List of destroyers of Japan

The following is a list of destroyers and 1st class torpedo boats of Japan grouped by class or design. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. The Japanese torpedo boat of 1885 was "the forerunner of torpedo boat destroyers that appeared a decade later". They were designed to Japanese specifications and ordered from the London Yarrow shipyards in 1885. The Yarrow shipyards, builder of the parts for the Kotaka, "considered Japan to have effectively invented the destroyer".

[Imperial Japanese Navy]

[Russo-Japanese War]

These twenty-three 'turtle-back' destroyers, all authorised under the Ten Year Naval Expansion Programme of 1898, comprised six Ikazuchi class built by Yarrow and six Murakumo class built by Thornycroft in the UK, each carrying 1 × 12-pdr and 5 x 6-pdr guns and 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes, and followed by two larger ships from each of the same builders, in which a second 12-pdr replaced the foremost 6-pdr, and finally by seven Harusame class built in Japan. All were later rated as 3rd Class destroyers. The programme also included sixteen First Class torpedo boats, included below

— 6 ships

Name	Kanji	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	叢雲	Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK	1 October 1897	16 November 1898	29 December 1898	depot vessel 1 April 1919, auxiliary minesweeper 1 July 1920; dispatch vessel 1 April 1922, scuttled 4 June 1925
	東雲	Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK	1 October 1897	14 December 1898	1 February 1899	wrecked off Taiwan 23 July 1913; written off 6 August 1913
	夕霧	Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK	1 November 1897	26 January 1899	10 March 1899	depot vessel 1 April 1919, auxiliary minesweeper 1 July 1920; Broken up 1 April 1922
	不知火	Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK	1 January 1898	15 March 1899	13 May 1899	minesweeper 1 April 1922, dispatch vessel 1 August 1923; Broken up 25 February 1925
	陽炎	Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK	1 August 1898	23 October 1899	31 October 1899	Dispatch vessel 21 April 1922; Broken up 25 February 1925
	薄雲	Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK	1 September 1898	16 January 1900	1 February 1900	minesweeper 1 April 1922, dispatch vessel 1 August 1923; scuttled 29 April 1925

— 6 ships

Name	Kanji	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Ikazuki	雷	Yarrow & Company, Poplar, London	1 September 1897	15 November 1898	23 February 1899	Boiler explosion at Ominato 9 October 1913, written off 5 November 1913, scrapped 29 April 1914
Inazuma	電	Yarrow & Company, Poplar, London	1 November 1897	28 January 1899	25 April 1899	Lost in collision off Hakodate 16 December 1909, written off 15 September 1910
Akebono	曙	Yarrow & Company, Poplar, London	1 February 1898	25 April 1899	3 July 1899	Retired 18 October 1921, scrapped 2 May 1925
Sazanami	漣	Yarrow & Company, Poplar, London	1 June 1897	8 August 1899	28 August 1899	Retired 1 April 1913, sold 23 August 1914 as MV Sazanami Maru
Niji	霓	Yarrow & Company, Poplar, London	1 January 1899	22 June 1899	29 July 1899	Grounded off Shantung Peninsula 29 July 1900, written off 8 April 1901
Oboro	朧	Yarrow & Company, Poplar, London	1 January 1899	5 October 1899	1 November 1899	Retired 21 June 1921, scrapped 1926

''Shirataka'' class">Japanese torpedo boat Shirataka">''Shirataka'' class – 1 1st class torpedo boat

Name	Kanji	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Shirataka	白鷹	Schichau-Werke, Danzig, Germany	3 March 1899	10 June 1899	22 June 1900	Utility vessel 15 November 1923, sold for scrap 6 April 1927

''Hayabusa'' class">Hayabusa-class torpedo boat">''Hayabusa'' class – 15 1st class torpedo boats

