Nire (ship)
Several ships have been named Nire (楡 / にれ, "elm") :
- Japanese destroyer Nire (1919), a Momi-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy; decommissioned and converted to training ship in February 1940; re-converted to auxiliary ship Tomariura No.1 (第一泊浦 Daiichi Tomariura) in December 1944 during World War II
- Japanese destroyer Nire (1944), 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)
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