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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY / JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENSE FORCE (JAPAN)

5. SUBMARINES

1. conventional submarines

1. "Holland" 3 class submarines (1-GO) (1905)

2. "Kaigun - Holland" 3 class submarines (6-GO) (1906)

3. "C1 - Vickers" 3 class submarines (8-GO) (1909)

4. "C2 - Vickers" 3 class submarines (10-GO) (1911)

5. "Vickers - Kawasaki" 3 class submarine (13-GO) (1912)

6. "C3 - Vickers" 3 class submarines (16-GO) (1916 - 1917)

7. "Schneider" 2 class submarines (15-GO) (1917 - 1920)

8. "UCIII" ex-German submarines (O4) (1918 / 1918)

9. "UBIII" ex-German submarines (O6) (1917 - 1918 / 1918)

10. "Kaichu 1" 2 class submarines (19-GO) (1919)

11. "U117" ex-German submarine (O1) (1918 / 1919)

12. "U51" ex-German submarine (O3) (1916 / 1919)

13. "Fiat" 2 class submarines (18-GO) (1920 - 1922)

14. "Kaichu 2" 2 class submarines (22-GO) (1920 - 1921)

15. "L1" 2 class submarines (25-GO) (1920)

16. "Kaichu 3" 2 class submarines (34-GO) (1920 - 1923)

17. "U43" ex-German submarine (O2) (1915 / 1920)

18. "L2" 2 class submarines (27-GO) (1921 - 1922)

19. "L3" 2 class submarines (46-GO) (1922 - 1923)

20. "Kaichu 4" 2 class submarines (45-GO) (1923 - 1924)

21. "Kai-Toku-Chu" 2 class submarines  (68-GO) (1923 - 1927)

22. "L4" 2 class submarines (59-GO) (1923 - 1927)

23. "Kaidai 1" 1 class submarine (44-GO) (1924)

24. "Kaidai 2" 1 class submarine (I52) (1925)

25. "Junsen 1" patrol submarines (I1) (1926 - 1929)

26. "Kaidai 3a" 1 class submarines (I53) (1927 - 1928)

27. "Kirai-Sen" submarine minelayers (I21) (1927 - 1928)

28. "Kaidai 3b" 1 class submarines (I56) (1928 - 1930)

29. "Kaidai 4" large submarines (I61) (1929 - 1930)

30. "Kaidai 5" large submarines (I65) (1932)

31. "Junsen 1M" large patrol submarine (I5) (1932)

32. "Kaidai 6a" attack submarines (I68) (1934 - 1937)

33. "Junsen 2" large patrol submarine (I6) (1935)

34. "Kaichu 5" coastal submarines (RO33) (1935 - 1937)

35. "Junsen 3" large patrol submarines (I7) (1937 - 1938)

36. "Kaidai 6b" attack submarines (I74) (1938)

37. 71-GO small experimental submarine (1938)

38. "Otsu-Gata B1" cruiser submarines (I15) (1940 - 1943)

39. "Hei-Gata C1" attack submarines (I16) (1940 - 1941)

40. "Ko-Gata A1" command submarines (I9) (1941 - 1942)

41. "Kaidai 7" attack submarines (I176) (1942 - 1943)

42. "Kai-Sho" coastal submarines (RO100) (1942 - 1944)

43. "Otsu-Gata B2" cruiser submarines (I40) (1943 - 1944)

44. "Hei-Gata C3" attack submarines (I52) (1943 - 1944)

45. "Kaichu 6" coastal submarines (RO35) (1943 - 1944)

46. YU1 small transport submarines of Japanese Army (1943 - 1944)

47. "IXC" type ex-German submarines (RO500) (1941 / 1943, 1943)

48. "Ko-Gata A2" command submarine (I12) (1944)

49. "Kai-Ko-Taka AM" submarine aircraft carriers (I13) (1944 - 1945)

50. " Otsu-Gata B3" cruiser submarines (I54) (1944)

51. "Hei-Gata C2" attack submarines (I46) (1944)

52. "Tei-Gata D1" transport submarines (I361) (1944)

53. "Sen-Toku" submarine aircraft carriers (I400) (1944 - 1945)

54. "Sen-Yuso-Sho" small transport submarines (HA101) (1944 - 1945)

55. YU1001 small transport submarines of Japanese Army (1944 - 1945)

56. "Sen-Taka" fast attack submarines (I201) (1945)

57. "Sen-Ho" aircraft support submarines (I351) (1945)

58. "Tei-Gata D2" transport submarines (I373) (1945)

59. "Sen-Taka-Sho" small fast attack submarines (HA201) (1945)

60. YU2001 small transport submarines of Japanese Army (1945)

61. "IXD2" type ex-German submarines (I501) (1942 - 1943 / 1945)

62. I503 ex-Italian submarine (1939 / 1945)

63. I504 ex-Italian submarine (1940 / 1945)

64. "XB" type ex-German submarine (I505) (1942 / 1945)

65. "IXD-1" type ex-German submarine (I506) (1942 / 1945)

66. KUROSHIO submarine (1943 / 1955)

67. OYASHIO submarine (1960)

68. HAYASHIO submarines (1962)

69. NATSUSHIO submarines (1963 - 1964)

70. OSHIO submarines (1965 - 1969)

71. UZUSHIO submarines (1971 - 1978)

72. YUSHIO submarines (1980 - 1989)

73. HARUSHIO submarines (1990 - 1997)

74! OYASHIO submarines (1998 - 2008)

75! SORYU submarines (2009-)

2. midget submarines

1. "A-Hyoteki" midget submarines  (1-GO) (1934), "Ko-Hyoteki" midget submarines (HA1) (1936 - 1942)

2. "Otsu-Hyoteki B" midget submarine (HA53) (1943), "Hei-Hyoteki C" midget submarines (HA62) (1944)

3. "M - KANAMONO" midget submarine (?) (1944)

4. "U - KANAMONO" submerging assault craft (1944)

5. "SHINKAI" midget submarine (1944)

6. "S-KANAMONO" midget submarine (1944)

7. "Tei-Hyoteki D" "KORYU" midget submarines (HA77) (1945)

8. "KAIRYU" midget submarines (?) (1945)

9. "MARU-SE" submerging assault craft (1945)

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