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title="Amphibious assault ship">Amphibious assault ship</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>7,100 tons standard, 8,108 tons full</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>144 m (472 ft 5 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>22 m (72 ft 2 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>20.4 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">kn</a> (37.8 km/h; 23.5 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>2,000</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/Type_88_75_mm_AA_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 88 75 mm AA Gun">75 mm (3 in) Type 88</a> guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>26 × aircraft (planned)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aviation facilities</td><td>Hangar and catapult; no flight deck (planned)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>Shinshū Maru</b></i> (神州丸 or 神洲丸) was a ship of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Imperial_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Imperial Army">Japanese Imperial Army</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. She was the world's first <a href="/wiki/Landing_craft_carrier" title="Landing craft carrier">landing craft carrier</a> ship to be designed as such, and a pioneer of modern-day <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_assault_ship" title="Amphibious assault ship">amphibious assault ships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During some of her operations, she was known to have used at least four <a href="/wiki/Cover_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Cover name">cover names</a>, <i>R1</i>, <i>GL</i>, <i>MT</i>, and <i>Ryujo Maru</i>. </p><p><i>Shinshū Maru</i> was one of the ships sunk by friendly <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedo</a> fire at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sunda_Strait" title="Battle of Sunda Strait">Battle of Sunda Strait</a>, but later salvaged and returned to service. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_features">Design features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_amphibious_assault_ship_Shinsh%C5%AB_Maru&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Shinshū Maru</i> was a significant advance in amphibious warfare, having incorporated numerous innovative features, and as such she was shrouded in a veil of secrecy throughout her existence. She could carry 29 <a href="/wiki/Daihatsu-class_landing_craft" title="Daihatsu-class landing craft"><i>Daihatsu</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">landing craft</a>, 25 <a href="/wiki/Shohatsu-class_landing_craft" title="Shohatsu-class landing craft"><i>Shohatsu</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">landing craft</a> and four <a href="/wiki/AB-Tei-class" class="mw-redirect" title="AB-Tei-class">AB-Tei</a>-class armoured gunboats, to be launched from a floodable <a href="/wiki/Well_deck" title="Well deck">well deck</a>. </p><p>In addition, it was planned that <i>Shinshū Maru</i> should carry aircraft in a hangar within her voluminous superstructure. The aircraft would have been launched by two catapults to support amphibious assaults, but the catapults were removed before completion and the ship never carried any operational planes. </p><p>These concepts pioneered by <i>Shinshū Maru</i> persist to the current day, in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Landing_Helicopter_Assault" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing Helicopter Assault">LHA</a> and <a href="/wiki/Landing_Helicopter_Dock" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing Helicopter Dock">LHD</a> amphibious assault ships.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fate">Fate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_amphibious_assault_ship_Shinsh%C5%AB_Maru&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Fate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 3 January 1945, while returning to <a href="/wiki/Kaoshiung" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaoshiung">Takao</a> after a supply mission to <a href="/wiki/Leyte_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Leyte Island">Leyte Island</a>, <i>Shinshū Maru</i> was heavily damaged by a US air attack by <a href="/wiki/Task_Force_38" class="mw-redirect" title="Task Force 38">Task Force 38</a>; after the ship was abandoned she was sunk by the <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Aspro_(SS-309)" title="USS Aspro (SS-309)">USS <i>Aspro</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Formosa_Straits" class="mw-redirect" title="Formosa Straits">Formosa Straits</a> off Takao.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Photos">Photos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_amphibious_assault_ship_Shinsh%C5%AB_Maru&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Photos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ShinshuMaru.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shinshū Maru in 1934."><img alt="Shinshū Maru in 1934." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/ShinshuMaru.jpg/120px-ShinshuMaru.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/ShinshuMaru.jpg/180px-ShinshuMaru.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/ShinshuMaru.jpg/240px-ShinshuMaru.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="208" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Shinshū Maru</i> in 1934.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ShinshuMaru-1938.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shinshū Maru on 12 October 1938 at Bias Bay."><img alt="Shinshū Maru on 12 October 1938 at Bias Bay." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/ShinshuMaru-1938.jpg/120px-ShinshuMaru-1938.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/ShinshuMaru-1938.jpg/180px-ShinshuMaru-1938.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/ShinshuMaru-1938.jpg/240px-ShinshuMaru-1938.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="230" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Shinshū Maru</i> on 12 October 1938 at <a href="/wiki/Daya_Bay" title="Daya Bay">Bias Bay</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:306493shinsyu.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shinshū Maru"><img alt="Shinshū Maru" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/306493shinsyu.jpg/120px-306493shinsyu.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/306493shinsyu.jpg/180px-306493shinsyu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/306493shinsyu.jpg/240px-306493shinsyu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="248" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Shinshū Maru</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shinshu3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The crew preparing to launch some landing crafts."