About: Japanese ship Takao

Several ships have been named Takao (高雄): * Japanese steam warship Kaiten No. 2, also called Takao Maru, a ship of the Tokugawa shogunate Navy in the Boshin War * , a transport ship of the early Imperial Japanese Navy * Japanese cruiser Takao (1888), an unprotected cruiser in the early Imperial Japanese Navy * Japanese battlecruiser Takao, a projected Amagi-class battlecruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that was canceled under the terms of Washington Naval Treaty * Japanese cruiser Takao (1930), lead ship of the Takao class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II * , a auxiliary minesweeper of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II * , a auxiliary submarine chaser of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II * SS Takao Maru (1927), a transport