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...

The Hiburi-class escort ship (日振型海防艦,, Hiburi-gata Kaibōkan) was a sub-class of the Mikura-class escort ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

until after the war. The last of Japan's pre-Treaty capital ships, they were the first class to carry 41 cm (16.1 in) guns, the largest afloat and the first...

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...

type of the Akizuki class. Seven vessels were built under the Maru 4 Programme (Ship # 104–109) and the Maru Kyū Programme (Ship # 360). Project number...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...