Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-1820055-20150701022818/@comment-5344991-20150805103758

Vcharng wrote: Yes, 鶴 (Kaku in Onnyomi, Tsuru in Kunnyomi) means crane (as in birds, not that crane you used to lift cargoes)

One little trivia:

When the USN heard about Shoukaku, they read it in the wrong way (Onnyomi->Kunnyomi) and it becomes "Kakeduru", and by some communication mistake, that becomes "Kadekuru". Since this can't fit into any kind of naming rule of IJN ships, the USN thought that maybe they are building a pocket battleship.

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/FM/PDFs/FM30-58.PDF

"Kadekuru" can be seen in the 30th page (PDF file-wise) or the 25th page (paper-wise) of this document. hmm interesting. then again kakeduru became kadekuru that some mistake in communication. thanks for clarifying about kaku.you know a lot about ship Vcharng.