imperial japanese navy

It is well known fact that the hull of then under construction battlecruiser IJN Amagi lead ship of her class and which was chosen together with her sister IJN Akagi to become aircraft carriers got seriously damaged during the Great Kanto Earthquake happened in 1923 September 1st. Due to the...

Official Designation Other Designations; Originating manufacturer Allies (SWPA) Type-Year system introduced in 1921 Type F.5 Flying Boat F.5, Felixstowe; Hirosho Type Hansa Reconnaissance Seaplane W.29, Hansa; Yokosho Type 10 Carrier Fighter 1MF1, Mitsubishi Type 10 Carrier...

Hi. From the Research Topics - Designations Systems Forum part: Are there any further data/infos/pics in japanese service available on these IJN experimental aircraft? Yours tom! ;)

Since the Shinano was sunk unachevied,I think it can count as a project. Regarding the deck paint,it was either a pattern like the one on the unryu class aircraft carrier or a grey deck,depend on the rule the carrier was used. Not all AA was installed on board too. Here are some interpretation ...

Not long ago I've finished drawing the various Amagi/Akagi carrier designs I've found in the Hiraga archive. So I post them here now: Amagi Aircraft Carrier Preliminary Design 1 https://www.deviantart.com/tzoli/art/Amagi-Aircraft-Carrier-Preliminary-Design-1-827366018 This is something...

Japanese Wikipedia entry on Akizuki class DD stated that IJN started in 1936 to study dedicated AA vessels following the example of Dido class. They contemplated anything from a 1000 ton torpedo boat armed with a single 10 cm or 12.7 cm AA gun to a quite large cruiser equipped with 12 double...

Taiho was ordered as part of Maru 4 fleet expansion program. She was a compromised design, mating an armored flight deck to a Shokaku size hull, resulting in lower freeboard an reduced hangar capacity. The first, prewar, draft of the subsequent Maru 5 plan included 3 more armored carriers of a...

Hello,for almost a year i was looking for japanese tanks/projects.I think everybody know about tanks like Chi-Ha or Chi-Nu.Unfortunately, not all tanks are as easy to find as Chi-Ha.In future I want to present a book called "Japanese tanks and projects".So today i want to show information that i...

Does anyone have any illustrations of the icebreaker that was supposed to replace the Otomari in Japanese service? Info on the Japanese wiki https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%81%B5%E5%B1%B1_(%E7%A0%95%E6%B0%B7%E8%89%A6)

Hello all, I'm searching infos regarding real (albeit conceptual only) battleship projects distinguishing themselves for extraordinary caliber of main guns and/or number of main guns and displacement. I'm aware of the following, some yet briefly discussed in other topics: -Tillman maximum...

http://www.armouredcarriers.com/japanese-aircraft-carrier-taiho-armoured-flight-decks/ A nice look at the background of the Taihō-class program in general, along with an detailed overview of IJN Taihō herself. The fact that she doubled as a support carrier, for example, is often overlooked.

Hello people! I'm looking for information about the following projects, some pure paper projects, other more serious proposals never come to fruition: -Kaneda battleship: an alleged 1914 study by Commander Kaneda about an half million ton battleship armed with 100 41cm guns in 50 double turrets...

Hi dear people I know that the Japanese navy was testing the IJN Shimakaze destroyer it stayed by one example, so she was one of a kind. Does somebody know there were more paper project destroyers or a further developed version of the IJN Shimakaze?

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Hi Folks This is my list of (documented; not speculative) IJN Service Airplane Development Program designations. Any additions/corrections are welcome. This table is strictly for my own files. Thanks. Harry Known SADP Designations: • Kawanishi K-10 14-Shi High-speed Reconnaissance Seaplane...

On wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_military_aircraft_designation_systems we have Nakajima Ki-13 ( attacker airplane) , Mitsubishi Ki-14 (recon. coop.) , Kawasaki Ki-22 , Tachikawa Ki-29 , Mitsubishi Ki-42 ( Heavy Bomber ) , Nakajima Ki-37 ( fighter) , Mitsubishi...

Is it a typo of Mitsubishi Ki-109 or an other based Ki-67 fighter or what else ?!

Hi people I'm searching for data/drawings of never build Japanese carriers such as the G19 project Hopefully some one can help me on this subject

Hi! Aichi Experimental AM-10 two-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane. In 1933,Aichi designed single wing experimental AM-10 two-seat reconnaissance seaplane apart from the experimental 8-shi reconnaissance seaplane. This airplane possessed the cantilevering system taper wing by which the feature of...

Not much I know about the history of these 4 battlecruiser studies, but they were proposed in 1916 as very fast and large capital vessels with good armour and armament. Their armour and armament was almost the same as the Nagato class battleships but speed was chosen for 34,5 or 35knots. My idea...