Several ships have been named :
, a of the Imperial Japanese Navy; decommissioned and converted to training ship in February 1940; re-converted to auxiliary ship in December 1944 during World War II , a Tachibana-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II JDS Nire (PF-287), a Kusu-class patrol frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, formerly USS Sandusky (PF-54)