(瑞鳳) Fortunate phoenix Chitose (千歳) and Chiyoda (千代田) did not change their name by a vote by the crews. Converted merchant ship; put the initial Taka (Yō) (鷹, falcon/hawk) after her name (隼鷹) Peregrine falcon And after 4 June 1943—added provinces and mountains Amagi (天城) Mount Amagi Katsuragi (葛城) Mount Yamato-Katsuragi on prefectural boundary Nara prefecture—Osaka Prefecture Battleships, including those converted into aircraft carriers—provinces and alternate names for Japan. Nagato (長門) Nagato province Yamato (大和) Yamato Province (also an alternate name for Japan and its people) Kaga (加賀) Kaga Province Fusō (扶桑) Fusang (another name of Japan) Battlecruisers and heavy cruisers, including those converted into aircraft carriers—mountains Kongō (金剛) Mount Kongō, a mountain in Osaka prefecture Kirishima (霧島) Mount Kirishima, a volcano in Kagoshima prefecture Akagi (赤城) Mount Akagi, a volcano in the Kantō region Chōkai (鳥海) Mount Chōkai, a volcano in the Tōhoku region Light cruisers, including those converted into heavy cruisers—river names Tone (利根) Tone River, a river in the Kantō region (筑摩) Chikuma River, a river in Nagano prefecture Suzuya (鈴谷) Suzuya River, a river in Karafuto prefecture (now Sakhalin) Yūbari (夕張) Yūbari River, a river in Hokkaidō Training cruisers (post-1940)—Shinto shrines Katori (香取) Katori Shrine Destroyers Until 27 August 1912—weather, wind, tide, current, wave, moon, season, other natural phenomenon, plants And after 28 August 1912 First class destroyers (and over 1,000 tons displacement)—weather, wind, tide, current, wave, moon, season, other natural phenomenon (雷) Thunder Yukikaze (雪風) Snowy wind Michishio (満潮) High tide Oyashio (親潮) Oyashio Current Sazanami (漣) Ripples on the water surface (高波) High wave Mikazuki (三日月) Crescent moon (夕雲) Evening cloud Mutsuki (睦月) January in lunar calendar (若葉) Young leaves (夕暮) Twilight (響) Echo Second class destroyers (and over 600 tons displacement—less than 1,000 tons displacement)—plants Nara (楢) Oak Momi (樅) Abies firma Sanae (早苗) Rice sprouts Between 12 October 1921—31 July 1928 under the Eight-eight fleet programme First class destroyers (Kamikaze class, Mutsuki class and Fubuki class)—Odd numbers from 1 to 27, consecutive numbers and after 28 Destroyer No. 1 (第1駆逐艦), renamed Kamikaze on 1 August 1928 Destroyer No. 46 (第46号駆逐艦), renamed Shikinami on 6 August 1928 Second class destroyers (Wakatake class)—Even numbers from '2' to '26' Destroyer No. 18 (第18駆逐艦), renamed Karukaya on 1 August 1928 And after 4 June 1943 Type 'A' destroyers—rain, tide Akisame (秋雨) Autumn rain Takashio (高潮) High tide Type 'B' destroyers—wind, moon, cloud, season Yamazuki (山月) Moon