After I read an interview where was stated that the names of the most After some searching, I found the info which you can read here. One of the main reasons for this info site is the mis-spelling of some names Even the correct spelling of the name can be found in the series, it is mostly Now I could say that this is simply incorrect, but who would believe?
The order of the names is given by the importance and the tonnage of the ships. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Person: Ritsuko AKAGI Ship: AKAGI
The AKAGI was the most important aircraft carrier at the beginning of WWII. The end of the Akagi was in the battle of Midway. Hit by 2 heavy bombs, the damage of the ship ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Person: SORYU Asuka Langley Ship: SORYU
The Soryu was one of the aircraft carriers that grilled Pearl Harbor. Its planes participated Then it was designated to the Indian ocean, where it's greatest success was the destruction of the After the re-assignment to the pacific forces, it participated also in the battle of Midway. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Person: Misato KATSURAGI Ship: KATSURAGI No detailed information found. So far. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Person: Mana KIRISHIMA Ship: KIRISHIMA The KIRISHIMA was one of the escort ships of the fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor. After that, it was along with the cruiser MAYA among the ships that attacked Java. Then it was again in the same fleet as the SORYU, this time in the Indian ocean. At the battle of Midway, it was a ship of the main battlegroup. It fired cover for the AKAGI, After that assignment, the ship participated in several operations in the pacific, including In the second naval battle of Guadalcanal, the ship worked closely with the destroyer AYANAMI, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Person: Makoto HYUGA Ship: HYUGA The Hyuga was one of the escort ships of the fleet that escorted the aircraft carriers to Pearl Harbor. In the aftermath of Midway, the Hyuga was transformed to a battleship/carrier hybrid. This conversion took the ship out of duty for over a year. The next mission of the HYUGA was The first real mission was as part of the Japanese fleet in the battle of the Leyte Gulf. The first real battle with action for this ship was in the battle of Cape Engano. There, the ship was attacked Then followed some escort missions, and the next engagement was at the operation REI-GO, the bombardment of In march 1945, the HYUGA is destined as 1st rank reserve ship. On 24 july, the Hyuga is attacked by more than 50 US dive bombers. The ship was heavily damaged. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Person: MAYA IBUKI Ship: MAYA, IBUKI The IBUKI was just planned, but never built. It was planned as the type-ship for a new class of heavy
The next major operation was to provide distance cover for the strike fleet that hit Port Darwin. After refitting it was involved in the unsuccesful attempt to confront Halsey's attack fleet that has Next assignment was escort duty for the attack fleet that conquered the Aleutes. Not directly involved in the sea battles of Guadalcanal, the MAYA was one of the cruisers that After repair, escort duty in the north pacific. The MAYA participated in the battle of the Komandorski Repairs again, then escort and evacuation duty in by the Aleutes. Then a refit and troop transport Another bomb hit damaged the ship in Rabaul. Emergency repairs, then escort for a carrier group. Refit to an AA-cruiser. Escort duty. Then the cruiser had some missions in the defending of the Philippines. Including some action in Next major action was in the battle of the Leyte gulf and in the battle of the Palawan passage. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Person: Shigeru AOBA Ship: AOBA The first action for the AOBA was in the invasion of Guam on 8th december 1941. The follows participation in a large amount of invasions, such as Rabaul, Kwajalein, etc., A proud moment for the AOBA was that it participated on the destruction of 4 allied cruisers (3 US, In the battle of Cape Esperance, the Aoba get damaged from 4 heavy hits. After repairs and some minor missions, the AOBA is heavy damaged by a B-17 attack, as the ship is The next missions after the repair were escort and troop transport duties. Then the ship participated in the 1944 Indian ocean raids, followed by escort and transport missions. On the 24th october 1944, the AOBA is hit by a torpedo from USS Bream. In march 1945, the AOBA is classified as reserve ship. On 24th jujly, the AOBA is bombed to a hulk by US aircraft, and the hulk is bombed again on 28th july, Despite the havy damage, the AOBA get repaired and was rerated as eserve ship on 15th august 1945. The AOBA survived the war barely, but she did. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Person: Rei AYANAMI Ship: AYANAMI The first action of the AYANAMI in WWII was escorting troop convoys for the Malayan campaign. Escort duty again, until it clipped a reef in Anambas Islands, and needed some short repairs. Patrol and escort duty again. During the batle of Midway, the AYANAMI was one of the escort ships The first actions of the AYANAMI at Guadalcanal were duties as troop transport. The last assignment of the AYANAMI was escort duty for the battleship KIRISHIMA. Both ships were heavy damaged, on 15 November 1942. Both ships were scuttled at the same day. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Person: Kozou FUYUTSUKI Ship: FUYUTSUKI Completed in may 1944, the first missions of the FUYUTSUKI in WWII were some transport runs in Escort duty. On one of those missions, the ship got on 12th october torpedoed by an US submarine. The FUYUTSUKI escorted the Yamato on her last mission. As the Yamato was destroyed during the naval Then assignment to an escort division. The FUYUTSUKI survived WWII.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here follows a list of all Names of JPN ships in WWII and the meaning of those names:
Battleships
Kongo class
Fuso class
Ise class
Nagato class Tosa (Kaga) class
Kii class
Yamato class
Hosho class Kaga class Akagi class Ryujo class Soryu class Zuiho class Ryuho class Shokaku class Hiyo class Taiho class Shinano class Unryu class Chitose class Taiyo class Kaiyo class Shinyo class Mizuho class Nisshin class
Heavy Cruisers Furutaka and Aoba classes Myoko class Takao class Mogami class Tone class
Light Cruisers
Tenryu class Kuma class Nagara class Naka class Yubari class Katori class Agano class Oyodo class
Destroyers
Minekaze class Kamikaze class Mutsuki class Fubuki class Akatsuki class Hatsuharu class Shiratsuyu class Asashio class Kagero class Yugumo class Shimakaze class Akizuki class
2nd-Class Destroyers
Matsu class Tachibana class (Matsu Flight II) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more detailed information about the ships of the japanese navy in WWII, I recommend that you
EVA characters came from the names of war ships, my interest was caught.
These here are only short summaries, for detailed info you find a link at the bottom
of this page.
in the world of fanfiction.
The most abused name is that of Soryu Asuka Langley.
spelled as Sohryu. But I've seen some much mure phantastic spellings too.
Nope, I won't complain, because one of those misspellings gave me a good idea.
So I give you an additional reason, through some facts that I found on my
search for historical facts.
Class: Aircraft carrier
It was the flagship of the fleet that grilled Pearl Harbor, and has participated in a large
amount of operations in the Japanese march through the most of the central and south pacific.
was too great, and the Akagi was scuttled on 5 June 1942 by the battleship Mutsu.
Class: Aircraft carrier
on both attack waves. After that, the ship participated in the attack on Wake island and some
other operations in the pacific.
British aircraft carrier Hermes.
It launched 2 waves of bomber attacks against Midway island.
The ship was destroyed on 4 June 1942, after it was hit by 3 bombs.
Class: Aircraft carrier
Class: Battleship
Then it was present at the invasion of Wake island. It was also an escort of the attack fleet that
attacked Port Darwin, which included SORYU.
but without success.
In the night of 5 June 1942 the ship takes an unknown amount of survivors from the AKAGI, SORYU,
Hiryu and Kaga, and brings them back to Hashirajima.
the battle of the Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz and the first naval battle of Guadalcanal,
where it damages the cruiser San Francisco.
and damaged the South Dakota. During this battle on 15 November 1942, the KIRISHIMA and the
AYANAMI were surprised and heavily damaged by the battleship Washington.
Both ships were scuttled at the same day.
Class: Battleship
Then followed a time with no great action, only standby and training.
The next operation was the operation against Halseys fleet that attacked Tokyo in March 1942.
Again no enemy contact, and no fight.
The first shots of the HYUGA were fired in gun practice. And then the ship had some technical problems
and needed to fleet the aft ammunition storage.
