Island is one of the island of the Penghu Shirakami (白神) Cape Shirakami as auxiliary minelayer—numbered name Auxiliary minelayer No. 1 (第1号敷設特務艇) Netlayers as warship (fitted imperial seal on bow) Until 3 June 1943—put the initial Taka (鷹, hawk) after her name Shirataka (白鷹) White hawk And after 4 June 1943—birds Asadori (朝鳥) Birds in morning as net laying boat—birds Tsubame (燕) Barn swallow Auxiliary ships Collier, oiler, icebreaker, freighter, repair ship, self-propelled target ship, munition ship—cape, point, strait, channel, bay, port Wakamiya (若宮) Cape Wakamiya; her first classification was transport ship. Cape Wakamiya (Wakamiya-zaki) is in Wakamiya Island, Oki Islands Akashi (明石) Akashi Strait is water between the Akashi and Awaji Island Nojima (野島) Cape Nojima in Bōsō Peninsula Hayasui (速吸) Hayasui-no-Seto is former name of the Hōyo Strait Ōtomari (大泊) Port of Ōtomari in southern Sakhalin Island Minesweeper, landing ship, patrol boat, motor torpedo boat, submarine chaser — numbered name Minesweeper No. 1 (第1号掃海艇) Landing ship No. 1 (第1号輸送艦) Patrol boat No. 1 (第1号哨戒艇) Motor torpedo boat No. 1 (第1号魚雷艇) Submarine chaser No. 1 (第1号駆潜艇) Miscellaneous ships Cargo ship, salvage ship—bridge or station on the arterial road Komahashi (駒橋) Komahashi-shuku is station on Kōshū Kaidō Yodohashi (淀橋) Yodohashi bridge on Ōme Kaidō Repair ship—strait, isthmus Hayase (早瀬) Hayase-no-Seto is water between the Kurahashi Island and Higashi-Nōmi Island Hitonose (飛渡瀬) Hitonose is isthmus between the Etajima and Nōmi Island And over 600-ton Salvage ship and tugboat, and after 22 January 1937—associated name of the naval base (anchorage name, place name, island) Tategami (立神) Tategami anchorage in the Sasebo Naval Base Hashima (波島) Hashima Island is small island in the Yokosuka Naval Base Other miscellaneous ships—numbered name Post–World War II Prior to the end of World War II Japanese ship names were rendered in kanji; after the end of the war this tradition was abandoned in favor of hiragana to separate the perception of the Maritime Self-Defense Forces from the old navy. Helicopter destroyers and Helicopter carriers (DDH)—traditional provinces and mountains Guided missile destroyers (DDG)—mountains and weather terms Small destroyers (DD)—weather terms Frigates (DE)(FFM)—rivers Submarines (SS)—ocean currents and legendary auspicious animals Replenishment oilers (AOE)—lakes Amphibious transport docks and troopships (LST)—peninsulas Translated names The English translations of the Japanese warships provide names; the literal translation of the characters does not necessarily represent how the name is perceived to the Japanese. For example, Akagi is probably perceived as "red castle" by Japanese