Battleship: Japanese battleship names are taken from historical province names or mountain names. For example, the well-known battleship "Yamato" is named after the province where Nara, Japan's oldest capital, is located. It is also the name of Japan's ancient country. "Yamato"'s sister ship "Musashi" is named after Musashi Province; "Fuso" is the ancient name of Japan. In addition, battleships such as the battleship "Hinata" (a DDH of the modern Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is also named Hyuga), "Nagato" (the No. 1 Nagato-class ship, taken from the ancient Nagato Kingdom), Mutsu" (taken from Since the ancient Mutsu Kingdom, this rule has also been followed. However, the naming of battleships is not all like this. For example, the four ships of the Kongo-class armored cruiser (later changed to battleships) are all named after mountains.
First-class cruisers (heavy cruisers): They are all named after Japanese mountains, four high-end ships. However, the design of the two Tone-class ships (Tone and Chikuma) is really worthy of criticism because there were no grading requirements during construction. It is named after the river. However, it should be noted that "Kaohsiung" does not refer to Kaohsiung City in Taiwan, but a mountain north of Kyoto.
Second-class cruiser (light cruiser): all named after it. Japanese river names. For example, the famous Kawauchi class and the early Tianlong class light cruisers. In addition, the "Agano", "Isuzu" and "Gohunjima" light cruisers are rare names with three characters. Battleships. They are also river names.
Aircraft carriers: The second word of the aircraft carrier’s name is a bird such as dragon, phoenix, eagle, crane, etc., and the first word is basically an adjective; such as "Canglong", " Zuikaku", etc. However, the aircraft carriers "Kaga" and "Shinano" were rebuilt from battleships, so they were named after the province. "Akagi" was rebuilt from a battlecruiser, so it was named after the mountain. In addition, "Chiyoda" was A name for the palace.
In destroyer naming, first-class destroyers and second-class destroyers generally use two-character names. The first character uses an adjective or another noun, and the second character uses wind or flower. , snow, moon, clouds, rain, waves, tides, fog, frost and other natural things.
The word "wind" is often used in first-class destroyers, such as "spring breeze", "autumn breeze", and "morning wind". , "Snow Wind", "Ogi Wind", "Haifeng", "Shima Wind", "Iso Wind", etc. There is a ship name that needs attention. "Tianjin Wind" does not refer to "the wind blowing in Tianjin, China" but to "the wind blowing in Tianjin, China". Divine Wind Blessed by God."
In addition, the destroyer "Yukikaze" became a trophy of our country after the war and was named "Danyang".
Twenty-four Moon-class destroyers Most of the ship names are based on the old names of the months commonly used in Japan, such as "Ruyuki" (referring to February), "Bunzuki" (referring to September), and the destroyers "Mikazuki" (referring to the first quarter moon), "Crescent Moon", etc. They are named after the changes in the moon. In addition, there are also names that are different from the above, such as "Wakaha" (referring to buds), "Ayanami", "Shikiha" (both refer to waves), etc. There are eleven single-character names - "Arashi". "," ripple", "dawn", "hazy", "dawn", "ring", "thunder", "electricity", "tide", "xia", "grail".
Second-level destroyers are named after flowers, fruits, trees, and grass. Such as "Sakura", "First Plum", etc.
First-class submarines (large submarines) begin with "I", also known as "I". Such as the I-400 type, known as the "submersible aircraft carrier".
Second-class submarines start with "RO" and are also called "LV". Such as RO-35.
The third-class submarine is named after "wave".