Glossary

Class classification

All of 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
AS	潜母艦	潜水母艦	Sensui bokan	Submarine Tender
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*
CLp*	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
CVB/CV/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
CV	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

Note

• 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 damage dealt. When the opponent crosses your fleet, both sides receive a significant damage reduction.

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

Color-coded Aircraft

• Red Plane: Carrier-based Dive Bomber
• Blue Plane: Carrier-based Torpedo Bomber
• Green Plane: Carrier-based Fighter
• Yellow Plane: Carrier-based Recon Aircraft
• Light Green Plane: Seaplane Bomber and Reconnaissance Seaplane

Color-coded Naval Guns

It is based on their roles, not ability.

• Red Gun: Main Gun; Primarily used against ships, with a secondary role as AA.
• Yellow Gun: Secondary Gun; increase in accuracy and AA stats.
• Green Gun: High-angle dual-purpose guns or AA machine guns

• High-angle guns have the ability to effectively attack both aircraft and ships.
• AA machine guns specifically attack aircraft and always trigger tracer-fire effect.

Midget Submarine

Also known by its design code name Type A Ko-hyoteki (甲標的甲型) which literally means Target Type A, it's a submarine equipable on Torpedo Cruisers, Submarines, and Seaplane Tenders. Frequently used because of their ability to attack before the shelling phase.

Turbines

Turbines can be equipped on any ship. Turbines increases the ship's evasion stat, causing enemies to miss more often.

Trivia

！すでのな

One of Inazuma's lines written "backwards", in traditional Japanese format. Also appears as a wall scroll in the furniture page.

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

A nickname for Yukikaze based on her appearance. Japanese fans call her 'Hamster' instead.

Big Seven

A group of warship built to carry the biggest naval gun (41cm) allowed by the Washington Naval Treaty. It comprise of Nagato, Mutsu, USS West Virginia, USS Maryland, USS Colorado, HMS Rodney, and HMS Nelson.

Black Rick Shooter/Black Ruck Shooter

Nickname of Heavy Cruiser Ri-Class Kai and Battleship Ru-Class Kai, respectively.

• Abbreviated BRS

Black Wock Shooter

Nickname of Standard Carrier Wo-Class Kai Flagship.

• Abbreviated BWS

BURNING LOVE

Notable line from Kongou, a Kongou-class battleship built by Vickers Shipbuilding Company. Loves tea and fond of using English words due to her being built in England. Other examples:

• 提督ゥ～、You've Got Mail! Love letterは許さないからネ!
• Wow! Congratulations!
• Tea timeは大事にしないとネー

KTKM

Shorthand for 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!'.

Melon-chan

Nickname for Yuubari 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

The name is due to Nagato's (長門) second kanji, 門, which can be pronounced as mon.
Instead of being cool and serious, Nagato is usually depicted doing silly things or showing love to random destroyers, Northern Hime, and other girls.

Rensouhou-chan (連装砲ちゃん)

A Danbo-like robot which appears with Shimakaze. Amatsukaze, having a more formal character, calls hers Rensouhou-kun instead.

RJ

Light Carrier Ryūjō.

Tenryuu Kindergarten

A common theme where Tenryuu and her destroyers escort was regularly used in expeditions due to Tenryuu's lower ammo cost (compared to other light cruisers). The official 4-koma also shows Tenryuu as being good at taking care of children (destroyers), hence the name.

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 life buoys.

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.

Destroyers

	Destroyers (by class)	Date Launched
	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
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
9th	Isonami	24 November 1927
	Ayanami-class	Date Launched
11th	Ayanami	5 October 1929
12th	Shikinami	22 June 1929
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
	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
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
	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
	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
	Others	Date Launched
1st (and only)	Shimakaze	18 July 1942
1st	Akizuki	2 July 1941

Light Cruisers	Date Launched
Tenryuu	11 March
Tatsuta	29 May
Kuma	14 July
Tama	10 February
Kiso	14 December
Nagara	25 April
Isuzu	29 October
Natori	February 16
Yura	15 February
Kinu	29 May
Abukuma	16 March
Sendai	30 October
Jintsuu	8 December
Naka	24 March
Ooi	15 July
Kitakami	3 July
Yuubari	5 March
Agano	22 October
Noshiro	19 July
Yahagi	25 October
Sakawa	9 April
Ooyodo	2 April

