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This page is a listing of a number of historical naval formations containing ships that appear in KanColle. Note that many of these formations had multiple 'generations', that ships were often part of multiple formations at a time, and that accurate historical records of these units are very difficult to ascertain. Multiple reorganizations occurred over the course of the war as losses took their toll.
 
This page is a listing of a number of historical naval formations containing ships that appear in KanColle. Note that many of these formations had multiple 'generations', that ships were often part of multiple formations at a time, and that accurate historical records of these units are very difficult to ascertain. Multiple reorganizations occurred over the course of the war as losses took their toll.
  
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For a complete listing of all IJN ships at the time of the Pearl Harbor attacks, please see the [[:wikipedia:Imperial Japanese Navy order of battle 1941|IJN Order of Battle]].
  
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=Battle Squadrons=
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==Battle Squadrons==
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[[File:YamatoTrials.jpg|right|370px|thumb|Battleship Yamato, at one point the Combined Fleet flagship.]]
 
In Japanese, there is no distinction drawn between Battleship and Cruiser divisions, they are simply called "squadrons" (''sentai'').
 
In Japanese, there is no distinction drawn between Battleship and Cruiser divisions, they are simply called "squadrons" (''sentai'').
  
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|第一戦隊
 
|First Battleship Division : BatDiv 1
 
|First Battleship Division : BatDiv 1
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第一戦隊</span></p>
 
 
|[[Nagato]] (Flagship), [[Mutsu]], Later: [[Yamato]] (Flagship), [[Musashi]]
 
|[[Nagato]] (Flagship), [[Mutsu]], Later: [[Yamato]] (Flagship), [[Musashi]]
 
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|第二戦隊
 
|Second Battleship Division: BatDiv 2
 
|Second Battleship Division: BatDiv 2
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第二戦隊</span>
 
 
|[[Ise]] (Flagship), [[Hyuuga]], [[Yamashiro]], [[Fusou]]
 
|[[Ise]] (Flagship), [[Hyuuga]], [[Yamashiro]], [[Fusou]]
 
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|第三戦隊
 
|Third Battleship Division: BatDiv 3
 
|Third Battleship Division: BatDiv 3
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第三戦隊</span>
 
 
|[[Kongou]] (Flagship), [[Hiei]], [[Haruna]], [[Kirishima]]
 
|[[Kongou]] (Flagship), [[Hiei]], [[Haruna]], [[Kirishima]]
 
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|第四戦隊
 
|Fourth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 4
 
|Fourth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 4
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| style="text-align: center;"|第四戦隊
 
 
|[[Atago]] (Flagship), [[Takao]], [[Maya]], [[Choukai]]
 
|[[Atago]] (Flagship), [[Takao]], [[Maya]], [[Choukai]]
 
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|第五戦隊
 
|Fifth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 5
 
|Fifth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 5
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第五戦隊</span>
 
 
|[[Myoukou]] (Flagship), [[Nachi]], [[Haguro]]
 
|[[Myoukou]] (Flagship), [[Nachi]], [[Haguro]]
 
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|第六戦隊
 
|Sixth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 6
 
|Sixth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 6
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第六戦隊</span>
 
 
|[[Aoba]] (Flagship), [[Furutaka]], [[Kako]], [[Kinugasa]]
 
|[[Aoba]] (Flagship), [[Furutaka]], [[Kako]], [[Kinugasa]]
 
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|第七戦隊
 
|Seventh Cruiser Division: CruDiv 7
 
|Seventh Cruiser Division: CruDiv 7
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">七</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">戦隊</span>
 
 
|[[Kumano]] (Flagship), [[Mogami]], [[Mikuma]], [[Suzuya]]
 
|[[Kumano]] (Flagship), [[Mogami]], [[Mikuma]], [[Suzuya]]
 
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|第八戦隊
 
|Eighth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 8
 
|Eighth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 8
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| style="text-align: center;"|第八戦隊
 
 
|[[Tone]], [[Chikuma]]
 
|[[Tone]], [[Chikuma]]
 
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|第九戦隊
 
|Ninth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 9
 
|Ninth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 9
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第九戦隊</span>
 
 
|[[Kitakami]], [[Ooi]]
 
|[[Kitakami]], [[Ooi]]
 
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|第十六戦隊
 
|Sixteenth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 16
 
|Sixteenth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 16
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">十</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">六戦隊</span>
 
 
|[[Ashigara]] (Flagship), [[Nagara]], [[Kuma]]
 
|[[Ashigara]] (Flagship), [[Nagara]], [[Kuma]]
 
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|第十八戦隊
 
|Eighteenth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 18
 
|Eighteenth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 18
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">十</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">八戦隊</span>
 
 
|[[Tenryuu]], [[Tatsuta]]
 
|[[Tenryuu]], [[Tatsuta]]
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|第二十一戦隊
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|Twenty-First Cruiser Division: CruDiv 21
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|[[Tama]], [[Kiso]]
 
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==Carrier Divisions==
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The Carrier Divisions (''Kōkū sentai'') were part of a different fleet system than the Battlegroups and Torpedo Squadrons, though they often had Destroyer Divisions attached to them to act as escorts.  The Japanese names of the Carrier divisions are often shortened by the shipgirls, for instance 第一航空戦隊, "''Dai-ichi Kōkū Sentai"'' is shortened to 一航戦, ''"Ikkōsen"''.  In most translations, this is written as abbreviating "First Carrier Division" to "CarDiv1".
  
