hush
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I have created a website called The Naval Data Base https://hush.web.fc2.com. I am a 66-year-old pensioner living in Japan; I have lived in the blue sky since 18 November 2024.
The Naval Data Base https://hush.web.fc2.com という艦艇の名前のサイトをやってます。
The Naval Data Base https://hush.web.fc2.com という艦艇の名前のサイトをやってます。
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@hush-ndb.bsky.social
· Jun 18
My speciality is the origin of ship names, and my original speciality is ancient Japanese literature.
I am also familiar with naval history, etc., but I am not a specialist.
I am also familiar with naval history, etc., but I am not a specialist.
Today is a perfect day for viewing the autumn leaves.
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Today is a perfect day for viewing the autumn leaves.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy F.D.R. ordered that new minesweepers under construction at WWF be named after birds.
He was an amateur ornithologist.
This order led to the name of the first boat being chosen: Lapwing.
www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-to...
He was an amateur ornithologist.
This order led to the name of the first boat being chosen: Lapwing.
www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-to...
November 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Assistant Secretary of the Navy F.D.R. ordered that new minesweepers under construction at WWF be named after birds.
He was an amateur ornithologist.
This order led to the name of the first boat being chosen: Lapwing.
www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-to...
He was an amateur ornithologist.
This order led to the name of the first boat being chosen: Lapwing.
www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-to...
The name of this ship translates to “lecher” in Japanese.
Consequently, the city name from which it derives is extremely well-known amongst a very small segment of the Japanese population.
Consequently, the city name from which it derives is extremely well-known amongst a very small segment of the Japanese population.
November 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The name of this ship translates to “lecher” in Japanese.
Consequently, the city name from which it derives is extremely well-known amongst a very small segment of the Japanese population.
Consequently, the city name from which it derives is extremely well-known amongst a very small segment of the Japanese population.
This is the Queen after whom the ship was named.
Born as a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the UK, she was named Eua at birth, but was mistakenly christened Ena at her baptism, hence she was commonly known as Princess Ena.
Born as a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the UK, she was named Eua at birth, but was mistakenly christened Ena at her baptism, hence she was commonly known as Princess Ena.
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is the Queen after whom the ship was named.
Born as a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the UK, she was named Eua at birth, but was mistakenly christened Ena at her baptism, hence she was commonly known as Princess Ena.
Born as a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the UK, she was named Eua at birth, but was mistakenly christened Ena at her baptism, hence she was commonly known as Princess Ena.
While non-warships such as destroyers and submarines have been renamed in some cases, this class and the Ataka are the only warships of the former IJN to have their names changed.
IJN Submarine tender Taigei (→ Aircraft carrier Ryūhō)
Date: November 1942
Location: Inside Tokyo Bay
Photo:
Situation: During public trials after conversion to an aircraft carrier (before renamed)
static.ow.ly/photos/origi...
Date: November 1942
Location: Inside Tokyo Bay
Photo:
Situation: During public trials after conversion to an aircraft carrier (before renamed)
static.ow.ly/photos/origi...
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
While non-warships such as destroyers and submarines have been renamed in some cases, this class and the Ataka are the only warships of the former IJN to have their names changed.
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Beyond excited to announce that I've been published for the very first time. I was invited to write an article for @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social and chose the Anglo-Japanese Alliance as a topic. Thanks to some very patient people and the support of my family, my name is in print for the first time.
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Beyond excited to announce that I've been published for the very first time. I was invited to write an article for @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social and chose the Anglo-Japanese Alliance as a topic. Thanks to some very patient people and the support of my family, my name is in print for the first time.
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Yu Shan is the highest mountain in Taiwan at 3,952 m.
During the Empire of Japan's rule in Taiwan, the mountain became known as Mt Niitaka ("New High Mountain") because new surveying showed that it was 176 m higher than Mt Fuji in the Japanese archipelago.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shan
During the Empire of Japan's rule in Taiwan, the mountain became known as Mt Niitaka ("New High Mountain") because new surveying showed that it was 176 m higher than Mt Fuji in the Japanese archipelago.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shan
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Yu Shan is the highest mountain in Taiwan at 3,952 m.
