Talk:Commandant Teste/@comment-27069434-20161121164616/@comment-180.245.70.233-20161123143427

Put it the other way, there are some that the Japanese forcibly captured, some examples

Ping Hai and Ning Hai, Chinese CL. They are Japanese design however for double irony. Renamed Yasoshima and Ioshima.

USS Stewart (DD-224), Americans thought they scuttled her for good in Surabaya, but not enough. Renamed PB-102.

HNLMS De Zeven Provincien/Soerabaja, an old Tier 2 or 3 ship if you know what I mean.

Not exactly captured directly however, more like refloated and put back into service after sunk or scuttled.