After repairs, mostly standby alert, again.
With the result that the ship was not of very much use in either roles.
training in Nov. 1943.
No action in the main battle.
by US aircraft and lightly damaged.
the US beachhead on San Jose on Mindoro island, Philippines.
In april, the ship was damaged in the first carrier strike against the Kure naval yard.
On april 20, the HYUGA is registered as 4th rank reserve ship.
In june, the ship is designated for the special guard fleet. Nothing more than coast guard duties.
To save as much crewmembers as possible, the HYUGA was set on ground in shallow waters.
Class: Heavy cruisers
criusers. These ships should have replaced the heavy cruisers of the Tone-class.
The first actions of the MAYA were in the northern philippines. There the cruiser supported landing
troops. Then it did the same in the Lingayan gulf.
Then the ship was mainly on patrol duty. During this assignment, it destroyed 2 destroyers and some
other ships.
bombed Tokyo.
bombarded Henderson field. After the second bombardment assignment of Henderson Field, the MAYA is
damaged by US aircrafts. One hit with a bomb, and an aircraft that crashed on the cruiser damaged it.
Islands where the ship got damaged again.
missions between Truk and Rabaul.
That was the last assignment for the MAYA in this configuration.
the battle of the Phillippine sea.
During this battle, the MAYA is attacked by a submarine, which hits the MAYA with 4 torpedoes.
The Maya sunk on 23 October 1944.
Class: Heavy cruiser
Then the ship participated in the second attack against Wake island, along with the SORYU and
the KIRISHIMA.
and in the battle of the Coral Sea.
1 Aus) in the 1st naval battle of Guadalcanal along with the KIRISHIMA.
moored in Kavieng, New Ireland on 3 April 1943. To avoid sinking, the ship has to be beached.
The AOBA never recovers from this damage, some irreparable engine damage slowed the ship down to 25 knots.
Emergency repairs, then transport and escort duties.
The AOBA is heavy damaged on 20th june 1945 by a heavy aircraft attack.
After some repairs, the ship is signed to the special guard fleet.
Where the hull breaks.
Class: Destroyer
On the 19th december 1941, the AYANAMI asissted the destroyer Uranami in the destruction of
the Dutch submarine O-20.
of Yamamotos main fleet. These escort and patrols went on, only with minor interruptions, up to
the time of the battles of Guadalcanal.
After those troop tansport missions, an escort assignment and some patrols followed.
The AYANAMI and the KIRISHIMA were surprised by an american battleship at the second naval battle of
Guadalcanal.
Class: Destroyer
june 1944.
After repair, escort and training missions.
battle of Okinawa, the FUYUTSUKI rescued some members of the crew.
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Kongo: "Stability" - "The invincibility of Buddhism"
Hiei: "The Cold" - a monastery and mountain, NE of Kyoto
Kirishima: "Misty Island", a volcano
Haruna: A volcano
Fuso: "Land of Divine Mulberry Trees" (an old name forJapan)
Yamashiro: A province, contains Kyoto
Ise: A province, east of Yamato (q.v.)
