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Amagi class (天城型, Amagi-gata) was a series of four battlecruisers planned for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as part of the Eight-eight fleet in the...

in the early Imperial Japanese Navy Japanese battlecruiser Takao, a projected Amagi-class battlecruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that was canceled...

only Japanese battleship sunk by a submarine in the Second World War. Kongō was the first of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Kongō-class battlecruisers, which...

Haruna (Japanese: 榛名, named after Mount Haruna) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. Designed by the British...

The Takao-class cruiser (高雄型) was a class of four heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) launched between May 1930 and April 1931. All served...

Japanese Navy (大日本帝国海軍) built four battlecruisers, with plans for an additional four, during the first decades of the 20th century. The battlecruiser...

battlecruiser Atago, was an Amagi-class battlecruiser scrapped on slip in 1924 Japanese cruiser Atago, was a Takao-class cruiser launched in 1930 and sunk...

The Kongō-class battlecruiser (金剛型巡洋戦艦, Kongō-gata jun'yōsenkan) was a class of four battlecruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) immediately...

Kirishima (Japanese: 霧島, named after Mount Kirishima) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy which saw service during World War I and World War II...

Japanese Navy in 1912. List of Japanese battleships List of Japanese battlecruisers List of destroyers of Japan Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy...

planned to build battlecruisers: large capital ships with greater speed but less armor than dreadnought battleships. The first battlecruisers, the Invincible...

December 1941: 10 (plus 3 building) (1) 4 Kongō class — converted from battlecruisers. Built in 1913–1915. Kongō — †November, 1944 Hiei — †November, 1942...

Amagi-class battlecruiser/Akagi-class aircraft carrier 1925 Ibuki, Ibuki-class battlecruiser 1909 Tsukuba, Tsukuba-class battlecruiser 1907 Katsuragi...

Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Though she was laid down as an Amagi-class battlecruiser, Akagi was converted to an aircraft carrier while still under construction...

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. It includes...

Ibuki-class armoured cruiser Hiei, Kongō-class battlecruiser Amagi (Unfinished), Amagi-class battlecruiser Fleet carrier Hiryū Shōkaku, Shōkaku-class fleet...

of Japan List of battlecruisers of Japan List of cruiser classes of the Imperial Japanese Navy List of cruisers of Japan List of destroyers of Japan Jentschura...

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun...

Wales and the battlecruiser Repulse. As the war progressed, the Allies found weaknesses in Japanese naval aviation. Though most Japanese aircraft were...

HMS Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by land-based bombers and torpedo bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. In Japan, the engagement...