Talk:Zuihou/@comment-139.216.148.160-20150520080544/@comment-26410405-20150522100139

Traditionally a ship class is named for the first ship completed with a few exceptions. Shouhou was completed first, therefore its Shouhou class. Sometimes confusions occur, for example some sources refer to Myokou class as Nachi class, because Nachi was commissioned first, though Myokou was launched a month earlier. And the Vittorio Veneto class is also known as Littorio class.