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Converted from ocean liner Argentina Maru.

Scrapped 1946.Įscort carriers Escort Carrier (10)ġ3,600 tonnes. Both ships sunk in 1944.Ĭonverted from the submarine tender Taigei 1941–1942. Hiyō sunk and Jun'yō scrapped 1946–1947.īoth ships were seaplane tenders before their conversion in 1943.

Scrapped 1946.Ĭonverted from an ocean liner in 1939. Light carriers Light Aircraft Carrier (9)įirst purpose-built carrier in the world. She was sunk on November 29, 1944, by torpedoes from USS Archerfish. Initially laid down as the third of the Yamato-class battleships, Shinano was converted into an aircraft carrier due to the Japanese defeat at Midway. However, design faults and poor damage control allowed it to be sunk with one torpedo from the USS Albacore on June 19, 1944 Unryū was sunk by the USS Redfish, Amagi capsized after air attacks and Katsuragi was the only heavy carrier to survive the warĪ bit of a break from traditional Japanese carrier design, Taiho was a heavily armoured carrier expected to withstand multiple bombs and torpedo strikes. IJN Planned to build 16 ships, however only 3 were completed and 2 almost completed (one of which was sunk as a target then salvaged and later scrapped) before the project was abandoned in favour of Shinano's construction. The design for these ships was based on the aircraft carrier Hiryū. Both carriers were sunk during the 1944 Pacific campaigns. With the exception of the Battle of Midway, Shōkaku and Zuikaku participated in every major naval action of the Pacific War, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Indian Ocean Raid, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the Guadalcanal Campaign. Soryu took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Wake Island, and supported the conquest of the Dutch East Indies. Hiryū is often considered to be a separated class. Sunk at Midway on June 5, 1942Ĭonverted from a Tosa-class battleship.

It includes submarines, battleships, oilers, minelayers and other types of Japanese sea vessels of war and naval ships used during wartime.Īircraft carrier Heavy/Fleet carriers Fleet Carrier (11)Ĭonverted from an Amagi-class battlecruiser. 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. This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items.