Glossary

Class classification

All ship class codes on the list are based on USN hull classification codes or modifications thereof.

Terms	In-game Code	Japanese Name		English Name
		Kanji	Romaji
DD	駆逐	駆逐艦	Kuchikukan	Destroyer
DE	海防	海防艦	Kaiboukan	Destroyer escort/coastal defence ship*
SS	潜	潜水艦	Sensuikan	Submarine
SSV*	潜母	潜水空母	Sensuikūbo	Submarine Aircraft Carrier*
CL	軽巡	軽巡洋艦	Kei Jun'yōkan	Light Cruiser
CLT*	雷巡	重雷装巡洋艦	Jūraisō Jun'yōkan	Torpedo Cruiser*
CT*	練巡	練習巡洋艦	Renshū Jun'yōkan	Training Cruiser*
CA	重巡	重巡洋艦	Jū Jun'yōkan	Heavy Cruiser
CAV*	航巡	航空巡洋艦	Kōkū Jun'yōkan	Aviation Cruiser*
AV	水母	水上機母艦	Suijōkibokan	Seaplane Tender
CV/CVB/CVL	-	正規空母	Sei'ki kūbo	Fleet Carrier
CVL	軽母	軽空母	Kei kūbo	Light Aircraft Carrier
CV	航	航空母艦	Kōkū bokan	Standard Aircraft Carrier
CVB	装母	装甲空母	Sōkō kūbo	Armored Aircraft Carrier*
BB	戦	戦艦	Senkan	Battleship
FBB*	戦	高速戦艦	Kōsoku Senkan	Fast Battleship*
BBV*	航戦	航空戦艦	Kōkū Senkan	Aviation Battleship*
LHA*	揚陸	ドック型揚陸艦	Dokkugata Yōrikukan	Amphibious Assault Ship*
AR	工	工作艦	Kōsakukan	Repair Ship
AS	潜母艦	潜水母艦	Sensui bokan	Submarine Tender
AO	補給	給油艦	Kyūyukan	Fleet Oiler

Note

• In Kancolle, "coastal defense ships" are labeled as "DE" and "destroyers escort" as DD and not DE.
• The term Kūbo (空母, Kūbo^?) is a shorthand for Kōkū bokan (航空母艦, Kōkū bokan^?), which means "Aircraft Carrier".
• In-game, the cards & encyclopedia have the ship class English Name, but some are rendered differently from above.

• "Aircraft Carrying Submarine" instead of "Submarine Aircraft Carrier"
• "Aircraft Cruiser" instead of "Aviation Cruiser"
• "Seaplane Carrier" instead of "Seaplane Tender"
• "Aircraft Carrier" instead of "Standard Aircraft Carrier"
• "Aircraft Carrier" instead of "Armored Aircraft Carrier"
• "Battleship" instead of "Fast Battleship"

• There are no USN hull classification codes for:

• Submarine Aircraft Carriers
• Training Cruisers
• Torpedo Cruisers
• Aviation Cruisers
• Armored Carriers

• KanColle fans occasionally use CVB, which was for the largest aircraft carriers, such as Shinano.

• Fast Battleships
• Aviation Battleships
• Landing Craft Carriers (Amphibious Assault Ship)

General

API link

For more information on this topic, see Play without VPN/Proxy.

A method to play the game without having to access the official DMM website.

Crossing the T

Classic naval strategy in which a line of warships cross in front of a line formation of enemy ships, allowing the crossing line to bring all their guns to bear while receiving fire from only the forward guns of the enemy. Gameplay-wise, when your fleet crosses the enemy fleet, both sides (counter-intuitively) gain a significant increase in firepower. When the opponent crosses your fleet, both sides receive a significant firepower debuff.

Docking

For more information on this topic, see Docking.

This allows your damaged ships to be repaired to full health by consuming steel and fuel. You can use an instant repair (高速修復材) to immediately finish.

Expedition

For more information on this topic, see Expedition.

This is where you send your fleets to complete expeditions, in exchange for resources and certain items. Certain ships and equipment can be obtained exclusively through expeditions.

Food supply ship Mamiya

Blinking button in the 'Organize' menu showing that Mamiya's food can be used.

For more information on this topic, see Morale/Fatigue.

This item removes any fatigue on your fleet. See here for the Wikipedia entry.

Modernization

For more information on this topic, see Modernization.

The process of using spare ships to increase the stats (firepower, AA, torpedo, armor) of ships up to a certain point. Luck can also be modernized with Maruyu, but she is difficult to obtain.

Naval Exercise

For more information on this topic, see Exercises (PvP).

These are battles against other players' fleets. Opposing teams update in real-time, but there is no simultaneous play.

• New opponent list refreshed at 03:00 and 15:00 JST

Phases of Battle

For more information on this topic, see Combat.

• Day Battle
  1. Reconnaissance (Stat boost, avoid being T-crossed)
  2. Initial airstrike (opening bombing, air superiority)
  3. Support fleet attack
  4. Opening/initial torpedo strike (see Type A Ko-hyoteki (甲標的甲型))
  5. Shelling/artillery phase (regular airstrike happens here)
  6. Torpedo salvo
• Night Battle

Remodel

For more information on this topic, see Remodel.

