Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Destroyers

Alphabetical list of Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) destroyers. See also list by destroyer by class.

Akatsuki  sunk November 13, 1942
Akebono  sunk November 13, 1944 Manila
Akikaze  sunk November 1, 1944
Akigumo  sunk April 11, 1944 torpedoed by USS Redfin (SS-272) 30 miles southeast of Zamboanga
Akitsuki  sunk October 25, 1944 during Battle off Cape Engaño
Akizuki  sunk October 25, 1944 likely by a torpedo during Battle off Cape Engaño
Amagiri  sunk April 23, 1944 by sea mine in Makassar Strait shipwreck found October 2003 illegally scrapped afterwards
Amatsukaze  damaged April 6, 1945 by B-25s east of Amoy scuttled April 10, 1945
Ariake  sunk July 28, 1943
Asagumo  sunk October 25, 1944 during Battle of Surigao Strait
Asakaze  sunk August 23, 1944 by USS Haddo (SS-255)
Arashi  sunk August 7, 1943 by gunfire and torpedoes during the Battle of Vella Gulf
Arashio  sunk March 4, 1943 during Battle of the Bismarck Sea
Asashio  sunk March 3, 1943 during Battle of the Bismarck Sea
Fubuki sunk October 11, 1942 Battle of Cape Esperance
Fumitsuki sunk February 18, 1944
Hakaze  sunk January 23, 1943 by USS Guardfish
Hamakaze  sunk April 7, 1945
Hamanami  sunk November 11, 1944 during Battle of Ormoc Bay
Harusame sunk June 8, 1944
Hatakaze  sunk January 15, 1945 by U.S. Navy carrier planes
Hatsukaze  sunk November 3, 1943 at 1:00am during Battle of Empress Augusta Bay after collison with Myoko then sunk by USN gunfire
Hayashio sunk November 24, 1942 scuttled after bombed by U.S. aircraft
Hayate (Destroyer No. 13)  sunk December 11, 1942 off Wake Island
Ikazuchi  sunk April 13, 1944 by USS Harder
Isokaze sunk April 7, 1945
Kagerō  sunk May 8, 1943 after damage from sea mine then sunk by U.S. aircraft
Kawakaze  sunk August 7, 1943 during the Battle of Vella Gulf
Kazagumo  sunk June 8, 1944 torpedoed by USS Hake (SS-256)
Kikuzuki (Destroyer No. 31, Kikuzuki No. 23, Kikitsku)  sunk May 4, 1942, salvaged 1943 and abandoned
Kiyonami sunk July 20, 1943 by B-25s north-northwest of Kolombangara Island
Kiyoshimo sunk by B-25s / PT-Boat on December 26, 1944
Kisaragi  sunk December 11, 1942 off Wake Island by USMC F4F Wildcat from VMF-211
Kuroshio sunk May 7-8, 1942
Hatsuyuki  sunk July 17, 1943
Hatsuzuki  sunk October 25, 1944 ***
Makigumo sunk February 1, 1942
Makinami  sunk November 25, 1943 during the e Battle of Cape St. George
Maikaze sunk February 17, 1944
Matsu sunk August 4, 1944 ****
Matsukaze sunk June 9, 1944 ***
Makinami sunk November 25, 1943
Michishio sunk October 25, 1944 ***
Mikatsuki sunk July 28, 1943
Minazuki sunk June 6, 1944 torpedoed by USS Harder
Minegumo  sunk March 5, 1943 in Kula Gulf during the Battle of Blacket Strait
Mochizuki sunk October 24, 1943 by air attack
Murakumo sunk October 12, 1942
Murasame  sunk March 5, 1943 in Kula Gulf during the Battle of Blacket Strait
Mutsuki (Destroyer No. 19)  sunk August 25, 1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Naganami sunk November 11, 1944
Nagatsuki grounded July 6, 1943
Naka sunk February 16, 1944
Natsugumo sunk October 12, 1942 by U.S. aircraft
Niizuki sunk July 6, 1943 during the Battle of Kula Gulf
Nowaki sunk October 26, 1944 during the Battle off Samar
Oite sunk February 18, 1944 Truk Lagoon *
Oyashio  sunk May 8, 1943 damaged by sea mine and sank by air attacks
Samidare  sunk August 18-25, 1944 *
Satsuki  sunk September 21, 1944 by U.S. Navy Task Force 38 (TF 38) carrier planes in Manila Bay
Shigure  sunk March 10, 1945 *
Shikinami  sunk September 12, 1944 by USS Growler (SS-215)
Shimakaze  sunk November 11, 1944 during Battle of Ormoc Bay
Shirayuki  sunk March 3, 1943 during Battle of the Bismarck Sea
Shiratsuyu  sunk June 15, 1944 after collision with Seiyo Maru
Suzukaze  sunk January 25, 1944 torpedoed by USS Skipjack (SS-184)
Suzunami  sunk November 11, 1944
Tachikaze  sunk February 17, 1944
Takanami  sunk November 30, 1943 during Battle of Tassafaronga
Tamanami  sunk July 7, 1944
Tanikaze sunk June 9, 1944 by USS Harder (SS-257) near Tawi Tawi
Teruzuki  sunk December 12, 1942
Tokitsukaze  sunk March 3, 1943 during the Battle of Bismarck Sea
Umikaze  sunk February 1, 1944 torpedoed by USS Guardfish
Urakaze  sunk November 21, 1944 by USS Sealion
Uranami  sunk October 26, 1944 by U.S. Navy carrier planes between Masbate and Panay
Ushio  scrapped August 4, 1948
Wakatsuki sunk November 11, 1944 during Battle of Ormoc Bay
Yamagumo  sunk October 25, 1944
Yamakaze sunk June 25, 1942 torpedoed by USS Nautilus
Yayoi  sunk September 11, 1943
Yugiri  sunk November 25, 1943
Yūgumo  sunk October 6, 1943 Naval Battle of Vella Lavella *
Yūgure  sunk July 20, 1943 north-northwest of Kolombangara Island
Yūnagi  sunk August 25, 1944 by USS Picuda (SS-382) north-northeast of Cape Bojeador on Luzon
Yukikaze  survived the Pacific War and transfered to Republic of China as ROCS Tan Yang scrapped 1970

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