The Cost of the “Indestructible” Kongo Battlecruiser Kongo Battleship was the last Japanese warship constructed entirely outside Japan. she was laid down in 1911 and was called “Indestructible”, the name of famous Japanese Mountain “Kongo”. At that time, it was one of the jewels of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The British designer, George […]
Japanese destroyer Akizuki History and Kancolle Kantai Collection Figure The Japanese Destroyer Akizuki, which means Autumn Moon in Japanese, was the first ship of her class and served in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was built in Maizuru Naval Arsenal and laid down in July 1940. One year later, she was […]
Kamikawa Maru Seaplane Tender 1/700 scale waterline The family of seaplane tenders of the Imperial Japanese Navy is very large and one of great fascination and mystery. One example is the Kamikawa Maru-class cargo ships that were operating during 1930s in Japanese Kawasaki Line. F The necessity of air power during the Pacific […]
Imperial Japanese Navy Katsuragi Aircraft Carrier page update The Katsuragi Aircraft Carrier page has been posted . The Imperial Japanese Navy Katsuragi Aircraft Carrier be found here. The page is located in the Imperial Japanese Navy section, inside the Carriers of Imperial Japanese Navy subsection. The Katsuragi Aircraft Carrier page includes historical information, air wings/groups and technical […]
Imperial Japanese Navy Unryu Aircraft Carrier page update The Unryu Aircraft Carrier page has been posted . The Imperial Japanese Navy Unryu Aircraft Carrier be found here. The page is located in the Imperial Japanese Navy section, inside the Carriers of Imperial Japanese Navy subsection. The Unryu Aircraft Carrier page includes historical information, air wings/groups and technical […]
Imperial Japanese Navy Amagi Aircraft Carrier page update The Amagi Aircraft Carrier page has been updated. The Imperial Japanese Navy Amagi Aircraft Carrier be found here. The page is located in the Imperial Japanese Navy section, inside the Carriers of Imperial Japanese Navy subsection. The Amagi Aircraft Carrier page includes historical information, air wings/groups and technical specifications […]
Imperial Japanese Navy Taiho Aircraft Carrier page update The Taiho Aircraft Carrier page has been updated. The Imperial Japanese Navy Taiho Aircraft Carrier be found here. The page is located in the Imperial Japanese Navy section, inside the Carriers of Imperial Japanese Navy subsection. The Taiho Aircraft Carrier page includes historical information, air wings/groups and technical […]
Imperial Japanese Navy Shinano Aircraft Carrier page update The Shinano Aircraft Carrier page has been updated. The Imperial Japanese Navy Shinano Aircraft Carrier be found here. The page is located in the Imperial Japanese Navy section, inside the Carriers of Imperial Japanese Navy subsection. The Shinano Aircraft Carrier page includes historical information, air […]
The Imperial Japanese Navy Amagi-class Battlecruisers (1920-1922) The doctrine of the Imperial Japanese Navy after the victory against the Russian Fleet was also based on a decisive surface battle. This battle should be perform by means of a strong strike force, which was known as an “eight-eight fleet” composition. The eight-eight fleet was defined as […]
The History of the Submarine I-400 of the Imperial Japanese Navy IJN The idea of the super-submarine concept was credited to the Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. The purpose was to be able to attack U.S. cities using aircraft based on submarines, which could allow to the fleet to return to Japan without being detected or […]
Isoroku Yamamoto: Commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943 The admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943) was the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during Pacific War. However, his plane was shot down on 18th April 1943 which was a severe blow to Japanese national morale during […]
Photo Gallery for the Imperial Japanese Navy: The Zuikaku and Shokaku carriers at 1/2000 scale A project for the construction of all Imperial Japanese Navy at scale 1/2000 has started. We will report periodically on the status of the project. The first ships constructed are the fleet carriers Zuikaku and Shokaku. See details on […]
I finally got the Photography Masterpiece Collection by Shizuo Fukui. I’m not sure if it is the same edition as the one sold in Amazon, but I attach below some pics of the cover. I will review these in more detail, but besides the impressive photography quality in high resolution, it includes tons of data […]
All the model ships at 1/700 of the Imperial Japanese Navy collected in one page from four different makers: Fujimi, Hasegawa, Aoshima and of course Tamiya! All of model kits of the Imperial Japanese Navy are collected here so you can plan your future dioramas with the same ships that participating in each operation. […]
The Oyodo-class cruisers had only one warship constructed. This light cruiser vessel was called Oyodo, which refers to the Ōyodo River in Kyūshū, Japan. It was first designed and palnned as a ship for submarine operations, although finally she was used for a variety of missions. Interestingly, she also became the flagship of the Combined Fleet, […]
I uploaded new information about the Agano-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. This class was a light cruiser type of vessels and four units were constructed: Agano, Noshiro, Yahagi, Sakawa. In the following page you can find the basic information about this class. Specific timelines for each individual light cruiser will be uploaded […]
I uploaded new information about the Tenryu-class 天龍型軽巡洋艦 of the Imperial Japanese Navy. This class was light cruiser type of vessels and only two units were constructed: Tenryu and Tatsuta. Both units were lost before the Pacific War ended In the following page you can find the basic information about this class. Specific timelines for […]
A new page for the Japanese light cruisers I have been working in information related to the Japanese light cruisers which play key roles in the pacific war and joined most of the battles played by capital ships in supporting activities. I detail here the names of the main cruiser-classes as well as the […]
The Battleship Yamashiro is, together with Nagato and Akagi, one of my favorite ships. She had a tall tower in a unique pagoda shape that makes her impressive when observed from her profile. To easily learn and navigate through her service and building times, I combined the available information with a timeline representation. I hope […]
As an experimental project, I have been mapping the available exact information of the Tabular Record of Movement of the Battleship Musashi into a more friendly and readable visual timeline representation. You can read about the status of the project and see the preliminary stages of the project here.
A new page for the Japanese Heavy Cruiser Chikuma is here.