><img alt="The crew preparing to launch some landing crafts." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Shinshu3.jpg/120px-Shinshu3.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Shinshu3.jpg/180px-Shinshu3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Shinshu3.jpg/240px-Shinshu3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The crew preparing to launch some landing crafts.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_amphibious_assault_ship_Shinsh%C5%AB_Maru&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dock_landing_ship" title="Dock landing ship">Dock landing ship</a></li> <li><a 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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1998. p. 81. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-107-26688-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-107-26688-9"><bdi>978-1-107-26688-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/852896224">852896224</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Military+innovation+in+the+interwar+period&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pages=81&rft.edition=1st+paperback&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1998&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F852896224&rft.isbn=978-1-107-26688-9&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldcat.org%2Foclc%2F852896224&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+amphibious+assault+ship+Shinsh%C5%AB+Maru" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: others (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_others" title="Category:CS1 maint: others">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/852896224"><i>Military innovation in the interwar period</i></a>. 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Japanese auxiliary ship classes of World War II</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Collier_(ship)" title="Collier (ship)">Colliers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oil_tanker" title="Oil tanker">oilers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Notoro-class_oiler" title="Notoro-class oiler"><i>Notoro</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ondo-class_oiler" title="Ondo-class oiler"><i>Ondo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunosaki-class_combat_support_ship" title="Sunosaki-class combat support ship"><i>Sunosaki</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashizuri-class_combat_support_ship" title="Ashizuri-class combat support ship"><i>Ashizuri</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Kazahaya" title="Japanese fleet oiler Kazahaya"><i>Kazahaya</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Hayasui" title="Japanese fleet oiler Hayasui"><i>Hayasui</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Hario" title="Japanese fleet oiler Hario"><i>Hario</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muroto-class_collier" title="Muroto-class collier"><i>Muroto</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teiy%C5%8D_Maru_(1931)" title="Teiyō Maru (1931)"><i>Teiyō Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_oiler_%C5%8Cse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese oiler Ōse (page does not exist)"><i>Ōse</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Genota_(1934)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Genota (1934) (page does not exist)">SS <i>Genota</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Food_supply_ship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Food supply ship (page does not exist)">Food supply ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_supply_ship_Mamiya" title="Japanese supply ship Mamiya"><i>Mamiya</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_food_supply_ship_Nosaki" title="Japanese food supply ship Nosaki"><i>Nosaki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinesaki-class_food_supply_ship" title="Kinesaki-class food supply ship"><i>Kinesaki</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_supply_ship_Irako" title="Japanese supply ship Irako"><i>Irako</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_food_supply_ship_Kurasaki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese food supply ship Kurasaki (page does not exist)"><i>Kurasaki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare_ship" title="Amphibious warfare ship">Landing ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_landing_ship" title="No.1-class landing ship"><i>No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.101-class_landing_ship" title="No.101-class landing ship"><i>No.101</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Shinshū Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span> (Army)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS-class_landing_ship" title="SS-class landing ship"><i>SS</i></a> (Army)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Armed_merchant_cruiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed merchant cruiser">Armed merchant cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aikoku_Maru_(1940)" title="Aikoku Maru (1940)"><i>Aikoku Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dkoku_Maru" title="Hōkoku Maru"><i>Hōkoku Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kong%C5%8D_Maru_(1934)" title="Kongō Maru (1934)"><i>Kongō Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noshiro_Maru" title="Noshiro Maru"><i>Noshiro Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">Minelayers</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Cable_layer" title="Cable layer">cable layer</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Tokiwa" title="Japanese cruiser Tokiwa"><i>Tokiwa</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Itsukushima" title="Japanese minelayer Itsukushima"><i>Itsukushima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Yaeyama" title="Japanese minelayer Yaeyama"><i>Yaeyama</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Okinoshima" title="Japanese minelayer Okinoshima"><i>Okinoshima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Tsugaru" title="Japanese minelayer Tsugaru"><i>Tsugaru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Minoo" title="Japanese minelayer Minoo"><i>Minoo</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Shirataka" title="Japanese minelayer Shirataka"><i>Shirataka</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatsutaka-class_minelayer" title="Hatsutaka-class minelayer"><i>Hatsutaka</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsubame-class_minelayer" title="Tsubame-class minelayer"><i>Tsubame</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natsushima-class_minelayer_(1933)" title="Natsushima-class minelayer (1933)"><i>Natsushima</i></a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer_(1938)" title="Sokuten-class minelayer (1938)"><i>Sokuten</i></a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer_(1938)" title="Sokuten-class minelayer (1938)"><i>Hirashima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer_(1938)" title="Sokuten-class minelayer (1938)"><i>Ajiro</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamishima-class_minelayer" title="Kamishima-class minelayer"><i>Kamishima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hashima-class_cable_layer" title="Hashima-class cable layer"><i>Hashima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer" title="Sokuten-class minelayer"><i>Sokuten</i></a> (1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_minelayer" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class auxiliary minelayer"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eastern_Fleet_ships#Miscellaneous" title="List of Eastern Fleet ships"><i>Aux. No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Barlight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Barlight (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Barlight</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class minesweeper"><i>No.1</i></a> (1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class minesweeper"><i>No.5</i></a> (1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.13-class minesweeper"><i>No.13</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.13-class minesweeper"><i>No.17</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.7-class_minesweeper_(1938)" class="mw-redirect" title="No.7-class minesweeper (1938)"><i>No.7</i></a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.19-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.19-class minesweeper"><i>No.19</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor-class_minesweeper" title="Bangor-class minesweeper"><i>No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Taitam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Taitam (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Taitam</i></a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Waglan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Waglan (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Waglan</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_minesweeper" title="No.1-class auxiliary minesweeper"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._Frores" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. Frores"><i>Aux. No.101</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>DEFG</i>-class)</li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._Djember" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. Djember"><i>Aux. No.104</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>DEFG</i>-class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">Patrol boats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_patrol_boat" title="No.1-class patrol boat"><i>No.1</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.31-class_patrol_boat" title="No.31-class patrol boat"><i>No.31</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.31-class_patrol_boat" title="No.31-class patrol boat"><i>No.46</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Thracian_(1920)" title="HMS Thracian (1920)"><i>No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/HMS_Thracian_(1920)" title="HMS Thracian (1920)">HMS <i>Thracian</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Stewart_(DD-224)" title="USS Stewart (DD-224)"><i>No.102</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_Stewart_(DD-224)" title="USS Stewart (DD-224)">USS <i>Stewart</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Finch_(AM-9)" title="USS Finch (AM-9)"><i>No.103</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_Finch_(AM-9)" title="USS Finch (AM-9)">USS <i>Finch</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No.104-class_patrol_boat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No.104-class patrol boat (page does not exist)"><i>No.104</i></a> (ex-Dutch East Indies <i>Valk</i> and <i>Arend</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_patrol_boat_No.105&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese patrol boat No.105 (page does not exist)"><i>No.105</i></a> (ex-Philippine customs <i>Arayat</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralen-class_destroyer" title="Admiralen-class destroyer"><i>No.106</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Banckert_(1929)" title="HNLMS Banckert (1929)">HNLMS <i>Banckert</i> (1929)</a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SCI</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Genesee_(AT-55)" title="USS Genesee (AT-55)"><i>No.107</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_Genesee_(AT-55)" title="USS Genesee (AT-55)">USS <i>Genesee</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_patrol_boat_No.109&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese patrol boat No.109 (page does not exist)"><i>No.109</i></a> (ex-Dutch East Indies <i>Fazant</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_patrol_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class auxiliary patrol boat"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Repair_ship" title="Repair ship">Repair ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Asahi" title="Japanese battleship Asahi"><i>Asahi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_repair_ship_Akashi" title="Japanese repair ship Akashi"><i>Akashi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_repair_ship_Hayase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese repair ship Hayase (page does not exist)"><i>Hayase</i></a> (ex-Chinese passenger <i>Chin Kiang</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_repair_ship_Hitonose&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese repair ship Hitonose (page does not exist)"><i>Hitonose</i></a> (ex-ROCN <i>Min Sheng</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">Seaplane tenders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Notoro" title="Japanese seaplane tender Notoro"><i>Notoro</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Kamoi" title="Japanese seaplane tender Kamoi"><i>Kamoi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitose-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Chitose-class aircraft carrier"><i>Chitose</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Mizuho" title="Japanese seaplane carrier Mizuho"><i>Mizuho</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin" title="Japanese seaplane carrier Nisshin"><i>Nisshin</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Akitsushima" title="Japanese seaplane tender Akitsushima"><i>Akitsushima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamikawa_Maru-class_seaplane_tender" title="Kamikawa Maru-class seaplane tender"><i>Kamikawa Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine_chaser" title="Submarine chaser">Submarine