The Mikura-class escort ships (御蔵型海防艦, Mikura-gata kaibōkan) were a class of eight kaibōkan escort vessels built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during...
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The Hiburi-class escort ship (日振型海防艦,, Hiburi-gata Kaibōkan) was a design development from the Mikura-class escort ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy...
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Kai-Otsu-gata kaibōkan), and they were the fourth class of kaibōkan. The Mikura class escort ship was developed after the start of the Pacific War, it...
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The Etorofu-class escort ships (択捉型海防艦, Etorofu-gata kaibōkan) were a group of fourteen kaibōkan escort vessels built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during...
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result was the Ukuru class, and a scaled-down model of the Mikura class, which became the "Type C" and "Type D" escort classes. Because of Japan's deteriorating...
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The Type D escort ships (丁型海防艦, Tei-gata kaibōkan) were a class of escort ships in the service of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The Japanese...
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7500000°N 131.7500000°E / 31.7500000; 131.7500000 Mikura (御蔵) was the lead ship of the Mikura-class escort ship of Imperial Japanese Navy. She was laid down...
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Kurahashi (倉橋) was a Mikura-class escort ship of Imperial Japanese Navy. She was laid down on 1 June 1943 and launched on 30 October 1943 by the Nippon...
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Miyake (三宅) was a Mikura-class escort ship of Imperial Japanese Navy. She was laid down on 12 February 1943 and launched on 30 August 1943 by the Nippon...
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Nōmi (能美) was a Mikura-class escort ship of Imperial Japanese Navy. She was laid down on 1 June 1943 and launched on 30 October 1943 by the Hitachi Zosen...
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The Shimushu-class escort ships (占守型海防艦, Shimushu-gata kaibōkan) were a class of kaibōkan (equivalent to US destroyer escorts or British frigates) built...
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Shimushu-class escort ship – 4 built Etorofu-class escort ship – 14 built Mikura-class escort ship – 8 built Hiburi-class escort ship – 9 built Ukuru-class escort...
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The Taiyō-class escort carrier (大鷹型航空母艦, Taiyō-gata Kōkū-bokan) was a group of three escort carriers used by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World...
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Tsuta) Mikura-class escort ship ROCN Zheng An (Xue Feng, ex IJN Yashiro) Minekaze-class destroyer ROCN Shen Yang (ex IJN Namikaze) No.4-class submarine...
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Two ships of the Japanese Navy have been named Awaji: Japanese escort ship Awaji, a Mikura-class escort ship launched in 1943 and sunk in 1944 JS Awaji (MSO-304)...
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Awaji (淡路) was a Mikura-class escort ship of Imperial Japanese Navy. She was laid down on 1 June 1943 and launched on 30 October 1943 by the Hitachi Zosen...
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Two ships of the Japanese Navy have been named Yashiro: Japanese escort Yashiro, a Mikura-class escort ship launched in 1944 and ceded to China in 1947...
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lead ship of the class, Kongō, was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside Japan, by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness. Her sister ships, Haruna...
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The Unryū-class aircraft carriers (雲龍型航空母艦, Unryū-gata Kōkūbokan) were World War II Japanese aircraft carriers. Sixteen ships of the class were planned...
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The Mogami class (最上型) was a ship class of four cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1930s. They were initially classified as...
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ships all saw convoy escorting and wartime patrol duties during the Chino Japanese War, but none saw direct combat. With the start of WW2, the class spend...
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sank a large cargo ship and damaged the monitor HMS Erebus. In the meantime, the Japanese spotted the light carrier HMS Hermes, escorted by the destroyer...
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The Shimane Maru class was a pair of auxiliary escort carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Four additional conversions...
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(1937) Shōkaku class Shōkaku (1939) Zuikaku (1939) Zuihō class Zuihō (1940) Shōhō (1941) Hiyō class Jun'yō (1941) Hiyō (1941) Taiyō class escort carrier Unyō...
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Division in Okinawa. In June 1944, as part of the Second Fleet, the ship escorted Japanese aircraft carriers during the Battle of the Philippine Sea....
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Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-311-3. Model Art Ship Modelling Special No.29, 5,500 tons class cruisers, Model Art Co. Ltd. (Japan), September 2008...
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Shōji Nishimura went down with his ship. Only ten crewmembers from each ship survived. The design of the Fusō-class battleships was shaped both by the...
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This List of Japanese Naval ships and war vessels in World War II is a list of seafaring vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II. It includes...
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Kuchikukan) from their plan name. No ships of the class survived the war. The Yūgumo class was a repeat of the preceding Kagerō class with minor improvements that...
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torpedoes. The Agano-class ships were also fitted with a pair of Aichi E13A floatplanes and a catapult. The first two vessels in the class (Agano and Noshiro)...
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