List of ships of the Japanese Navy

The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Medieval warships

* Atakebune, 16th century coastal battleships.
* Red seal ships - Around 350 armed sailships, commissioned by the Bakufu in the early 17th century, for Asian and South-East Asian trade.
* "San Buena Ventura" (1607) - Built by William Adams for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Crossed the Pacific in 1610.
* "San Juan Bautista" (1614) - One of Japan's first Western-style sail warships, transported the embassy of Hasekura Tsunenaga to America in 1614.

Early modern warships

Western-style sail warships

* "Shōhei Maru" (1854) - Japan's first post-seclusion Western-style sail warship.
* "Hou-Ou Maru" (1854)
* "Asahi Maru" (1856)

team warships

* "Kankō Maru" (1855), Japan's first steam warship.
* "Kanrin Maru" (1855) - Japan's first screw-driven steam warship
* "Chōyō" (1858)
* "Kaiyō Maru" (1866)
* "Kaiten"
* "Banryo"
* "Chogei"
* "Shinsoku"
* "Mikaho"
* "Yoharu"
* "Kasuga"
* "Chiyodagata" (1863), Japan's first domestically-built steam warship.
* "Hiryū"
* "Teibo"
* "Ryūjō" (1864)
*"Unyo"
*"Nisshin"

Corvettes and gunboats

* "Hiei" class
** "Hiei" (1877)
** "Kongō" (1877)
*"Amagi"
*"Tsukushi"
*"Kaimon"
*" Tenryū "
* "Katsuragi" class
** "Katsuragi"
** "Yamato"
** "Musashi"
* "Heien" (1882, ex-Chinese, captured 1895) - Armored gunboat

Battleships

* "Kōtetsu", (1864 - 1888) - Japan's first ironclad warship, later renamed "Azuma" {Ex-"CSS Stonewall"}
* "Fusō" (1877 - 1910)

* Battleship prizes of the First Sino-Japanese War :
** "Chin'en" (1882, ex-Chinese "Chen Yuen" (1895) – 1914)

* "Fuji"-class
** "Fuji" (1896 - 1948)
** "Yashima" (1896 - 1904)

* "Shikishima"-class
** "Shikishima" (1898 – 1948)
** "Hatsuse" (1899 – 1904)
* "Asahi" (1899 – 1942)
* "Mikasa" (1900 – Preserved)

* Battleship prizes of the Russo-Japanese War :
** "Iki" (1889, ex-Russian "Imperator Nikolai I") (1905 - 1915)
** "Tango" (1892, ex-Russian "Poltava") (1905 - 1923)
** "Sagami" (1898, ex-Russian "Peresviet")　 (1905 - 1916)
** "Suwo" (1900, ex-Russian "Pobieda") (1905 - 1946)
** "Hizen" (1900, ex-Russian "Retvizan") (1905 - 1924)
** "Iwami" (1902, ex-Russian "Orel") (1905 - 1924)
** "Mishima" (1894, ex-Russian "Admiral Senyavin")　 (1905 - 1936)
** "Okinoshima" (1896, ex-Russian "General-Admiral Graf Apraxin")　 (1905 - 1925)

* "Katori"-class
** "Katori" (1905 - 1924)
** "Kashima" (1905 - 1924)

* "Satsuma"-class
** "Satsuma" (1906 – 1924)
** "Aki" (1907 - 1923)

* "Kawachi"-class
** "Kawachi" (1910 - 1918)
** "Settsu" (1911 - 1924)

* "Kongō"-class – Battlecruisers rebuilt as fast battleships
** "Kongō" (1912 - 1944)
** "Hiei" (1912 - 1942)
** "Haruna" (1913 - 1945)
** "Kirishima" (1913 - 1942)

* "Fusō"-class
** "Fusō" (1914 – 1944)
** "Yamashiro" (1915 - 1944)

* "Ise"-class
** "Ise" (1916 - 1945)
** "Hyūga" (1917 - 1945)

* "Nagato"-class
** "Nagato" (1919 - 1946)
** "Mutsu" (1920 - 1943)

* Battleship prizes of World War I:
** ex-Turkish "Torgud Reis", ex-German "Weissenburg", assigned but not taken over) - BU 1938
** ex-German "Nassau" BU 1920
** ex-German "Oldenburg" - BU 1921