Often confused with Modernization, will usually result in *ship name*-Kai (改). also known as Upgrading.

Fatigue

For more information on this topic, see Alright, I built my ship, kicked some ass and I noticed the orange faces. What gives?.

Orange/sad faces are displayed next to the ship icon if they are too fatigued. Rest them for 15 minutes or so if it happens. Fatigue will reduce by 3 every 3 minutes. Fatigued ships will have lower accuracy and evasion. If your ships are still fatigued upon returning from expedition, your expedition will end up failing even with all other criteria fulfilled.

Sparkle

For more information on this topic, see My ship is sparkling/glittering!.

The polar opposite of Fatigue. If one or more of your ships sparkle, they will gain evasion boost during sortie. The evasion boost stats are not shown in your ship stats directly. Or, if you choose to send a sparkling ship on an expedition, it will have a chance for 150% resource gain and a higher likelihood of returning with a special item (note that this requires the entire fleet to be consisting of sparkling ships).

Medal

For more information on this topic, see Blueprint.

Medals (勲章, Medals^?) are a multi-purpose item that can be used to exchange for a small amount of resources or a remodel blueprint (改装設計図, remodel blueprint^?).

• 1 medal can be used to exchange for x300, x300, x300, x300 and x2.
• 1 medal can also be used to exchange for Improvement Materials x4.
• 4 medals are needed to exchange for 1 x remodel blueprint.

Medals can be obtained by clearing certain maps. You can find the amount of medals owned by accessing the Item page(アイテム) at the top menu bar of the main screen. Remodel blueprint is needed to remodel certain ships.

Tracer-fire effect

This occurs when a ship fires any equipped machine guns to defend itself, reducing incoming damage from enemy bombers. Your flagship will always do this by default, even without any anti-air stat.

Equipment Icons

Carriers planes

• Red Plane: Carrier-based Dive Bomber. Have a strong shelling-phase attack, and prevent Installations from being attacked.
• Blue Plane: Carrier-based Torpedo Bomber. Have a strong preliminary attack, and can attack Installations.
  • Dark-blue Plane 1: Night battle capable Carrier-based Torpedo Bomber
• Green Plane: Carrier-based Fighters provide air superiority and shoot down opposing aircraft.
  • Dark-blue Plane 2: Night battle capable Carrier-based Fighters
• Yellow Plane: Carrier-based Recon Aircraft boost accuracy and LOS greatly.
• Yellow Jets planes : Carrier-based Jets. They provide air superiority, have a shelling-phase attack, and also carry an initial "Jet Assault"

Seaplanes

• Light Green Plane: Seaplanes are Reconns or Bombers, and are equipable by a wide variety of ships for both Artillery spotting and participation in Air Superiority and Bombing.
  • Flying boats
    only participate in bombing if other planes are present, and are only equipable by several AVs.
• Light Green Fighter Plane: Fighters equipable by many seaplanes capable ships and act as regular Fighters.
• Anti-Submarine Patrol Aircrafts, including Autogyros
  
  , Helicopters
  , and ASW Planes are only useful against Submarines.

LBAS planes

• Flying boats
  mostly act as range extenders. [[|]]
  have an additional crew recovery mechanic.
• large Green Plane: Landbased Bomber / Attacker
• very large Green Plane: Landbased Large / High altitude Bomber
• Bluish Plane: ASW specialized plane
• Green Plane: Interceptor Fighter plane
• Light Green Plane: Interceptor Fighter plane
• Yellow Plane: Recon Aircraft boost accuracy and LOS greatly and act as range extenders.

Naval Guns

It is based on their roles, not ability.

• Red Gun: Main Gun; Primarily used against ships, provide a slight AA bonus.
  • Light Guns are Destroyer guns, and can be mounted on Destroyers or Light Cruisers or some other ships.
  • Medium Guns Are Cruiser guns, and can be mounted on Light Cruisers, Heavy Cruisers, or some other heavy ships.
  • Heavy Guns are Battleship guns, and can only be mounted on Battleships. Depending on the caliber of the gun, and the ship equipped, there can be either accuracy bonuses or severe mounting penalties.
• Yellow Gun: Secondary Guns increase accuracy and AA stats, and also trigger some combat mechanics. They can be equipped by Light Cruisers, Heavy Cruisers, Battleships, and Aircraft Carriers.
• Green Gun: High-angle dual-purpose guns or AA machine guns:
  • High-angle guns have the ability to effectively attack both aircraft and ships (some are "Light Main Guns" and other "Secondary Guns").
  • AA machine guns specifically attack aircraft and always trigger tracer-fire effect.

Torpedoes

• Torpedoes are equippable on Destroyers, Cruisers, Submarines, and some Battleships.
  • Bow and stern torpedo launchers are exclusive to Submarines
  • Midget Submarine
    
    , are mini-submarines equipable on Torpedo Cruisers and Submarines, and on some Seaplane Tenders, Light Cruisers and Heavy Cruisers. When equipped, they trigger an opening torpedo.