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The Carrier Divisions (''Koukuu sentai'') were part of a different fleet system than the Battlegroups and Torpedo Squadrons, though they often had Destroyer Divisions attached to them to act as escorts.  The japanese names of the Carrier divisions are often shortened by the shipgirls, for instance 第一航空戦隊, "''Dai-ichi Koukuu Sentai"'' is shortened to 一航戦, ''"Ikkousen".  ''In most translations, this is written as abbreviating "First Carrier Division" to "CarDiv1."
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|First Carrier Division: CarDiv 1
 
|First Carrier Division: CarDiv 1
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">一</span>航空戦隊</span>
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|第一航空戦隊
 
|[[Akagi]] (Flagship), [[Kaga]], Seventh Destroyer Division
 
|[[Akagi]] (Flagship), [[Kaga]], Seventh Destroyer Division
 
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|     Seventh Destroyer Division: DesDiv 7
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|Seventh Destroyer Division: DesDiv 7
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第七駆逐隊</span>
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|第七駆逐隊
 
|[[Ushio]] (Flagship), [[Akebono]], [[Sazanami]]
 
|[[Ushio]] (Flagship), [[Akebono]], [[Sazanami]]
 
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|Second Carrier Division: CarDiv 2
 
|Second Carrier Division: CarDiv 2
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第二航空戦隊</span>
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|第二航空戦隊
 
|[[Souryuu]] (Flagship), [[Hiryuu]], Twenty-Third Destroyer Division
 
|[[Souryuu]] (Flagship), [[Hiryuu]], Twenty-Third Destroyer Division
 
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|     Twenty-Third Destroyer Division: DesDiv 23
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|Twenty-Third Destroyer Division: DesDiv 23
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">二</span>十</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">三</span></span>駆逐隊</span>
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|第二十三駆逐隊
 
|[[Kikuzuki]] (Flagship), [[Uzuki]] also Mutsuki-class Yuzuki
 
|[[Kikuzuki]] (Flagship), [[Uzuki]] also Mutsuki-class Yuzuki
 
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|Third Carrier Division:  CarDiv 3
 
|Third Carrier Division:  CarDiv 3
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">三</span>航空戦隊</span>
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|第三航空戦隊
 
|[[Zuihou]], [[Houshou]], [[Mikazuki]] (Escort)
 
|[[Zuihou]], [[Houshou]], [[Mikazuki]] (Escort)
 
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|Fourth Carrier Division: CarDiv 4
 
|Fourth Carrier Division: CarDiv 4
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span>四<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">航空戦隊</span>
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|第四航空戦隊
 
|[[Ryuujou]], Later [[Ise]] and [[Hyuuga]]
 
|[[Ryuujou]], Later [[Ise]] and [[Hyuuga]]
 
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|-
 
|Fifth Carrier Division: CarDiv 5
 
|Fifth Carrier Division: CarDiv 5
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第五航空戦隊</span>
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|第五航空戦隊
 
|[[Shoukaku]], [[Zuikaku]], [[Oboro]] (Escort)
 
|[[Shoukaku]], [[Zuikaku]], [[Oboro]] (Escort)
 
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=Torpedo Squadrons=
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==Torpedo Squadrons==
 
Torpedo Squadrons (''Suirai sentai'') and their sub-components, Destroyer Divisions (''Kuchikutai''), were created as part of the Japanese plan to slowly wear down American forces as they came across the Pacific with superior night-fighting and long-range torpedo bombardment tactics. They were led by a single Light Cruiser flagship supervising a number of Destroyer Divisions. Destroyer Divisions who have no members implemented in KanColle are not mentioned. Some sources translate 'Torpedo Squadron' as 'Destroyer Squadron', it is this that is abbreviated to 'Desron'
 
Torpedo Squadrons (''Suirai sentai'') and their sub-components, Destroyer Divisions (''Kuchikutai''), were created as part of the Japanese plan to slowly wear down American forces as they came across the Pacific with superior night-fighting and long-range torpedo bombardment tactics. They were led by a single Light Cruiser flagship supervising a number of Destroyer Divisions. Destroyer Divisions who have no members implemented in KanColle are not mentioned. Some sources translate 'Torpedo Squadron' as 'Destroyer Squadron', it is this that is abbreviated to 'Desron'
  
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|First Torpedo Squadron: Desron 1
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|第一水雷戦隊
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|[[Abukuma]] (Flagship), Sixth Destroyer Division, Twenty-First Destroyer Division, Twenty-Seventh Destroyer Division, Seventeenth Destroyer Division
 
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|style="background-color:lightgrey"|First Torpedo Squadron: Desron 1
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|Sixth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 6
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|第六駆逐隊
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|style="background-color:lightgrey"|[[Abukuma]] (Flagship), Sixth Destroyer Division, Twenty-First Destroyer Division, Twenty-Seventh Destroyer Division, Seventeenth Destroyer Division
 
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|     Sixth Destroyer Division:  DesDiv 6
 
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第六駆逐隊</span>
 
 
|[[Hibiki]] (Flagship), [[Akatsuki]], [[Inazuma]], [[Ikazuchi]]
 
|[[Hibiki]] (Flagship), [[Akatsuki]], [[Inazuma]], [[Ikazuchi]]
 
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|     Seventeeth Destroyer Division: Desdiv 17
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|Seventeeth Destroyer Division: Desdiv 17
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">十</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">七駆逐隊</span>
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|第十七駆逐隊
 
|[[Urakaze]] (Flagship), [[Isokaze]], [[Hamakaze]], [[Tanikaze]]
 
|[[Urakaze]] (Flagship), [[Isokaze]], [[Hamakaze]], [[Tanikaze]]
 