chasers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.1-class submarine chaser"><i>No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.1-class submarine chaser"><i>No.3</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.4-class_submarine_chaser" class="mw-redirect" title="No.4-class submarine chaser"><i>No.4</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.13-class submarine chaser"><i>No.13</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.13-class submarine chaser"><i>No.28</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.13-class submarine chaser"><i>No.60</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smeroe-class_minesweeper&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Smeroe-class minesweeper (page does not exist)"><i>Aux. No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=HNLMS_Tjerimai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HNLMS Tjerimai (page does not exist)">HNLMS <i>Tjerimai</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._Ardjoeno_(1937)" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. Ardjoeno (1937)"><i>Aux. No.102</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>Ardjoeno</i> class)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No.103-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No.103-class auxiliary submarine chaser (page does not exist)"><i>Aux. No.103</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>B1</i> class)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._P" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. P"><i>Aux. No.111</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>P13</i> or <i>P14</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HNLMS_A_(1929)" class="mw-redirect" title="HNLMS A (1929)"><i>Aux. No.112</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>A</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Bantam_(1938)" class="mw-redirect" title="HNLMS Bantam (1938)"><i>Aux. No.117</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>Bantam</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.251-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser" title="No.251-class auxiliary submarine chaser"><i>Aux. No.251</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.251-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser" title="No.251-class auxiliary submarine chaser"><i>Aux. No.253</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine_tender" title="Submarine tender">Submarine tenders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_tender_Komahashi" title="Japanese submarine tender Komahashi"><i>Komahashi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jingei-class_submarine_tender" title="Jingei-class submarine tender"><i>Jingei</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Ry%C5%ABh%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūhō"><i>Taigei</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heian_Maru_(1930)" title="Heian Maru (1930)">Heian Maru</a></i><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Research_vessel" title="Research vessel">Survey ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsukushi-class_survey_ship" title="Tsukushi-class survey ship"><i>Tsukushi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_survey_ship_Katsuriki" title="Japanese survey ship Katsuriki"><i>Katsuriki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_auxiliary_survey_ship_Hakusa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese auxiliary survey ship Hakusa (page does not exist)"><i>Hakusa</i></a> (ex-China customs <i>Fu Hsing</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Target_ship" title="Target ship">Target ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Settsu" title="Japanese battleship Settsu"><i>Settsu</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Yakaze" title="Japanese destroyer Yakaze"><i>Yakaze</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_target_ship_Hakachi" title="Japanese target ship Hakachi"><i>Hakachi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Chama-class_target_ship" title="Ōhama-class target ship"><i>Ōhama</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">Training ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Fuji" title="Japanese battleship Fuji"><i>Fuji</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Shikishima" title="Japanese battleship Shikishima"><i>Shikishima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Asama" title="Japanese cruiser Asama"><i>Asama</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Azuma" title="Japanese cruiser Azuma"><i>Azuma</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Kasuga" title="Japanese cruiser Kasuga"><i>Kasuga</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_cruiser_Yat_Sen" title="Chinese cruiser Yat Sen"><i>Atada</i></a> (ex-ROCN <a href="/wiki/Chinese_cruiser_Yat_Sen" title="Chinese cruiser Yat Sen"><i>Yat Sen</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dya_(icebreaker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sōya (icebreaker)"><i>Sōya</i></a> (freighter)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_munition_ship_Kashino" title="Japanese munition ship Kashino"><i>Kashino</i></a> (turret transporter)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_icebreaker_%C5%8Ctomari" title="Japanese icebreaker Ōtomari"><i>Ōtomari</i></a> (icebreaker)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tategami-class_salvage_tugboat" title="Tategami-class salvage tugboat"><i>Tategami</i></a> (salvage tug)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasashima-class_salvage_tugboat" title="Kasashima-class salvage tugboat"><i>Kasashima</i></a> (salvage tug)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tategami-class_salvage_tugboat" title="Tategami-class salvage tugboat"><i>Miura</i></a> (salvage tug)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiy%C5%8D_No.1-class_oceanographic_research_ship" title="Kaiyō No.1-class oceanographic research ship"><i>Kaiyō No.1</i></a> (oceanographic research ship)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinese_gunboat_Yung_Chien&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chinese gunboat Yung Chien (page does not exist)"><i>Asuka</i></a> (traffic ship, ex-ROCN <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinese_gunboat_Yung_Chien&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chinese gunboat Yung Chien (page does not exist)"><i>Yung Chien</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <dl><dt>S</dt> <dd>Single ship of class</dd> <dt>C</dt> <dd>Converted to ship type</dd> <dt>I</dt> <dd>Incomplete until the end of war</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Japanese_naval_ship_classes_of_World_War_II" style="wide;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_Navy_ships_and_war_vessels_in_World_War_II" title="List of Japanese Navy ships and war vessels in World War II">Japanese naval