keltos01
04-11-08, 03:14 AM
Found on :
http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/m_name.htm
has a list of all japanese ships and data and history, nice stuff !!
k
Material - Vessels Naming standard
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Type Naming standard Samples Notes
battleships states (ancient era) Yamato, Musashi, Nagato "Fuso" means Japan in literary words
battlecruisers mountains Tsukuba, Kongo, Hiei
1st class cruisers mountains Asama, Furutaka, Myoko
2nd class cruisers rivers Tama, Kiso, Mogami
training cruisers Shinto shrines Kashima, Katori, Kashiwara
aircraft carriers flying animals Hiryu, Taiho, Kaiyo
mountains Amagi, Katsuragi, Ikoma From late in Pacific War
seaplane tenders literary lucky words Chitose, Mizuho, Nisshin
submarine tenders marine animals Jingei, Chogei, Taigei
minelayers literary lucky words Okinoshima, Itsukushima, Yaeyama
birds Shirataka, Hatsutaka, Wakataka Netlayers
gunboats sightseeing spots Uji, Toba, Fushimi
1st class destroyers astronominal weather,
atomosphere weather, sea weather Akizuki, Murakumo, Oyashio
trees, flowers,
grasses Matsu, Ume, Tachibana Type-D
2nd class destroyers trees, flowers,
grasses Kashi, Hagi, Hasu
1st class submarines numbers I-1, I-15
2nd class submarines numbers Ro-38, Ha-101
torpedo boats birds Chidori, Tomozuru, Kasasagi
escorts islands Etorofu, Matsuwa, Okinawa Type-A
numbers CD-1 Type-C/D
patrol boats numbers PB-1
minesweepers numbers W-1
submarine chasers numbers CH-1
minelayer boats islands Enoshima, Nuwajima
birds Tsubame, Kamome ex-auxiliary
transports capes, straits Mamiya, Shiretoko, Kinesaki
landing ships numbers T-1
(*) Sometimes they were not named after this standard, most typical case is that she was reclassified after naming (for example, Akagi is named as a battlecruiser, but later converted to an aircraft carrier).
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Copyright © Hiroshi Nishida (Misohito), 2003.
http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/m_name.htm
has a list of all japanese ships and data and history, nice stuff !!
k
Material - Vessels Naming standard
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TOP page
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Type Naming standard Samples Notes
battleships states (ancient era) Yamato, Musashi, Nagato "Fuso" means Japan in literary words
battlecruisers mountains Tsukuba, Kongo, Hiei
1st class cruisers mountains Asama, Furutaka, Myoko
2nd class cruisers rivers Tama, Kiso, Mogami
training cruisers Shinto shrines Kashima, Katori, Kashiwara
aircraft carriers flying animals Hiryu, Taiho, Kaiyo
mountains Amagi, Katsuragi, Ikoma From late in Pacific War
seaplane tenders literary lucky words Chitose, Mizuho, Nisshin
submarine tenders marine animals Jingei, Chogei, Taigei
minelayers literary lucky words Okinoshima, Itsukushima, Yaeyama
birds Shirataka, Hatsutaka, Wakataka Netlayers
gunboats sightseeing spots Uji, Toba, Fushimi
1st class destroyers astronominal weather,
atomosphere weather, sea weather Akizuki, Murakumo, Oyashio
trees, flowers,
grasses Matsu, Ume, Tachibana Type-D
2nd class destroyers trees, flowers,
grasses Kashi, Hagi, Hasu
1st class submarines numbers I-1, I-15
2nd class submarines numbers Ro-38, Ha-101
torpedo boats birds Chidori, Tomozuru, Kasasagi
escorts islands Etorofu, Matsuwa, Okinawa Type-A
numbers CD-1 Type-C/D
patrol boats numbers PB-1
minesweepers numbers W-1
submarine chasers numbers CH-1
minelayer boats islands Enoshima, Nuwajima
birds Tsubame, Kamome ex-auxiliary
transports capes, straits Mamiya, Shiretoko, Kinesaki
landing ships numbers T-1
(*) Sometimes they were not named after this standard, most typical case is that she was reclassified after naming (for example, Akagi is named as a battlecruiser, but later converted to an aircraft carrier).
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Copyright © Hiroshi Nishida (Misohito), 2003.