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|     Twenty-First Destroyer Division:  DesDiv 21
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|Twenty-First Destroyer Division: DesDiv 21
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">二</span></span></span>十一駆逐隊</span>
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|第二十一駆逐隊
 
|[[Wakaba]] (Flagship), [[Hatsuharu]], [[Nenohi]], [[Hatsushimo]]
 
|[[Wakaba]] (Flagship), [[Hatsuharu]], [[Nenohi]], [[Hatsushimo]]
 
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|     Twenty-Seventh Destroyer Division:  DesDiv 27
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|Twenty-Seventh Destroyer Division: DesDiv 27
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第二十七駆逐隊</span>
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|第二十七駆逐隊
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|[[Shigure]] (Flagship), [[Shiratsuyu]], Also Hatsuharu-class Ariake and Yugure
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|[[Shigure]] (Flagship), [[Shiratsuyu]], [[Ariake]] and [[Yugure]]
 
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|style="background-color:lightgrey"|Second Torpedo Squadron: Desron 2
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|Second Torpedo Squadron: Desron 2
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| style="background-color: lightgrey; text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">二</span></span>水雷戦隊</span>
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|第二水雷戦隊
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|style="background-color:lightgrey"|[[Jintsuu]] (Flagship), later [[Noshiro]] (Flagship), Sixteenth Destroyer Division, Fifteenth Destroyer Division, Eighteenth Destroyer Division, Eighth Destroyer Division, Thirty-First Destroyer Division
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|[[Jintsuu]] (Flagship), later [[Noshiro]] (Flagship), Sixteenth Destroyer Division, Fifteenth Destroyer Division, Eighteenth Destroyer Division, Eighth Destroyer Division, Thirty-First Destroyer Division
 
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|     Eighth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 8
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|Eighth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 8
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第八駆逐隊</span>
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|第八駆逐隊
 
|[[Ooshio]], [[Asashio]], [[Michishio]], [[Arashio]]
 
|[[Ooshio]], [[Asashio]], [[Michishio]], [[Arashio]]
 
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|-
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|     Fifteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 15
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|Fifteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 15
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第十</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">五</span></span>駆逐隊</span>
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|第十五駆逐隊
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|[[Kuroshio]], also Kagerou-class Oyashio, Natsushio (Flagship), Hayashio, later [[Kagerou]]
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|Natsushio (Flagship), [[Kuroshio]], [[Oyashio]], [[Hayashio]], later [[Kagerou]]
 
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|-
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|     Sixteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 16
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|Sixteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 16
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第十</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">五</span></span>駆逐隊</span>
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|第十六駆逐隊
 
|[[Yukikaze]] (Flagship), [[Amatsukaze]], [[Hatsukaze]], [[Tokitsukaze]]
 
|[[Yukikaze]] (Flagship), [[Amatsukaze]], [[Hatsukaze]], [[Tokitsukaze]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|     Eighteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 18
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|Eighteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 18
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第十</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">六</span></span>駆逐隊</span>
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|第十八駆逐隊
 
|[[Shiranui]] (Flagship), [[Kagerou]], [[Arare]], [[Kasumi]]
 
|[[Shiranui]] (Flagship), [[Kagerou]], [[Arare]], [[Kasumi]]
 
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|          Thirty-First Destroyer Division: Desdiv 31
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|Thirty-First Destroyer Division: Desdiv 31
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">三</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">十</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">一</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">駆逐隊</span>
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|第三十一駆逐隊
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|[[Naganami]] (Flagship), also Yuugumo-class Makinami
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|[[Naganami]] (Flagship), [[Makinami]]
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|Second Destroyer Division: Desdiv 2 (1944)
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|第二駆逐隊
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|[[Hayashimo]] (Flagship), [[Kiyoshimo]], [[Akishimo]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|style="background-color:lightgrey"|Third Torpedo Squadron: Desron 3
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|Third Torpedo Squadron: Desron 3
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| style="background-color: lightgrey; text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">三</span></span>水雷戦隊</span>
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|第三水雷戦隊
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|style="background-color:lightgrey"|[[Sendai]] (Flagship), Eleventh Destroyer Division, Ninteenth Destroyer Division, Twelfth Destroyer Division
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|[[Sendai]] (Flagship), Eleventh Destroyer Division, Ninteenth Destroyer Division, Twelfth Destroyer Division
 
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|-
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|     Eleventh Destroyer Division: DesDiv 11
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|Eleventh Destroyer Division: DesDiv 11
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第十一駆逐隊</span>
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|第十一駆逐隊
 
|[[Hatsuyuki]] (Flagship), [[Fubuki]], [[Shirayuki]]
 
|[[Hatsuyuki]] (Flagship), [[Fubuki]], [[Shirayuki]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|          Nineteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 19
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|Twelfth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 12
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| style="text-align: center;"|第十九駆逐隊
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|第十二駆逐隊
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|[[Ayanami]], [[Shikinami]], [[Isonami]], also Fubuki-class Uranami (Flagship)
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|[[Shirakumo]] (Flagship), [[Murakumo]], Shinonome
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|Nineteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 19
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|第十九駆逐隊
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|[[Uranami]] (Flagship), [[Ayanami]], [[Shikinami]], [[Isonami]]
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|Fourth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 4
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|第四水雷戦隊
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|[[Naka]] (Flagship), Second Destroyer Division, Fourth Destroyer Division, Twenty-Fourth Destroyer Division
 
