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Vaux
01-15-14, 03:01 PM
I'm sure many of you are already know most of this, but I stumbled upon a seemingly-exhaustive Wiki article on Japanese ship-naming conventions. I found it fascinating and thought others would appreciate it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_ship-naming_conventions

Dread Knot
01-15-14, 03:20 PM
I'm sure many of you are already know most of this, but I stumbled upon a seemingly-exhaustive Wiki article on Japanese ship-naming conventions. I found it fascinating and thought others would appreciate it:

Good stuff. :up:

The Japanese language tends to be poetic in nature, and it's not surprising that Japanese warships carried names which were very lyrical. It's certainly difficult to imagine US destroyers being named after various meteorological conditions.

Vaux
01-15-14, 03:26 PM
Good stuff. :up:

The Japanese language tends to be poetic in nature, and it's not surprising that Japanese warships carried names which were very lyrical. It's certainly difficult to imagine US destroyers being named after various meteorological conditions.

Absolutely. The "USS Ripples on the Water Surface" just seems.... wrong. :rotfl2:

Dread Knot
01-15-14, 03:36 PM
I think some WW2 USCG cutters were name after wind directions. Northwind, Eastwind , Westwind, etc.

They got it right with the hospital ships. They had names like Mercy, Comfort, Hope, Relief, Solace, etc.

U505995
01-15-14, 05:05 PM
Absolutely. The "USS Ripples on the Water Surface" just seems.... wrong. :rotfl2:

Or, USS River Runs Through Forest.

Vaux
01-15-14, 05:39 PM
Or, USS River Runs Through Forest.

In English, at least, some of them just lack that "intimidation factor".

John Channing
01-15-14, 07:33 PM
In English, at least, some of them just lack that "intimidation factor".


Yeah! Not like the USS Trout!


Grrrrrrrrrrrrr. :D

JCC

Sailor Steve
01-15-14, 08:06 PM
Very nice. It's easy to find all the names, but the "why" sometimes eludes us. Thanks for posting that. :sunny:

Vaux
01-15-14, 08:46 PM
Yeah! Not like the USS Trout!


Grrrrrrrrrrrrr. :D

JCC


Touche'

Sailor Steve
01-15-14, 09:31 PM
That's okay. The British 'Insect' class gunboats included HMS Cockchafer. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cockchafer_(1915))

Vaux
01-15-14, 10:04 PM
That's okay. The British 'Insect' class gunboats included HMS Cockchafer. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cockchafer_(1915))

Does she have a sister ship? HMS Bumchapper?

merc4ulfate
01-15-14, 10:09 PM
That's okay. The British 'Insect' class gunboats included HMS Cockchafer. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cockchafer_(1915))


:Kaleun_Cheers: :har: ROFLMAO :har: :Kaleun_Cheers:

Rammstein0991
01-15-14, 11:23 PM
In english our warships would sound like something out of Halo for pete's sake

Vaux
01-16-14, 09:06 AM
In english our warships would sound like something out of Halo for pete's sake

You list your location as North Carolina. Would I be correct in assuming from your username that you're referring to the Deutsche Marine? (Rammstein fan here, BTW :rock:).

Rammstein0991
01-17-14, 03:20 AM
Nope, US navy lol

Vaux
01-17-14, 02:25 PM
Nope, US navy lol

Then I don't understand your previous post. "In english our warships would sound like..." kind of implies that you're referring to non-english-named, non-US or UK, warships. Should that have read "In England our warships...."?

Rammstein0991
01-18-14, 08:51 PM
I mean if we style our ship names like the Japanese vessels, which have a more artistic sound to them, Imagine for example the USS "Wind upon the lake"...