ship classes of World War II</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Imperial_Japanese_Navy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">Aircraft carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Akagi" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi"><i>Akagi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Kaga" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga"><i>Kaga</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_S%C5%8Dry%C5%AB" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū"><i>Sōryū</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiry%C5%AB" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū"><i>Hiryū</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dkaku-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier"><i>Shōkaku</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiy%C5%8D-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Hiyō-class aircraft carrier"><i>Hiyō</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Taih%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Taihō"><i>Taihō</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unry%C5%AB-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Unryū-class aircraft carrier"><i>Unryū</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shinano" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano"><i>Shinano</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Light_aircraft_carrier" title="Light aircraft carrier">Light aircraft carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_H%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō"><i>Hōshō</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Ry%C5%ABj%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō"><i>Ryūjō</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuih%C5%8D-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Zuihō-class aircraft carrier"><i>Zuihō</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Ry%C5%ABh%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūhō"><i>Ryūhō</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitose-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Chitose-class aircraft carrier"><i>Chitose</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Ibuki_(1943)" title="Japanese cruiser Ibuki (1943)"><i>Ibuki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SCI</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">Escort carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taiy%C5%8D-class_escort_carrier" title="Taiyō-class escort carrier"><i>Taiyō</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Kaiy%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Kaiyō"><i>Kaiyō</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shin%27y%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Shin'yō"><i>Shin'yō</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimane_Maru-class_escort_carrier" title="Shimane Maru-class escort carrier"><i>Shimane Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">Battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kawachi-class_battleship" title="Kawachi-class battleship"><i>Kawachi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kong%C5%8D-class_battlecruiser" title="Kongō-class battlecruiser"><i>Kongō</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fus%C5%8D-class_battleship" title="Fusō-class battleship"><i>Fusō</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ise-class_battleship" title="Ise-class battleship"><i>Ise</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagato-class_battleship" title="Nagato-class battleship"><i>Nagato</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamato-class_battleship" title="Yamato-class battleship"><i>Yamato</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Design_A-150_battleship" title="Design A-150 battleship">Design A-150</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">Heavy cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Furutaka-class_cruiser" title="Furutaka-class cruiser"><i>Furutaka</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aoba-class_cruiser" title="Aoba-class cruiser"><i>Aoba</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/My%C5%8Dk%C5%8D-class_cruiser" title="Myōkō-class cruiser"><i>Myōkō</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takao-class_cruiser" title="Takao-class cruiser"><i>Takao</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogami-class_cruiser" title="Mogami-class cruiser"><i>Mogami</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>L</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tone-class_cruiser" title="Tone-class cruiser"><i>Tone</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibuki-class_cruiser" title="Ibuki-class cruiser"><i>Ibuki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>I</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Armored_cruiser" title="Armored cruiser">Armored cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Asama" title="Japanese cruiser Asama"><i>Asama</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Yakumo" title="Japanese cruiser Yakumo"><i>Yakumo</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izumo-class_cruiser" title="Izumo-class cruiser"><i>Izumo</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">Light cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tenry%C5%AB-class_cruiser" title="Tenryū-class cruiser"><i>Tenryū</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuma-class_cruiser" title="Kuma-class cruiser"><i>Kuma</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagara-class_cruiser" title="Nagara-class cruiser"><i>Nagara</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Y%C5%ABbari" title="Japanese cruiser Yūbari"><i>Yūbari</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sendai-class_cruiser" title="Sendai-class cruiser"><i>Sendai</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katori-class_cruiser" title="Katori-class cruiser"><i>Katori</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agano-class_cruiser" title="Agano-class cruiser"><i>Agano</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_%C5%8Cyodo" title="Japanese cruiser Ōyodo"><i>Ōyodo</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioshima-class_cruiser" title="Ioshima-class cruiser"><i>Ioshima</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Protected_cruiser" title="Protected cruiser">Protected cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yodo-class_cruiser" title="Yodo-class cruiser"><i>Yodo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chikuma-class_cruiser" title="Chikuma-class cruiser"><i>Chikuma</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">1st class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minekaze-class_destroyer" title="Minekaze-class destroyer"><i>Minekaze</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamikaze-class_destroyer_(1922)" title="Kamikaze-class