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Online Library of Selected Images:
JAPANESE NAVAL SHIPS
The Japanese Naval Ships section of the Online Library
provides ready access to photographs of ships and named craft
which served in the Japanese Navy.
This page provides links to all Japanese
Navy ships whose photos are available in the Online Library.
If the ship you want is not listed on this page, contact the
Photographic Section
concerning other research options.
Japanese Navy ships are listed below by name or by type.
Scan down the list until you find the ship you want, then click
its entry to access appropriate image pages.
Individual Ships, listed alphabetically by name:
- Akagi (Aircraft Carrier,
1927-1942)
- Akatsuki (Destroyer,
1932-1942)
- Akizuki (Destroyer,
1942-1944)
- Amagiri (Destroyer,
1930-1944)
- Aoba (Cruiser, 1927-1945)
- Argentina Maru
(Transport, 1941-1942)
- Azuma (Ironclad Ram,
1865). Named Kôtetsu until 1871. Originally CSS
Stonewall
- Brazil Maru (Transport,
1941-1942)
- Chikuma (Heavy
Cruiser, 1939-1944)
- Chokai (Heavy Cruiser,
1932-1944)
- Furutaka (Cruiser,
1926-1942)
- Ha-19 (Type "A"
Midget Submarine, 1938-1941)
- Ha-101 (Transport
Submarine, 1944-1946)
- Ha-102 (Transport
Submarine, 1944-1946)
- Ha-104 (Transport
Submarine, 1944-1946)
- Haguro (Cruiser,
1929-1945)
- Haruna (Battlecruiser
& Battleship, 1915-1945)
- Hatsuzakura (Destroyer,
1945-1947)
- Hiei (Battlecruiser,
Training Ship & Battleship, 1914-1942)
- Hiryu (Aircraft Carrier,
1939-1942)
- Hosho (Aircraft Carrier,
1922-1947)
- I-58 (Submarine, 1944-1946)
- I-68 (Submarine, 1933-1943),
later renamed I-168
- I-168 (Submarine, 1933-1943),
formerly named I-68
- I-369 (Submarine, 1944-1946)
- Ikazuchi (Destroyer,
1932-1944)
- Itsukushima (Minelayer/Netlayer,
1929-1944)
- Jintsu (Light Cruiser,
1925-1943)
- Junyo (Aircraft Carrier,
1942-1947)
- Kaga (Aircraft Carrier,
1926-1942)
- Kaiyo (Escort Aircraft
Carrier, 1943-1945)
- Kako (Cruiser, 1926-1942)
- Kikuzuki (Destroyer,
1926-1942)
- Kinai Maru
(Merchant Freighter, 1930-1943)
- Kinugasa (Cruiser,
1927-1942)
- Kirishima (Battlecruiser
& Battleship, 1915-1942)
- Kongo (Battlecruiser
& Battleship, 1913-1944)
- Kôtetsu (Ironclad
Ram, 1865). Renamed Azuma in 1871. Originally CSS Stonewall
- Mikuma (Cruiser,
1934-1942)
- Minegumo (Destroyer,
1938-1943)
- Murasame (Destroyer,
1937-1943)
- Musashi (Battleship,
1942-1944)
- Mutsuki (Destroyer,
1926-1942)
- Nagatsuki (Destroyer,
1927-1943)
- Nisshin (Seaplane
Carrier, 1942-1943)
- Ro-58 (Submarine, 1922-1945).
Originally named Number 47
- Ryujo (Aircraft
Carrier, 1933-1942)
- Shimakaze (Destroyer,
1943-1944)
- Shinano (Aircraft
Carrier, 1944)
- Shoho (Aircraft Carrier,
1942-1942). Formerly the submarine support ship Tsurugisaki
(1939-1941)
- Shokaku (Aircraft
Carrier, 1941-1944)
- Soryu (Aircraft Carrier,
1937-1942)
- Takasago Maru (Hospital
Ship, 1941-1947)
- Tenryu (Light Cruiser,
1919-1942)
- Yamato (Battleship,
1941-1945)
- Yasoshima (Escort
Vessel & Cruiser, 1944-1944. Ex-Chinese Ping Hai)
- Yubari (Light Cruiser,
1923-1944)
- Yukikaze (Destroyer,
1940-1947)
- Yura (Light Cruiser,
1923-1942)
- Zuikaku (Aircraft
Carrier, 1941-1944)
Unidentified Ships, listed by type:
NOTES:
To the best of our knowledge, the Online Library's pictures
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.
Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines
citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center".
Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval
History and Heritage Command".
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