Imperial Japanese Navy Armoured cruisers (Sōkō jun’yōkan), Protected cruisers (Bōgo jun’yōkan), Unprotected cruisers (Mubōbina jun’yōkan), Light cruisers (Kei jun’yōkan)
Armoured cruisers (Sōkō jun’yōkan)
Ship. Builder. Class and type. Displacement (tons). Commissioned into IJN. Fate.
Asama.Armstrong Whitworth, UK Asama-class armoured cruiser 9,700 18 March 1899 30 November 1945; Scrapped.
Tokiwa. Armstrong Whitworth, UK Asama-class armoured cruiser 9,700 18 May 1899 9 August 1945; destroyed by USN aircraft at Ominato.
Yakumo. Stettiner Vulcan AG, Germany Armoured cruiser 9,646 20 June 1900 20 July 1946; scrapped.
Azuma. Saint-Nazaire shipyards, France Armoured cruiser 9,307 28 July 1900 15 February 1944; Scrapped.
Izumo. Armstrong Whitworth, UK Izumo-class armoured cruiser 9,750 25 September 1900 24 July 1945; destroyed at mooring by USN aircraft at Kure.
Iwate. Armstrong Whitworth, UK Izumo-class armoured cruiser 9,750 18 March 1901 26 July 1945; destroyed at mooring by USN aircraft at Kure.
Kasuga. Gio. Ansaldo & C., Italy Kasuga-class armoured cruiser 7,680 4 January 1904 18 July 1945; destroyed at mooring by USN aircraft at Yokosuka.
Nisshin. Gio. Ansaldo & C., Italy Kasuga-class armoured cruiser7,689 7 January 1904 18 January 1942; scuttled 1946.
Protected cruisers (Bōgo jun’yōkan)
Tsushima. Kure Naval Arsenal Niitaka-class protected cruiser 3,366 14February 1904 1 April 1939; Sunk off Miura 1944.
Yodo. Kawasaki Yards, Kobe Yodo-class protected cruiser 1,250 8 April1908 1 April 1940; Decommissioned; scrapped 1945.
Hirado. Kawasaki Yards, Kobe Chikuma-class protected cruiser 5,040 17June 1912 1 April 1940; Decommissioned; scrapped 1947.
Yahagi. Mitsubishi Yards, Nagasaki Chikuma-class protected cruiser 5,04027 June 1912 1 April 1940; Decommissioned; scrapped 1947.
Unprotected cruisers (Mubōbina jun’yōkan)
Chihaya. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Unprotected cruiser 1,238 9 September1901 1 September 1929; training hulk to the end of the Second World War.
Light cruisers (Kei jun’yōkan)
Tatsuta. Sasebo Navy Yard Tenryū-class light cruiser 3,948 31 May 191913 March 1944; Sunk by USS Sand Lance east of Hachijojima.
Tenryū. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Tenryū-class light cruiser 3,948 20November 1919 18 December 1942; Sunk by USS Albacore E of Madang.
Kuma. Sasebo Navy Yard Kuma-class light cruiser 5,100 31 August 1920 10March 1944; Sunk by HMS Tally-Ho west of Penang.
Tama. Sasebo Navy Yard Kuma-class light cruiser 5,100 29 January 1921 25October 1944; Sunk by USS Jallao northeast of Luzon.
Kiso. Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Kuma-class light cruiser 5,100 29 January1921 20 March 1944; Sunk by USN aircraft west of Cavite.
Kitakami. Sasebo Navy Yard Kuma-class light cruiser 5,100 15 April 192130 November 1945; scrapped 10 August 1946 – 31 March 1947.
Ōi. Kawasaki, Kobe Kuma-class light cruiser 5,100 10 October 1921 19July 1944; Sunk by USS Flasher south of Hong Kong.
Nagara. Sasebo Navy Yard Nagara-class light cruiser 5,832 21 April 19227 August 1944; Sunk by USS Croaker off Amakusa.
Natori. Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Nagara-class light cruiser 5,832 15September 1922 18 August 1944; Sunk by USS Hardhead east of Samar.
Kinu. Kawasaki, Kobe Nagara-class light cruiser 5,832 10 November 192226 October 1944; Sunk by USN aircraft in Sibuyan Sea.
Yura. Sasebo Navy Yard Nagara-class light cruiser 5,832 20 March 1923 25October 1942; Scuttled off Savo Island after bombing by USAAF.
Isuzu. Uraga Dock Company Nagara-class light cruiser 5,832 15 August1923 7 April 1945; Sunk by USN submarines off Sumbawa.
(Imperial Japanese Navy Photo)
IJN Abukuma in 1941, shortly before sailing on the Pearl Harbor raid. This photo clearly shows the seaplane catapult with E7K (“Alf”) floatplane mounted and ready to launch
Abukuma. Uraga Dock Company Nagara-class light cruiser 5,832 26 May 192526 October 1944; Sunk by USAAF aircraft off Negros Island. Abukuma (阿武隈) was the sixth and last of the Nagara class of light cruisers completed for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), and like other vessels of her class, she was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla. She was named after the Abukuma River in the Tōhoku region of Japan. She saw action during the Second World War in the Attack on Pearl Harbor and in the Pacific, before being disabled in the Battle of Surigao Strait in October 1944, then bombed and sunk by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) off the coast of the Philippines. (Wikipedia)
Sendai. Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Sendai-class light cruiser 5,195 29 April1924 3 November 1943; Sunk by USN cruisers at Empress Augusta Bay.
Jintsu. Kawasaki, Kobe Sendai-class light cruiser 5,195 31 July 1925 13July 1943; Sunk by USN cruisers off Kolombangara.
Naka. Sasebo Navy Yard Sendai-class light cruiser 5,195 30 November 192518 February 1944; Sunk by USN aircraft off Truk.
Yūbari. Sasebo Navy Yard Yūbari-class light cruiser 2,840 23 July 192328 April 1944; Sunk by USS Bluegill off Palau.
Katori. Mitsubishi, Yokohama Katori-class training cruiser 5,890 20April 1940 18 February 1944; Sunk by USS Iowa off Truk.
Kashima. Mitsubishi, Yokohama Katori-class training cruiser 5,890 31 May1940 5 October 1945; Scrapped.
Kashii. Mitsubishi, Yokohama Katori-class training cruiser 5,890 15 July1941 20 March 1945; Sunk by USN aircraft, South China Sea.
Agano. Sasebo Navy Yard Agano-class light cruiser 6,650 31 October 194215 February 1944; Sunk by USS Skate north of Truk.
Noshiro. Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Agano-class light cruiser 6,652 30 June1943 26 October 1944; Sunk by USN aircraft south of Mindoro.
Yahagi. Sasebo Navy Yard Agano-class light cruiser 6,650 29 December1943 7 April 1945; Sunk by USN aircraft south of Kagoshima.
Sakawa. Sasebo Navy Yard Agano-class light cruiser 6,652 30 November1944 10 October 1945; war prize to USA, expended at atomic bomb test at BikiniAtoll on 2 July 1946.
Ōyodo. Kure Naval Arsenal Ōyodo-class light cruiser 8,164 28 February1943 25 July 1945; Sunk by USN aircraft at Kure
Ioshima. Harima Shipyards Ioshima-class light cruiser 2,526 28 June 194419 September 1944; Sunk by USS Shad south of Cape Omaezaki.
Yasoshima. Kiangnan Dockyard, China Ioshima-class light cruiser 2,448 25September 1944 25 November 1944; Sunk by USN aircraft west of Luzon.