|-
 
|-
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|          Twelfth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 12
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|Second Destroyer Division: DesDiv 2
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">十</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">二</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">駆逐隊</span>
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|第二駆逐隊
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|[[Murakumo]], also Fubuki-class Shirakumo (Flagship), Shinonome
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|[[Murasame]] (Flagship), [[Yuudachi]], [[Harusame]], [[Samidare]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|style="background-color:lightgrey"|Fourth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 4
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|Fourth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 4
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| style="background-color: lightgrey; text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">四水雷戦隊</span>
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|第四駆逐隊
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|style="background-color:lightgrey"|[[Naka]] (Flagship), Second Destroyer Division, Fourth Destroyer Division, Twenty-Fourth Destroyer Division
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|[[Arashi]] (Flagship), [[Maikaze]], [[Nowaki]], [[Hagikaze]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|          Second Destroyer Division: DesDiv 2
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|   Ninth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 9
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">二</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">駆逐隊</span>
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|第九駆逐隊
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|[[Murasame]] (Flagshp), [[Yuudachi]], [[Harusame]], [[Samidare]]
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|[[Asagumo]], [[Yamagumo]], [[Natsugumo]], [[Minegumo]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|          Fourth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 4
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|Twenty-Fourth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 24
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">二</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">駆逐隊</span>
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|第二十四駆逐隊
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|[[Maikaze]], also Kagerou-class Arashi (Flagship), Nowaki, Hagikaze
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|[[Umikaze]] (Flagship), [[Suzukaze]], [[Yamakaze]], [[Kawakaze]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|          Twenty-Fourth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 24
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|Fifth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 5
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|第五水雷戦隊
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|[[Suzukaze]], also Shiratsuyu-class Umikaze (Flagship), Yamakaze, Kawakaze
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|[[Natori]] (Flagship), Twenty-Second Destroyer Division
 
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|style="background-color:lightgrey"|Fifth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 5
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|Twenty-Second Destroyer Division: DesDiv 22
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|第二十二駆逐隊
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|style="background-color:lightgrey"|[[Natori]] (Flagship)
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|[[Satsuki]] (Flagship), [[Fumizuki]], [[Nagatsuki]], [[Minazuki]]
 
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|style="background-color:lightgrey"|Sixth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 6
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|Sixth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 6
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| style="background-color: lightgrey; text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">六</span>水雷戦隊</span>
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|第六水雷戦隊
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|style="background-color:lightgrey"|[[Yuubari]] (Flagship), Thirtieth Destroyer Division
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|[[Yuubari]] (Flagship), Thirtieth Destroyer Division
 
|-
 
|-
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|          Thirtieth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 30
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|Thirtieth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 30
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| style="text-align: center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">第</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">三</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">十</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">駆逐隊</span>
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|第三十駆逐隊
 
|[[Mutsuki]] (Flagship), [[Kisaragi]], [[Yayoi]], [[Mochizuki]], later [[Uzuki]]
 
|[[Mutsuki]] (Flagship), [[Kisaragi]], [[Yayoi]], [[Mochizuki]], later [[Uzuki]]
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|-
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|Tenth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 10
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|第十水雷戦隊
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|[[Nagara]], later [[Agano]] (Flagship), later [[Yahagi]] (Flagship), Fourth Destroyer Division, Sixteenth Destroyer Division, Seventeenth Destroyer Division, Sixty-First Destroyer Division
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The 10th Desron was formed in 1942 somewhat ad-hoc and so contains divisions that were previously members of other squadrons, plus the newly-formed 61st Division.
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|Sixty-First Destroyer Division: DesDiv 61
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|第六十一駆逐隊
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|[[Akizuki]], [[Teruzuki]], later Wakatsuki, [[Hatsuzuki]], [[Suzutsuki]].
 
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=Submarine Squadrons=
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==Submarine Squadrons==
 
Because there were many, many Submarines and Submarine Tenders which are not represented in Kancolle, this section is a bit sparse.  It is included primarily to show the ships that were part of any Submarine Squadrons or Submarine Divisions.
 
Because there were many, many Submarines and Submarine Tenders which are not represented in Kancolle, this section is a bit sparse.  It is included primarily to show the ships that were part of any Submarine Squadrons or Submarine Divisions.
  
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==Fleets==
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The IJN had a number of different 'Fleet' units of varying purposes and sizes.  They were primarily administrative formations rather than combat formations.  All were considered part of the "Combined Fleet", which was the primary administrative unit of the IJN.  It is included separately to show the ships and units that were directly attached to it.
  