destroyer (1922)"><i>Kamikaze</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mutsuki-class_destroyer" title="Mutsuki-class destroyer"><i>Mutsuki</i></a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="Type_Special" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Type Special</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fubuki-class_destroyer" title="Fubuki-class destroyer"><i>Fubuki</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fubuki-class_destroyer#Type_II_(Ayanami)" title="Fubuki-class destroyer"><i>Ayanami</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akatsuki-class_destroyer_(1931)" title="Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931)"><i>Akatsuki</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hatsuharu-class_destroyer" title="Hatsuharu-class destroyer"><i>Hatsuharu</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiratsuyu-class_destroyer" title="Shiratsuyu-class destroyer"><i>Shiratsuyu</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asashio-class_destroyer" title="Asashio-class destroyer"><i>Asashio</i></a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Type A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kager%C5%8D-class_destroyer" title="Kagerō-class destroyer"><i>Kagerō</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C5%ABgumo-class_destroyer" title="Yūgumo-class destroyer"><i>Yūgumo</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Type B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akizuki-class_destroyer_(1942)" title="Akizuki-class destroyer (1942)"><i>Akizuki</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akizuki-class_destroyer_(1942)#Fuyutsuki_class" title="Akizuki-class destroyer (1942)"><i>Fuyutsuki</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akizuki-class_destroyer_(1942)#Michitsuki_class" title="Akizuki-class destroyer (1942)"><i>Michitsuki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Akizuki-class_destroyer" title="Super Akizuki-class destroyer">Super <i>Akizuki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Type C</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shimakaze_(1942)" title="Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1942)"><i>Shimakaze</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Shimakaze-class_destroyer" title="Super Shimakaze-class destroyer">Super <i>Shimakaze</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Type D</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matsu-class_destroyer" title="Matsu-class destroyer"><i>Matsu</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachibana-class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Tachibana-class destroyer"><i>Tachibana</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">2nd class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Momo-class_destroyer" title="Momo-class destroyer"><i>Momo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Momi-class_destroyer" title="Momi-class destroyer"><i>Momi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakatake-class_destroyer" title="Wakatake-class destroyer"><i>Wakatake</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">Torpedo boats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chidori-class_torpedo_boat" title="Chidori-class torpedo boat"><i>Chidori</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctori-class_torpedo_boat" title="Ōtori-class torpedo boat"><i>Ōtori</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Kaib%C5%8Dkan" title="Kaibōkan">Escort ships</a><br />(Kaibōkan)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Type A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shimushu-class_escort_ship" title="Shimushu-class escort ship"><i>Shimushu</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etorofu-class_escort_ship" title="Etorofu-class escort ship"><i>Etorofu</i></a> (A Kai)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Type B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikura-class_escort_ship" title="Mikura-class escort ship"><i>Mikura</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiburi-class_escort_ship" title="Hiburi-class escort ship"><i>Hiburi</i></a> (B bis)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukuru-class_escort_ship" title="Ukuru-class escort ship"><i>Ukuru</i></a> (B Kai)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Type C</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Type_C_escort_ship" title="Type C escort ship"><i>Number 1</i></a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Type D</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Type_D_escort_ship" title="Type D escort ship"><i>Number 2</i></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ioshima-class_cruiser" title="Ioshima-class cruiser"><i>Ioshima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">1st class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Kaidai_type_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaidai type submarine">Kaidai Type</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaidai-type_submarine#Kaidai_I_(I-51_class)" title="Kaidai-type submarine"><i>I-51</i> (KD1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaidai-type_submarine#Kaidai_II_(I-152_class)" title="Kaidai-type submarine"><i>I-152</i> (KD2)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaidai-type_submarine#Kaidai_IIIa/b_(I-153_class_and_I-156_class)" title="Kaidai-type submarine"><i>I-153</i> (KD3)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaidai-type_submarine#Kaidai_IV_(I-61/162_class)" title="Kaidai-type submarine"><i>I-162</i> (KD4)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaidai-type_submarine#Kaidai_V_(I-165_class)" title="Kaidai-type submarine"><i>I-165</i> (KD5)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaidai-type_submarine#Kaidai_VIa/b_(I-168_class_and_I-174_class)" title="Kaidai-type submarine"><i>I-168</i> (KD6)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaidai-type_submarine#Kaidai_VII_(I-176_class)" title="Kaidai-type submarine"><i>I-176</i> (KD7)</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Junsen_type_submarine" title="Junsen type submarine">Junsen Type</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_J1_submarine" title="Type J1 submarine"><i>I-1</i> (J1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junsen_type_submarine#Junsen_I_Mod_(I-5_class)" title="Junsen type submarine"><i>I-5</i> (J1 Kai)</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junsen_type_submarine#Junsen_II_(I-6_class)" title="Junsen type submarine"><i>I-6</i> (J2)</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junsen_type_submarine#Junsen_III_(I-7_class)" title="Junsen type submarine"><i>I-7</i> (J3)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Type_A_submarine" title="Type A submarine">Junsen Type A</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_A1_submarine" title="Type A1 