* "Kaga"-class
** "Kaga" (1921 - converted to an aircraft carrier)
** "Tosa" (cancelled 1922)
* "Yamato"-class
** "Yamato" (1940 - 1945)
** "Musashi" (1940 - 1944)
** "Shinano" (converted to an aircraft carrier)
** No.111 (cancelled 1942)
** No.797 (not started)

Aircraft carriers

*"Wakamiya" (1913)
*"Notoro" (1920)
*"Hōshō" (1921)
*"Kaga" (1921)
*"Akagi" (1925)
*"Ryūjō" (1931)
*"Ryuho" (1933)
*"Shinyo" (1934)
*"Sōryū"-class
**"Sōryū" (1935)
**"Hiryū" (1937)
*"Zuihō"-class
**"Shōhō" (1935)
**"Zuihō" (1936)
*"Chitose"-class
**"Chitose" (1936)
**"Chiyoda" (1937)
*"Kaiyo" (1938)
*"Shōkaku"-class
**"Shōkaku" (1939)
**"Zuikaku" (1939)
*"Hiyō"-class
**"Junyō" (1939)
**"Hiyō" (1939)
*"Taiyō"-class
**"Unyo" (1939)
**"Chuyo" (1939)
**"Taiyō" (1940)
*"Akitsu Maru"-class
**"Akitsu Maru" (1941)
**"Nigitsu Maru" (1942)
*"Taihō" (1943)
*"Unryū"-class
**"Amagi" (1943)
**"Unryū" (1943)
**"Katsuragi" (1944)
**"Kasagi" (not completed)
**"Aso" (not completed)
**"Ikoma" (not completed)
*"Shinano" (1944)
*"Shimane Maru"-class
**"Shimane Maru" (1944)
**"Otakisan Maru" (not completed)
*"Yamashiro Maru"-class
**"Yamashiro Maru" (1944)
**"Chigusa Maru" (not completed)
*"Kumano Maru" (1945)

Cruisers

Protected Cruisers

*ex-Chinese cruisers as prizes of First Sino-Japanese War
**"Saien" (1895-1904)
*"Izumi" (1884 - 1912)

*"Naniwa"-class
**"Naniwa" (1885 - 1912)
**"Takachiho" (1885 - 1914)

*"Unebi" (1886 - 1887)

*"Yaeyama" (1890 - 1911)

*"Chiyoda" (1891 - 1927)

*"Chishima" (1892 - 1892)
*"Matsushima"-class
**"Itsukushima" (1891 - 1926)
**"Matsushima" (1892 - 1908)
**"Hashidate" (1894 - 1927)

*"Akitsushima" (1894 - 1927)

*"Yoshino" (1893 - 1904)

*"Suma"-class
**"Suma" (1896 - 1923)
**"Akashi" (1899 - 1928)
*"Takasago" (1898 - 1904)

*"Kasagi"-class
**"Kasagi" (1898 - 1916)
**"Chitose" (1898 - 1928)

*"Niitaka"-class
**"Niitaka" (1904 - 1923)
**"Tsushima" (1904 - 1936)

*"Otowa" (1904 - 1917)
*"Chikuma"-class
**"Chikuma" (1912 - 1931)
**"Hirado" (1912 - 1940)
**"Yahagi" (1912 - 1940)

*"Tone" (1910 - 1931)
*ex-Russian cruisers as prizes of Russo-Japanese War
**"Tsugaru" (1901, ex-Russian "Pallada", 1908-1921)
**"Soya" (1901, ex-Russian "Varyag", 1907 - 1916)
**"Suzuya" (1901, ex-Russian "Novik", 1906 - 1913)

Dispatch Vessels

*"Yodo"-class
**"Yodo" (1908 - 1940)
**"Mogami" (1908 - 1928)

Light Cruisers

*"Tenryū"-class
**"Tenryū" (1919 - 1942)
**"Tatsuta" (1919 - 1944)
*"Kuma"-class
**"Kuma" (1920 - 1944)
**"Tama" (1921 - 1944)
**"Kitakami" (1921 - 1945)
**"Oi" (1921 - 1944)
**"Kiso" (1921 - 1944)

*ex-German cruisers as prize of World War I
** "Y" (1909, ex-German "Augsburg", 1920 - 1922)
*"Nagara"-class
**"Nagara" (1922 - 1944)
**"Isuzu" (1923 - 1945)
**"Yura" (1923 - 1942)
**"Natori" (1922 - 1944)
**"Kinu" (1922 - 1944)
**"Abukuma" (1925 - 1944)