Hyuga: A province, contains Miyazaki
Nagato: A province
Mutsu: A province, the northern tip of Hokkaido
Tosa: A province, contains Kochi
Kii: A province, contains Wakayama, Owari
Yamato: A province, contains Nara and points south. Also, an ancient name for Japan
Musashi: A province, includes Tokyo
Aircraft Carriers
Hosho: "How a phoenix dives", implies power
Kaga: "Increased Joy", a province name (Kaga was originally laid down as a battleship)
Akagi: "Red Castle", a volcano in the Kanto area (Akagi was originally laid down as a battlecruiser)
Ryujo: "Such as a dragon builds", "Sacred Dragon"
Soryu: "Blue-gray dragon"
Hiryu: "Dragon Flying in Heaven"
Zuiho: "Lucky or Auspicious Phoenix"
Shoho: "Luckbringing Phoenix"
Ryuho: "Dragon and Phoenix"
Shokaku: "Crane Flying in Heaven" (also "Happy Crane")
Zuikaku: "Lucky or Fortunate or Auspicious Crane"
Hiyo: "A Falcon Flying Away"
Junyo: "Wandering Falcon"
Taiho: "Great or Greater Phoenix"
Shinano: A province, containing Nagano City (Shinano was originally laid down as a battleship); also the longest river in Japan
Unryu: "Cloud of a Heaven-flying dragon", "Dragon in Clouds"
Amagi: "Heaven castle," a volcano
Katsuragi "Katsura Castle," a mountain
Chitose: "1000 Years," or, "Long Life", a city
Chiyoda: "That which will live 1000 years or 1000 generations", "Like the Fields" (also the name of the Imperial palace in Tokyo)
Taiyo: "Greater falcon"
Unyo: "Cloud falcon"
Chuyo "High Seas Falcon"
Kaiyo "Sea falcon"
Shinyo: "Condor"
Mizuho: Juicy rice ears
Nisshin: Daily fort patrol
Furutaka: "Older Falcon" (a mountain)
Kako: "Captain", a river
Aoba: "Green Leaf", a mountain
Kinugasa: "Silk Parasol", a mountain
Myoko: A volcano
Nachi: A mountain in Kii (q.v.) province
Haguro: A mountain
Ashigara: A mountain
Takao: "High Hero", a mountain NW of Kyoto
Atago A mountan near Kyoto
Maya: A mountain north of Kobe
Chokai: "Bird Sea", a volcano in Ugo province
Mogami: A river, divides the Ugo and Uzen provinces
Mikuma: "Three Corners", a river
Kumano: "Snowbell Ringer", a river
Suzuya: A river
Tone: "Land Possessor", the river between Musashi (q.v.) and Shimosa provinces
Chikuma: A mountain in Tango province
Tenryu: "Heaven's Dragon", a river rising at Lake Suwa, in Shinano (q.v.) province - has famous rapids.
Tatsuta: "Dragon Field", a river in Yamato (q.v.) province
Kuma: "Wounded Valley", a river in higo province
Tama: "Mountain Top", or "Wetlands", a river in Musashi (q.v.) province, also a mountain and a place name
Kitakami: "Territory" - a river and a mountain range in Rikuchu province
Oi: "Greater Fountain", a river
Kiso: "Steep Slope", a region near Nagano
Nagara: "River", a river.
Isuzu: "Clear Water" or "50 Bells" , a river.
Yura: "Sand Region", a river in Tango province
Natori: A river
Kinu: "Planted Field", a river
Abukuma: A river
Naka: "Water", a river
Sendai: "Natural lake", a river in Satsuma (q.v.) province
Jintsu: "Wonderful Godly Works", a river
Yubari: "Origin at the Hot Springs", a river
Katori: A river, and shrine founded by Jimmu Tenno, the divine first emperor
Kashima: "Ferry Island", a place and shrine in hitachi province
Kashii: "Stream Ford", a place on Hakuta bay, and a shrine
Agano: "Slope Water", a river, mouth at Matsusasaki town
Noshiro: "Large Passage Through a Plain" - a river in Ugo province
Yahagi: "Fletcher" (arrow maker), a river in Mikawa province
Sakawa: A river in sagami (q.v.) province
Oyodo: "Big Standing Water", a river
Sawakaze : "Wind from a Swamp" (Lowlands Wind)
Minekaze: "Summit Wind"
Okikaze: "High Seas Wind"
Shimakaze: "Island Wind"
Yakaze: "Wind of an Arrow's Flight"
Hakaze: "Wind from a Wing Stroke", "Following Wind", or "Wind Dancing in Branches"
Nadakaze: "Wind over the Restless (Open) Sea'"
Shiokaze: "Wind and Flame ("Sea Breeze")
Akikaze: "Autumn Wind"
Tachikaze: "Wind from a Swinging Sword", or "Wind From a Sword Stroke"
Yukaze: "Evening Wind"
Hokaze: "Wind on the Sail"
Nokaze: "Wind over Fields"
Numakaze: "Wind over the Marsh"
Namikaze: "High Wave and Strong Wind"
Kamikaze: "Divine (God-made) Wind"
Asakaze: "Wind from the Sea after Sunrise" (Sea breeze, Morning Breeze)
Harukaze: "Spring Wind"
Matsukaze: "Wind in the Pines"
Hatakaze: "Flag-flying Wind", "Flag-fluttering breeze"
Asanagi: "Morning Calm" (Cessation of the Asakaze (q.v.))