Anti-Submarine Warfare

• Depth Charges and Depth Charges Launchers provide a bonus to ASW.
• SONARs provides both an accuracy bonus and a bonus to ASW.
• Combining some ASW equipment gives ASW Damage Synergy

• RADARs provide increased accuracy, and also help against aircraft
• Submarine Radars
  
  are exclusive to submarines and have a similar effect as regular radars.
• Night Battle Equipment:
  • Searchlights
    provide an accuracy boost but result in the ship carrying them being targeted.
  • Star Shells reduce the enemy cut-in chance and increase allied cut-in rates.
• Skilled Lookouts
  increase the cut-in chance and accuracy against light enemies and unlock new cut-ins.
• Landing Crafts
  and armed boat
  boost expedition returns, are utilized in transport operations, and with landing tanks
  
  
  
  , they are also useful against enemy installations.
  • Tanks are useful against installations and give a small resource gain bonus.
• Drums are needed for some expeditions and Transport Operations.
• Underway Replenishment allows for AO to restore fuel and ammo to ships during a sortie and serve the same role as Drums during Transport Operations.
• AA Fire Directors
  allow the use of AACIs in combination with High-Angle guns.
• The Fleet Command Facility, Striking Force Fleet Command Facility and Elite Torpedo Squadron Command Facility allow for ships in a combined fleet, strike force, or DD fleets respectively to retreat when critically damaged.
• Turbines and boilers
  can be equipped on any ship. They increase evasion, and when combined, also provide a boost to ship's speed.
• AA Shells
  confer a small AA bonus, but are primarily utilized against soft Installations.
• AP Shells
  
  increase firepower, allow for AP Cut-Ins and confer an additional post-cap firepower bonus against most hard targets.
• The Rocket Launchers
  
  confer a flat firepower bonus against installation targets.
• Damage control
  items are single-use and prevent ships from sinking.
• Torpedo Bulges increase armor at a small evasion cost
• The Ship Repair Facility allows Akashi and Akitsushima, to repair a ship when set as secretary for the former, and repain in sortie for both.
• aviation-related special equipements:
  • Skilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel (SCAMP) extends the range of carriers, allowing them to attack earlier in the shelling phase
  • Night Personnel
    (NOAP) allow carriers to shell at night when equipped with a night-operations capable plane
  • Arctic Gear & Deck Personnel (AGDP) is needed for CV/CVB/CVL to sortie in "Arctic Maps"
• Rations
  
  restore morale during sorties.
• Saiun (Disassembled for Transport)

IJN ship-naming conventions

• Destroyers are named after natural phenomena, often snow (雪, "-yuki"), waves (波, "-nami"), rain (雨, "-ame", "-are"), wind (風, "-kaze"), clouds (雲, "-kumo" or "-gumo"), the moon (月, "-tsuki" or "-zuki") or tides (潮, "-shio").
• Light Cruisers are named after rivers.
• Heavy Cruisers are named after mountains.
  • Exceptions: The Mogami class were originally designed as Light Cruisers before being extensively modified into Heavy Cruisers (and later Aviation Cruisers), and so are named after rivers.  The Tone class also, being more lightly armed than the Takao or Myoukou classes, were also named after rivers.
• Battleships are named after provinces.
  • Exceptions:  The Kongou class were originally designed as Battlecruisers, which were named after mountains before "heavy cruiser" became a separately defined class from simply "cruiser".
• Aircraft Carriers all have the character for "dragon" (龍, "ryuu"), "phoenix" (鳳, "hou"), "crane" (鶴, "kaku") or "falcon" (鷹, "you") in them.  Light carriers tend to have "falcon" or "phoenix" names, where Fleet carriers tend to have "dragon" or "crane" names, but this is not strict.
  • Exceptions:  Akagi and Kaga were originally designed as a battlecruiser and a battleship, respectively, and follow those classes' naming conventions instead (Akagi is named after a mountain, Kaga is named after a province).  Chitose and Chiyoda were not originally aircraft carriers, their names are poetic words for "millenium".
  • While Taigei's name was changed to fit in with the standard Aircraft Carrier naming scheme ("Ryuuhou" means "Dragon Phoenix") when she was remodeled into an Aircraft Carrier, neither Chitose nor Chiyoda received the same treatment when they were remodeled.
• Submarines are simply given operating numbers in the same manner as German U-boats, following a syllable of the word 'Iroha'.  All long-range submarines were designated 'I-' (such as all the submarines present in KanColle), where coastal subs began with 'Ro' and training submarines were 'Ha-'  In Kancolle, the submarine girls use the classical japanese number syllables (or just the number directly, in I-8's case) to make their numbers sound more name-like.
• Submarine Tenders were a varied group of ships.  Several of these had the character for "whale" (鯨, "gei") in their names, but many did not.
  • Shouhou and Zuihou were originally designed as Submarine Tenders before being converted into Light Carriers.  Like Ryuuhou, their names were changed upon conversion, they were originally named Tsurugizaki and Takasaki.
• Non-Navy Ships' names were often appended with "Maru" (丸) the character for 'circle'.  The reason for this tradition seems to have been lost to time, but may be related to the red circle being the symbol and flag of japan (the "hi-no-maru") or as a superstition, helping ships travel a circle of going out to sea and returning home.
  • The examples in KanColle are "Akitsumaru" (an Army ship) and both Hiyou and Junyou's names before they were converted to aircraft carriers: Izumo Maru and Kashiwara Maru.
  • The "maru" in "Maruyu" is a reference to this character, but does not actually appear in her name, which is a circle around the hiragana character 'yu'.
• Akashi was named after the Akashi Strait, near Kobe.  Since she was the only repair ship built for the IJN, the naming conventions of her class are unclear.

