Japanese ship Sakura (original) (raw)

Several naval ships of Japan have been named Sakura (桜（櫻） / さくら, "cherry blossom"): * Japanese destroyer Sakura (1911), lead ship of her class of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I * Japanese destroyer Sakura (1944), a Matsu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II * JDS Sakura (PF-290), a Kusu-class patrol frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, formerly USS Carson City (PF-50)