Name	Kanji	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Hayabusa	隼	Normand Shipyard, Le Havre, France	15 March 1899	16 December 1899	19 April 1900	Utility vessel 1 April 1919, scrapped 14 September 1922
Manazuru	真鶴	Normand Shipyard, Le Havre, France	9 October 1899	27 June 1900	7 November 1900	Utility vessel 1 April 1919, scrapped 17 December 1925
Kasasaki	鵲	Normand Shipyard, Le Havre, France	26 December 1899	30 June 1900	30 November 1900	Utility vessel 1 April 1919, scrapped 17 December 1925
Chidori	千鳥	Normand Shipyard, Le Havre, France	11 June 1900	27 January 1901	9 April 1901	Utility vessel 1 April 1913, scrapped 27 February 1923
Kari	雁	Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Hiroshima	5 April 1902	14 March 1903	25 July 1903	Utility vessel 1 April 1922, scrapped 19 February 1930
Aotaka	蒼鷹	Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Hiroshima	15 April 1902	14 March 1903	1 August 1903	Utility vessel 1 April 1922, scrapped 19 September 1927
Hato	鴿	Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Hiroshima	22 May 1902	22 August 1903	22 October 1903	Utility vessel 1 April 1922, scrapped 10 July 1926
Tsubame	燕	Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Hiroshima	2 June 1902	21 October 1903	24 November 1903	Utility vessel 1 April 1922, scrapped 15 July 1925
Hibari	雲雀	Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Hiroshima	25 July 1902	21 October 1903	10 January 1904	Utility vessel 1 April 1922, scrapped 14 February 1925
Kiji	雉	Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Hiroshima	2 September 1902 14 June 1904	5 November 1903 18 April 1905	23 January 1904 9 May 1905	Ran aground 31 March 1904, only hull was scrapped and ship was rebuilt using parts from the original hull, Utility vessel 15 December 1923, scrapped 2 October 1926
Hashitake	鷂	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	14 June 1903	30 December 1903	27 February 1904	Utility vessel 1 April 1923, scrapped 15 July 1926
Sagi	鷺	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	4 October 1902	21 December 1903	22 March 1904	Utility vessel 1 April 1923, scrapped 14 February 1925
Uzura	鶉	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	20 January 1903	29 February 1904	22 April 1904	Utility vessel 1 April 1923, scrapped 30 September 1932
Kamome	鴎	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	24 February 1903	30 April 1904	4 June 1904	Utility vessel 15 December 1923, scrapped 18 September 1926
Ōtori	鴻	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	14 June 1903	29 February 1904	4 June 1904	Utility vessel 15 December 1923, scrapped 15 September 1926

— 2 ships

Name	Kanji	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	白雲	Thornycroft, Chiswick, United Kingdom	1 February 1901	1 October 1901	13 February 1902	auxiliary minesweeper 1 April 1922; utility vessel 1 April 1923; sold 21 July 1925
	朝潮	Thornycroft, Chiswick, United Kingdom	3 April 1901	10 January 1902	4 May 1902	auxiliary minesweeper 1 April 1922, utility vessel 1 April 1923; sold 5 April 1926

''Akatsuki'' class">Akatsuki-class destroyer (1901)">''Akatsuki'' class – 2 ships

Name	Kanji	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	暁	Yarrow & Co, Cubitt Town, London	10 December 1900	13 February 1901	14 December 1901	mined off Port Arthur 17 May 1904, written off 19 October 1905
	霞	Yarrow & Co, Cubitt Town, London	1 February 1901	23 January 1902	14 February 1902	demilitarized 1 April 1913, scrapped 1 July 1920

— 7 ships

Name	Kanji	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Harusame	春雨	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka	1 February 1902	31 October 1902	26 June 1903	ran aground 24 November 1911, written off 28 December 1911, wreck broken up 1 August 1926
Murasame	村雨	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka	20 March 1902	29 November 1902	7 July 1903	auxiliary minesweeper 1 April 1922, decommissioned 1 April 1923, broken up 14 February 1926
Hayatori	速鳥	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka	15 April 1902	12 March 1903	24 August 1903	mined off Port Arthur 3 September 1904; struck 15 June 1905
Asagiri	朝霧	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka	15 April 1902	15 April 1903	18 September 1903	auxiliary minesweeper 1 April 1922, decommissioned 1 April 1923; broken up 14 February 1926
Ariake	有明	Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Hiroshima	30 June 1904	17 December 1904	15 March 1905	retired 1 December 1924, struck from Navy List 10 April 1925; Transferred to Home Ministry as a police boat 12 November 1925
Fubuki	吹雪	Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Hiroshima	29 September 1904	21 January 1905	28 February 1905	Stricken on 10 April 1925 and broken up in 1926
Arare	霰	Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Hiroshima	29 October 1904	5 April 1905	10 May 1905	Stricken on 1 April 1924 and broken up in 1926