The Abyssal fleet's 'classes' are the based on the Iroha, a classical Japanese alphabetical ordering.  That this is classical Japanese implies that the classes are externally ascribed to the Abyssal fleet ships, especially combined with the highly descriptive names for the bosses.

Birthdays of Ship Girls

The date a ship was launched is traditionally used as a ship's birthday; the dates presented here reflect this. These dates are sourced from Wikipedia.

#	Coastal defence ships(by class)	Date Launched
#	Shimushu-class	Date Launched
1st	Shimushu	xx
2nd	Kunashiri	xx
3rd	Hachijou	xx
4th	Ishigaki	xx
#	Etorofu-class	Date Launched
1st	Etorofu	x
2nd	Matsuwa	xx
3rd	Sado	xx
7th	Tsushima	xx
9th	Hirato	xx
10th	Fukae	xx
#	Mikura-class	Date Launched
1st	Mikura	xx
7th	Yashiro	xx
#	Hiburi -subclass	Date Launched
1st	Hiburi	xx
xnd	Hiburi	xx
xrd	Shounan	xx
#	Type D	Date Launched
4th	Kaiboukan No.4	xx
30rd	Kaiboukan No.30	xx

#	Destroyers (by class)	Date Launched
#	Kamikaze-class	Date Launched
1st	Kamikaze	xx
xnd	Asakaze	xx
xrd	Harukaze	xx
xth	Matsukaze	xx
xth	Hatakaze	xx
#	Mutsuki-class	Date Launched
1st	Mutsuki	23 July 1925
2nd	Kisaragi	5 June 1925
3rd	Yayoi	11 July 1925
4th	Uzuki	15 October 1925
5th	Satsuki	25 March 1925
xth	Minazuki	xx
7th	Fumizuki	16 February 1926
8th	Nagatsuki	6 October 1926
9th	Kikuzuki	15 March 1926
10th	Mikazuki	12 July 1926
11th	Mochizuki	28 April 1927
#	Fubuki-class	Date Launched
1st	Fubuki	15 November 1927
2nd	Shirayuki	20 March 1928
3rd	Hatsuyuki	29 September 1928
4th	Miyuki	26 June 1928
5th	Murakumo	27 September 1928
xth	Usugumo	xx
9th	Isonami	24 November 1927
xth	Uranami	xx
#	Ayanami-class	Date Launched
11th	Ayanami	5 October 1929
12th	Shikinami	22 June 1929
xth	Amagiri	xx
xth	Sagiri	xx
17th	Oboro	8 November 1930
18th	Akebono	7 November 1930
19th	Sazanami	31 June 1931
20th	Ushio	17 November 1930
#	Akatsuki-subclass	Date Launched
1st	Akatsuki	7 May 1932
2nd	Hibiki	22 December 1932
3rd	Ikazuchi	22 October 1931
4th	Inazuma	25 February 1932
#	Hatsuharu-class	Date Launched
2nd	Hatsuharu	27 February 1933
3rd	Hatsushimo	4 November 1933
4th	Nenohi	22 December 1932
5th	Wakaba	18 March 1934
xth	Ariake	xx
#	Shiratsuyu-class	Date Launched
1st	Shiratsuyu	5 April 1935
2nd	Shigure	18 May 1935
3rd	Murasame	20 June 1935
4th	Yuudachi	21 June 1936
5th	Samidare	6 July 1935
6th	Harusame	21 September 1935
xth	Umikaze	xx
xth	Yamakaze	xx
xth	Kawakaze	xx
10th	Suzukaze	11 March 1937
#	Asashio-class	Date Launched
1st	Arare	16 November 1937
2nd	Arashio	26 May 1937
3rd	Asagumo	5 November 1937
4th	Asashio	16 December 1936
5th	Kasumi	18 November 1937
6th	Michishio	15 March 1937
9th	Ooshio	19 April 1937
10th	Yamagumo	24 July 1937
xth	Asagumo	xx
xth	Minegumo	xx
#	Kagerou-class	Date Launched
1st	Akigumo	11 April 1941
2nd	Amatsukaze	19 October 1939
5th	Hamakaze	25 November 1940
6th	Hatsukaze	24 January 1939
8th	Isokaze	19 June 1939
9th	Kagerou	27 September 1938
10th	Kuroshio	25 October 1938
11th	Maikaze	15 March 1941
13th	Nowaki	17 September 1940
15th	Shiranui	28 June 1938
16th	Tanikaze	1 November 1940
17th	Tokitsukaze	10 November 1939
18th	Urakaze	19 April 1940
19th	Yukikaze	24 March 1939
xth	Oyashio	x
xth	Arashi	x
xth	Hagikaze	xx
#	Yuugumo-class	Date Launched
2nd	Asashimo	21 January 1943
6th	Hayashimo	20 October 1943
10th	Kiyoshimo	16 March 1943
11th	Makigumo	23 December 1940
12th	Naganami	11 April 1941
19th	Yuugumo	16 March 1941
xth	Kazagumo	xx
xth	Makinami	xx
xth	Takanami	xx
xth	Suzunami	xx
xth	Fujinami	xx
xth	Hayanami	xx
xth	Hamanami	xx
xth	Okinami	xx
xth	Kishinami	xx
xth	Asashimo	xx
xth	Akishimo	xx
#	Akizukiclass	Date Launched
1st	Akizuki	2 July 1941
2nd	Teruzuki	xx
3rd	Suzutsuki	xx
4th	Hatsuzuki	xx
#	Matsu-class	Date Launched
1st	Matsu	xx
2nd	Take	xx
4th	Momo	xx
#	Others	Date Launched
1st	Shimakaze	18 July 1942
1st	Z1	xx
3rd	Z3	xx
1st	Maestrale	xx
2nd	Grecale	xx
3rd	Libeccio	xx
4th	Scirocco	xx
1st	Fletcher	xx
112th	Johnston	xx
74th	Samuel B. Roberts	xx
1st	Jervis	xx
5th	Janus	xx
1st	Tashkent	xx

