Ashigara

Trivia

 * Sunk in action on  June 8, 1945
 * Ashigara was the last major Japanese warship to be sunk in battle. While other ships were sunk later in the war, bombing raids sunk the rest at or near docks.
 * Ashigara was known as the Hungry Wolf due to a description by British journalists criticizing her spartan quarters and a design focused on effectiveness over livability.  The Japanese chose to take it as a compliment, instead.
 * However, this story has no English confirmation at this time as described by these comments.
 * Her scarf's pattern is probably based on those decked out international signal flags. The top-left is obviously based on the Z flag that's famously associated with Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō's announcement "The Empire's fate depends on the result of this battle, let every man do his utmost duty." right before the Battle of Tsushima. Apart from that there's also "G" ("I require a pilot"), "L" ("You should stop your vessel instantly"), "M" ("My vessel is stopped and making no way through the water"), "X" ("Stop carrying out your intentions and watch for my signals"), "Y" ("I am dragging my anchor") and so on. Furthermore, if you read the G on the right and Z together as a single flag signal it means "All persons saved". It reminds of how she helped rescue the crew of Kiyoshimo during Operation Rei-Go a.k.a. the Battle of Mindoro.
 * Received her Kai Ni on 26th December, 2014