Imperial Japanese Navy: Warships

(IJN Photo)

Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship Yamato running trials off Bungo Strait, 20 October 1941.

The Imperial Japanese Navy, the navy of the former Japanese Empire, constructed a variety of warships for its fleets, such as cruisers, destroyers, aircraft carriers, and battleships. Most of these ships were sent into numerous battles with the world’s largest navies during the 1940s after the Pearl Harbor airstrike.

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