*"Sendai"-class
**"Sendai" (1924 - 1943)
**"Jintsu" (1925 - 1943)
**"Naka" (1925 - 1944)

*"Yubari" (1923 - 1944)

*ex-Republic of China cruisers as prizes of Second Sino-Japanese War
**"Ioshima" (1931 ex-Ning Hai) (1937 - 1944)
**"Yasojima" (1935 ex-P'ing Hai) (1937 - 1944)

*"Katori"-class
**"Katori" (1940-1944)
**"Kashima" (1940-1945)
**"Kashii" (1941-1945)
**"Kashiwara" (not completed)
*"Agano"-class
**"Agano" (1942 - 1944)
**"Yahagi" (1943- 1945)
**"Noshiro" (1943 - 1944)
**"Sakawa" (1944 - 1945)

*"Ōyodo"-class
**"Ōyodo" (1943 - 1945)
**"Niyodo" (not completed)

Armored cruisers

*"Asama"-class
**"Asama" (1899 - 1945)
**"Tokiwa" (1899-1945)

*"Izumo"-class
**"Izumo" (1900 - 1945)
**"Iwate" (1901 - 1945)

*"Yakumo" (1900 - 1946)
*"Azuma" (1900 - 1944)

*"Kasuga"-class
**"Kasuga" (1904 - 1945)
**"Nisshin" (1904 - 1936)

*ex-Russian armored cruisers as prizes of the Russo-Japanese War
**"Aso" (1903, ex-Russian "Bayan", 1908 - 1931){Right}

Battlecruisers

*"Tsukuba"-class "
**"Tsukuba" (1907-1917)
**"Ikoma" (1908-1923)
*"Ibuki"-class
**"Ibuki" (1909-1923)
**"Kurama" (1911-1923)

* "Kongō"-class "(battlecruisers converted to "fast battleships" in 1920s)"
** "Kongō" (1913-1945)
** "Hiei" (1914-1942)
** "Haruna" (1915-1945)
** "Kirishima" (1915-1942)

*"Amagi"-class battlecruisers:
**"Amagi" (not completed)
**"Akagi" (converted to aircraft carrier)
**"Atago" (not launched)
**"Takao" (not launched)

Heavy Cruisers

*"Furutaka"-class
**"Furutaka" (1926-1942)
**"Kako" (1926-1942)

*"Aoba"-class
**"Aoba" (1927-1945)
**"Kinugasa" (1927-1942)
*"Myōkō"-class
**"Myōkō" (1929-1946)
**"Nachi" (1928-1944)
**"Ashigara" (1928-1945)
**"Haguro" (1929-1945)
*"Takao"-class
**"Takao" (1932-1945)
**"Maya" (1932-1944)
**"Atago" (1932-1944)
**"Chōkai" (1932-1944)
*"Mogami"-class
**"Mogami" (1935-1944)
**"Mikuma" (1935-1942)
**"Suzuya" (1937-1944)
**"Kumano" (1937-1944)

*"Tone"-class
**"Tone" (1938-1945)
**"Chikuma" (1939-1944)
* "Ibuki" class
**"Ibuki" (1943; converted to aircraft carrier)
**? (No. 301) (not launched)

