JAPANESE NAVY
SQUADRON
First Squadron
Second Squadron
Third Squadron
Second Foreign
do.
First Foreign Service Squadron
Training Squadron
Ships in commission or launched :-
Battleships
Battle cruisers
1st Class Cruisers
2nd do.
Gunboats and Others Destroyers 1st Class
Do. 2nd do.
Do. 3rd do.
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15
7
8
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16
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25
21
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36
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42
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The following is the list of Men-of-War :-
Vessels
Battleships :-
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COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OR
ADMIRAL IN COMMAND Admiral Sojiro Tochinai Vacant for the present
Vice-Admiral Kwantaro Suzuki Vice-Admiral Masujiro Yoshida Vacant for the present Vice-Admiral Hanroku Saito
Torped› Boats, 1st Class Submarines
Ships under construction :-
Battleships
Battle-cruisers
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12
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3)
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Destroyers, 1st Class
Do. 2nd do.
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2 2
2
4
7
Displacement (Tons)
I. H. P.
No. of Guns
or Chief Armament
Mutsu
33,800
80,000
Nagato
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33,800
80,000
Fuso
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30,600
40,000
Yamashiro
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31,260
Ise
45,000
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8-16 ins., 20-5.5 ins. 8-16 ins., 2-5.5 ins. 12-14 ins., 16 6 ins.
20-5.5 ins.
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Hyuga
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Shikishima
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13,0`0
14,700
Asahi
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15,000
15,200
Mikasa
15,300
Hizen
12,700
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4-12 ins., 14-6 ins.
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27
16,000
4-12 ins., 2-6 ins.
Katori
15,950
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Kashima
16,900
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Satsuma
19,250
17,300
4-10 ins.
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12-10 ins.
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Aki
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19,750
24,000
Settsu
20,800
25,000
12-12 ins., 10-6 ins.
Battle Cruisers :-
Hiyei
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27,500
64,000
8-14 ins., 16-6 ins.
Kongo
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99
Haruna
99
99
Kirishima
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Ikoma
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13,750
20,500
4-12 ins., 12-6 ins.
Kurama Ibuki
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14,650
22,500
8-8 ins.
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19
24,000
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Cruisers 1st Class :-
Asama
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9,700
18,200
4.8 ins., 16-6 ins.
Tokiwa
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Yakumo
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15,500
19
12-6 ins.
Azuma
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Iwate
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9,326 9,800
16,600
14,700
19
Izumo Kasuga Nisshin
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19
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29
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7,280
19
1-10 ins., 2-8 ins., 14-6 ins.
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4-8 ins., 14-6 ins.