For those interested in Japanese ship-naming conventions[0], from Wiki: > The word maru (丸 meaning "circle") is often attached to Japanese ship names. The firs

For those interested in Japanese ship-naming conventions[0], from Wiki: > The word maru (丸 meaning "circle") is often attached to Japanese ship names. The first ship known to follow this convention was the Nippon Maru, flagship of daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 16th century fleet. 0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_ship-naming_conventions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_ship-naming_convention...