Home›Weapons Systems›Operator›Imperial Japanese NavyArmed Forces and UnitsImperial Japanese NavyModernReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe Imperial Japanese Navy was the naval force of the Empire of Japan from its formal establishment in 1869 during the Meiji Restoration until Japan's 1945 surrender, and rose within just decades to become one of the world's most powerful navies, decisively defeating the Russian Baltic Fleet at the 1905 Battle of Tsushima, a victory that established Japan as a major naval power and remains studied as one of history's most complete naval victories. Built around a doctrine emphasizing decisive fleet battles and, from the interwar period onward, pioneering aircraft carrier aviation under officers such as Isoroku Yamamoto, the Navy carried out the December 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II, and its carrier forces dominated the early Pacific War before the June 1942 Battle of Midway, where the loss of four fleet carriers marked a decisive turning point against Japan. The Navy's later war years saw catastrophic losses at battles including the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf, the latter among the largest naval battles in history, as American industrial capacity and technology increasingly outmatched Japan's ability to replace lost ships and aircrew. The Imperial Japanese Navy was formally dissolved following Japan's surrender in 1945, with its remaining vessels distributed among the Allied powers or scrapped, and postwar Japan's naval capability rebuilt only within the sharply limited, defense-oriented Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.FactsImperial Japanese NavyConnectionsIn the Other AtlasesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsForce TypeWell-attestedNavy of the Empire of Japan, with its own naval air service and limited land-based marine forces 1Founded YearWell-attested1868 1CountryWell-attestedEmpire of Japan 1Force TypeForce Type (category)Well-attestedNavy 1Force Type (category)Well-attestedMarine / Naval Infantry 1Imperial Japanese NavyFilter Results15 entriesWeapon FamilyAllAircraft Machine Guns (1)Ammunition and Cartridges (2)Autocannons and Chain Guns (1)Battleships and Ironclads (1)Bolt-Action, Lever-Action and Historic Rifles (2)Fighter and Multirole Aircraft (1)Light Machine Guns (1)Medieval Swords and Sabres (1)Rifles and Carbines (2)Submachine Guns (1)Submarines (1)Surface-to-Air and Air Defense Missiles (1)Torpedoes (2)Weapon Type or ClassAllAutocannon (1)Battleship (1)Bolt-action service rifle (1)Bolt-action, en-bloc clip-fed repeating rifle (1)carrier-capable fighter aircraft (1)Curved, single-edged sword worn edge-down by mounted samurai (1)guided missile (1)Machine gun (2)naval vessel (1)self-propelled underwater explosive weapon (1)small arm (2)Submachine gun (1)Torpedo (1)CaliberAll20mm (1)460mm (1)6.5x50mm (1)6.5x52mm Carcano (1)6.5×50mmSR Arisaka (1)610mm (1)7.7x56mmR (2)7.7x58mm (2)7.7×58mm Arisaka (2)7.92x57mm Mauser (1)7x57mm Mauser (1)8x22mm Nambu (1)Introduced EraAll900 (1)1866 (1)1891 (1)1897 (1)1914 (1)1924 (1)1932 (1)1933 (1)1937 (1)1940 (2)1941 (1)1942 (1)1944 (1)1945 (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (2)Out of Production (1)Prototype or Experimental (2)Retired (9)Wars Used InAllBoxer Rebellion (2)Cambodian Civil War (1)Chinese Civil War (2)Crimean War (1)First Indochina War (1)First Italo-Ethiopian War (1)Genpei War (1)Korean War (1)Kosovo War (1)Laotian Civil War (1)Mexican Revolution (1)Nigerian Civil War (1)Russian Civil War (1)Russo-Japanese War (2)Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1)Second Sino-Japanese War (4)Spanish Civil War (3)Vietnam War (1)Winter War (1)World War I (4)World War II (12)ManufacturerAllBeretta (1)Brescia Arsenal (1)Mauser (1)Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (1)Nagoya Arsenal (1)Oerlikon Rheinmetall Air Defence (1)Suzuka Naval Arsenal (1)Toyokawa Naval Arsenal (2)Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal (1)Yokosuka Naval Arsenal (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 15ArisakaImperial Japanese NavyCarcano RifleImperial Japanese NavyFunryuImperial Japanese NavyMauser StandardmodellImperial Japanese NavyMitsubishi A6M ZeroImperial Japanese NavyOerlikon 20 mm cannonImperial Japanese NavySubmarineImperial Japanese NavyTachiImperial Japanese NavyTorpedoImperial Japanese NavyType 100 submachine gunImperial Japanese NavyType 4 rifleImperial Japanese NavyType 92 machine gunImperial Japanese NavyType 93 TorpedoImperial Japanese NavyType 97 aircraft machine gunImperial Japanese NavyYamato-Class BattleshipImperial Japanese NavyConnectionsFought InFirst Sino-Japanese War, Wars Well-attested The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyed the Qing Beiyang Fleet at the Battle of the Yalu River during the First Sino-Japanese WarOperation Ke, Military Operations Well-attested Operation Ke was executed by destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Vice Admiral Gunichi MikawaSource Wikipedia: Operation Ketier 4Has MemberIsoroku Yamamoto, Commanders Well-attested OperatesArisaka, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: ArisakaCarcano Rifle, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Carcano Rifletier 2Funryu, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: FunryuMauser Standardmodell, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Mauser StandardmodellMitsubishi A6M Zero, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Mitsubishi A6M Zerotier 4Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Oerlikon 20 mm