submarine"><i>I-9</i> (A1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_A2_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Type A2 submarine"><i>I-12</i> (A Kai 1)</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_AM_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Type AM submarine"><i>I-13</i> (A Kai 2)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Type_B_submarine" title="Type B submarine">Junsen Type B</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_B1_submarine" title="Type B1 submarine"><i>I-15</i> (B)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_B1_submarine#Type-B_Mod.1" title="Type B1 submarine"><i>I-40</i> (B Kai 1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_B1_submarine#Type-B_Mod.2_(I-54_class)" title="Type B1 submarine"><i>I-54</i> (B Kai 2)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Type_C_submarine" title="Type C submarine">Junsen Type C</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_C_submarine" title="Type C submarine"><i>I-16</i> (C)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I-52-class_submarine" title="I-52-class submarine"><i>I-52</i> (C Kai)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Type_D_submarine" title="Type D submarine">Type D/Sen'yu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_D_submarine#I-361_class" title="Type D submarine"><i>I-361</i> (D)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_D_submarine#I-372_class" title="Type D submarine"><i>I-372</i> (D Kai)</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_D_submarine#I-373_class" title="Type D submarine"><i>I-373</i> (D2)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I-121-class_submarine" title="I-121-class submarine"><i>I-121</i> (Kiraisen Type)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I-351-class_submarine" title="I-351-class submarine"><i>I-351</i> (Senho Type)</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I-201-class_submarine" title="I-201-class submarine"><i>I-201</i> (Sentaka-Dai Type)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I-400-class_submarine" title="I-400-class submarine"><i>I-400</i> (Sentoku Type)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-181" title="German submarine U-181"><i>I-501</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-862" title="German submarine U-862"><i>I-502</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_submarine_Comandante_Cappellini" title="Italian submarine Comandante Cappellini"><i>I-503</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_submarine_Luigi_Torelli" title="Italian submarine Luigi Torelli"><i>I-504</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-219" title="German submarine U-219"><i>I-505</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-195" title="German submarine U-195"><i>I-506</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">2nd class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Kaich%C5%AB_type_submarine" title="Kaichū type submarine">Kaichū Type</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaich%C5%AB_type_submarine#Kaichū_I_(Ro-11_class)" title="Kaichū type submarine"><i>Ro-11</i> (K1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaich%C5%AB_type_submarine#Kaichū_II_(Ro-13_class)" title="Kaichū type submarine"><i>Ro-13</i> (K2)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaich%C5%AB_type_submarine#Kaichū_III_(Ro-16_class)" title="Kaichū type submarine"><i>Ro-16</i> (K3)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaich%C5%AB_type_submarine#Kaichū_IV_(Ro-26_class)" title="Kaichū type submarine"><i>Ro-26</i> (K4)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaich%C5%AB_type_submarine#Kaichū_V_(Toku-Chū,_Ro-29_class)" title="Kaichū type submarine"><i>Ro-29</i> (K5/Toku-Chū)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaich%C5%AB_type_submarine#Kaichū_VI_(Ro-33_class)" title="Kaichū type submarine"><i>Ro-33</i> (K6)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaich%C5%AB_type_submarine#Kaichū_VII_(Sen-Chū,_Ro-35_class)" title="Kaichū type submarine"><i>Ro-35</i> (K7/Sen-Chū)</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Type_L_submarine" title="Japanese Type L submarine">Type L</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Type_L_submarine#Type_L1_(Ro-51-class)" title="Japanese Type L submarine"><i>Ro-51</i> (L1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Type_L_submarine#Type_L2_(Ro-53-class)" title="Japanese Type L submarine"><i>Ro-53</i> (L2)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Type_L_submarine#Type_L3_(Ro-57-class)" title="Japanese Type L submarine"><i>Ro-57</i> (L3)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Type_L_submarine#Type_L4_(Ro-60-class)" title="Japanese Type L submarine"><i>Ro-60</i> (L4)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ro-100-class_submarine" title="Ro-100-class submarine"><i>Ro-100</i> (Sen-Shō Type)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ha-101-class_submarine" title="Ha-101-class submarine"><i>Ha-101</i> (Sen'yu-Shō Type)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ha-201-class_submarine" title="Ha-201-class submarine"><i>Ha-201</i> (Sentaka-Shō Type)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-511" title="German submarine U-511"><i>Ro-500</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1224" title="German submarine U-1224"><i>Ro-501</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Midget_submarine" title="Midget submarine">Midget</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_A_K%C5%8D-hy%C5%8Dteki-class_submarine" title="Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine">Kō-hyōteki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kairy%C5%AB-class_submarine" title="Kairyū-class submarine">Kairyū</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiten" title="Kaiten">Kaiten</a> (suicide <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedo</a>)</li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine_tender" title="Submarine tender">Submarine tenders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_tender_Komahashi" title="Japanese submarine tender Komahashi"><i>Komahashi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Ry%C5%ABh%C5%8D#as_the_submarine_tender_Taigei" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūhō">Taigei</a></i><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jingei-class_submarine_tender" title="Jingei-class submarine tender"><i>Jingei</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heian_Maru_(1930)" title="Heian Maru (1930)">Heian Maru</a></i><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">Seaplane tenders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Notoro" title="Japanese seaplane tender Notoro"><i>Notoro</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Kamoi" title="Japanese seaplane tender Kamoi"><i>Kamoi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitose-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Chitose-class