August 14th 1945, Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration The next day on August 15th, this was broadcasted through imperial voice broadcast

Houshou was mainly used as a training ship in home water and didn't participate in battle. During the bombing of Kure, she was only lightly damaged. After war, she was sent on repatriation mission before finally getting scrapped.

i-58 was on patrol. She returned on August 18th to Kure and was scuttled on April 1 1946.

Kitakami was damaged by Allied bombing while docked in Kure. After the war she was designated a repair ship until finally being scrapped in 1946.

Takao was heavily damaged and couldn't return to Japan, so she was berthed in Singapore. After the surrender of Johor Naval Base in September 1945, she was towed away to be used as a target ship.

Yukikaze survived the war and Operation Ten-Go. Given to the Republic of China and renamed Tan Yang; served as the flagship of its Navy into the 1960s before running aground during a typhoon and subsequently being scrapped in the early 1970s.

Hibiki was not deployed and survived the war. After the war, she was given to the Soviet navy and renamed Verniy, and later Dekabrist before being used as a target ship and sunk. She lies off Karamzina Island, near Vladivostok, at a depth of 27 meters, and is a popular destination for recreational diving.

Like Takao, Myoukou was stranded in Singapore by heavy, irreparable damage that left her unable to return to Japan. She remained in Singapore until the end of the war and was eventually scuttled.

Nagato stayed in Japan's Yokosuka port. After the war, she was taken by American forces and used in the Operation Crossroads nuclear bomb test.

Jun'you was severely damaged and stayed in Sasebo port. After war, assessment declared her beyond repair and she was scrapped.

Ushio remained in Yokosuka for repair and finally scrapped after the end of the war