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Many years ago, after I saw Grave of the Fireflies for the first and only time, I looked up the historical fate of the Japanese warship Seita's father was the Captain of.

It will likely not surprise you to hear that the ship had already been sunk before the date of the start of Grave of the Fireflies. I'm sure that was a deliberate choice (and it resonates with other aspects of the film).