5th CarDiv is here.

Congratulations Shoukaku

Congratulations on your launch!

They had a new carrier named this:

Woo

I don't know any Japanese.

Ru?

Wo?

Shou-> Kake Kaku -> tsuru Kanjis have multiple pronunciations and they picked the wrong ones.

Shoukaku 　　↓ Kakeduru

Woooo

Ruuu

When aircraft carrier Shoukaku was launched, the Americans got their hand on her information, but not the correct name reading. Instead they read the name as "Kakeduru". As the word relay game proceeded, this information got more mixed up and the final message in alphabet came out as "Japanese are building new battleship Kadekuru". There's rumour that the Alaska class heavy cruisers are built to counter this rumoured "new battleship".

What? Kadekuru?

That doesn't sound like the Japanese' naming practice

First class cruisers : Mountain name Second class cruisers : River name Aircraft carriers : Mythical flying creature Battleship : Ancient Japan provinces New type battleship : none of those Those Japs! They're building a new type battleship! First class cruisers / Heavy cruisers (≧ 7'500 t) Second class cruisers / Light cruisers. Converted ships retain their old name. For example, Akagi and Kongou used to be battlecruisers and Kaga used to be battleship.

If that's what they wanted, we'll build new large sized cruiser to counter it!

the next day...

5th CarDiv Shoukaku, sortieing

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