Japanese Battle Fleet of WW2

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Japanese Battle Fleet of World War II.

Japanese Battleships. - ten prewar Battleships

Name Tons Comm Guns Sunk By WhereKongo 32,250 1913 4x2-14" 21Nov44 SS-315 off Formosa

Hiei 32,250 1914 4x2-14" 13Nov42 TG 67.4;Air Guadalcanal

Kirishima 32,250 1915 4x2-14" 15Nov42 BB-56 Guadalcanal

Haruna 32,250 1915 4x2-14" 28July45 CV TF-38 Kure

Fuso 35,900 1915 6x2-14" 25Oct44 BB TF-77Surigao Sea, Leyte,

P.I.

Yamashiro 35,900 1917 6x2-14" 25Oct44 DD, PTSurigao Sea, Leyte,

P.I.

Ise (BBV) 36,500 1917/43 (6)4x2-14' 28July45 CV TF-38 Kure

Hyuga(BBV) 36,500 1918/43 (6)4x2-14" 24July45 CV TF-38 Kure

Nagato 38,500 1920 4x2-16" 18July45CV

TF-37,TF-38Yokosuka

Mutsu 38,500 1921 4x2-16" 08June43magazine

explosionHiroshima

Yamato 64,000Dec

19413x3-18" 07Apr45 CV TF-58

Suicide mission to

Okinawa

Musashi 64,000Aug

19423x3-18" 24Oct44 CV TF-38

Sibuyan Sea, Leyte,

P.I.

Hiei=Hiyei? short descriptions

Japanese Heavy Cruisers

Name Tons Comm Sunk By Where

Kako 8,800 1926 10Aug42 S-44 after Savo Island

Furutaka 8,800 1926 11Oct42 CA,CL Cape Esperance

Kinugasa 9,000 1927 14Nov42 USMC SBD's Guadalcanal

Aoba 9,000 1927 25July45 CV TF-38 Kure

Nachi 13,000 1928 05Nov44 CV TF-38 Philippines

Myoko 13,000 1929 25Oct44 CV; SS-320Samar, Leyte, P.I.; to

Singapore

Ashigara 13,000 1929 08June45 SS-HMSTrenchant

Bangka Straits, Malaya

Haguro 13,000 1929 16May45 British Fleet Malacca Strait, Malaya

Atago 13,400 1932 23Oct44 SS-227 Sibuyan Sea, Leyte

Takao 13,400 1932 23Oct44

31Jul45

SS-227

Br. minisub

Sibuyan Sea, Leyte;

to Singapore

Choka 13,400 1932 25Oct44 CV,scuttled Samar, Leyte, P.I.

Maya 13,400 1933 23Oct44 SS-247 Sibuyan Sea, Leyte

Mogami2 12,500 1935 25Oct44 BB TF-77 Surigao Sea, Leyte

Mikuma 12,500 1936 06June42 CV TF-16 Midway

Suzuya 12,500 1937 25Oct44 CV,scuttled Samar, Leyte, P.I.

Kumano 12,500 1937 25Nov44 SS;CV-14 Philippines

Tone1 11,200 1938 25July45 CV TF-38 Kure

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Chikuma1 11,200 1939 25Oct44 CV,scuttled Samar, Leyte, P.I.

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Tone and Chikuma were seaplane cruisers. They had a full compliment of 8- 8" guns crowded forward and catapults for

seaplanes aft; the two ships always operated together as scouts for the fleet.2

Mogami, seriously damaged at Midway, escaped to return as a seaplane cruiser with 6- 8" forward and catapults aft with

room for more seaplanes than the Tones.

Furutaka = Hurutaka ; Tikuma = Chikuma ; Ahigara = Asigara ; Nachi = Nati ; Choka = Takao

Japanese Light Cruisers

Name Tons Comm Sunk By Where

Tenryu 3,300 1919 18Dec42 SS-218 Off Madang harbor, New Guinea

Tatsuta 3,300 1919 13Mar44 SS-381 E of Honshu

Oi 5,700 1920 19July44 SS-249 South China Sea

Kuma 5,700 1920 11Jan44SS-HMS

TallyhoPenang, Malaya

Tama 5,700 1921 25Oct44 CV,SS-368 Leyte

Kiso 5,700 1921 13Nov44 CV TF-38 Manila

Kitakami 5.760 1921 24July45 CV TF-38 KureNagara 5,760 1922 07Aug44 SS-246 S of Nagasaki, Japan

Natori 5,760 1922 18Aug44 SS-365 E of Samar, P.I

Kinu 5,760 1922 26Oct44 CV TF-38 Leyte

Isuzu 5,760 1923 07Apr45 SS-252,SS-328 SE Celebes, N.E.I

Yura 5,760 1923 25Oct42 Multiple Air Santa Isabel, Solomons

Yubari 3,500 1923 27Apr44 SS-242 E of Mindanao

Sendai 5,850 1924 02Nov43 TF-39Empress Augusta Bay,

Bougainville

Abukuma 5,760 1925 26Oct44 B-24's Leyte

Jintsu 5,850 1925 13July43 TG-36.2 Kolombangara, SolomonsNaka 5,850 1925 17Feb44 TF-58 W of Truk

Ioshima 2,500 1932 19Sep44 SS-235 E of Honshu

Yasojima 2,500 1936 25Nov44 CV TF-38 W of Luzon

Katori1 6,000 1940 17Feb44 TF-58 NE of Truk

Kashima 6,000 1940 survived

Kashii 6,000 1941 12Jan45 CV TF-38 SE IndoChina

Agano 6,650 1942 16Feb44 SS-305 N of Truk

Yahagi 6,650 1943 07Apr45 CV TF-58 EastChinaSea

Nohiro 6,650 1943 26Oct44 CV TF-38 Leyte

Oyodo2 8,200 1943 28July45 CV TF-38 Kure

Sakawa 6,650 1944 survived

1Katori, Kashima, and Kashii were build as training or flag ships, used as AS escorts.

2Oyodo was a seaplane light cruiser with 6- 6" guns forward and catapults aft.

Tatuta = Tatsuta ; Zintu = Jintsu ; Nohiro= Noshiro ; Yasojima = Yasoshima = ex-Ping Hat ; Ioshima = ex-Ning Hai

Japanese cruisers usually carried torpedoes, depth charges and did not carry aircraft. The designs stress firepower rather than

habitat.

Blue indicates damage that caused the ship to be out of action at the end.

CV means USN carrier aircraft.

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About this page: Japanese Battle Fleet - Pacific War. The grid is being filled in as the ships are found in various books. One

that is interesting is "The End of the Imperial Japanese Navy" by Masanori Ito. It is from the Japanese perspective, in which,

"Four enemy cruisers were sunk" means that American ships were lost.


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