Destroyers

1st Class Destroyers

*"Minekaze"-class (1919 – 1922)
**"Akikaze"
**"Hakaze"
**"Hokaze"
**"Minekaze"
**"Namikaze"
**"Nokaze"
**"Numakaze"
**"Okikaze"
**"Sawakaze"
**"Shiokaze"
**"Tachikaze"
**"Yakaze"
**"Yūkaze"
*
*"Kamikaze"-class (1922 – 1925)
**"Asakaze"
**"Asanagi"
**"Harukaze"
**"Hatakaze"
**"Hayate"
**"Kamikaze"
**"Matsukaze"
**"Oite"
**"Yūnagi"
*
*"Mutsuki"-class (1925 – 1927)
**"Fumizuki"
**"Kikuzuki"
**"Kisaragi"
**"Mikazuki"
**"Minazuki"
**"Mochizuki"
**"Mutsuki"
**"Nagatsuki"
**"Satsuki"
**"Uzuki"
**"Yayoi"
**"Yūzuki"
*
*"Fubuki"-class (1927 – 1931)
**"Akebono"
**"Amagiri"
**"Asagiri"
**"Ayanami"
**"Fubuki"
**"Hatsuyuki"
**"Isonami"
**"Miyuki"
**"Murakumo"
**"Oboro"
**"Sagiri"
**"Sazanami"
**"Shikinami"
**"Shinonome"
**"Shirakumo"
**"Shirayuki"
**"Uranami"
**"Ushio"
**"Usugumo"
**"Yūgiri"
*
*"Akatsuki"-class (1931 – 1932)
**"Akatsuki"
**"Hibiki"
**"Ikazuchi"
**"Inazuma"
*
*"Hatsuharu"-class (1932 – 1934)
**"Ariake"
**"Hatsuharu"
**"Hatsushimo"
**"Nenohi"
**"Wakaba"
**"Yūgure"
*
*"Shiratsuyu"-class (1935 – 1937)
**"Harusame"
**"Kawakaze"
**"Murasame"
**"Samidare"
**"Shigure"
**"Shiratsuyu"
**"Suzukaze"
**"Umikaze"
**"Yamakaze"
**"Yūdachi"
*
*"Asashio"-class (1936 – 1937)
**"Arare"
**"Arashio"
**"Asagumo"
**"Asashio"
**"Kasumi"
**"Michishio"
**"Minegumo"
**"Natsugumo"
**"Ōshio"
**"Yamagumo"
*
*"Kagerō"-class (1938 – 1941)
**"Akigumo"
**"Amatsukaze"
**"Arashi"
**"Hagikaze"
**"Hamakaze"
**"Hatsukaze"
**"Hayashio"
**"Isokaze"
**"Kagerō"
**"Kuroshio"
**"Maikaze"
**"Natsushio"
**"Nowaki"
**"Oyashio"
**"Shiranuhi"
**"Tanikaze"
**"Tokitsukaze"
**"Urakaze"
**"Yukikaze"
*"Yugumo"-class (1941 – 1944)
**"Akishimo"
**"Asashimo"
**"Fujinami"
**"Hamanami"
**"Hayanami"
**"Hayashimo"
**"Kazagumo"
**"Kishinami"
**"Kiyonami"
**"Kiyoshimo"
**"Makigumo"
**"Makinami"
**"Naganami"
**"Okinami"
**"Ōnami"
**"Suzunami"
**"Takanami"
**"Tamanami"
**"Yūgumo"
*
*"Akizuki"-class (1941 – 1944)
**"Akizuki"
**"Fuyuzuki"
**"Hanazuki"
**"Haruzuki"
**"Hatsuzuki"
**"Mochizuki" (not completed)
**"Natsuzuki"
**"Niizuki"
**"Shimotsuki"
**"Suzutsuki"
**"Teruzuki"
**"Wakatsuki"
**"Yoizuki"
*
*"Shimakaze"-class (1942)
**"Shimakaze"
*
*"Matsu"-class (1944 – 1948)
**"Enoki"
**"Hagi"
**"Hatsuume"
**"Hatsuzakura"
**"Hinoki"
**"Kaba"
**"Kaede"
**"Kaki"
**"Kashi"
**"Kaya"
**"Keyaki"
**"Kiri"
**"Kusunoki"
**"Kuwa"
**"Maki"
**"Matsu"
**"Momi"
**"Momo"
**"Nara"
**"Nashi"
**"Nire"
**"Odake"
**"Sakura"
**"Shii"
**"Sugi"
**"Sumire"
**"Tachibana"
**"Take"
**"Tsubaki"
**"Tsuta"
**"Ume"
**"Yanagi"
*"Tachibana"-class (1944 – 1945)
**"Azusa" (not launched)
**"Enoki"
**"Hagi"
**"Hatsuume"
**"Hatsuzakura"
**"Hishi" (not launched)
**"Kaba"
**"Kagi"
**"Katsura" (not completed)
**"Kusunoki"
**"Kuzu" (not launched)
**"Nashi" - later the JDS Wakaba (DE-261)
**"Nire"
**"Odake"
**"Sakaki" (not launched)
**"Shii"
**"Sumire"
**"Tachibana"
**"Tochi" (not completed)
**"Tsuta"
**"Wakazakura" (not launched)
**"Yadake" (not completed)
**"Yaezakura" (not completed)

