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List of battleships of Japan

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This is a list of Japanese Navy battleships from 1860 to 1945. Also included, is a list of battlecruisers.

Battleships

Pre-Dreadnoughts

Name (launch date)

  • Fuso class
    • Fuso (14 April 1877)
    • Hiei (12 June 1877)
  • Kongo (April 1877)
  • Chin Yen (28 November 1882)
  • Fuji class
    • Fuji (1 August 1894)
    • Yashima (22 December 1894)
  • Shikishima class
    • Shikishima (29 March 1897)
    • Hatsuse (10 January 1898)
  • Asahi (1 August 1898)
  • Mikasa (1900)
  • Sagami ()
  • Suwo ()
  • Hizen ()
  • Tango ()
  • Iki ()
  • Iwami ()
  • Mishima ()
  • Okinoshima ()
  • Katori class
    • Katori (20 May 1906)
    • Kashima (22 March 1905)
  • Satsuma class
    • Satsuma ()
    • Aki ()
  • Kawachi class
    • Kawachi ()
    • Settsu ()

Dreadnoughts

  • Fuso class
  • Ise class
  • Nagato class - two ships
  • Kaga class - two ships (both ships not commissioned as a battleship)
    • Kaga
    • Tosa
  • Amagi-class - four ships (only Akagi was completed but as a aircraft carrier)
    • Amagi
    • Akagi
    • Takao
    • Atago
  • Kii class - four ships (design only)
    • Kii
    • Owari
    • Suruga
    • Omi
  • 13th Project ships (no names, plan only)
    • 13th-16th
  • Yamato class - two ships
  • Shinano-class - two ships (converted to a aircraft carrier)
    • Shinano
    • 111st (Kii?)

Armoured cruisers

  • Yakumo-class - two ships
    • Yakumo
    • Azuma
  • Asama-class - two ships
    • Asama
    • Tokiwa
  • Izumo-class - two ships
    • Izumo
    • Iwate
  • Kasuga-class - two ships
    • Kasuga
    • Nisshin
  • Tsukuba-class - two ships
    • Tsukuba
    • Ikoma
  • Kurama-class - two ships
    • Kurama
    • Ibuki

Battlecruisers