CD-17 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. CD-17 was laid down by Nippon Kokan K. K. at...

CD-13 was a Type C escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. CD-13 was laid down by Nippon Kokan K. K. at their...

CD-35 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. CD-35 was laid down by Nippon Kokan K. K. at...

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 called...

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...

CD-23 was a C Type escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. CD-23 was laid down by the Nihonkai Dock Company...

CD-43 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries...

escort ships (丙型海防艦, Hei-gata kaibōkan) were a class of escort ships in the service of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The Japanese called...

CD-19 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. She was laid down by Nippon Kokan K. K. at...

CD-51 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. CD-51 was laid down by the Mitsubishi Heavy...

escort carriers and destroyers managed to successfully defend itself against a much larger Japanese force of battleships and cruisers. The Japanese met...

The Ukuru-class escort ships (鵜来型海防艦, Ukuru-gata kaibōkan) were a class of twenty kaibōkan escort vessels built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World...

other types of Japanese sea vessels of war and naval ships used during wartime. Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II List of Japanese military equipment...

CD-160 or No. 160 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was laid down on 27 January 1945 at the Harima shipyard...

destroyer escorts gave battle against the Japanese main battle force ("Center Force"). Their desperate defense not only preserved most of their own ships, but...

The Yamashio Maru class (Japanese: 山汐丸) consisted of a pair of auxiliary escort carriers operated by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. They...

Matsuwa (松輪) was one of fourteen Etorofu-class escort ships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The Etorofu class was an improved...

No. 142 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was laid down in 1944 at the Senshu shipyard of Kawasaki Ship...

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...

following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868–1945. This list also includes ships before the official...

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...

CD-154 or No. 154 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was laid down on 12 October 1944 at the Harima shipyard...

Imperial Japanese Navy, 10 Kriegsmarine F-class escort ships, and the two Amiral Murgescu-class vessels of the Romanian Navy. Postwar destroyer escorts and...

(海鷹, meaning Sea Hawk) was an escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. The ship was originally built as the ocean...

CD-47 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. She was laid down by Nippon Kokan K.K. (日本鋼管株式會社)...

Okinawa was an escort ship ("Kaibōkan") of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. She belonged to the Ukuru class. The ship is most notable...

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 (IJN)...

frigates, six destroyer escorts (or frigates), 24 attack submarines, 30 mine countermeasure vessels, six patrol vessels, three landing ship tanks, 8 training...

escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, converted from the German ocean liner Scharnhorst. The liner had been trapped in Kure, Japan following...

transferred to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific War, renamed, and was converted into an escort carrier in 1942. The ship spent most of her service...