Several ships have been named :
, the lead ship of her class of the Imperial Japanese Navy; renamed and re-rated as a minesweeper in June 1930; demilitarized in November 1940 , a of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II JDS Nara (PF-2, PF-282), a Kusu-class patrol frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, formerly USS Machias (PF-53)
See also Nara (disambiguation)