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{|class="wikitable"
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!English Name
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!Unit Members
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|-
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|Combined Fleet
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|[[Yamato]] (Flagship), First Battleship Division, 4th Submarine Squadron, 5th Submarine Squadron, 11th Seaplane Tender Division: [[Chitose]], Also Directly Attached: [[Akashi]], [[Chiyoda]]
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Contained as Subdivisions: First Fleet, Second Fleet, Third Fleet, Fourth Fleet, Fifth Fleet, Sixth Fleet, First Air Fleet
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|-
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|First Fleet
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|Second and Third Battleship Divisions, Sixth and Ninth Cruiser Divisions, First and Third Destroyer Squadrons, Third Carrier Division
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|-
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|Second Fleet
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|[[Atago]] (Flagship), Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Cruiser Divisions, Second and Fourth Destroyer Squadrons
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|-
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|Third Fleet
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|[[Ashigara]] (Flagship), Sixteenth Cruiser Division, Fifth Destroyer Squadron
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|-
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|Fourth Fleet
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|Eighteenth Cruiser Division, Sixth Destroyer Squadron
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|-
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|Fifth Fleet
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|Twenty-First Cruiser Division
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|-
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|Sixth Fleet
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|First Submarine Squadron, Second Submarine Squadron, Third Submarine Squadron
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|-
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|Eighth Fleet
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|[[Choukai]] (Flagship), Sixth Cruiser Division, Eighteenth Cruiser Division, [[Yuubari]]
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Also known as the Mikawa fleet, after its Admiral, Mikawa Gunichi.
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|-
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|First Air Fleet
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|First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Carrier Divisions
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|}
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==Battle Participants==
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Here are the ships (present in KanColle) that participated in a number of famous battles, both successfully and unsuccessfully.
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!Unit Members
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|Operation AI - (The Attack on Pearl Harbor)
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|[[Akagi]], [[Kaga]], [[Ushio]], [[Sazanami]], [[Souryuu]], [[Hiryuu]], [[Shoukaku]], [[Zuikaku]], [[Akigumo]]<br>[[Hiei]], [[Kirishima]], [[Tone]], [[Chikuma]]<br>[[Abukuma]], [[Hamakaze]], [[Urakaze]], [[Tanikaze]], [[Isokaze]], [[Shiranui]], [[Kagerou]], [[Arare]], [[Kasumi]]<br>[[I-168]]
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|-
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|Battle of Wake Island
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|[[Yuubari]], [[Tenryuu]], [[Tatsuta]], [[Mochizuki]], [[Yayoi]], [[Mutsuki]], [[Kisaragi]] (sunk)<br>
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Later reinforced by: [[Souryuu]], [[Hiryuu]], [[Tone]], [[Chikuma]]
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|-
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|Battle of Badung Strait
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|[[Asashio]], [[Ooshio]], [[Michishio]], [[Arashio]]
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|-
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|Battle of the Java Sea
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|[[Nachi]], [[Haguro]]<br>
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[[Jintsuu]], [[Yukikaze]], [[Tokitsukaze]], [[Amatsukaze]], [[Hatsukaze]], [[Naka]], [[Yuudachi]], [[Samidare]], [[Murasame]], [[Harusame]], [[Sazanami]], [[Ushio]]
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|-
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|Battle of Sunda Strait
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|[[Mogami]], [[Mikuma]], [[Natori]]<br>
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[[Fubuki]], [[Shirayuki]], [[Hatsuyuki]], [[Murakumo]], [[Shikinami]]<br>
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Also present but not involved in battle: [[Suzuya]], [[Kumano]], [[Ryuujou]], [[Chiyoda]], [[Isonami]]
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|-
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|Second Battle of the Java Sea
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|[[Myoukou]], [[Nachi]], [[Ashigara]], [[Haguro]]<br>
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[[Inazuma]], [[Akebono]]
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|-
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|Battle of the Coral Sea
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|[[Myoukou]], [[Haguro]], [[Zuikaku]], [[Shoukaku]], [[Shouhou]] (sunk), [[Ushio]], [[Akebono]], [[Shiratsuyu]], [[Shigure]], [[Kikuzuki]] (sunk)<br>
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[[Tenryuu]], [[Tatsuta]], [[Kako]], [[Aoba]], [[Kinugasa]], [[Furutaka]], [[Uzuki]], [[Mutsuki]], [[Mochizuki]], [[Yayoi]], [[Sazanami]]
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|-
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|Indian Ocean Raid
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|[[Akagi]], [[Hiryuu]], [[Souryuu]], [[Shoukaku]], [[Zuikaku]], [[Ryuujou]], [[Akigumo]]<br>
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[[Kongou]], [[Hiei]], [[Kirishima]], [[Haruna]]<br>
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[[Tone]], [[Chikuma]], [[Choukai]], [[Kumano]], [[Mikuma]], [[Mogami]], [[Suzuya]]<br>
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[[Abukuma]], [[Yura]], [[Hamakaze]], [[Isokaze]], [[Tanikaze]], [[Urakaze]], [[Kagerou]], [[Shiranui]], [[Kasumi]], [[Arare]], [[Maikaze]], [[Fubuki]], [[Shirayuki]], [[Hatsuyuki]], [[Murakumo]]
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|-
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|Battle of Midway
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(Operation MI)
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|[[Akagi]] (sunk), [[Kaga]] (sunk), [[Souryuu]] (sunk), [[Hiryuu]] (sunk), [[Tone]], [[Chikuma]], [[Haruna]], [[Kirishima]], [[Nagara]], [[Nowaki]], [[Maikaze]], [[Yuugumo]], [[Makigumo]], [[Urakaze]], [[Tanikaze]], [[Hamakaze]], [[Isokaze]], [[Akigumo]]<br>
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[[Yamato]], [[Mutsu]], [[Nagato]], [[Houshou]], [[Chiyoda]], [[Sendai]], [[Fubuki]], [[Shirayuki]], [[Hatsuyuki]], [[Murakumo]], [[Isonami]], [[Shikinami]], [[Ayanami]]<br>
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[[Kongou]], [[Hiei]], [[Atago]], [[Choukai]], [[Myoukou]], [[Haguro]], [[Yura]], [[Murasame]], [[Yuudachi]], [[Harusame]], [[Samidare]], [[Asagumo]], [[Zuihou]], [[Mikazuki]], [[Akashi]]<br>