— 1 ship

Name	Kanji	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Akatsuki	暁	Izhorskiye Zavody, Russia	1897 or 1900	26 July 1901	27 June 1903	Originally Imperial Russian Navy destroyer. Captured 12 August 1904. Renamed Yamabiko or Yamahiko 19 October 1905. Broken up 1918 or 1919

[World War I]

Before and during World War I, Japan established three grades of destroyers - the large 1st Class or ocean-going type, the medium 2nd Class type and the small 3rd Class type. Between 1904 and 1918, Japan built thirty-two 3rd Class destroyers, twenty-two 2nd Class destroyers and eight 1st Class destroyers. They also purchased two further 1st Class destroyers built in the UK by Yarrow.

/''Kanran'' class">:ja:橄欖型駆逐艦">''Kanran'' class – 2 ships

Name	Kanji	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Kanran	橄欖	R. W. Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn, England	24 November 1911	9 August 1910	March 1911	Returned to Royal Navy, sold for breaking up 26 November 1921
Sendan	栴檀	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston, Southampton, England	11 March 1910	2 February 1911	May 1911	Returned to Royal Navy, sold for breaking up 1 December 1921

The Inter-War Period

From 1919 onwards, a series of destroyers were built regularly in Japan. No further 3rd Class ships were built after 1909, and only two further classes of 2nd Class ships were built by 1923, after which all were 1st Class. The ships of the Wakatake, Kamikaze and Mutsuki classes were initially given numbers rather than names, but names were assigned on 1 August 1928. The numbering system continued after 1928, but were not assigned to ships, which were all named.

— 21 ships

The total of 21 excludes 7 cancelled.

Name	Kanji	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	梨	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	2 February 1918	26 August 1919	10 December 1919	Decommissioned 1 February 1940 and scrapped
	竹	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	2 December 1918	26 August 1919	5 December 1919	Decommissioned 1 February 1940; converted to training ship; scuttled as breakwater at Akita port in 1948
	樅	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka	23 January 1918	10 June 1919	27 December 1919	Decommissioned 1 April 1932; renamed Disposal Destroyer No.2; used for trials until 1936
	榧	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka	23 December 1918	10 June 1919	28 March 1920	Decommissioned 1 February 1940 and scrapped
	楡	Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Hiroshima	5 September 1919	22 December 1919	31 March 1920	Decommissioned, 1 February 1940; converted to training ship, re-converted to auxiliary ship No.1 Tomariura 15 December 1944; scrapped 1948
	栗	Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Hiroshima	5 December 1919	19 March 1920	30 April 1920	Mined off Pusan 8 October 1945; struck 25 October 1945
	栂	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	5 March 1919	17 April 1920	20 June 1920	Sunk off Taiwan 15 January 1945 in air attack; struck 10 March 1945
	柿	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Yokosuka	27 February 1919	20 October 1919	2 August 1920	Decommissioned 1 April 1940; converted to training ship; re-converted to auxiliary ship Ōsu 23 February 1945; scrapped 1948
	菊	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	20 January 1920	13 October 1920	10 December 1920	Converted to Patrol Boat No.31 1 April 1940; sunk at Palau 30 March 1944 by air attack; struck 10 May 1944
	葵	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	1 April 1920	9 November 1920	10 December 1920	Converted to Patrol Boat No.32 1 April 1940; grounded 23 December 1941 at Wake Island; struck 15 January 1942
	萩	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Yokosuka	28 February 1920	29 October 1920	20 April 1921	Converted to Patrol Boat No.33 1 April 1940; grounded 23 December 1941 at Wake Island; struck 15 January 1942
	薄	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	3 May 1920	21 February 1921	25 May 1921	Converted to Patrol Boat No.34 1 April 1940; sunk 6 March 1943 in collision with off Kavien; written off 10 January 1945.
	藤	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	6 December 1919	27 November 1920	31 May 1921	Converted to Patrol Boat No.36 1 April 1940; surrendered to Netherlands in July 1946 at Surabaya; scrapped 10 August 1946
	蔦	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	16 October 1920	9 May 1921	30 June 1921	Converted to Patrol Boat No.35 1 April 1940; sunk at Lae by air attack 2 September 1942; struck 10 February 1943
	葦	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	15 November 1920	3 September 1921	29 October 1921	Decommissioned 1 February 1940; converted to training ship, re-converted to auxiliary ship No.2 Tomariura 15 December 1944; modified to Shin'yō suicide motorboatt mothership 1945, scrapped 1947
	蕨	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	12 October 1920	28 September 1921	19 December 1921	Sunk 24 August 1927 in collision with off Cape Miho; struck 15 September 1927
	菱	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Yokosuka	10 November 1920	9 May 1921	23 March 1922	Converted to Patrol Boat No.37 1 April 1940; sunk off Borneo by 24 January 1942; struck 10 April 1942
	蓮	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Yokosuka	2 March 1921	8 December 1921	31 July 1922	Retired 12 October 1945; scuttled as breakwater in Fukui in 1946
	蓼	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	20 December 1920	15 March 1921	31 July 1922	Converted to Patrol Boat No.39 1 April 1940; torpedoed off Yonaguni by 23 April 1943; struck 1 July 1943
	蓬	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	26 February 1921	14 March 1922	19 August 1922	Converted to Patrol Boat No.38 1 April 1940: torpedoed Bashi Strait by 25 November 1944; struck 10 March 1945
	菫	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	24 November 1920	14 December 1921	31 March 1923	Decommissioned 1 February 1940; converted to training ship, re-converted to auxiliary ship Mitaka 23 February 1945; scrapped 1948

