Ship

Ship Type Identification

Class		Abbreviation		Combat Notes
駆逐艦	Destroyer	駆逐	DD	High evasion, low resource consumption, & ASW-capable, but lacks armor & firepower.
海防艦	Destroyer Escort	駆逐	DE	Can OASW at 60 ASW.
軽巡洋艦	Light Cruiser	軽巡	CL	Very flexible. Utilizes medium main guns, ASW, & artillery spotting.
重雷装巡洋艦	Torpedo Cruiser	雷巡	CLT*	Can equip Type A Ko-hyoteki to enable the opening torpedo attack.
重巡洋艦	Heavy Cruiser	重巡	CA	Stronger in surface combat than light cruisers at the expense of ASW.
航空巡洋艦	Aviation Cruiser	航巡	CAV*	A CA that is capable of initiating fighter combat to enable artillery spotting & ASW via seaplane bombers.
戦艦	Battleship	戦	BB	Utilizes high-caliber main guns, heavy armor, & the second shelling phase. Lacks ASW & torpedo attacks.
	Fast Battleship			The Kongou-class & Bismarck. Has faster repair times.
航空戦艦	Aviation Battleship	航戦	BBV*	Has ASW via seaplane bombers & can initiate fighter combat to enable artillery spotting.
正規空母	Standard Aircraft Carrier	空母	CV	Achieves air superiority by fighters. Cannot attack during night battle. Must equip with bombers to enable regular attacks.
装甲空母	Armored Aircraft Carrier	装母	CVB	Armored Aircraft Carriers can still attack with moderate hull damage.
軽空母	Light Aircraft Carrier	軽母	CVL	Weaker than standard carriers, but capable of attacking submarines.
水上機母艦	Seaplane Tender	水母	AV	The Chitose-class' basic form and Mizuho. Can participate in all day attack stages given the correct setup.
潜水艦	Submarine	潜	SS	Limited to both torpedo phases & night battle. Only ships with ASW can attack them.
潜水空母	Submarine Aircraft Carrier	潜母	SSV*	Some submarines can equip seaplanes.
揚陸艦	Amphibious Assault Ship	揚陸	LHA*	Akitsu Maru comes with a Daihatsu, which increases resource gain from expeditions.
工作艦	Repair Ship	工	AR	Akashi can repair ships while idle. Explained on her page.
潜水母艦	Submarine Tender	潜母艦	AS	Taigei is weak, but enables superior pathing in 6-1.
	Fleet Oiler	補給	AO	Hayasui can refuel ships mid-sortie and functions as a small AV/CVL.

Notes

• '*' Abbreviations are derived rather than official
• Battleships & Fast Battleships share the hull classification, BB.
• Light Aircraft Carriers & Standard Aircraft Carriers are termed 正規空母, or Fleet Carriers, to distinguish them from Escort Carriers or other carrier types. This term sometimes refers only to Standard Aircraft Carriers.
• There are 167 kanmusu (sans remodels & class changes) as of the November 18th, 2015 update.

Exceptions

• Training Cruisers & Torpedo Cruisers do not count as a Light Cruiser for expeditions or branching rules requirements.
• Similarly, Aviation Cruisers & Aviation Battleships do not count as a Heavy Cruiser & Battleship, respectively^[0].
• The Chitose-class' carrier remodels shifts them from Seaplane Tenders to Light Aircraft Carriers.
• Taigei's remodel shifts her from a Submarine Tender to a Light Aircraft Carrier.

Ship Stats

• Firepower , Torpedo , Anti Air , Armor , & Luck can be upgraded by Modernization.
• Firepower , Torpedo , Anti Air , Armor , Anti-Submarine , Line of Sight , & Evasion will improve from leveling up.
• Marrying a ship will increase her HP , Luck , & level cap. The increase in level cap allows the ship to have higher Anti-Submarine , Evasion , & Line of Sight .
• Ship remodel
  • 改 (Kai), in Japanese, stands for Modified, Revised, Improved, or Altered. It's used on all single remodelled ships.
  • ニ (Ni), in Japanese, stands for the number 2 or Second. It's applied in combination with 改 to ships with a second remodel.
  • Zwei, in German, stands for the number 2 or Second. It's applied alone to ships with a second remodel.
  • Drei, in German, stands for the number 3 or Third. It's applied alone to ships with a third remodel.
    • Although German kanmusu have a 改, they omit it with Zwei & Drei.
• Rarity
  • Top-Left: Common
  • Bottom-Right: Ultra-rare
  • Based on Kanmusu Catalog, the ships' rarity classifications are the following: C>SC>R>SR>H>SH

Note that other than background color, the metallic symbol on the top left corner may also identify rarity.

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