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Daigo Fukuryu Maru — Japanese fishing boat
First victim of a hydrogen bomb died of radiation poisoning because the ship was too near the test zone. On on March 1, 1954, the boat was contaminated by nuclear fallout from the US's Castle Bravo thermonuclear test on Bikini. On Sept. 23, 1954, the ship's radio operator, Aikichi Kuboyama, succumbed. LAUNCHED: 1947 → FATE: Now on display in Tokyo at the Tokyo Metropolitan Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall in Yumenoshima Park.

Hōshō — Japanese aircraft carrier
First ship designed and built as an aircraft carrier. During World War II, she participated in the Battle of Midway in a secondary role. Afterward, she returned to Japan as a training ship for the duration of the war. LAUNCHED: 1922 → FATE: Scrapped in 1948.

HA. 19 — Japanese midget submarine
First shot fired by the U.S. in the World War II was at this minisub as it tried to enter Pearl Harbor. Grounded and abandoned after failing to fired any torpedos, she was pulled out of the sea and was sent to the US mainland in January 1942 where she went on war bond tours. LAUNCHED: 1938 → FATE: On exhibit at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Texas to where she was moved in 1991.

San Juan Bautista — Japanese galleon
One of Japan's first Japanese-built Western-style sailing ships. She crossed the Pacific in 1614 transporting a Japanese diplomatic mission to the Vatican. By 1619, then owned by Spain, she was a slave ship. A full sized replica of the San Juan Bautista is the centerpiece of museum in Ishinomaki, Japan. LAUNCHED: 1613, September → FATE: Unknown

Yamato 1 — Japanese experimental ship
She used magnetohydrodynamic drive s (MHDDs) driven by liquid helium-cooled superconductors . The ship, which had no moving parts, was successfully operated in Kobe harbor in June 1992. LAUNCHED: 1991 → FATE: She was on display at the Kobe Maritime Museum but was demolished in 2016.

The number of Japanese Ships; First, Last, Oldest listed is 5

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Page	Ship Name (Country and Type)
1.	Hōshō (Japanese aircraft carrier)

Japanese Ships; First, Last, Oldest
1.	Hōshō Japanese aircraft carrier
2.	HA. 19 Japanese midget submarine
3.	San Juan Bautista Japanese galleon
4.	Yamato 1 Japanese experimental ship

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