cannonSubmarine, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Submarinetier 2Tachi, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Tachitier 2Torpedo, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: TorpedoType 100 submachine gun, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Type 100 submachine gunType 4 rifle, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Type 4 rifleType 92 machine gun, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Type 92 machine gunType 93 Torpedo, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Type 93 torpedo - WikipediaType 97 aircraft machine gun, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Type 97 aircraft machine gunYamato-Class Battleship, Weapons Systems Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Yamato-Class Battleshiptier 4PracticesSea Power Doctrine (Command of the Sea), Strategy and Doctrine Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Alfred Thayer Mahantier 2In the Other AtlasesFound InJapanAlso in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.Source Wikipedia: Imperial Japanese NavyLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 4Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articleThe Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II.Sources1. Wikipedia: Imperial Japanese Navytier 4WikipediaLead sectionQuote, Lead sectionThe Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II.View the SourceWikidata: Imperial Japanese NavyWikidata Q219712, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)Type 93 torpedo - WikipediaOperates: Type 93 Torpedo, infobox used_by/operator field: 'Imperial Japanese Navy'View the SourceWikipedia: Type 92 machine gunOperates: Type 92 machine gun, infobox used_by/operator field: 'Imperial Japanese Navy'View the SourceWikipedia: Type 4 rifleOperates: Type 4 rifle, infobox used_by/operator field: 'Imperial Japanese Navy'View the SourceWikipedia: Type 97 aircraft machine gunOperates: Type 97 aircraft machine gun, infobox used_by/operator field: 'Imperial Japanese Navy'View the SourceWikipedia: FunryuOperates: Funryu, infobox used_by/operator field: 'Imperial Japanese Navy'View the SourceWikipedia: Alfred Thayer Mahantier 2WikipediaPractices: Sea Power Doctrine (Command of the Sea), LeadQuote, Practices: Sea Power Doctrine (Command of the Sea), LeadMahan directly influenced the dominant interwar period and World War II-era Japanese naval doctrine of the "decisive battle doctrine" (艦隊決戦, Kantai Kessen), and he became a "household name" in Germany.View the SourceWikipedia: Yamato-Class Battleshiptier 4WikipediaOperates: Yamato-Class Battleship, Article textQuote, Operates: Yamato-Class Battleship, Article text Yamato (Japanese: 大和; named after the ancient Yamato Province) was the lead ship of her class of battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly before World War II.View the SourceWikipedia: Tachitier 2WikipediaOperates: Tachi, Article textQuote, Operates: Tachi, Article textWith the rise of statism in Shōwa Japan, the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy implemented swords called shin guntō, worn tachi style (cutting-edge down).View the SourceWikipedia: Submarinetier 2WikipediaOperates: Submarine, Article bodyQuote, Operates: Submarine, Article bodyThe Imperial Japanese Navy operated the most varied fleet of submarines of any navy, including Kaiten crewed torpedoes, midget submarines (Type A Ko-hyoteki and Kairyu classes), medium-range submarines, purpose-built supply submarines and long-range fleet submarines.View the SourceWikipedia: Type 100 submachine gunOperates: Type 100 submachine gun, Infobox: used_byQuote, Operates: Type 100 submachine gun, Infobox: used_byImperial Japanese Army Imperial Japanese NavyView the SourceWikipedia: Mitsubishi A6M Zerotier 4WikipediaOperates: Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Wikipedia article textQuote, Operates: Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Wikipedia article textIt was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 1940 to 1945.View the SourceWikipedia: TorpedoOperates: Torpedo, Wikipedia article textQuote, Operates: Torpedo, Wikipedia article textInitially, the Imperial Japanese Navy purchased Whitehead or Schwartzkopf torpedoes but by 1917, like the Royal Navy, they were conducting experiments with pure oxygen instead of compressed air.View the SourceWikipedia: Carcano Rifletier 2WikipediaOperates: Carcano Rifle, Wikipedia article textQuote, Operates: Carcano Rifle, Wikipedia article textIt was also used by Finland, German Volkssturm and the Imperial Japanese Navy (the latter using the Type I rifle variant) during WWII.View the SourceWikipedia: ArisakaOperates: Arisaka, Wikipedia article textQuote, Operates: Arisaka, Wikipedia article textThe Arisaka bolt-action service rifle was used everywhere in the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy.View the SourceWikipedia: Oerlikon 20 mm cannonOperates: Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, Wikipedia article textQuote, Operates: Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, Wikipedia article textAnd the Imperial Japanese Navy, after evaluating all three guns, ordered developments of the FF and FFL as the Type 99-1 and Type 99-2.View the SourceWikipedia: Mauser StandardmodellOperates: Mauser Standardmodell, Wikipedia article textQuote, Operates: Mauser Standardmodell, Wikipedia article textThe Imperial Japanese Navy used the Standardmodell in the form of Chiang Kai-Shek rifles captured in China.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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