#	Light Cruisers	Date Launched
#	Tenryuu-Class	Date Launched
1st	Tenryuu	11 March 1918
2nd	Tatsuta	29 May 1918
#	Kuma-Class	Date Launched
1st	Kuma	14 July 1919
2nd	Tama	10 February 1920
3rd	Kitakami	3 July 1920
4th	Ooi	15 July 1920
5th	Kiso	14 December 1920
#	Nagara-Class	Date Launched
1st	Nagara	25 April 1922
2nd	Isuzu	29 October 1921
3rd	Natori	16 February 1922
4th	Yura	15 February 1922
5th	Kinu	29 May 1922
6th	Abukuma	16 March 1923
#	Sendai-Class	Date Launched
1st	Sendai	30 October 1923
2nd	Jintsuu	8 December 1923
3rd	Naka	24 March 1925
#	Agano-Class	Date Launched
1st	Agano	22 October 1941
2nd	Noshiro	19 July 1942
3rd	Yahagi	25 October 1942
4th	Sakawa	9 April 1944
#	Katori-Class	Date Launched
1st	Katori	14 December 1939
2nd	Kashima	25 September 1939
	Other	Date Launched
	Yuubari	5 March 1923
	Ooyodo	2 April 1942
	Duca degli Abruzzi	xx
	Giuseppe Garibaldi	xx
	Honolulu	xx
	Helena	xx
	Atlanta	xx
	Sheffield	xx
	Gotland	xx
	De Ruyter	xx
	Perth	xx

#	Heavy Cruisers	Date Launched
#	Furutaka-Class	Date Launched
1st	Furutaka	25 February 1925
2nd	Kako	10 April 1925
#	Aoba-Class	Date Launched
1st	Aoba	25 September 1926
2nd	Kinugasa	24 October 1926
#	Myoukou-Class	Date Launched
1st	Myoukou	16 April 1927
2nd	Nachi	15 June 1927
3rd	Ashigara	22 April 1928
4th	Haguro	24 March 1928
#	Takao-Class	Date Launched
1st	Takao	12 May 1930
2nd	Atago	16 June 1930
3rd	Maya	8 November 1930
4th	Choukai	30 June 1931
#	Mogami-Class	Date Launched
1st	Mogami	14 March 1934
2nd	Mikuma	31 May 1934
3rd	Suzuya	20 November 1934
4th	Kumano	15 October 1936
#	Tone-Class	Date Launched
1st	Tone	21 November 1937
2nd	Chikuma	19 March 1938
#	Admiral Hipper-Class	Date Launched
3rd	Prinz Eugen	22 August 1938
	Other	Date Launched
	Zara	xx
	Pola	xx
	Northampton	xx
	Houston	xx

Battleships	Date Launched
Nagato	9 November 1919
Mutsu	31 May 1920
Kongou	18 May 1912
Hiei	21 November 1912
Kirishima	1 December 1913
Haruna	14 December 1913
Fusou	28 March 1914
Yamashiro	3 November 1915
Ise	12 November 1916
Hyuuga	27 January 1917
Yamato	8 August 1940
Musashi	1 November 1940
Bismarck	14 February 1939
Conte di Cavour	xx
Littorio	xx
Roma	xx
Colorado	xx
Washington	xx
South Dakota	xx
Iowa	xx
Warspite	xx
Nelson	xx
Richelieu	xx
Gangut	xx

Light Carriers	Date Launched
Houshou	13 November 1921
Ryuujou	2 April 1931
Hiyou	24 June 1941
Junyou	26 June 1941
Shouhou	1 June 1935
Zuihou	19 June 1936
Kasuga Maru	xx
Shinyou	xx
Gambier Bay	xx

Standard Carriers	Date Launched
Akagi	22 April 1925
Kaga	17 November 1921
Souryuu	21 December 1935
Hiryuu	16 November 1937
Shoukaku	1 June 1939
Zuikaku	27 November 1939
Taihou	7 March 1943
Unryuu	25 September 1943
Amagi	1 October 1943
Katsuragi	xx
Graf Zeppelin	xx
Aquila	xx
Saratoga	xx
Intrepid	xx
Hornet	xx
Ark Royal	xx
Victorious	xx

