Re: Ship Naming Convention

On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Warning: dates on calendar are closer than they
appear wrote:

Great site.  One of my favorites for ship names.  One of my favorite
names
comes from a Japanese anime series called Irresponsible Captain Tyler
(now
available in the US and worth the rental if you love comedies).

Soyokaze - Gentle Breeze

> 
> >I'll just jump in once about this thread.  How about WWII Japanese
> >ships.  I believe that many of them that weren't named after
> >geographical areas had names that translated into "nature themes"
like
> >Cherry Blossom or Breeze from a mountain.
> 
> Last year some time I found this website:
> 
>    http://www.skypoint.com/members/jbp/ijnnames.htm
> 
> that gives a listing of Japanese ship names. Some are pretty cool
(Hosho -
> 'how a phoenix dives'), some are kinda there (Nisshin - 'daily fort
patrol').
> 
> But my ALL time fave, and one I've used in the past, has got to be:
> 
>     Mizuho - 'Juicy rice ears'
> 
> This the name of a carrier.
> 
> Mk
>
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