

The names of all the ships in One Piece are suffixed with _Go_ in Japanese.
For example, Going Merry Go, Thousand Sunny Go, Moby Dick Go. However, the
English version drops the _Go_ suffix. This suggested it might be a honorific
used to address a ship, but I couldn't find any source that says "Go" is a
honorific.

There's also no mention of Go on the [Japanese ship-naming
conventions](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_ship-naming_conventions)
page on Wikipedia, and I couldn't find anything like this in any other place
either.

I don't recall this being explained in the manga. Is there any explanation for
this use of "Go", with a reliable source for reference?


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Why are the ship names suffixed with "Go"?


`号` or the `-go` suffix is normally used to name naval (aka war) ships in
Japan. If you want get the equivalent in English, is the same as _S.S. Name of
the Ship_ used by the US. One Piece is just following the same naming
convencion.


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