Sakawa. Her name means "the scent of sake".Perhaps better seen without this notebox, the bubbles read "Sayonara" in katakana (サヨナラ)Laid down on 18 Jun 1940.タタカイタイー=戦いたい=I want to fight.
Agano sank before she could achieve any combat results.Commissioned on 31 Oct 1942.Attacked by USS Scamp (SS-277) on her way from Rabaul to Truk and was severely damaged.Yahagi. Yahagigawa, "river (where) arrows (are) made", got its name after Prince Osu (more famously known as Yamato Takeru) gained victory in his eastern campaigns with the arrows made from the bamboo on an island in the middle of the river.Sunk on 17 Feb 1944 on her way back to the Japanese home islands, after taking 2 torpedoes from USS Skate at starboard side.Naka left Truk on 16 Feb 1944 to assist the stricken Agano. However, she was ordered to turn back after receiving news of the latter's sinking, and was given a warm welcome back by Operation Hailstone. Struck by a torpedo and a bomb, Naka broke into two and sank on 17 Feb 1944.Noshiro. "Noshiro" is actually an alternate name for the river she's named after. The official name of that river is Yoneshirogawa (米代川) and the first kanji is the word for "rice".Once again, USS Skate. Skates are cartilaginous fishes closely related to rays. After the war, SS-305 was destroyed on 5 October 1948, off the California coast.USS Scamp, named after the scamp. SS-277 was believed to be lost after being depth-charged on 11 Nov 1944.USS Skate (SS-305), the sub that sank Agano.Launched on 22 Oct 1941.Ordered in 1939 under the 4th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme.The scarf's fringe is actually a message in Wabun code, a form of Morse code to send Japanese kana.
In Wabun (please read from the parent image):
-•-•- •-•-• -•-• •-•-• -••• ---- •-• •- •-•--•• --•-
In Katakana:
サ ン ニ ン ハ コ ナ イ デ ネ
In English:
The three of you, don't come here.
Agano, the first ship of her class, was the first Agano-class cruiser to be sunk. Coincidentally, her sisters also went down according to seniority:
- Noshiro: 26 October 1944
- Yahagi: 7 April 1945
- Sakawa: 2 July 1946
