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01-15-14, 03:01 PM | #1 |
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Japanese ship-naming conventions
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/Japanes...ng_conventions
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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. |
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01-15-14, 03:26 PM | #3 |
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Absolutely. The "USS Ripples on the Water Surface" just seems.... wrong.
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01-15-14, 03:36 PM | #4 |
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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. |
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01-15-14, 05:39 PM | #6 |
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01-15-14, 08:06 PM | #8 |
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Very nice. It's easy to find all the names, but the "why" sometimes eludes us. Thanks for posting that.
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01-15-14, 08:46 PM | #9 |
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01-15-14, 09:31 PM | #10 |
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That's okay. The British 'Insect' class gunboats included HMS Cockchafer.
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01-15-14, 10:09 PM | #12 | |
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ROFLMAO
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01-15-14, 11:23 PM | #13 |
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In english our warships would sound like something out of Halo for pete's sake
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01-16-14, 09:06 AM | #14 |
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01-17-14, 03:20 AM | #15 |
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Nope, US navy lol
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