Submarines	Date Launched
I-8	20 July 1936
I-19	16 September 1939
I-26	xx
I-168	26 June 1933
I-58	30 June 1943
I-400	xx
I-401	8 January
I-13	xx
I-14	xx
I-47	xx
I-203	xx
Maruyu	31 October
U-511	21 Febuary 1941
Luigi Torelli	xx
Scamp	xx

Auxiliary ships	Date Launched
Seaplane Tender
Akitsumaru	24 Sept 1941
Chitose	xx
Chiyoda	xx
Mizuho	xx
Nisshin	xx
Commandant Teste	xx
Fleet Oiler
Kamoi	xx
Hayasui	xx
Souya	xx
Amphibious Assault Ship
Shinshuu Maru	xx
Akitsu Maru	xx
Submarine Tender
Taigei	16 November 1933
Jingei	xx
Chougei	xx
others
Akashi	29 June 1938
Mamiya	26 October 1923
Irako	14 February 1941

List of vessels by artist

Illustrator	Ship girls
Akira (アキラ)	Special Bosses: Anchorage Demon (泊地棲鬼), Anchorage Princess (泊地棲姫), Airfield Princess (飛行場姫), Battleship Princess (戦艦棲姫), Northern Princess (北方棲姫), Mizuho
Amemiya Chiyou (雨宮千遥)	Samidare, Suzukaze
Ayaki (彩樹)	Tenryuu, Tatsuta, Murakumo, Hatsuharu, Nenohi
bob	Sendai, Jintsuu, Naka, Myoukou, Nachi, Ashigara, Haguro, Tone, Chikuma, Shouhou
drew	Oboro, Akebono, Sazanami, Ushio, Tutorial Musume, Amagiri, Gotland
Fujikawa (藤川)	Kinugasa, Akigumo, Yuugumo, Makigumo, Naganami, Supply Ship Mamiya, Error Musume, Akashi, Ooyodo, Hayashimo, Kiyoshimo, Supply Ship Irako, Asagumo, Yamagumo, Asashimo, Takanami, Kazagumo, Okinami, Suzunami, Makinami, Minegumo, Kishinami, Hayanami, Hamanami, Fujinami, Akishimo
hatsuko (ハツ子)	Aoba
Jiji (じじ)	Littorio, Roma, Libeccio, Zara, Pola, Aquila, Conte di Cavour, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Duca degli Abruzzi, Grecale, Luigi Torelli, Maestrale, Scirocco,
Konishi (コニシ)	Kongou, Hiei, Haruna, Kirishima, Asashio, Ooshio, Michishio, Arashio, Arare, Kasumi, Kagerou, Shiranui, Kuroshio, Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Yura, Kinu, Abukuma, Yuubari, Zuihou, Suzuya, Kumano, Maikaze, Hatsukaze, Agano, Noshiro, Yahagi, Sakawa, Nowaki, Hayasui, Arashi, Hagikaze, Oyashio, Victorious, Ark Royal, Hornet, Janus, Jervis, Nelson, Sheffield, Warspite
Kujou Ichiso (玖条イチソ)	Shiratsuyu, Shigure, Murasame, Yuudachi, Taigei/Ryuuhou, Harusame, Kawakaze, Umikaze
Kusada Souta (草田草太)	Mutsuki, Kisaragi, Yayoi, Uzuki, Minazuki, Perth
Kuu Ro Kuro (くーろくろ)	Ryuujou, Nagara, Isuzu, Natori, Chitose, Chiyoda, Hiyou, Junyou, Akitsu Maru, Maruyu, Unryuu, Amagi, Katsuragi, I-26
Mikoto Akemi (みことあけみ)	Takao, Atago
Oguchi (おぐち)	Destroyer I-Class, Destroyer Ro-Class, Destroyer Ha-Class, Destroyer Ni-Class, Light Cruiser Ho-Class, Light Cruiser He-Class, Light Cruiser To-Class, Torpedo Cruiser Chi-Class, Heavy Cruiser Ri-Class, Light Carrier Nu-Class, Battleship Ru-Class, Standard Carrier Wo-Class, Transport Ship Wa-Class, Battleship Ta-Class, Battleship Re-Class, Submarine Ka-Class, Submarine Yo-Class, Submarine So-Class (main design concept creator of Abussals from 2013-2014)
Parsley (パセリ)	Maya, Choukai, Hamakaze, Tanikaze, Urakaze, Isokaze, Katori, Kashima, Kamikaze, Harukaze, Shinshuu Maru, Matsukaze, Asakaze, Colorado
Rikka (六花)	Fusou, Yamashiro
Shibafu (しばふ)	Akagi, Kaga, Souryuu, Hiryuu, Ise, Hyuuga, Fubuki, Shirayuki, Hatsuyuki, Miyuki, Isonami, Ayanami, Shikinami, Ooi, Kitakami, Houshou, Mogami, Mikuma, I-401, Shounan, Souya, Usugumo, I-400, Intrepid, Kasuga Maru, Hiburi, Shinyou, Daitou
Shimada Humikane (島田フミカネ) (Twitter)	Taihou, Bismarck, Z1, Z3, Prinz Eugen, U-511/Ro-500, Graf Zeppelin
Shizuma Yoshinori (しずまよしのり)	Nagato, Mutsu, Yukikaze, Shimakaze, Yamato, Musashi, Amatsukaze, Tokitsukaze, Akizuki, Akitsushima, Teruzuki, Hatsuzuki, Air Defense Princess (防空棲姫), Iowa, I-14, I-13, Atlanta, Saratoga
Shobon (ショボン)	I-168, I-58, I-19, I-8
UGUME	Kuma, Tama, Kiso, Furutaka, Kako, Hachijou, Ishigaki, Kunashiri, Shimushu, Honolulu,
Yadokari (やどかり)	Satsuki, Fumizuki, Nagatsuki, Kikuzuki, Mikazuki, Mochizuki, Akatsuki, Hibiki/Верный, Ikazuchi, Inazuma, Wakaba, Hatsushimo
youki	Shinano (speculative, from p.26 of Teitoku no Natsuyasumi & p.31 of Teitoku no Fuyuyasumi)
Hozuka	Kaiboukan No.4, Kaiboukan No.30,
Akasaka Yuzu	Chougei, Etorofu, Fukae, Hirato, Jingei, Matsuwa, Sado, Tsushima
Hoshi Akari	I-47, I-203
Watanabe Akio	Matsu, Take, Momo
Zeco	Houston, Fletcher, Johnston, Northampton, Samuel B. Roberts, South Dakota, Washington
Acea4	Helena, Mikura, Yashiro

