List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy

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Imperial Japanese Armed Forces
Administration
Imperial General Headquarters
Imperial Japanese Army (Dai Nippon Teikoku Rikugun)
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Kempeitai Railways and Shipping Section Uniforms
Imperial Japanese Navy (Dai Nippon Teikoku Kaigun)
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Special Naval Landing Forces Tokkeitai Major battles List of ships List of aircraft Main admirals
Rank insignia
IJA rank insignia IJN rank insignia
History
Military History of Japan during World War II
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The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868–1945.^[1] This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army. For a list of ships of its successor, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, see List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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