Talk:Yamashiro/@comment-26191871-20171126203808/@comment-29686770-20171126230139

They didn't. Destroyers had their names painted on their sides, but by July 1942 this practice had ceased. Kaibokans, minesweepers, and subchasers had their numbers painted on their hulls, a practice that continued into late 1944. Battleships had their names painted on their sterns, but I would imagine by late 1944 these had been painted out.