Wartime Naval Armaments Supplement Programme

The was the 1943-44 War Programme to fund further wartime armaments expansion plans of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).

Background

Due to shifting wartime circumstances, the IJN focused on the construction of auxiliary and escort ships. As a result, the Wartime Naval Armaments Supplement Programme lacked any major warships capable of offensive operations.

Table of vessels funded under 1944-45 Estimates

Table of vessels funded under 1945-46 Estimates

This programme was projected only, and the vessels were never ordered.

References

• Rekishi Gunzō series, Gakken (Japan)
• The Maru Special series, Ushio Shobō
• Daiji Katagiri, Ship Name Chronicles of the Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, Kōjinsha (Japan), June 1988,
• (SNAJ), Histories of shipbuilding in Shōwa period (1), (Japan), September 1977
• (ja)

See also

• 1st Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 1 Keikaku, 1931)
• 2nd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 2 Keikaku, 1934)
• 3rd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 3 Keikaku, 1937)
• 4th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 4 Keikaku, 1939)
• Temporal Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru Rin Keikaku, 1940)
• Rapidly Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru KyÅ« Keikaku, 1941)
• Additional Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru Tui Keikaku, 1941)
• 5th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 5 Keikaku, 1941)
• 6th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 6 Keikaku, 1942)
• Modified 5th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Kai-Maru 5 Keikaku, 1942)