "Battles for Leyte Gulf", and formerly known as the "Second Battle of the Philippine Sea", is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history.It was fought in waters...
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- Fusō
- Ise classIse class battleshipOriginally intended as sister ships of the preceding Fusō class, the of the Imperial Japanese Navy were considered sufficiently different to warrant separate classification....
- IseJapanese battleship Ise, was the lead ship of the two-vessel Ise-class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which saw combat service during the Pacific War. Ise was named after Ise Province, one of the traditional provinces of Japan, now part of Mie Prefecture....
- Bombed 1945, refloated, BU - HyūgaJapanese battleship HyugaHyūga , named for Hyūga Province in Kyūshū, was an of the Imperial Japanese Navy laid down by Mitsubishi on 6 May 1915, launched on 27 January 1917 and completed on 30 April 1918. She was initially designed as the fourth ship of the , but was heavily redesigned to fix shortcomings...
- Bombed 1945, refloated, BU
- Ise
- Nagato classNagato class battleshipThe were two battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The name Nagato comes from the Nagato province. They were the first battleships to be built entirely in Japan...
- MutsuJapanese battleship Mutsuthumb|right|300px|Mutsu shortly after commissioning in c. 1922Mutsu , named after Mutsu Province, as per Japanese ship naming conventions, was the Imperial Japanese Navy's second Nagato class battleship...
- Blew up in harbor (magazine explosion?) 1943 - NagatoJapanese battleship NagatoNagato was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy; the lead ship of her class. She was the first battleship in the world to mount 16 inch guns, her armour protection and speed made her one of the most powerful capital ships at the time of her commissioning.She was the flagship of Admiral...
- Sunk following Bikini atomic experimentsBikini atomic experimentsThe Bikini Atomic Experiments were a series of nuclear and thermonuclear tests conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Bikini Islands. The experiments were part of the United States' research into the full effects of the atomic bomb, including post-detonation radioactive fallout...
1946
- Mutsu
- Tosa classTosa class battleshipThe The ships are sometimes referred to as the Kaga class, after the ship that was planned to have been completed first. battleships, known as Design A-127 during early planning, was an Imperial Japanese Navy dreadnought class planned as part of the "Eight-Eight" fleet...
- TosaJapanese battleship Tosawas a planned battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Designed by Yuzuru Hiraga, she was envisioned as the lead ship of the Tosa class of two ships. The battleships would have been armed with ten guns and bring Japan closer to its goal of an "Eight-four" fleet...
- incomplete, scuttled 1925 - KagaJapanese aircraft carrier KagaKaga was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy , named after the former Kaga Province in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture...
- completed as aircraft carrier, sunk June 1942 at the Battle of MidwayBattle of MidwayThe Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy decisively defeated...
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- Tosa
- Amagi-classAmagi class battlecruiserThe was a series of four battlecruisers planned for the Imperial Japanese Navy as part of the so-called Eight-eight fleet. The ships were to be named Amagi, , Atago, and Takao; the first three were named for mountains , while the fourth was named for the town of Takao, Formosa...
(only Akagi completed, but as an aircraft carrier)- Amagi - badly damaged in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake1923 Great Kanto earthquakeThe struck the Kantō plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 11:58:44 am JST on September 1, 1923. Varied accounts hold that the duration of the earthquake was between 4 and 10 minutes...
- AkagiJapanese aircraft carrier AkagiAkagi was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy , originally begun as an . She was converted while still under construction to an aircraft carrier under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty...
sunk June 1942 at the Battle of MidwayBattle of MidwayThe Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy decisively defeated...
. - Takao - scrapped incomplete
- Atago - scrapped incomplete
- Amagi - badly damaged in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake
- Kii classKii class battleshipThe Kii class was a planned battleship design of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Designed by Yuzuru Hiraga, the class was to have been armed with ten guns and would bring Japan closer to its goal of an "Eight-eight fleet"...
(design only)- Kii
- Owari
- Suruga
- Omi
- 13th Project shipsNumber 13 class battleshipThe Number 13-class was a planned fast battleship design of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The class consisted of four ships and would have been built in the late 1920s. The ships never received any names, being known only as Number 13, Number 14, Number 15, and Number 16...
- Dreadnought No. 13 - No. 16 (no names, plan only)
- Yamato classYamato class battleshipThe were battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy constructed and operated during World War II. Displacing at full load, the vessels were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. The class carried the largest naval artillery ever fitted to a warship, nine naval...
- YamatoJapanese battleship Yamato, named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, was the lead ship of the Yamato class of battleships that served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing...
(1940) - Sunk in route to OkinawaOperation Ten-Gowas the last major Japanese naval operation in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Other renderings of this operation's title in English include Operation Heaven One and Ten-ichi-gō....
April, 1945 - MusashiJapanese battleship Musashi, named after the ancient Japanese Musashi Province, was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet. She was the second ship of the...
(1940) - Sunk October 1944 in Battle of Leyte GulfBattle of Leyte GulfThe Battle of Leyte Gulf, also called the "Battles for Leyte Gulf", and formerly known as the "Second Battle of the Philippine Sea", is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history.It was fought in waters...
. - Shinano (converted to an aircraft carrier, as the Shinano class) - Sunk by submarine torpedo attack November 1944.
- No. 111 (Kii?) (scrapped while under construction)
- No. 797 (design-only)
- Yamato
- A-150 project
- Warship No. 798 - No. 799 (no names, plan-only)
Note: BU = Broken Up date