At least two naval ships of Japan have been named Ashigara:
Nachi (那智) was the second vessel completed of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which were active in World War II. The other ships of the class were Myōkō, Ashigara, and Haguro. She was named after a mountain in Wakayama Prefecture.
Haguro (羽黒) was a Myōkō-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, named after Mount Haguro in Yamagata Prefecture. Commissioned in 1929, Haguro saw significant service during World War II, participating in nine naval engagements. She was sunk in 1945 during a fight with Royal Navy destroyers, one of the last major Japanese warships to be sunk in open waters during World War II.
Myōkō (妙高) was the lead ship of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which were active in World War II. She was named after Mount Myōkō in Niigata Prefecture. The other ships of the class were Nachi, Ashigara, and Haguro.
Ashigara (足柄) was the final vessel of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which were active in World War II. The other ships of the class were Nachi, Myōkō, and Haguro. Ashigara was named after Mount Ashigara on the border of Kanagawa and Shizuoka Prefectures.
Ashigara may refer to:
HMS Trenchant (P331) was a British T class submarine of the Second World War.
At least three warships of Japan have borne the name Chikuma after the Chikuma River in Nagano Prefecture:
Ibuki may refer to one of the following ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy named after Mount Ibuki:
Three warships of Japan have been named Mogami, after the Mogami River in the Tohoku region of Honshū:
JS Ashigara (DDG-178) is an Atago class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Ashigara was named for Mount Ashigara, and is the first Japanese ship to bear the prefix JS instead of JDS.
The Japanese destroyer Kamikaze was the lead ship of nine Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. At the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941, the ship was assigned to the Ōminato Guard District. She remained in northern Japanese waters until mid-1942 when she participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. Kamikaze continued to patrol northern Japanese waters until early 1945 when she was transferred to the Singapore area.
Japanese cruiser Yahagi may refer to one of the following cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy:
Suzuya may refer to one of two cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, named for the Susuya River in Karafuto:
At least three warships of Japan have borne the name Tone:
The action of 8 June 1945, sometimes called the Sinking of Ashigara was a naval action that resulted in the sinking of the heavy cruiser Ashigara of the Imperial Japanese Navy by the British Royal Navy submarine HMS Trenchant. Ashigara was transporting Japanese troops from Indonesia for the defence of Singapore, and the sinking resulted in a heavy loss of life.
Several ships have been named Takao (高雄):
Two warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy were named Tatsuta:
6 ships of the Imperial Russian and Soviet Navies have been named Petropavlovsk after the 1854 Siege of Petropavlovsk.
At least five ships in the Imperial Russian, Soviet or Russian Navies have been named Varyag after the Varangian people, the Viking ancestors of the Rus.
At least three naval vessels of Japan have borne the name Chōkai: