page_title: List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
section_title: Armored cruisers
hierarchical_section_title: List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy / Cruisers / Armored cruisers
context_page_description: The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868-1945. This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army.
context_section_description: Asama class
  Asama (1899–1945)
  Tokiwa (1899–1945)
  Izumo class
  Izumo (1900–1945)
  Iwate (1901–1945)
  Yakumo (1900–1946)
  Azuma (1900–1944)
  Kasuga class
  Kasuga (1904–1945) ex-Argentine Bernardino Rivadavia
  Nisshin (1904–1936) ex-Argentine Mariano Moreno
  ex-Russian armored cruisers as prizes of the Russo-Japanese War
  Aso (1903, ex-Russian Bayan, 1908–1931)
caption: Yakumo
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