Heavy Cruisers	Date Launched
Furutaka	25 February
Kako	10 April
Aoba	25 September
Kinugasa	24 October
Myoukou	16 April
Nachi	15 June
Ashigara	22 April
Haguro	24 March
Takao	12 May
Atago	16 June
Maya	8 November
Choukai	30 June
Tone	21 November
Chikuma	19 March
Mogami	14 March
Mikuma	31 May
Suzuya	20 November
Kumano	15 October
Prinz Eugen	22 August
Katori	14 December

Battleships	Date Launched
Nagato	9 November
Mutsu	31 May
Kongou	18 May
Hiei	21 November
Kirishima	1 December
Haruna	14 December
Fusou	28 March
Yamashiro	3 November
Ise	12 November
Hyuuga	27 January
Yamato	8 August
Musashi	1 November
Bismarck	14 February

Light Carriers	Date Launched
Houshou	13 November
Ryuujou	2 April
Hiyou	24 June
Junyou	26 June
Shohou	1 June
Zuihou	19 June
Chitose	29 November
Chiyoda	29 November
Ryuuhou	16 November

Standard Carriers	Date Launched
Akagi	22 April
Kaga	17 November
Souryuu	21 December
Hiryuu	16 November
Shoukaku	1 June
Zuikaku	27 November
Taihou	7 March
Unryuu	25 September
Amagi	1 October

Submarines	Date Launched
I-8	20 July
I-19	16 September
I-168	26 June
1-58	30 June
I-401	8 January
Maruyu	31 October
U-511	21 Febuary
RO-500	16 September

Auxiliary ships	Date Launched
Akitsumaru	24 Sept
Akashi	29 June
Taigei	16 November
Mamiya	26 October

List of vessels by Japanese voice actresses

Voice actress	Ship girls
Bridcut Sarah Emi	Maikaze, Hatsukaze, Yuubari, Suzuya, Kumano
Endou Aya	Bismarck, Z1, Z3
Fujita Saki	Akagi, Fusou, Yamashiro, Kagerou, Shiranui, Kuroshio, Yukikaze, Tokitsukaze, Aircraft Carrier Demon, Aircraft Carrier Princess (special boss)
Hayasaka Kozue (早坂梢)	Sazanami, Akebono, Ushio, Oboro
Hidaka Rina	Ryuujou, Mutsuki, Kisaragi, Satsuki, Fumizuki, Nagatsuki, Kikuzuki, Mikazuki, Mochizuki, Yayoi, Uzuki
Horie Yui	Asagumo, Yamagumo, Amagi, Supply Ship Mamiya, Supply Ship Irako,
Iguchi Yuka	Kaga, Tone, Chikuma, Tenryuu, Tatsuta, Nagara, Isuzu, Natori
Ise Mariya	I-401
Kanemoto Hisako	Kiyoshimo, Hayashimo, Harusame, Northern Princess (special boss)
Kawasumi Ayako	Unryuu, Isokaze, Ooyodo, Midway Princess (special boss)
Kayano Ai	Asashimo, Katori, U-511/Ro-500, Light Cruiser Demon (special boss), Battleship Water Demon (special boss)
Kobayashi Motoko	Hatsuharu, Nenohi, Wakaba, Hatsushimo
Komatsu Mana (小松真奈)	Zuihou, Hamakaze, Tanikaze, Urakaze
Kuno Misaki (久野美咲)	Littorio, Roma, Takanami, Harbor Water Demon (special boss)
Misato (味里)	Musashi, I-19, I-8, Airfield Princess (special boss), Battleship Princess (special boss)
Miyagawa Wakana (宮川若菜)	Chitose, Chiyoda, Asashio, Ooshio, Michishio, Arashio, Arare, Kasumi
Nakajima Megumi	Mikuma, I-168, I-58, Kinugasa
Nomizu Iori	Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Kinu, Abukuma, Special bosses (敵巨大母艦, 鬼, 姫, 戦鬼, 戦姫)
Noto Mamiko	Taihou, Akitsu Maru, Maruyu
Ogura Yui	Amatsukaze, Taigei/Ryuuhou, Harbour Princess (special boss), Isolated Island Demon (special boss)
Ootsubo Yuka	Ise, Hyuuga, Furutaka, Kako, Ooi, Kitakami, Hiyou, Junyou
Ozawa Ari	Akizuki, Prinz Eugen, Nowaki, Destroyer Princess (special boss), Aircraft Carrier Water Demon (special boss)
Sakura Ayane	Nagato, Mutsu, Shimakaze, Kuma, Tama, Kiso, Sendai, Jintsuu, Naka
Suzaki Aya	Mogami, Houshou, Aoba, Akatsuki, Hibiki/Верный, Ikazuchi, Inazuma
Taketatsu Ayana	Yamato, Akigumo, Yuugumo, Makigumo, Naganami
Taneda Risa	Myoukou, Nachi, Ashigara, Haguro, Shouhou, Samidare, Suzukaze, Akashi
Tanibe Yumi (タニベ ユミ)	Yura, Shigure, Murasame, Yuudachi, Shiratsuyu
Touyama Nao	Kongou, Hiei, Haruna, Kirishima, Takao, Atago, Maya, Choukai, Ayanami, Shikinami
Uesaka Sumire	Souryuu, Hiryuu, Fubuki, Shirayuki, Hatsuyuki, Miyuki, Murakumo, Isonami
Yamada Yuki (山田悠希)	Agano, Noshiro, Yahagi, Sakawa
Uncredited

