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Old 01-15-14, 03:26 PM   #3
Vaux
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Originally Posted by Dread Knot View Post
Good stuff.

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.
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