Japan NAVAL

Indexed records for Japan in the naval category.

battleship

Yamato

1941

Largest battleship class ever completed, sunk during Operation Ten-Go in 1945.

carrier

IJN Shokaku

1941

Frontline Japanese fleet carrier from Pearl Harbor through the Philippine Sea.

battleship

Kongo-class Fast Battleship

1913

Older Japanese battlecruisers modernized as fast battleships and used in Pacific operations.