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)
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
Fujikawa (藤川)	Kinugasa, Akigumo, Yuugumo, Makigumo, Naganami, Supply Ship Mamiya, Error Musume, Akashi, Ooyodo, Hayashimo, Kiyoshimo, Supply Ship Irako, Asagumo, Yamagumo, Asashimo
hatsuko (ハツ子)	Aoba
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
Kujou Itiso (玖条イチソ)	Shiratsuyu, Shigure, Murasame, Yuudachi, Taigei/Ryuuhou, Harusame
Kusada Souta (草田草太)	Mutsuki, Kisaragi, Yayoi, Uzuki
Kuu Ro Kuro (くーろくろ)	Ryuujou, Nagara, Isuzu, Natori, Chitose, Chiyoda, Hiyou, Junyou, Akitsu Maru, Maruyu, Unryuu, Amagi, Katsuragi
Mikoto Akemi (みことあけみ)	Takao, Atago
Oguchi (おぐち)	All standard enemy vessels (main design concept creator)
Parsley (パセリ)	Maya, Choukai, Hamakaze, Tanikaze, Urakaze, Isokaze, Katori
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
Shimada Humikane (島田フミカネ) (Twitter)	Taihou, Bismarck, Z1, Z3, Prinz Eugen, U-511/Ro-500
Shizuma Yoshinori (しずまよしのり)	Nagato, Mutsu, Yukikaze, Shimakaze, Yamato, Musashi, Amatsukaze, Tokitsukaze, Akizuki
Shobon (ショボン)	I-168, I-58, I-19, I-8
UGUME	Kuma, Tama, Kiso, Furutaka, Kako
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)
Uncredited

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 urbandictionary 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
• ACH - Aircraft Carrier Hime
• AFP - Air Fighter Power
• ASW - Anti-Submarine Warfare
• AS - Air Superiority
• AS+ - Air Supremacy
• BP - Blueprint
• CI - Cut-In
• CV - Character Voice (=VA, but CV also can mean Aircraft Carrier)
• DA - Double Attack
• EO - Extra Operation (maps 1-5, 1-6, 2-5, 3-5, 5-5, and some event maps)
• FBB - Fast Battleship
• FCF - Fleet Command Facility
• FP - Firepower
• FS - Flagship
• GS - Great Success
• KC - Kantai Collection
• LSC - Large Ship Construction
• LoS/LOS - Line of Sight
• RSC - Resources
• RNG - Random Number Generator
• SCAMP - Skilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel
• TP - Torpedo
• VA - Voice Actress, same as CV