2nd Class Destroyers

*"Momi"-class (1919 – 1922)
**"Aoi"
**"Ashi"
**"Fuji"
**"Hagi"
**"Hasu"
**"Hishi"
**"Kaki"
**"Kaya"
**"Kiku"
**"Kuri"
**"Momi"
**"Nashi"
**"Sumire"
**"Susuki"
**"Tade"
**"Take"
**"Tsuga"
**"Tsuta"
**"Warabi"
**"Yomogi"
*"Wakatake"-class (1922 – 1923)
**"Asagao"
**"Fuyō"
**"Karukaya"
**"Kuretaka"
**"Sanae"
**"Wakatake"

Torpedo Boats

*"Tomozuru"-class (1933)
**"Chidori"
**"Hatsukari"
**"Manazuru"
**"Tomozuru"
*"Ōtori"-class (1935 – 1937)
**"Hato"
**"Hayabusa"
**"Hiyodori"
**"Kari"
**"Kasasagi"
**"Kiji"
**"Ōtori"
**"Sagi"

Gunboats

* Maya class gunboat
** "Akagi"
* "Ataka"
* "Karatsu" {formerly USS Luzon (PR-7)}
* "Katada"
* "Sumida"
* "Hozu"
* "Futami"
* "Kotaka"
* "Atami"
* "Seta"
* "Toba"
* "Hira"

Patrol Vessels

*Patrol Boat # 32-sunk at Battle of Wake Island
*Patrol Boat # 33-sunk at Battle of Wake Island
*Patrol Boat # 102-formerly USN Destroyer USS Stewart (DD-224)

Minelayers

* "Itsukushima"
* "Yaeyama"

ubmarines

"Main article Imperial Japanese Navy submarines"

1st Class Submarines
*"Junsen"-class
** J1 type,nihongo|"Junsen 1 gata"|巡潜Ⅰ型|, 4 units, I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4.
** J1M type,nihongo|"Junsen 1 gata kai"|巡潜Ⅰ型改|, I-5.
** J2 type,nihongo|"Junsen 2 gata"|巡潜Ⅱ型|, I-6.
** J3 type,nihongo|"Junsen 3 gata"|巡潜Ⅲ型|, 2 units, I-7, I-8.
*"Kou"-class
** A1 type, nihongo|"Kou gata"(S35)|甲型 (S35)|, 3 units, I-9, I-10, I-11.
** A2 type, nihongo|"Kou gata"(S35B)|甲型 (S35B)|, I-12.
** AM type, nihongo|"Kou gata"(S35G)|甲型 (S35G)|, 2 units, I-13, I-14.
*"Otu"-class
** B1 type,nihongo|"Otu gata"(S37)|乙型 (S37)|, 20 units, I-15, I-17, I-19, I-21, I-23, I-25, I-26, I-27, I-28, I-29, I-30, I-31, I-32, I-33, I-34, I-35, I-36, I-37, I-38, I-39.
** B2 type,nihongo|"Otu gata"(S37B)|乙型 (S37B)|, 6 units, I-40, I-41, I-42, I-43, I-44, I-45.
** B3 type,nihongo|"Otu gata"(S37C)|乙型 (S37C)|, 3 units, I-54, I-56, I-58.
*"Hei"-class
** C1 type,nihongo|"Hei gata"(S38)|丙型 (S38)|, 5 units, I-16, I-18, I-20, I-22, I-24.
** C2 type,nihongo|"Hei gata"(S38B)|丙型 (S38B)|, 3 units, I-46, I-47, I-48.
** C3 type,nihongo|"Hei gata"(S37D)|丙型 (S37D)|, 3 units, I-52, I-53, I-55.
*"Tei"-class
** D1 type,nihongo|"Tei gata"(S51/S51B)|丁型 (S51/S51B)|, 12 units, I-361, I-362, I-363, I-364, I-365, I-366, I-367, I-368, I-369, I-370, I-371, I-372(S51B).
** D2 type,nihongo|"Tei gata kai"(S51C)|丁型改 (S51C)|, I-373.
*"Kaidai"-class
** KD1 type,nihongo|"Kaidai 1 gata"|海大Ⅰ型|, I-51.
** KD2 type,nihongo|"Kaidai 2 gata"|海大Ⅱ型|, I-152(52).
** KD3a type,nihongo|"Kaidai 3 gata a"|海大Ⅲ型a|, 4 units, I-153(53), I-154(54), I-155(55), I-158(58).
** KD3b type,nihongo|"Kaidai 3 gata b"|海大Ⅲ型b|, 5 units, I-156(56), I-157(57), I-159(59), I-60, I-63.
** KD4 type,nihongo|"Kaidai 4 gata"|海大Ⅳ型|, 3 units, I-61, I-162(62), I-164(64),
** KD5 type,nihongo|"Kaidai 5 gata"|海大Ⅴ型|, 3 units, I-165(65), I-166(66), I-67,
** KD6a type,nihongo|"Kaidai 6 gata a"|海大Ⅵ型a|, 6 units, I-168(68), I-169(69), I-70, I-171(71), I-172(72), I-73.
** KD6b type,nihongo|"Kaidai 6 gata b"|海大Ⅵ型b|, 2 units, I-174(74), I-175(75).
** KD7 type,nihongo|"Kaidai 7 gata"|海大Ⅶ型|, 10units, I-176(76), I-177, I-178, I-179, I-180, I-181, I-182, I-183, I-184, I-185.
* "Toku" type,nihongo|"Toku gata"|特型|, 3 units, I-400, I-401, I-402 (I-404 not launched, I-405 not completed).
* "Senkou dai" type,nihongo|"Senkou-dai"|潜高大|, 3 units, I-201, I-202, I-203 (I-204 to I-208 not completed).
* "Senho" type,nihongo|"Senho"|潜補|, I-351 (I-352 not completed).
* "Kiraisen" (Mine layer) type,nihongo|"Kiraisen"|機雷潜|, 4 units I-121, I-122, I-123, I-124.
* Captured German submarines, 6 units, I-501(U-181), I-502(U-862), I-503(UIT-24), I-504(UIT-25), I-505(U-219), I-506(U-195).