aircraft carrier"><i>Chitose</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Mizuho" title="Japanese seaplane carrier Mizuho"><i>Mizuho</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin" title="Japanese seaplane carrier Nisshin"><i>Nisshin</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Akitsushima" title="Japanese seaplane tender Akitsushima"><i>Akitsushima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamikawa_Maru-class_seaplane_tender" title="Kamikawa Maru-class seaplane tender"><i>Kamikawa Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">Gunboats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Ocean</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Saga" title="Japanese gunboat Saga"><i>Saga</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Ataka" title="Japanese gunboat Ataka"><i>Ataka</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hashidate-class_gunboat" title="Hashidate-class gunboat"><i>Hashidate</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_minelayer_Lepanto" title="Italian minelayer Lepanto"><i>Okitsu</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">River</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Toba" title="Japanese gunboat Toba"><i>Toba</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seta-class_gunboat" title="Seta-class gunboat"><i>Seta</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atami-class_gunboat" title="Atami-class gunboat"><i>Atami</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fushimi-class_gunboat" title="Fushimi-class gunboat"><i>Fushimi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Kotaka" title="Japanese gunboat Kotaka"><i>Kotaka</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Luzon_(PG-47)" title="USS Luzon (PG-47)"><i>Karatsu</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese_gunboat_Macau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Portuguese gunboat Macau (page does not exist)"><i>Maiko</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_gunboat_Ermanno_Carlotto" title="Italian gunboat Ermanno Carlotto"><i>Narumi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Moth_(1915)" title="HMS Moth (1915)"><i>Suma</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wake_(PR-3)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Wake (PR-3)"><i>Tatara</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Small craft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Toku_Daihatsu-class_landing_craft" title="Toku Daihatsu-class landing craft">Toku Daihatsu</a> (landing craft)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shin%27y%C5%8D-class_suicide_motorboat" class="mw-redirect" title="Shin'yō-class suicide motorboat">Shin'yō</a> (suicide boat)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Imperial_Japanese_Army" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">Escort carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yamashio_Maru-class_escort_carrier" title="Yamashio Maru-class escort carrier"><i>Yamashio Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Landing_craft_carrier" title="Landing craft carrier">Landing craft carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Shinshū Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Type C</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Akitsu_Maru" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Akitsu Maru"><i>Akitsu Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_landing_craft_carrier_Nigitsu_Maru" title="Japanese landing craft carrier Nigitsu Maru"><i>Nigitsu Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">M Type C</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Kumano_Maru" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Kumano Maru"><i>Kumano Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokitsu_Maru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tokitsu Maru (page does not exist)">Tokitsu Maru</a></i> <span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SCI</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Type A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mayasan_Maru" title="Mayasan Maru">Mayasan Maru</a></i> <span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tamatsu_Maru" title="Tamatsu Maru">Tamatsu Maru</a></i><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">M Type A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kibitsu_Maru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kibitsu Maru (page does not exist)">Kibitsu Maru</a></i> <span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hyug%C5%AB_Maru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hyugū Maru (page does not exist)">Hyugū Maru</a></i> <span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Settsu_Maru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Settsu Maru (page does not exist)">Settsu Maru</a></i> <span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Type B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takatsu_Maru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Takatsu Maru (page does not exist)">Takatsu Maru</a></i><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_3_submergence_transport_vehicle" title="Type 3 submergence transport vehicle"><i>Maru Yu</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Small craft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daihatsu-class_landing_craft" title="Daihatsu-class landing craft">Daihatsu</a> (landing craft)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dk%C5%8Dtei-class_armored_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Sōkōtei-class armored boat">Sōkōtei</a> (armored <a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">gunboat</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><span class="nowrap"><b>S</b>: Single ship in class</span> <span class="nowrap"><b>C</b>: Converted to ship type</span> <span class="nowrap"><b>L</b>: Officially classed as light cruisers until 1939 refits</span> <span class="nowrap"><b>I</b>: Incomplete until the end of the war</span> <span class="nowrap"><b>X</b>: Cancelled</span><br /> Japanese transcription: <b>class/type</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">型</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">"Gata"</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span>, <b>(re)model/mark</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">改</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">"Kai"</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span>, <b>A</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">甲</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">"Kō"</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span>, <b>B</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">乙</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">"Otsu"</i></span><span 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