Japanese Battle Fleet of WW2

http://www.ww2pacific.com/japbb.html

Japanese Battle Fleet of World War II.

Japanese Battleships. Name Kongo Hiei Kirishima Haruna Fuso Yamashiro Ise (BBV) Hyuga(BBV) Nagato Mutsu Yamato Musashi Hiei=Hiyei? Tons 32,250 32,250 32,250 32,250 35,900 35,900 36,500 36,500 38,500 38,500 64,000 64,000

ten prewar Battleships

Comm 1913 1914 1915 1915 1915 1917

Guns 4x2-14" 4x2-14" 4x2-14" 4x2-14" 6x2-14" 6x2-14"

Sunk 21Nov44 13Nov42 15Nov42 28July45 25Oct44 25Oct44

By SS-315 TG 67.4;Air BB-56 CV TF-38 BB TF-77 DD, PT CV TF-38 CV TF-38 CV TF-37,TF-38 magazine explosion CV TF-58 CV TF-38

Where off Formosa Guadalcanal Guadalcanal Kure Surigao Sea, Leyte, P.I. Surigao Sea, Leyte, P.I. Kure Kure Yokosuka Hiroshima Suicide mission to Okinawa Sibuyan Sea, Leyte, P.I.

1917/43 (6)4x2-14' 28July45 1918/43 (6)4x2-14" 24July45 1920 1921 Dec 1941 4x2-16" 4x2-16" 3x3-18" 3x3-18" 18July45 08June43 07Apr45 24Oct44

Aug 1942 short descriptions

Japanese Heavy Cruisers

Name Kako Furutaka Kinugasa Aoba Nachi Myoko Ashigara Haguro Atago Takao Choka Maya Mogami Mikuma Suzuya Kumano Tone
1 2

Tons 8,800 8,800 9,000 9,000 13,000 13,000 13,000 13,000 13,400 13,400 13,400 13,400 12,500 12,500 12,500 12,500 11,200

Comm Sunk 1926 1926 1927 1927 1928 1929 1929 1929 1932 1932 1932 1933 1935 1936 1937 1937 1938 10Aug42 11Oct42 14Nov42 25July45 05Nov44 25Oct44 08June45 16May45 23Oct44 23Oct44 31Jul45 25Oct44 23Oct44 25Oct44 06June42 25Oct44 25Nov44 25July45

By S-44 CA,CL USMC SBD's CV TF-38 CV TF-38 CV; SS-320 SS-HMS Trenchant British Fleet SS-227 SS-227 Br. minisub CV,scuttled SS-247 BB TF-77 CV TF-16 CV,scuttled SS;CV-14 CV TF-38

Where after Savo Island Cape Esperance Guadalcanal Kure Philippines Samar, Leyte, P.I.; to Singapore Bangka Straits, Malaya Malacca Strait, Malaya Sibuyan Sea, Leyte Sibuyan Sea, Leyte; to Singapore Samar, Leyte, P.I. Sibuyan Sea, Leyte Surigao Sea, Leyte Midway Samar, Leyte, P.I. Philippines Kure

1 of 3

2/3/2012 8:54 PM

Japanese Battle Fleet of WW2

http://www.ww2pacific.com/japbb.html

Chikuma ----1 2

11,200

1939

25Oct44

CV,scuttled

Samar, Leyte, P.I.

Tone and Chikuma were seaplane cruisers. They had a full compliment of 8- 8" guns crowded forward and catapults for seaplanes aft; the two ships always operated together as scouts for the fleet. Mogami, seriously damaged at Midway, escaped to return as a seaplane cruiser with 6- 8" forward and catapults aft with room for more seaplanes than the Tones. Furutaka = Hurutaka ; Tikuma = Chikuma ; Ahigara = Asigara ; Nachi = Nati ; Choka = Takao

Japanese Light Cruisers

Name Tenryu Tatsuta Oi Kuma Tama Kiso Kitakami Nagara Natori Kinu Isuzu Yura Yubari Sendai Abukuma Jintsu Naka Ioshima Yasojima Katori
1

Tons 3,300 3,300 5,700 5,700 5,700 5,700 5.760 5,760 5,760 5,760 5,760 5,760 3,500 5,850 5,760 5,850 5,850 2,500 2,500 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,650 6,650 6,650 8,200 6,650

Comm Sunk 1919 1919 1920 1920 1921 1921 1921 1922 1922 1922 1923 1923 1923 1924 1925 1925 1925 1932 1936 1940 1940 1941 1942 1943 1943 1943 1944 18Dec42 13Mar44 19July44 11Jan44 25Oct44 13Nov44 24July45 07Aug44 18Aug44 26Oct44 07Apr45 25Oct42 27Apr44 02Nov43 26Oct44 13July43 17Feb44 19Sep44 25Nov44 17Feb44 survived 12Jan45 16Feb44 07Apr45 26Oct44 28July45 survived

By SS-218 SS-381 SS-249 SS-HMS Tallyho CV,SS-368 CV TF-38 CV TF-38 SS-246 SS-365 CV TF-38 Multiple Air SS-242 TF-39 B-24's TG-36.2 TF-58 SS-235 CV TF-38 TF-58 CV TF-38 SS-305 CV TF-58 CV TF-38 CV TF-38

Where Off Madang harbor, New Guinea E of Honshu South China Sea Penang, Malaya Leyte Manila Kure S of Nagasaki, Japan E of Samar, P.I Leyte Santa Isabel, Solomons E of Mindanao Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville Leyte Kolombangara, Solomons W of Truk E of Honshu W of Luzon NE of Truk SE IndoChina N of Truk EastChinaSea Leyte Kure

SS-252,SS-328 SE Celebes, N.E.I

Kashima Kashii Agano Yahagi Nohiro Oyodo

1 2 2

Sakawa

Katori, Kashima, and Kashii were build as training or flag ships, used as AS escorts.

Oyodo was a seaplane light cruiser with 6- 6" guns forward and catapults aft. Tatuta = Tatsuta ; Zintu = Jintsu ; Nohiro= Noshiro ; Yasojima = Yasoshima = ex-Ping Hat ; Ioshima = ex-Ning Hai Japanese cruisers usually carried torpedoes, depth charges and did not carry aircraft. The designs stress firepower rather than habitat. Blue indicates damage that caused the ship to be out of action at the end. CV means USN carrier aircraft. Return to: WW2 Menu Links: Battleship - short descriptions Japanese Carriers - list and activities. Pear Harbor Attack Fleet - list and activities. About this page: Japanese Battle Fleet - Pacific War. The grid is being filled in as the ships are found in various books. One that is interesting is "The End of the Imperial Japanese Navy" by Masanori Ito. It is from the Japanese perspective, in which, "Four enemy cruisers were sunk" means that American ships were lost.

2 of 3

2/3/2012 8:54 PM

Japanese Battle Fleet of WW2

http://www.ww2pacific.com/japbb.html

Last updated on October 14, 2001 Contact us E-mail URL: http://www.ww2pacific.com/japbb.html

3 of 3

2/3/2012 8:54 PM