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[[Jintsuu]], [[Kuroshio]], [[Yukikaze]], [[Tokitsukaze]], [[Amatsukaze]], [[Hatsukaze]], [[Shiranui]], [[Kagerou]], [[Arare]], [[Kasumi]], [[Chitose]]<br>
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[[Kumano]], [[Mogami]], [[Mikuma]] (sunk), [[Suzuya]], [[Asashio]], [[Arashio]]<br>
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[[I-168]]
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|-
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|Aleutian Islands Invasion
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(Operation AL)
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|[[Nachi]], [[Inazuma]], [[Ikazuchi]]<br>
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[[Ryuujou]], [[Junyou]], [[Takao]], [[Maya]], [[Akebono]], [[Ushio]], [[Sazanami]]<br>
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[[Hyuuga]], [[Fusou]], [[Ise]], [[Yamashiro]], [[Kitakami]], [[Ooi]], [[Suzukaze]], [[Shigure]], [[Shiratsuyu]]<br>
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[[Abukuma]], [[Hatsuharu]], [[Nenohi]], [[Wakaba]], [[Hatsushimo]]<br>
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[[Kiso]], [[Tama]]<br>
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[[I-19]]
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|-
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|Battle of Savo Island
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|[[Choukai]], [[Aoba]], [[Kako]], [[Furutaka]], [[Kinugasa]], [[Yuubari]], [[Tenryuu]]
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|-
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|Battle of the Eastern Solomons
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(Second Battle of the Solomon Islands)
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|Ryuujou (sunk), Tone, Amatsukaze, Tokitsukaze
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Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Mutsuki (sunk)
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Many other ships present but no others had any real part in the battle.
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|-
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|Battle of Cape Esperance
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|[[Aoba]], [[Kinugasa]], [[Furutaka]] (sunk), [[Hatsuyuki]], [[Fubuki]] (sunk), [[Murakumo]] (sunk), [[Akizuki]], [[Asagumo]], [[Shirayuki]]
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|-
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|Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
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|[[Akizuki]] (damaged before the battle), [[Yura]] (sunk before the battle)<br>
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[[Atago]], [[Takao]], [[Myoukou]], [[Maya]], [[Isuzu]], [[Suzukaze]], [[Naganami]], [[Junyou]], [[Kuroshio]]<br>
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[[Shoukaku]], [[Zuikaku]], [[Zuihou]], [[Kumano]], [[Hatsukaze]], [[Yukikaze]], [[Maikaze]], [[Hamakaze]], [[Amatsukaze]], [[Tokitsukaze]]<br>
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[[Hiei]], [[Kirishima]], [[Tone]], [[Chikuma]], [[Suzuya]], [[Nagara]], [[Makigumo]], [[Akigumo]], [[Urakaze]], [[Tanikaze]], [[Isokaze]], [[Nowaki]]
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|-
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|First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
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|[[Hiei]] (sunk), [[Kirishima]], [[Nagara]], [[Samidare]], [[Murasame]], [[Asagumo]], [[Amatsukaze]], [[Yukikaze]], [[Ikazuchi]], [[Inazuma]], [[Akatsuki]] (sunk), [[Harusame]], [[Yuudachi]] (sunk)
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[[Shigure]], [[Shiratsuyu]] (rear guard, did not engage in combat)
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|-
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|Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
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|[[Kinugasa]] (sunk the morning before the battle)
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[[Kirishima]] (sunk), [[Takao]], [[Atago]], [[Nagara]], [[Sendai]], [[Shikinami]], [[Ayanami]] (sunk), [[Asagumo]], [[Samidare]], [[Hatsuyuki]], [[Shirayuki]], [[Inazuma]]
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|-
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|Battle of the Komandorski Islands
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|Nachi, Maya, Tama, Abukuma, Wakaba, Hatsushimo, Inazuma, Ikazuchi
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|-
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|Battle of Tassafaronga
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(Battle at Lunga Point)
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|[[Naganami]], [[Suzukaze]], [[Kuroshio]], [[Kagerou]]
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|-
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|Battle of Kolombangara
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|[[Jintsuu]] (sunk), [[Yukikaze]], [[Mikazuki]], [[Hamakaze]], [[Satsuki]]
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|-
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|Battle of Vella Lavella
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|[[Fumizuki]], [[Akigumo]], [[Isokaze]], [[Yuugumo]] (sunk), [[Shigure]], [[Samidare]]
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|-
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|Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
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|[[Myoukou]], [[Haguro]], [[Agano]], [[Naganami]], [[Hatsukaze]] (sunk), [[Sendai]] (sunk), [[Shigure]], [[Samidare]], [[Shiratsuyu]]
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|-
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|Battle of the Bismarck Sea
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|[[Shirayuki]] (sunk), [[Arashio]] (sunk), [[Asashio]] (sunk), [[Tokitsukaze]] (sunk), [[Yukikaze]], [[Shikinami]]
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|-
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|Batle of Leyte Gulf
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|Northern Force: [[Zuikaku]] (sunk), [[Zuihou]] (sunk), [[Chitose]] (sunk), [[Chiyoda]] (sunk), [[Ise]], [[Hyuuga]], [[Akizuki]] (sunk), [[Isuzu]], [[Ooyodo]], [[Tama]] (sunk)
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Center Force: [[Yamato]], [[Musashi]] (sunk), [[Nagato]], [[Kongou]], [[Haruna]], [[Atago]] (sunk), [[Takao]], [[Maya]] (sunk), [[Choukai]] (sunk), [[Myoukou]], [[Haguro]], [[Kumano]], [[Suzuya]] (sunk), [[Tone]], [[Chikuma]] (sunk), [[Noshiro]] (sunk), [[Shimakaze]], [[Hayashimo]] (sunk), [[Naganami]], [[Yahagi]], [[Nowaki]] (sunk), [[Kiyoshimo]], [[Urakaze]], [[Yukikaze]], [[Hamakaze]], [[Isokaze]]
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Southern Force (Nishimura Fleet): [[Yamashiro]] (sunk), [[Fusou]] (sunk), [[Mogami]] (sunk), [[Shigure]], [[Michishio]] (sunk), [[Asagumo]] (sunk)
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Second Striking Force: [[Nachi]], [[Ashigara]], [[Abukuma]] (sunk), [[Akebono]], [[Ushio]], [[Kasumi]], [[Shiranui]] (sunk), [[Wakaba]] (sunk), [[Hatsuharu]], [[Hatsushimo]]
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Troop Transport Unit: [[Aoba]], [[Kinu]] (sunk)
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|Operation Ten-Go
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|[[Yamato]] (sunk), [[Yahagi]] (sunk), [[Yukikaze]], [[Hatsushimo]], [[Hamakaze]] (sunk), [[Isokaze]] (sunk), [[Kasumi]] (sunk)
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This list is under construction and by no means exhaustive.
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==Credit==
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[[User:headlessnewt]] constructed this article and furnished most of it.