During the Empire of Japan's rule in Taiwan, the mountain became known as Mt Niitaka ("New High Mountain") because new surveying showed that it was 176 m higher than Mt Fuji in the Japanese archipelago.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shan
During the Empire of Japan's rule in Taiwan, the mountain became known as Mt Niitaka ("New High Mountain") because new surveying showed that it was 176 m higher than Mt Fuji in the Japanese archipelago.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shan
The Risui Maru was originally the 845-ton cargo ship Lipis, operated by Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., Singapore, which was completed in 1927 by Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. in the UK, requisitioned in 1939 as an auxiliary patrol boat,
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The Risui Maru was originally the 845-ton cargo ship Lipis, operated by Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., Singapore, which was completed in 1927 by Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. in the UK, requisitioned in 1939 as an auxiliary patrol boat,
Coincidentally, November in the Japanese lunar calendar is Shimotsuki (the month of frost), just like in the French Republican calendar.
Perhaps it would be better to tell people who watch my Blue Sky that this is the origin of the destroyer Shimotsuki.
Perhaps it would be better to tell people who watch my Blue Sky that this is the origin of the destroyer Shimotsuki.
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Coincidentally, November in the Japanese lunar calendar is Shimotsuki (the month of frost), just like in the French Republican calendar.
Perhaps it would be better to tell people who watch my Blue Sky that this is the origin of the destroyer Shimotsuki.
Perhaps it would be better to tell people who watch my Blue Sky that this is the origin of the destroyer Shimotsuki.
It may not seem strange when you look at his biography, but I think it's very rare for a living entertainer's name to be used on a warship en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Bob_... .
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It may not seem strange when you look at his biography, but I think it's very rare for a living entertainer's name to be used on a warship en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Bob_... .
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope
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[November 27th, 1945] A man filling up furnace with fire burning inside. Glass blower takes molten glass from the furnace and starts blowing it. Various shots of scientific glass instruments being blown and made by hand.
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
[November 27th, 1945] A man filling up furnace with fire burning inside. Glass blower takes molten glass from the furnace and starts blowing it. Various shots of scientific glass instruments being blown and made by hand.
The ship has now been scrapped, but whenever I see the name USS Suribachi I feel a strange feeling.
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The ship has now been scrapped, but whenever I see the name USS Suribachi I feel a strange feeling.
The submarine was known as the Angostura en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_... but the name was changed following the death of Admiral Alfredo Karam en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo..., Minister of the Navy from 1984-5, who died in 2024 at the age of 99.
November 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The submarine was known as the Angostura en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_... but the name was changed following the death of Admiral Alfredo Karam en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo..., Minister of the Navy from 1984-5, who died in 2024 at the age of 99.
Ginkgo trees have been growing all over the world for 270 million years and currently only remain in the wild in China, although they were introduced to Japan around the 12th or 13th centuries and have since grown all over the country.
The tree in the photo is said to be over 300 years old.
The tree in the photo is said to be over 300 years old.
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Ginkgo trees have been growing all over the world for 270 million years and currently only remain in the wild in China, although they were introduced to Japan around the 12th or 13th centuries and have since grown all over the country.
The tree in the photo is said to be over 300 years old.
The tree in the photo is said to be over 300 years old.
Apparently, if you descend enough to see a shadow below, the altimeter will point to -.
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Apparently, if you descend enough to see a shadow below, the altimeter will point to -.
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Celebrating #MartinMondy today with one of the prettiest early jets built, courtesy of English Electric.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Celebrating #MartinMondy today with one of the prettiest early jets built, courtesy of English Electric.
I found some photos from before and after this on NHHC, so I'd like to introduce them to you.
Nimitz relinquishes command (scene above) boarding the Menhaden (SS-377) to haul down his flag on November 24, 1945.
