Imperial Japanese Navy

Naval force of the Empire of Japan.

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1 History

2 Vessels operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy

2.1 Aircraft Carriers

2.1.1 Shōkaku Class

2.1.2 Shinano Class

2.2 Battleships

2.2.1 Yamato Class

2.2.2 Kongō Class

2.2.3 Nagato Class

2.2.4 Ise Class (later converted to Hybrid Battleships)

2.2.5 Fuso Class

2.3 Cruisers

2.4 Destroyers

2.5 Submarines

3 Carrier Aircraft

3.1 Fighters

3.2 Dive Bombers

3.3 Torpedo Bombers

4 Land based Aircraft

4.1 Bombers

The Imperial Japanese Navy (大日本帝國海軍) was the Naval force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 until their surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II. The IJN took part in the Russo-Japanese War, Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War.

History

Vessels operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy

Aircraft Carriers

Shōkaku Class

IJN Shōkaku
IJN Zuikaku

Shinano Class

IJN Shinano

Battleships

Yamato Class

Kongō Class

IJN Kongō
IJN Hiei
IJN Kirishima
IJN Haruna

Nagato Class

Ise Class (later converted to Hybrid Battleships)

IJN Ise
IJN Hyūga

Fuso Class

IJN Fuso
IJN Yamashiro

Cruisers

Destroyers

Submarines

Carrier Aircraft

Fighters

A6M2a Zero (Type 0 Model 11)
A6M2b Zero (Type 0 Model 21)
A6M3 Zero (Type 0 Model 22)
A6M3 Zero (Type 0 Model 32)
A6M5 Zero (Type 0 Model 52)

Dive Bombers

D3A1 Val (Type 99 Model 11)
D3A2 Val (Type 99 Model 22)

Torpedo Bombers

B5N1 Kate (Type 97 Model 11)
B5N2 Kate (Type 97 Model 12)

Land based Aircraft

Bombers

G3M1 Nell (Type 96 Model 11)
G3M2 Nell (Type 96 Model 21)
G3M2 Nell (Type 96 Model 22)
G3M3 Nell (Type 96 Model 23)
G4M1 Betty (Type 1 Model 11)
G4M2 Betty (Type 1 Model 22)