List of music by composers

Composer	Tracks
Okamiya Michio (岡宮道生)	Game, Event, OST -Akatsuki-, Incomplete
Ookoshi Kaori ( 大越香里)	Game, Event, OST -Akatsuki-, Incomplete
Usami Hiroshi (宇佐美宏)	Game, Event, OST -Akatsuki-, Incomplete
Uncredited	Japanese wiki

Acronyms

Ever see an acronym in the wiki you didn't know the meaning of and urban dictionary doesn't have it? While it is preferable to not use acronyms to avoid confusion, some discussions will inevitably have them. This is an incomplete list of acronyms used in discussions by English-speaking KanColle players.

• AA - Anti-Air
• AACI - Anti-Air Cut-in
• ABKM - Abukuma
• ACH - Aircraft Carrier Hime
• AD - Air Denial
• AFP - Air Fighter Power
• AGB - Icebreaker
• AGDP - Arctic Gear & Deck Personnel
• AGL - Lighthouse tender
• AGS - Survey ship
• AI - Air Incapability
• AO - Fleet Oiler / Replenishment Oiler
• AP :
  • AP - Air Parity
  • AP - Air Power
  • AP - Armor Piercing
• AR :
  • AR - Repair Ship
  • AR - Action Report
• AS :
  • AS - Submarine Tender
  • AS - Artillery Spotting
  • AS - Air Superiority
  • AS+ - Air Supremacy
• ASW - Anti-Submarine Warfare
• AV - Seaplane Tender
• BB - Battleship
• BBV - Aviation Battleship
• BP - Blueprint
• CA - Heavy Cruiser
• CAV - Aviation Cruiser
• CF - Combined Fleet
• CI - Cut-In
• CL - Light Cruiser
• CLT - Torpedo Cruiser
• CT :
  • CT - Training Cruiser
  • CT - Closing Torpedo
• CTF - Carrier Task Force
• CV :
  • CV - Character Voice, same as VA
  • CV - Aircraft Carrier / Standard Aircraft Carrier ("Croiseur Vol")
• CVB - Armored Aircraft Carrier / Armored Carrier ("Croiseur Vol Blindé")
• CVCI - Aircraft Carrier Cut In
• CVE - Escort carrier, an ASW specialized light aircraft carrier ("Croiseur Vol d'Escorte")
• CVL - Light Aircraft Carrier / Light Carrier ("Croiseur Vol Léger")
• CVN - Night Aircraft Carrier (not "nuclear CV" here)
• DA - Double Attack
• DD - Destroyer
• DE - "Destroyer Escort" but this designates "Coastal Defense Ship" here
• DLC - Daihatsu Landing Craft
• EO - Extra Operation (maps 1-5, 1-6, 2-5, 3-5, 5-5, 6-5, and some event maps)
• FBB - Fast Battleship
• FCF - Fleet Command Facility
  
  
• FCM - First Class Medal
• FF :
  • FF - Friendly Fleet
  • FF - Fast Fleet
• FP - Firepower
• FS - Flagship
• GS - Great Success
• HQ - Headquarter LV (Admiral personal LV)
• JA - Jet Assault
• KC - Kantai Collection
• KTKM - Kitakami. Wordplay from Japanese netslang KTKR which is read as "kita kore", literally "it's here", sort of like "woohoo I got it" or "I've been waiting for this!".
• LBAS - Land-Based Air Squadron
• LD - Last Dance
• LHA - Amphibious Assault Ship
• LoS/LOS - Line of Sight
• LSC - Large Ship Construction
• NOAP - Night Operation Aviation Personnel
  
