the Japanese destroyers had unusual bnames also
irst class destroyers (and over 1,000 tons displacement)—weather, wind, tide, current, wave, moon, season, other natural phenomenon
Ikazuchi (雷) Thunder
Yukikaze (雪風) Snowy wind
Michishio (満潮) High tide
Oyashio (親潮) Oyashio Current
Sazanami (漣) Ripples on the water surface
Takanami (高波) High wave
Mikazuki (三日月) Crescent moon
Yūgumo (夕雲) Evening cloud
Mutsuki (睦月) January in lunar calendar
Wakaba (若葉) Young leaves
Yūgure (夕暮) Twilight
Hibiki (響) Echo