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For anyone interested in re-naming their Japanese 'Kagero' class Destroyers I found this on Wiki:
17 Kagerô - means: “Mirage” or “ Shimmer of hot air”, sunk 8 May 1943
18 Shiranui - means: ‘Phosphorescent Foam’? alternatively Shiranuhi, Unknown Fire) sunk 27 October 1944
19 Kuroshio - means: “Black Tide” (cf. Kuroshio Current), sunk 8 May 1943
20 Oyashio - means:” Parental Tide” or “Father Current “(cf. Oyashio Current),sunk 8 May 1943
21 Hayashio - means: “Swift Tide”, sunk 24 November 1942
22 Natsushio - means: “Summer Tide”, sunk 9 February 1942
23 Hatsukaze - means: “First Wind”, sunk 12 November 1943
24 Yukikaze - means: “Snowy Wind” (Surrendered to Republic of China on 6 July 1947 at Shanghai, renamed DD-12 Tang Yan scrapped 1970)
25 Amatsukaze - means:” Heavenly Wind” , sunk 6 April 1945
26 Tokitsukaze - means: “Season's Wind” or “favorable wind”?), sunk 3 March 1943
27 Urakaze - means:“ Inlet Wind” or "Wind on the Sea"), sunk 21 November 1944
28 Isokaze - means: "Wind on the Beach” , sunk 7 April 1945
29 Hamakaze - means: "Beach Wind”, sunk 7 April 1945
30 Tanikaze - means: “Valley Wind”, sunk 9 June 1944
31 Nowaki - means: "Fall Gales", sunk 25 October 1944
112 Arashi - means: “Storm”, sunk 6 August 1943
113 Hagikaze - means: “Clover Wind”, sunk 6 August 1943
114 Maikaze - means: "Dancing Wind”, sunk 17 February 1944
115 Akigumo - means: “Autumn Clouds” , sunk 11 April 1944
< Message edited by jack54 -- 5/20/2015 11:42:33 PM >
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