— 8 ships

The total of 8 excludes 5 cancelled in 1922.

Name	Kanji	Number	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Wakatake	若竹	Dai-2	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	13 December 1921	24 July 1922	30 September 1922	Sunk in air attack off Palau during Operation Desecrate One 30 March 1944; struck 10 May 1944
Kuretake	呉竹	Dai-4	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	15 March 1922	21 October 1922	21 December 1922	Sunk by at Bashi Channel 30 December 1944; struck 10 February 1945
Sanae	早苗	Dai-6	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Yokosuka	5 April 1922	15 February 1923	5 November 1923	Torpedoed by in Celebes Sea 13 November 1943; struck 5 January 1944
Sawarabi	早蕨	Dai-8	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Yokosuka	20 November 1922	1 September 1923	24 July 1924	Capsized in storm off Keelung, Taiwan 5 December 1932; struck 1 April 1933
Asagao	朝顔	Dai-10	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	14 March 1922	4 November 1922	10 May 1923	Sunk by naval mine at Kanmon Straits 22 August 1945; raised and broken up 1948
Yūgao	夕顔	Dai-12	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	15 May 1922	14 April 1923	31 May 1924	Converted to Patrol Boat No. 46, 1 February 1940; sunk by at Irōzaki 10 November 1944
Fuyō	芙蓉	Dai-16	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	16 February 1922	23 September 1922	16 March 1923	Torpedoed by off Manila Bay 20 December 1943; struck 5 February 1944
	刈萱	Dai-18	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	16 May 1922	19 March 1923	20 August 1923	Torpedoed by west of Luzon 10 May 1944; struck 10 July 1944

— 4 ships

These four vessels were nominally "torpedo boats". Built under the 1st Naval Armaments Supplement Programme of 1931.

Name	Kanji	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Chidori	千鳥	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	13 October 1931	1 April 1933	20 November 1933	Sunk 21 December 1944 by west of Omaezaki
Manazuru	真鶴	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	22 December 1931	11 July 1933	31 January 1934	Sunk 1 March 1945 by air raid at Naha
Tomozuru	友鶴	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	11 November 1932	1 October 1933	24 February 1934	Sunk 24 March 1945 by air raid at west of Amami Ōshima
Hatsukari	初雁	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	6 April 1933	19 December 1933	15 July 1934	Captured by United Kingdom at the end of war; Decommissioned 3 May 1947, scrapped 1948

The [Second Sino-Japanese War] and [World War II]

— 8 ships

These eight vessels were nominally "torpedo boats". The total of 8 excludes another 8 cancelled units.