Nimitz relinquishes command (scene above) boarding the Menhaden (SS-377) to haul down his flag on November 24, 1945.
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I found some photos from before and after this on NHHC, so I'd like to introduce them to you.
Nimitz relinquishes command (scene above) boarding the Menhaden (SS-377) to haul down his flag on November 24, 1945.
Nimitz relinquishes command (scene above) boarding the Menhaden (SS-377) to haul down his flag on November 24, 1945.
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Rikukaigun.org update.
Hiroshi Nishida's IJN Data Base of personnel, ships, regulations and organizations of the Imperial Japanese Navy:
rikukaigun.org/Nishida/0-In...
And a thread>
Hiroshi Nishida's IJN Data Base of personnel, ships, regulations and organizations of the Imperial Japanese Navy:
rikukaigun.org/Nishida/0-In...
And a thread>
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Rikukaigun.org update.
Hiroshi Nishida's IJN Data Base of personnel, ships, regulations and organizations of the Imperial Japanese Navy:
rikukaigun.org/Nishida/0-In...
And a thread>
Hiroshi Nishida's IJN Data Base of personnel, ships, regulations and organizations of the Imperial Japanese Navy:
rikukaigun.org/Nishida/0-In...
And a thread>
Apparently he's Ukrainian.
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Apparently he's Ukrainian.
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
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However, to avoid night navigation, the Terukuni Maru departed at 8:30 am on the 21st.At 12:53 pm, despite stringent precautions, an explosion occurred on the starboard side near the second and third holds.
However, to avoid night navigation, the Terukuni Maru departed at 8:30 am on the 21st.At 12:53 pm, despite stringent precautions, an explosion occurred on the starboard side near the second and third holds.
November 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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However, to avoid night navigation, the Terukuni Maru departed at 8:30 am on the 21st.At 12:53 pm, despite stringent precautions, an explosion occurred on the starboard side near the second and third holds.
However, to avoid night navigation, the Terukuni Maru departed at 8:30 am on the 21st.At 12:53 pm, despite stringent precautions, an explosion occurred on the starboard side near the second and third holds.
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look at this beauty...
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
look at this beauty...
Meguro Racecourse was a one-mile racecourse built in 1907.
In 1933, it became too small and was moved to the current Fuchu Racecourse, which is now a residential area.
In 1933, it became too small and was moved to the current Fuchu Racecourse, which is now a residential area.
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Meguro Racecourse was a one-mile racecourse built in 1907.
In 1933, it became too small and was moved to the current Fuchu Racecourse, which is now a residential area.
In 1933, it became too small and was moved to the current Fuchu Racecourse, which is now a residential area.
The former IJN No. 28 class Submarine chaser SC35 rushed to attack a submarine reported by a floatplane and launched a depth charge attack.
The photo shows her sister ship, SC32.
The photo shows her sister ship, SC32.
November 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The former IJN No. 28 class Submarine chaser SC35 rushed to attack a submarine reported by a floatplane and launched a depth charge attack.
The photo shows her sister ship, SC32.
The photo shows her sister ship, SC32.
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The Terukuni Maru was a 12,000-tonne passenger and cargo ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) on the London route, launched in 1929 at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard.
The Terukuni Maru was a 12,000-tonne passenger and cargo ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) on the London route, launched in 1929 at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard.
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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The Terukuni Maru was a 12,000-tonne passenger and cargo ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) on the London route, launched in 1929 at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard.
The Terukuni Maru was a 12,000-tonne passenger and cargo ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) on the London route, launched in 1929 at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard.
This U-boat was nicknamed Black Panther because it was one of ten Alberich U-boats equipped with a rubber coating to evade sonar detection.
uboat.net/boats/u1105....
uboat.net/boats/u1105....
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This U-boat was nicknamed Black Panther because it was one of ten Alberich U-boats equipped with a rubber coating to evade sonar detection.
uboat.net/boats/u1105....
uboat.net/boats/u1105....