Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-1820055-20150701022818/@comment-26574811-20150805141049

Ar-cen-ciel wrote: Vcharng wrote: I may have to clarify one thing:

When "tsu (つ)" was placed after certain Japanese letters, it will become "du (づ)", that's how Tsuru became Kake"duru". Japanese grammar, no wonder the USN got confused. They should've treated the Japanese-Americans better, who would help a lot. Has there been any noteworthy event or incident that is caused by this misinformation? You mean the Kakeduru stuff?

No, but later another similar misinformation caused the development of Alaska-class "large cruiser".

USN thought the Japanese are developing "Chichibu (秩父)" class large cruiser dedicated for night battles, and built the Alaska-class. Chichibu-class never existed, and the most similar Japanese project, the B65 Super-A-Grade Cruisers, are even later than the Alaska-class.