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This page is a listing of a number of historical naval formations containing ships that appear in KanColle. Note that many of these formations had multiple 'generations', that ships were often part of multiple formations at a time, and that accurate historical records of these units are very difficult to ascertain. Multiple reorganizations occurred over the course of the war as losses took their toll.

For a complete listing of all IJN ships at the time of the Pearl Harbor attacks, please see the IJN Order of Battle.

Battle Squadrons

Battleship Yamato, at one point the Combined Fleet flagship.

In Japanese, there is no distinction drawn between Battleship and Cruiser divisions, they are simply called "squadrons" (sentai).

Japanese English Units
第一戦隊 First Battleship Division : BatDiv 1 Nagato (Flagship), Mutsu, Later: Yamato (Flagship), Musashi
第二戦隊 Second Battleship Division: BatDiv 2 Ise (Flagship), Hyuuga, Yamashiro, Fusou
第三戦隊 Third Battleship Division: BatDiv 3 Kongou (Flagship), Hiei, Haruna, Kirishima
第四戦隊 Fourth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 4 Atago (Flagship), Takao, Maya, Choukai
第五戦隊 Fifth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 5 Myoukou (Flagship), Nachi, Haguro
第六戦隊 Sixth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 6 Aoba (Flagship), Furutaka, Kako, Kinugasa
第七戦隊 Seventh Cruiser Division: CruDiv 7 Kumano (Flagship), Mogami, Mikuma, Suzuya
第八戦隊 Eighth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 8 Tone, Chikuma
第九戦隊 Ninth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 9 Kitakami, Ooi
第十六戦隊 Sixteenth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 16 Ashigara (Flagship), Nagara, Kuma
第十八戦隊 Eighteenth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 18 Tenryuu, Tatsuta
第二十一戦隊 Twenty-First Cruiser Division: CruDiv 21 Tama, Kiso

Carrier Divisions

The Carrier Divisions (Kōkū sentai) were part of a different fleet system than the Battlegroups and Torpedo Squadrons, though they often had Destroyer Divisions attached to them to act as escorts.  The Japanese names of the Carrier divisions are often shortened by the shipgirls, for instance 第一航空戦隊, "Dai-ichi Kōkū Sentai" is shortened to 一航戦, "Ikkōsen".  In most translations, this is written as abbreviating "First Carrier Division" to "CarDiv1".

English Name Japanese  Unit Members
First Carrier Division: CarDiv 1 第一航空戦隊 Akagi (Flagship), Kaga, Seventh Destroyer Division
Seventh Destroyer Division: DesDiv 7 第七駆逐隊 Ushio (Flagship), Akebono, Sazanami
Second Carrier Division: CarDiv 2 第二航空戦隊 Souryuu (Flagship), Hiryuu, Twenty-Third Destroyer Division
Twenty-Third Destroyer Division: DesDiv 23 第二十三駆逐隊 Kikuzuki (Flagship), Uzuki also Mutsuki-class Yuzuki
Third Carrier Division:  CarDiv 3 第三航空戦隊 Zuihou, Houshou, Mikazuki (Escort)
Fourth Carrier Division: CarDiv 4 第四航空戦隊 Ryuujou, Later Ise and Hyuuga
Fifth Carrier Division: CarDiv 5 第五航空戦隊 Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Oboro (Escort)

Torpedo Squadrons

Torpedo Squadrons (Suirai sentai) and their sub-components, Destroyer Divisions (Kuchikutai), were created as part of the Japanese plan to slowly wear down American forces as they came across the Pacific with superior night-fighting and long-range torpedo bombardment tactics. They were led by a single Light Cruiser flagship supervising a number of Destroyer Divisions. Destroyer Divisions who have no members implemented in KanColle are not mentioned. Some sources translate 'Torpedo Squadron' as 'Destroyer Squadron', it is this that is abbreviated to 'Desron'

