Battleships
- Kōtetsu, (1864–1888) – Japan's first ironclad warship, later renamed Azuma {Ex-"CSS Stonewall"}
- Fusō (1877–1910)
- Battleship prizes of the First Sino-Japanese War :
- Chin'en (1882, ex-Chinese Chen Yuen (1895–1914))
- Fuji class
- Fuji (1896–1948)
- Yashima (1896–1904)
- Shikishima class
- Shikishima (1898–1948)
- Hatsuse (1899–1904)
- Asahi (1899–1942)
- Mikasa (1900 – Preserved)
- Battleship prizes of the Russo-Japanese War :
- Iki (1889, ex-Russian Imperator Nikolai I) (1905–1915)
- Tango (1892, ex-Russian Poltava) (1905–1923)
- Sagami (1898, ex-Russian Peresviet) (1905–1916)
- Suwo (1900, ex-Russian Pobieda) (1905–1946)
- Hizen (1900, ex-Russian Retvizan) (1905–1924)
- Iwami (1902, ex-Russian Orel) (1905–1924)
- Mishima (1894, ex-Russian Admiral Senyavin) (1905–1936)
- Okinoshima (1896, ex-Russian General-Admiral Graf Apraxin) (1905–1925)
- Katori class
- Katori (1905–1924)
- Kashima (1905–1924)
- Satsuma class
- Satsuma (1906–1924)
- Aki (1907–1923)
- Kawachi class
- Kawachi (1910–1918)
- Settsu (1911–1924)
- Kongō class – Battlecruisers rebuilt as fast battleships
- Kongō (1912–1944)
- Hiei (1912–1942)
- Haruna (1913–1945)
- Kirishima (1913–1942)
- Fusō class
- Fusō (1914–1944)
- Yamashiro (1915–1944)
- Ise class
- Ise (1916–1945)
- Hyūga (1917–1945)
- Nagato class
- Nagato (1919–1946)
- Mutsu (1920–1943)
- Battleship prizes of World War I:
- ex-Turkish Torgud Reis, ex-German Weissenburg, assigned but not taken over) – BU 1938
- ex-German Nassau BU 1920
- ex-German Oldenburg – BU 1921
- Kaga-class
- Kaga (1921 – converted to an aircraft carrier)
- Tosa (cancelled 1922)
- Yamato class
- Yamato (1940–1945)
- Musashi (1940–1944)
- Shinano (converted to an aircraft carrier)
- No.111 (cancelled 1942)
- No.797 (not started)
Read more about this topic: List Of Ships Of The Imperial Japanese Navy
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“By and by when each nation has 20,000 battleships and 5,000,000 soldiers we shall all be safe and the wisdom of statesmanship will stand confirmed.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)