Name	Kanji	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Ōtori	鴻	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	8 Nov 1934	25 Apr 1935	10 Oct 1936	Sunk by aircraft of Task Force 58 NW of Saipan 12 Jun 1944
Hayabusa	隼	Yokohama Dockyard, Yokohama	19 Dec 1934	28 Oct 1935	7 Dec 1936	Sunk by aircraft in Sibuyan Sea 24 Sep 1944
	鵯	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	26 Nov 1934	25 Oct 1935	20 Dec 1936	Sunk by in South China Sea 17 Nov 1944
Kasasagi	鵲	Ōsaka Iron Works	4 Mar 1935	18 Oct 1935	15 Jan 1937	Sunk by in Flores Sea, 26 Sep 1943
Kiji	雉	Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tamano, Okayama	24 Oct 1935	26 Jan 1937	31 Jul 1937	Surrendered to Soviet Union at Nakhodka on 3 Oct 1947; Renamed Vnimatel'nyy; Decommissioned 31 Oct 1957
Sagi	鷺	Harima Shipyards, Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi	20 May 1936	30 Jan 1937	31 Jul 1937	Sunk by USS Gunnel W of Luzon 8 Nov 1944
Hato	鳩	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	28 May 1936	25 Jan 1937	7 Aug 1937	Sunk by aircraft at Hong Kong 16 Oct 1944
Kari	雁	Yokohama Dockyard, Yokohama	11 May 1936	20 Jan 1937	20 Sep 1937	Sunk by in Java Sea 16 July 1945

''Akizuki'' class">Akizuki-class destroyer (1942)">''Akizuki'' class (Type B) — 12 ships

The total of 12 excludes 1 uncompleted and 3 cancelled; 21 intended further ships were never ordered.

Name	Kanji	Number	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	秋月	Dai-104	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	30 June 1940	2 July 1941	11 June 1942	Sunk during the Battle off Cape Engaño 25 October 1944. Removed from navy list on 10 December 1944.
	照月	Dai-105	Mitsubishi Shipyards, Nagasaki	13 November 1940	21 November 1941	31 August 1942	Heavily damaged by USS PT-37 and PT-40 off Savo Island 11 December 1942. Scuttled 12 December 1942. Removed from navy list 20 January 1943.
	涼月	Dai-106	Mitsubishi Shipyards, Nagasaki	15 March 1941	3 March 1942	29 December 1942	Survived war at Sasebo. Decommissioned 20 November 1945. Converted to breakwater at Kitakyūshū in July 1948.
	初月	Dai-107	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	25 July 1941	3 April 1942	29 December 1942	Sunk during the Battle off Cape Engaño 25 October 1944. Removed from navy list 10 December 1944.
	新月	Dai-108	Mitsubishi Shipyards, Nagasaki	8 December 1941	29 June 1942	31 March 1943	Sunk during the Battle of Kula Gulf 6 July 1943. Removed from navy list 10 September 1943.
	若月	Dai-109	Mitsubishi Shipyards, Nagasaki	9 March 1942	24 November 1942	31 May 1943	Sunk during the Battle of Ormoc Bay 11 November 1944. Removed from navy list 10 January 1945.
	霜月		Mitsubishi Shipyards, Nagasaki	6 July 1942	7 April 1943	31 March 1944	Sunk by off Anambas Islands 25 November 1944. Removed from navy list 10 January 1945.
	冬月		Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	8 May 1943	20 January 1944	25 May 1944	Survived war at Kitakyūshū. Decommissioned 20 November 1945. Converted to breakwater at Kitakyūshū in July 1948.
	花月		Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	10 February 1944	10 October 1944	26 December 1944	Survived war at western Inland Sea. Decommissioned 5 October 1945. Surrendered to United States 29 August 1947 and renamed DD-934. Sunk as target off the Gotō Islands 3 February 1948.
	春月		Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Nagasaki	23 December 1943	3 August 1944	28 December 1944	Survived war at Kure. Decommissioned 5 October 1945. Surrendered to Soviet Union 28 August 1947 and renamed
	宵月		Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Yokosuka	25 August 1943	25 September 1944	31 January 1945	Survived war at Nōmi. Decommissioned 5 October 1945. Surrendered to Republic of China 29 August 1947 and renamed Fen Yang. Scrapped in 1963.
	夏月		Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Nagasaki	1 May 1944	2 December 1944	8 April 1945	Survived war at Kitakyūshū. Decommissioned 5 October 1945. Surrendered to United Kingdom 25 August 1947. Sold and scrapped at Uraga in September 1947-March 1948.

