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Why Yumi was unlikely as a Japanese warship name

No Japanese warship named Yumi is identified, and weapon names sat outside the navy's usual naming patterns.

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Question

Has a Japanese warship ever been named Yumi?

Short answer

None is identified; weapon names were not a normal Japanese naval convention, although Yumi may have been considered for a Fubuki-class destroyer.

Notes

Yumi names a Japanese bow and is also a personal name. Weapon names were outside the Japanese navy's usual naming practice. Yumi may have been considered for a Fubuki-class destroyer without being adopted. Fubuki itself means blizzard.