• OA - Opening Airstrike
• OASW - Opening ASW
• OT/O torp - Opening Torpedo
• RADAR - RAdio Detection And Ranging
• RE - Reinforcement Expansion (extra ship slot)
• RL/RLK2 - 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher/12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni
• RP - Ranking points
• RSC - Resources
• RNG - Random Number Generation
• SCAMP - Skilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel
• SE - Support Expedition
• SF - Striking Force Fleet
• SFCF - Striking Force Fleet Command Facility
• SLO - Skilled Lookouts
  
  • SSLO - "Super Skilled Lookouts"
• SONAR - SOund Navigation And Ranging
• SPB - Sea Plane Bomber
• SPF - Sea Plane Fighter
• SS - Submarine
• SSV - Aicraft Carrying Submarine
• STF - Surface Task Force
• TCI - Torpedo Cut In
• TCF/TE - Transport Combined Fleet / Transport Escort
• TP - "Transport Points"
• TSSL - Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts
• TTK - "Teitoku", Japaneses for "Admiral"
• VA - Voice Actress, same as CV
• WG/WG42 - WG42 (Wurfgerät 42)
• YKKZ - Yukikaze
• YMKZ - Yamakaze

Abbreviations, Specific terms & Trivia

Alongside acronyms, you may encounter some abbreviations, specific terms, and trivia, some being Japanese terms or names, more practical names referring to specifics in-game features, or even real-life Trivia.

• 2-4-11 - Naka. 2-4-11 refers to the fuel-ammo-steel combination received from her scrap (if scrapping with her default equipment).
• Beaver - Yukikaze's nickname based on her appearance. Japanese call her 'Hamster'.
• Big Seven - Refers to the firsts 7 battleships built to carry the biggest naval gun (>40 cm) allowed by the Washington Naval Treaty, namely, the Nagato-class, Nelson-class, and Colorado-class.
• Blow torches - Instant Construction Material
• BRS nicknames :
  • Black Rick Shooter - Heavy Cruiser Ri-Class Kai
  • Black Ruck Shooter - Battleship Ru-Class Kai
  • Black Wock Shooter - Standard Carrier Wo-Class Kai Flagship
• Bucket - Instant Repair Material
• Bulldozer - Construction Corps
• BURNING LOVE - Notable line from Kongou
• C2 - Studio/Dojin circle behind Kancolle
• Chuuha - "very damaged", orange damaged
• Cranes - Shoukaku-class, both being named after cranes
• Dev mat - Development materials
• Dragons - Souryuu, Hiryuu, and Unryuu, all three being named after dragons
• Ducks - Akizuki-class
• Flamethrower - Instant Construction Material
• Green T - Crossing the T (Advantage) Engagement
• Kancolle - Kantai Collection
• Kanmusu - kantai musume, ship-girl
• Melon-chan - Yuubari's nickname due to her uniform color scheme and general resemblance to a melon as well as the City of Yuubari, on the namesake Yuubari River, which is well known for its melons.
• Nagamon - Nagato's name "長門" 2nd kanji, "門", can be pronounced as mon. This name contrasts Nagato's seriousness with the silly and cute things she is usually depicted doing.
• Nagamutsu - Fusion of Nagato and Mutsu names, designating the class or both of them.
• Nuke - Anti-installation setup using a tank, a DLC, and artillery, doing "nuclear-like" damages to installations (up to 9999 damages)
• Poi? (っぽい？) - Catchphrase of Yuudachi, meaning "maybe", referring to Ironbottom Sound.
• Potatoes - Every characters drawn by Shibafu (しばふ), referring to the simple "potatoes-like" shape of their face.
• Red T - Crossing the T (Disadvantage) Engagement
• Rensouhou-chan (連装砲ちゃん) - A Danbo-like robot which appears with some ships like Shimakaze. Amatsukaze having a more formal character, calls hers Rensouhou-kun instead.
• Rosa - 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni
• Screw - Improvement Materials
• Shirei-kan - "Commander"
• Strawberry - Harusame, referring to her hair color.
• Taiha - "heavily damaged", red damaged
• Tanaka - Kensuke Tanaka, creator and original programmer of Kancolle.
• Tank - Ka-Mi Tank, not to be confused with landing tanks
  
  
  
• Teitoku - "Admiral"
• Tenryuu Kindergarten - A common theme where Tenryuu and a destroyers' escort is regularly used in expeditions to optimize resources consumption. The official 4-Koma also shows Tenryuu as being good at taking care of children (destroyers).
• Torches - Instant Construction Material
• Touch - the general name used for special attacks, such as the Big Seven special attacks, the Kongo-class special attacks, and AS special attacks.
• Whales - Refer to Submarine Tenders having the kanji "鯨" meaning whale in their name.
• Yamasushi - Fusion of Yamato and Musashi names, designating the class or both of them.
• Yasen - "night battle"
• Zekamashi (ぜかまし) - Shimakaze's name read backward (in traditional Japanese, characters are read right-to-left). Found on one of the Rensouhou-chan's lifebuoys.
• ！すでのな - One of Inazuma's lines written "backward", in traditional Japanese format. Also appears as a wall scroll in the furniture page.