The following Japanese ships have been named Chihaya:
, an Imperial Japanese Navy unprotected cruiser in service from 1900 to 1929 Chihaya, an which was scrapped incomplete on slip after 1942 , a submarine rescue vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in service from 1960 to 1989 , a submarine rescue vessel launched in 1998
Chiyaha Maru , a oiler of the Imperial Japanese Army operating from 1943 to 1944 , a cargo liner from Batavia, captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy. , a cement carrier launched in 2000