(Type A) — 19 ships

The total of 19 excludes 8 cancelled.

Name	Kanji	Number	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	夕雲	Dai-110	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	12 June 1940	16 March 1941	5 December 1941	Sunk during Battle of Vella Lavella 6 October 1943
	巻雲	Dai-111	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	13 December 1940	5 November 1941	14 March 1942	Sunk after surface action 1 February 1943
	風雲	Dai-112	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Yokosuka	23 December 1940	26 September 1941	28 March 1942	Torpedoed at Davao Gulf 8 June 1944
	長波	Dai-113	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	5 April 1941	5 March 1942	30 June 1942	Air attack, Ormoc Bay, 11 November 1944
	巻波	Dai-114	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	11 April 1941	27 December 1941	8 August 1942	Sunk, Battle of Cape St. George, 25 November 1943
	高波	Dai-115	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Yokosuka	29 May 1941	16 March 1942	31 August 1942	Sunk, Battle of Tassafaronga, 30 November 1942
	大波	Dai-116	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	15 November 1941	13 August 1942	29 December 1942	Sunk, Battle of Cape St. George, 25 November 1943
	清波	Dai-117	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Yokosuka	15 October 1941	17 August 1942	25 January 1943	Air attack, NNW of Kolombangara 20 July 1943
	玉波	Dai-118	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	16 March 1942	26 December 1942	30 April 1943	Torpedoed, WSW of Manila, 7 July 1944
	涼波	Dai-120	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Yokosuka	27 March 1942	26 December 1942	27 July 1943	Air attack, Rabaul, 11 November 1943
	藤波	Dai-121	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	25 August 1942	20 April 1943	31 July 1943	Air attack N of Iloilo 27 October 1944
	早波	Dai-122	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	15 January 1942	19 December 1942	31 July 1943	Torpedoed near Tawi-Tawi, Philippines 7 June 1944
	濱波	Dai-123	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	28 April 1942	18 April 1943	15 October 1943	Air attack, Ormoc Bay, 11 November 1944
	朝霜	Dai-126	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	21 January 1943	18 July 1943	27 November 1943	Air attack SW of Nagasaki 7 April 1945
	岸波	Dai-125	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Yokosuka	29 August 1942	19 August 1943	3 December 1943	Torpedoed W of Palawan Island 4 December 1944
	沖波	Dai-124	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	5 August 1942	18 July 1943	10 December 1943	Air attack W of Manila, 13 November 1944
	早霜	Dai-127	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	20 January 1943	20 October 1943	20 February 1944	Air attack off Semirara Island 26 October 1944
	秋霜	Dai-128	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	3 May 1943	5 December 1943	11 March 1944	Air attack, Manila 13 November 1944
	清霜	Dai-129	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Yokosuka	16 March 1943	29 February 1944	15 May 1944	Torpedoed after air attack 26 December 1944

''Shimakaze'' class">Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1942)">''Shimakaze'' class (Type C) — 1 ship

The total excludes 16 cancelled.

Name	Kanji	Number	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Shimakaze	島風	Dai-119	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	8 August 1941	18 July 1942	10 May 1943	Sunk during Battle of Ormoc Bay 11 November 1944