Yunagi: "Evening Calm" (Cessation of the Land Breeze) (wind from land after sunset)
Oite:Tailwind (Fair or favorable wind)
Hayate: "Storm Gust" (Gale)
Satsuki: "Month of First Buds"
Kisarigi: "Second Month"
Yayoi: "Month of Growing Plants"
Mutsuki: "Month (moon) of First Rice-Sowing"
Uzuki: "Month of Blooming Makinos"
Fumizuki: "Month of Rice Ears"
Kikuzuki: "Month of Chrysanthemum Blooms"
Minazuki: "Sixth Month"
Mikazuki: "Sickle Moon"
Nagatsuki: "Month of Long Moonlight"
Yuzuki: "Evening Moon"
Mochizuki: "Full Moon"
Murakumo: "Gathering Clouds" or "Cluster of Clouds"
Hatsuyuki: "Winter's or Year's First Snow"
Fubuki: "Snowstorm"
Isonami: "Shore Wave" (Surf)
Shinonome: "Morning Twilight" or "Daybreak Clouds"
Usugumo: "Thin Misty Clouds"
Shirakumo: "White Clouds"
Shirayuki: "White Snow"
Miyuki: "Deep Snow"
Uranami: "Waves in a Bay", "Bay Wave"
Shikinami: "Rolling Waves" (Waves Chasing One Another)
Ayanami: "Wave Patterns", "Weave Wave", (Waves whose beauty suggests figures woven in silk)
Asagiri: "Morning Mist"
Sagiri: "Mist"
Amagiri: "Dampening (Dewey) Mist", "Mist in the Sky"
Yugiri: "Evening Mist"
Akebono: "Daybreak (Dawn)"
Oboro: "Mist Veil Through Which Only a Shade of the Moon is Visible", or "Haziness Diffusing the Moonlight"
Ushio: "Tide"
Sazanami: "Curling Waves (Ripples)", or "Pretty, Small Waves Raised by a Zephyr"
Ikazuchi: "Thunder"
Inazuma: "Lightning (Thunderbolt)"
Akatsuki: "Dawn"
Hibiki: "Echo"
Nenohi: "New Year Festival of Old Japan"
Hatsuharu: "Spring Rains"
Hatsushimo: "First Frost of Season"
Wakaba: "Fresh Verdure" (Young leaf or leaves)
Yugure: "Evening", "Evening Dusk"
Ariake: "Dawn, But Still the Moon Remains in the Sky", "Dawn Twilight"
Shiratsuyu: "Shimmering Dew" (White Dew)
Shigure: "The Frequent Rains of Fall and Winter" (Autumn Shower)
Murasame: "Frequent Rain Showers" (Scattered Showers), or just "Shower"
Samidare: "Monsoon Rain Over Land" (Early Summer Rain)
Harusame: "Light Spring Rain Before the Leaves Bud", or just "Spring Rain"
Yamakaze: "Mountain Wind" (Wind From the Hills)
Yudachi: "Evening Thunder Shower in Summer"
Kawakaze: "Winter Wind" (Wind on the River?)
