Imperial Japanese Navy facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) 大日本帝國海軍 (Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun)
Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Active	1868–1945
Country	Empire of Japan
Allegiance	Imperial General Headquarters Ministry of the Navy Navy General Staff
Branch	Combined Fleet Navy Air Service Navy Land Forces
Type	Navy
Engagements	Invasion of Taiwan First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War World War I Second Sino-Japanese War World War II
Commanders
Ceremonial chief	Emperor of Japan
Notable commanders	Isoroku Yamamoto Tōgō Heihachirō Itoh Sukeyuki Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu and many others

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 ' or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, "Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 until 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's defeat and surrender in World War II. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) was formed after the dissolution of the IJN.

The Japanese Navy was the third largest navy in the world by 1920, behind the Royal Navy and the United States Navy (USN). It was supported by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service for aircraft and airstrike operation from the fleet. It was the primary opponent of the Western Allies in the Pacific War.

History

The IJN was dissolved at the end of World War II.

Legacy

Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan prohibits the use of aggressive force as a means for settling international disputes.

In order to defend Japan, if necessary, the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) was formed.

The ocean-reach of JSDF is the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

Related pages

• Imperial Japanese Army

Images for kids

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  The Battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185

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  A 16th-century atakebune coastal naval war vessel, bearing the crest of the Tokugawa clan

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  The warship of Yamada Nagamasa (1590–1630), a merchant and soldier who traveled to Ayutthaya (Thailand)

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  No. 6 Odaiba battery, one of the original Edo-era battery islands. These batteries are defensive structures built to withstand naval intrusions.

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  The Naval Battle of Hakodate, May 1869; in the foreground, wooden paddle steamer warship Kasuga and ironclad warship Kōtetsu of the Imperial Japanese Navy

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  The ironclad Fusō, between 1878 and 1891

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  The ironclad corvette Kongō

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  Marshal-Admiral Marquis Saigo Tsugumichi commanded Japanese expeditionary forces as a lieutenant-general in the Taiwan expedition.

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  The British-built steam ironclad warship Ryūjō was the flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy until 1881.

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  The French-built protected cruiser Matsushima, the flagship of the IJN at the Battle of the Yalu River (1894)

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  The protected cruiser Hashidate, built domestically at the arsenal of Yokosuka

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  The torpedo boat Hayabusa

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  The Chinese Beiyang Fleet ironclad battleship Zhenyuan captured by IJN in 1895.

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  The armored cruiser Azuma

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  The pre-dreadnought battleship Mikasa, among the most powerful battleships of her time, in 1905, was one of the six battleships ordered as part of the program.

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  Marshal-Admiral Viscount Inoue Yoshika, 1900

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  The pre-dreadnought battleship Katori

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  Port Arthur viewed from the Top of Gold Hill, after capitulation in 1905. From left wrecks of Russian pre-dreadnought battleships Peresvet, Poltava, Retvizan, Pobeda and the protected cruiser Pallada

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  Holland 1-class submarine, the first Japanese navy submarine, purchased during the Russo Japanese War

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  The semi-dreadnought battleship Satsuma, the first ship in the world to be designed and laid down as an "all-big-gun" battleship

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  The dreadnought battleship Settsu

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  The dreadnought battleship Kawachi

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  The seaplane carrier Wakamiya conducted the world's first sea-launched air raids in September 1914.

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  Yokosuka Naval Arsenal immediately after the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923

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  Photograph shows the super-dreadnought battleship Nagato, between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925

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  The super-dreadnought battleship Mutsu

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  The planned Tosa-class battleship Tosa being prepared for scuttling at Kure on 31 January 1925.

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  Captain Sempill showing a Sparrowhawk fighter to Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō, 1921

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  Hōshō, the world's first purpose built aircraft carrier, completed in 1922

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  IJN super-dreadnought battleships Yamashiro, Fusō, and battlecruiser Haruna, Tokyo Bay, 1930s

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  Type 91 Aerial Torpedo on IJN aircraft carrier Akagi flight deck.

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  IJN Yamato-class Battleships Yamato and Musashi moored in Truk Lagoon, in 1943

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  IJN Ha-101 class submarines Ha-105, Ha-106 and Ha-109 designed as transport submarines to resupply isolated island garrisons, 1945.

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  Aft view of the flight deck of the IJN aircraft carrier Jun'yō from the island, 19 October 1945

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  IJN Aircraft carrier Ibuki under dismantling operation at Sasebo Naval Arsenal. October 1946

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  Replica of the Japanese-built 1613 galleon San Juan Bautista, in Ishinomaki

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  Painting of a 17th-century Red Seal Ship of the Araki clan, sailing out of Nagasaki for Annam (Vietnam)

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  The sailing frigate Shōhei Maru (1854) was built from Dutch technical drawings.

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  The screw-driven steam corvette Kanrin Maru, Japan's first screw-driven steam warship, 1857

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  The gunboat Chiyoda, was Japan's first domestically built steam warship. It was completed in May 1866.

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  The French-built ironclad warship Kōtetsu (ex-CSS Stonewall), Japan's first modern ironclad, 1869

See also

In Spanish: Armada Imperial Japonesa para niños