(Modified ''Matsu -'' Type D Kai) — 14 ships

The total excludes 9 never completed and cancelled units

Name	Kanji	Number	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	橘	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka	8 July 1944	14 October 1944	20 January 1945	Sunk on 14 July 1945 by US Navy carrier aircraft off Hakodate	-
	楡	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	14 August 1944	25 November 1944	31 January 1945	Scrapped April 1948	-
	蔦	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka	31 July 1944	2 November 1944	8 February 1945	Surrendered at Kure. Used to repatriate Japanese. Handed over to the Republic of China on 31 July 1947 in Shanghai. It was renamed ROCN Hua Yang, removed from the ROC Navy list on 11 November 1954.	-
	萩	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka	11 September 1944	27 November 1944	1 March 1945	Surrendered to United Kingdom on 16 July 1947 at Singapore, scrapped	-
	柿	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka	5 October 1944	11 December 1944	5 March 1945	Surrendered to United States on 4 July 1947 at Qingdao. Sunk as target off, 19 August 1947	-
	椎	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	18 September 1944	13 January 1945	13 March 1945	Delivered to Soviet Union on 5 July 1947 at Nakhodka, renamed Vol'ny, converted to target ship TSL-24, scrapped in 1960.	-
	梨	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	1 September 1944	17 January 1945	15 March 1945	Sunk 28 July 1945 at Kure by US aircraft. Salvaged on 30 September 1954, Transferred to on 31 May 1956. Refitted in 1958 as a radar trials ship; sonar added in 1960. Struck on 31 March 1971 and scrapped 1972–1973.	-
	菫	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka	21 October 1944	27 December 1944	26 March 1945	Surrendered to United Kingdom on 23 August 1947 at Hong Kong, sunk as target 1947	-
	榎	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	14 October 1944	27 January 1945	31 March 1945	Sunk 26 June 1945 sunk in shallow water by contact mine at Obama, Fukui, raised and scrapped 1948	-
	楠	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka	9 November 1944	8 January 1945	28 April 1945	Surrendered to United Kingdom on 1947	-
	雄竹	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	5 November 1944	10 March 1945	15 May 1945	Surrendered to United States on 14 July 1947 at Qingdao. Sunk as target off, 17 September 1947	-
	初櫻	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka	4 December 1944	10 February 1945	18 May 1945	Delivered to Soviet Union on 29 July 1947 at Nakhodka, renamed Vetrenny and soon Vyrazitelny, converted to target ship TSL-26, scrapped in 1958.	-
	樺	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka	15 October 1944	27 February 1945	29 May 1945	Surrendered to United States on 4 August 1947 at Sasebo, scrapped 1 March 1948	-
	初梅	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Kyoto	8 December 1944	25 April 1945	18 June 1945	Surrendered at Maizuru. Handed over to the Republic of China on 6 July 1947 in Shanghai, called ROCN Xin Yang. Removed from the ROC Navy list and scrapped 1961.	-

[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]

Standard Destroyer

/ (DD) — 2 ships transferred 1954 from USA

Name	Kana	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Asakaze	あさかぜ	DD-181	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, United States	20 December 1940	26 July 1941	28 November 1941	Transferred JMSDF 19 October 1954, Returned to U.S. 1970, sold to Taiwan for spare parts
Hatakaze	はたかぜ	DD-182	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States	3 September 1940	23 September 1941	26 January 1942	Transferred JMSDF 19 October 1954, Returned to U.S. 1969, sold to Taiwan and renamed ROCS Hsien Yang, struck 1974

(DDK) — 3 ships

''Murasame'' class">Murasame-class destroyer (1994)">''Murasame'' class (1994) (DD) — 9 ships

Name	Kana	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	むらさめ	DD-101	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	18 August 1993	23 August 1994	12 March 1996	Homeport JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base
Harusame	はるさめ	DD-102	Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tamano, Okayama	11 August 1994	16 October 1995	24 March 1997	Homeport JMSDF Sasebo Naval Base
Yūdachi	ゆうだち	DD-103	Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tamano, Okayama	18 March 1996	19 August 1997	4 March 1999	Homeport JMSDF Ōminato Naval Base
Kirisame	きりさめ	DD-104	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	3 April 1996	21 August 1997	18 March 1999	Homeport JMSDF Sasebo Naval Base
Inazuma	いなづま	DD-105	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	8 May 1997	9 September 1998	15 March 2000	Homeport JMSDF Kure Naval Base
Samidare	さみだれ	DD-106	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	11 September 1997	24 September 1998	21 March 2000	Homeport JMSDF Kure Naval Base
Ikazuchi	いかづち	DD-107	Hitachi Zosen, Maizuru, Kyoto	25 February 1998	24 June 1999	14 March 2001	Homeport JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base
Ariake	ありあけ	DD-109	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Kobe	18 May 1999	16 October 2000	6 March 2002	Homeport JMSDF Sasebo Naval Base
Akebono	あけぼの	DD-108	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	29 October 1999	25 September 2000	19 March 2002	Homeport JMSDF Kure Naval Base

