page_title: List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
section_title: Light cruisers
hierarchical_section_title: List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy / Cruisers / Light cruisers
caption_attribution_description: Japanese light cruiser Agano off Sasebo in October 1942.
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: Tenryū class
  Tenryū (1919–1942)
  Tatsuta (1919–1944)
  Kuma class
  Kuma (1920–1944)
  Tama (1921–1944)
  Kitakami (1921–1945)
  Ōi (1921–1944)
  Kiso (1921–1944)
  ex-German cruisers as prize of World War I
  Y (1909, ex-German Augsburg, 1920–1922)
  Nagara class
  Nagara (1922–1944)
  Isuzu (1923–1945)
  Yura (1923–1942)
  Natori (1922–1944)
  Kinu (1922–1944)
  Abukuma (1925–1944)
  Sendai class
  Sendai (1924–1943)
  Jintsu (1925–1943)
  Naka (1925–1944)
  Yūbari (1923–1944)
  ex-Republic of China cruisers as prizes of Second Sino-Japanese War
  Ioshima (1931 ex-Ning Hai) (1937–1944)
  Yasoshima (1935 ex-P'ing Hai) (1937–1944)
  Katori class
  Katori (1940–1944)
  Kashima (1940–1945)
  Kashii (1941–1945)
  Kashiwara (not completed)
  Agano class
  Agano (1942–1944)
  Yahagi (1943–1945)
  Noshiro (1943–1944)
  Sakawa (1944–1945)
  Ōyodo class
  Ōyodo (1943–1945)
  Niyodo (not completed)
caption: Agano
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