2nd Class Submarines
* Kaichu type, 20 units, RO-33, RO-34, RO-35, RO-36, RO-37, RO-38, RO-39, RO-40, RO-41, RO-42, RO-43, RO-44, RO-45, RO-46, RO-47, RO-48, RO-49, RO-50 , RO-55, RO-56
* K1 type
* F1 type
* L1 type
* K2 type
* L2 type
* K3 type
* F2 type
* L3 type
* K4 type
* KT type
* L4 type
* KS type
* SS type
* STS type

3rd Class Submarines
* "Ko-hyoteki"-class, 50 units.
* "Kairyu"-class, about 250 units (750 planned).
* "Kaiten"-class, about 1000 units.
* C1 type
* C2 type
* S1 type
* "Kawasaki"-class
* S2 type
* No.71,nihongo|"Dai 71 gou-kan"|第71号艦|,71-gou

Army submarines
* Yu1 class
* Yu1001 class
* Yu2001 class

Other submarines
* "Holland"-class
* modified "Holland" class

uicide boats

* "Shinyo". 6,200 units.

References

External links

* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/japan/japanese_destroyers.htm MaritimeQuest Japanese Destroyer Index]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/japan/destroyers/akatsuki_class.htm MaritimeQuest Akatsuki Class Destroyers Overview]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/japan/destroyers/akizuki_class_overview.htm MaritimeQuest Akizuki Class Destroyers Overview]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/japan/destroyers/hatsuharu_class.htm MaritimeQuest Hatsuharu Class Destroyers Overview]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/japan/destroyers/matsu_class.htm MaritimeQuest Matsu Class Destroyer Overview]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/japan/destroyers/minekaze_class_overview.htm MaritimeQuest Minekaze Class Destroyers Overview]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/japan/destroyers/kamikaze_class.htm MaritimeQuest Kamikaze Class Destroyers Class Overview]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/japan/battleships/japanese_battleship_index.htm MaritimeQuest Japanese Battleship Index]
* [http://earth.endless.ne.jp/users/mac0115/nihonnnokanntei7.html Japanese gunboats] in Japanese, with photo
* [http://earth.endless.ne.jp/users/mac0115/nihonnnokanntei9.html Japanese gunboats] in Japanese, with photo
* [http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/index.htm Materials of IJN]
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/monos/144/144chap2.html#Shanghai%20Incident Monograph 144 Chapter II]

ee also

* Japanese ship naming conventions