page_title: List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
section_title: Heavy cruisers
hierarchical_section_title: List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy / Cruisers / Heavy cruisers
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 重巡洋艦・摩耶。戦前の絵葉書写真。 English: IJN heavy cruiser Maya on a pre-war Japanese postcard.
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: Furutaka class
  Furutaka (1926–1942)
  Kako (1926–1942)
  Aoba class
  Aoba (1927–1945)
  Kinugasa (1927–1942)
  Myōkō class
  Myōkō (1929–1946)
  Nachi (1928–1944)
  Ashigara (1928–1945)
  Haguro (1929–1945)
  Takao class
  Takao (1932–1945)
  Maya (1932–1944)
  Atago (1932–1944)
  Chōkai (1932–1944)
  Mogami class
  Mogami (1935–1944)
  Mikuma (1935–1942)
  Suzuya (1937–1944)
  Kumano (1937–1944)
  Tone class
  Tone (1938–1945)
  Chikuma (1939–1944)
  Ibuki class
  Ibuki (1943; converted to aircraft carrier)
  No. 301 (Canceled 1942)
caption: Maya
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