Umikaze: "Sea Breeze"
Suzukaze: "Cool Breeze in Summer"
Asashio: "Morning High Tide"
Michishio: "Flood (Tide Running Full)"
Oshio: "High Tide"
Arashio: "Rough Sea Flood" (Tide)
Natsugumo: "White Summer Clouds"
Yamagumo: "Mountain Clouds (White Clouds in the Hills)
Minegumo: "Summit Clouds (White Cloud on the Mountain Peak)
Asagumo: "(White) Morning Clouds"
Arare: "Hail"
Kasumi: "Haze" (Mist of Flowers)
Shiranui: "Phosphorescent Foam"
Kuroshio: "Black Current" (Warm current from Japan across N. Pacific)
Kagero: "Glimmering Spring Air", or "The Shimmering Mist that Rises from the Earth on a Hot Day"
Oyashio: "Cold Current"
Hatsukaze: "Year's First Wind"
Natsushio: "Summer Tide"
Yukikaze: "Snowy Wind"
Hayashio: "Swift-Moving Tide"
Isokaze: "Wind on the Beach"
Amatsukaze: "Heavenly Wind"
Tokitsukaze: "Favorable Wind"
Urakaze: "Wind on the Sea"
Arashi: "Storm"
Hagikaze: "Wind Before the Horn Clover Blooms"
Nowaki: "Fall Gales"
Tanikaze: "Wind from the Mountain to the Valley"
Hamakaze: "Wind on the Strand"
Maikaze: "Whirlwind"
Yugumo: "Evening Clouds"
Akigumo: "Autumn Clouds"
Kazegumo: "Clouds Driven by Heaven's Winds"
Makigumo: "Cirrus Clouds" (Rolling Clouds)
Makinami: "Overflowing Waves" (Rolling Wave)
Naganami: "Long Waves" Takanami: "Pearly Waves" (High Wave?)
Onami: "Billow Wave" (Big Rough Waves)"
Kiyonami: "Clear Waves"
Hayanami: "Quickly-following Waves"
Tamanami: "High Climbing Waves"
Suzunami: "Breaking Waves"
Hamanami: "Beach Waves"
Fujinami: "Growth of Imperial Wisdom"
Asashimo: "Morning Frost"
Okinami: "High Seas Waves"
Kishinami: "Shore Waves"
Hayashimo: "Return to Time of Frost"
Akishimo: "Autumn Frost"
Kiyoshimo: "Clear Frost"
Shimakaze: "Island Wind"
Akizuki: "Autumn Moon"
Teruzuki: "Pale or Lighter Moon, Shining Moon"
Suzutsuki: "Colder Moon"
Hatsutsuki: "New Moon"
Niizuki: "New Moon"
Wakatsuki: "Moon in First Quarter"
Shimotsuki: "11th Month" (Month of Frost, Frost Moon)
Fuyutsuki: "Winter Moon"
Harutsuki: "Spring Moon"
Yoizuki: "Moon Visible as Day Joins Evening"
Hanatsuki: "Blooming Moon"
Natsuzuki: "Summer Moon"
Matsu: "Pine"
Momo: "Fir"
Take: "Bamboo"
Ume: "Apricot"
Kuwa: "Mulberry Tree"
Kiri: "Emperor Tree" (also called Paulownia)
Maki: "Large Interleaved Stone Yew"
Momi: "White Pine"
Sugi: "Pushing Cypress" (Cedar?)
Hinoki: "Sun Cypress"
Kaede: "Fan Horn"
Kaya: "Nut Yew"
Kashi: "Oak"
Sakura: "Cherry Tree"
Tsubaki: "Camellia"
Keyaki: "Japanese Elm"
Nara: "Painted-leaf Oak"
Yanagi: "Willow"
Tachibana: "Orange"
Tsuta: "Young Fern", or "Fence Vine"
Nire: "Chinese Elm"
Hagi: "Two-Colored Clover Bush"
Kaki : "Cactus Fuzz"
Sumire: "Manchurian Violet"
Shii: (no English common name, species Schiia Sieboldii Makino)
Nashi: "Ornamental Pear"
Enoki: "Jelly Tree"
Kusunoki: "Camphor Tree"
Hatsuzakura: "First-Blooming Cherry Blossoms"
Kaba: "Birch"
Odake: "Manlike Bamboos"
Hatsuuna: "First-Blooming Apricot"
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