''Asahi'' class">Asahi-class destroyer">''Asahi'' class (DD) — 2 ships

Name	Kana	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	あさひ	DD-119	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	4 August 2015	19 October 2016	7 March 2018	Homeport JMSDF Sasebo Naval Base
	しらぬい	DD-120	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	20 May 2016	12 October 2017	27 February 2019	Homeport JMSDF Ōminato Naval Base

Guided Missile Destroyer

(DDG) — 1 ship

Name	Kana	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	あまつかぜ	DDG-163	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	29 November 1962	5 October 1963	15 February 1965	Decommissioned 29 November 1995, sunk as target

(DDG) — 2 ships

Name	Kana	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	まや	DDG-179	Japan Marine United, Yokohama	17 April 2017	30 July 2018	19 March 2020	Homeport JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base
	はぐろ	DDG-180	Japan Marine United, Yokohama	23 January 2018	17 July 2019	19 March 2021

Helicopter Destroyer

(DDH) — 2 ships

Name	Kana	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	いずも	DDH-183	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	27 January 2012	6 August 2013	25 March 2015	Homeport JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base
	かが	DDH-184	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	7 October 2013	27 August 2015	22 March 2017	Homeport JMSDF Kure Naval Base

Small Escort

''Tachibana'' class">Matsu-class destroyer">''Tachibana'' class – 1 ship

Name	Kana	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Wakaba	わかば	DE-261	Kawasaki Dockyards, Kobe	1 September 1944	17 January 1945	15 March 1945	Transferred to JMSDF 31 May 1956, struck on 31 March 1971, scrapped 1972–1973.

(DE) - 1 ship

Name	Kana	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	あけぼの	DE-201	Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo	10 December 1954	30 October 1955	20 March 1956	Decommissioned 1976, struck 1981

(DE)— 6 ships

Name	Kana	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	あぶくま	DE-229	Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tamano, Okayama	17 March 1988	21 December 1988	12 December 1989	Homeport JMSDF Kure Naval Base
	じんつう	DE-230	Hitachi Zosen, Maizuru, Kyoto	14 April 1988	31 January 1989	28 February 1990	Homeport JMSDF Sasebo Naval Base
	おおよど	DE-231	Hitachi Zosen, Osaka	8 March 1989	19 December 1989	23 January 1991	Homeport JMSDF Ōminato Naval Base
	せんだい	DE-232	Sumitomo, Uraga, Yokosuka	14 April 1989	26 January 1990	15 March 1991	Homeport JMSDF Maizuru Naval Base
	とね	DE-234	Sumitomo, Uraga, Yokosuka	8 February 1991	6 December 1991	8 February 1993	Homeport JMSDF Sasebo Naval Base
	ちくま	DE-233	Hitachi Zosen, Osaka	14 February 1991	25 January 1992	24 February 1993	Homeport JMSDF Ōminato Naval Base

(FFM)— 6 ships

Name	Kana	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	くまの	FFM-2	Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tamano, Okayama	30 October 2019	19 November 2020	22 March 2022	Homeport JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base
	もがみ	FFM-1	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	29 October 2019	3 March 2021	28 April 2022	Homeport JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base
	のしろ	FFM-3	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	15 July 2020	22 June 2021	15 Dec 2022
	みくま	FFM-4	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	15 July 2020	10 Dec 2021	7 March 2023
	やはぎ	FFM-5	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	24 June 2021	23 June 2022	21 May 2024	-
	あがの	FFM-6	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	24 June 2021	21 Dec 2022	20 June 2024
	によど	FFM-7	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	30 June 2022	26 Sep 2023
	ゆうべつ	FFM-8	Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tamano, Okayama	30 August 2022	14 Nov 2023
	なとり	FFM-9	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	6 July 2023	24 June 2024
	ながら	FFM-10	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	6 July 2023	19 Dec 2024		-