English Name Japanese  Unit Members
First Torpedo Squadron: Desron 1 第一水雷戦隊 Abukuma (Flagship), Sixth Destroyer Division, Twenty-First Destroyer Division, Twenty-Seventh Destroyer Division, Seventeenth Destroyer Division
Sixth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 6 第六駆逐隊 Hibiki (Flagship), Akatsuki, Inazuma, Ikazuchi
Seventeeth Destroyer Division: Desdiv 17 第十七駆逐隊 Urakaze (Flagship), Isokaze, Hamakaze, Tanikaze
Twenty-First Destroyer Division: DesDiv 21 第二十一駆逐隊 Wakaba (Flagship), Hatsuharu, Nenohi, Hatsushimo
Twenty-Seventh Destroyer Division: DesDiv 27 第二十七駆逐隊 Shigure (Flagship), Shiratsuyu, Ariake and Yugure
Second Torpedo Squadron: Desron 2 第二水雷戦隊 Jintsuu (Flagship), later Noshiro (Flagship), Sixteenth Destroyer Division, Fifteenth Destroyer Division, Eighteenth Destroyer Division, Eighth Destroyer Division, Thirty-First Destroyer Division
Eighth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 8 第八駆逐隊 Ooshio, Asashio, Michishio, Arashio
Fifteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 15 第十五駆逐隊 Natsushio (Flagship), Kuroshio, Oyashio, Hayashio, later Kagerou
Sixteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 16 第十六駆逐隊 Yukikaze (Flagship), Amatsukaze, Hatsukaze, Tokitsukaze
Eighteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 18 第十八駆逐隊 Shiranui (Flagship), Kagerou, Arare, Kasumi
Thirty-First Destroyer Division: Desdiv 31 第三十一駆逐隊 Naganami (Flagship), Makinami
Second Destroyer Division: Desdiv 2 (1944) 第二駆逐隊 Hayashimo (Flagship), Kiyoshimo, Akishimo
Third Torpedo Squadron: Desron 3 第三水雷戦隊 Sendai (Flagship), Eleventh Destroyer Division, Ninteenth Destroyer Division, Twelfth Destroyer Division
Eleventh Destroyer Division: DesDiv 11 第十一駆逐隊 Hatsuyuki (Flagship), Fubuki, Shirayuki
Twelfth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 12 第十二駆逐隊 Shirakumo (Flagship), Murakumo, Shinonome
Nineteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 19 第十九駆逐隊 Uranami (Flagship), Ayanami, Shikinami, Isonami
Fourth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 4 第四水雷戦隊 Naka (Flagship), Second Destroyer Division, Fourth Destroyer Division, Twenty-Fourth Destroyer Division
Second Destroyer Division: DesDiv 2 第二駆逐隊 Murasame (Flagship), Yuudachi, Harusame, Samidare
Fourth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 4 第四駆逐隊 Arashi (Flagship), Maikaze, Nowaki, Hagikaze
Ninth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 9 第九駆逐隊 Asagumo, Yamagumo, Natsugumo, Minegumo
Twenty-Fourth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 24 第二十四駆逐隊 Umikaze (Flagship), Suzukaze, Yamakaze, Kawakaze
Fifth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 5 第五水雷戦隊 Natori (Flagship), Twenty-Second Destroyer Division
Twenty-Second Destroyer Division: DesDiv 22 第二十二駆逐隊 Satsuki (Flagship), Fumizuki, Nagatsuki, Minazuki
Sixth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 6 第六水雷戦隊 Yuubari (Flagship), Thirtieth Destroyer Division
Thirtieth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 30 第三十駆逐隊 Mutsuki (Flagship), Kisaragi, Yayoi, Mochizuki, later Uzuki
Tenth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 10 第十水雷戦隊 Nagara, later Agano (Flagship), later Yahagi (Flagship), Fourth Destroyer Division, Sixteenth Destroyer Division, Seventeenth Destroyer Division, Sixty-First Destroyer Division

The 10th Desron was formed in 1942 somewhat ad-hoc and so contains divisions that were previously members of other squadrons, plus the newly-formed 61st Division.

Sixty-First Destroyer Division: DesDiv 61 第六十一駆逐隊 Akizuki, Teruzuki, later Wakatsuki, Hatsuzuki, Suzutsuki.

Submarine Squadrons

Because there were many, many Submarines and Submarine Tenders which are not represented in Kancolle, this section is a bit sparse.  It is included primarily to show the ships that were part of any Submarine Squadrons or Submarine Divisions.

English Name Unit Members
First Submarine Squadron: Subron 1 Second Submarine Division: I-19
Third Submarine Squadron: Subron 3 Taigei (Flagship), Third Submarine Division: I-8 (Flagship), Twelfth Submarine Division: I-168
Fourth Submarine Squadron: Subron 4 Kinu (Flagship)
Fifth Submarine Squadron: Subron 5 Yura (Flagship)
Eleventh Submarine Squadron: Subron 11 First Submarine Division: I-401, Fifteenth Submarine Division: I-58

Fleets

The IJN had a number of different 'Fleet' units of varying purposes and sizes.  They were primarily administrative formations rather than combat formations.  All were considered part of the "Combined Fleet", which was the primary administrative unit of the IJN.  It is included separately to show the ships and units that were directly attached to it.

English Name Unit Members
Combined Fleet Yamato (Flagship), First Battleship Division, 4th Submarine Squadron, 5th Submarine Squadron, 11th Seaplane Tender Division: Chitose, Also Directly Attached: Akashi, Chiyoda

Contained as Subdivisions: First Fleet, Second Fleet, Third Fleet, Fourth Fleet, Fifth Fleet, Sixth Fleet, First Air Fleet

First Fleet Second and Third Battleship Divisions, Sixth and Ninth Cruiser Divisions, First and Third Destroyer Squadrons, Third Carrier Division
Second Fleet Atago (Flagship), Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Cruiser Divisions, Second and Fourth Destroyer Squadrons
Third Fleet Ashigara (Flagship), Sixteenth Cruiser Division, Fifth Destroyer Squadron
Fourth Fleet Eighteenth Cruiser Division, Sixth Destroyer Squadron
Fifth Fleet Twenty-First Cruiser Division
Sixth Fleet First Submarine Squadron, Second Submarine Squadron, Third Submarine Squadron
Eighth Fleet Choukai (Flagship), Sixth Cruiser Division, Eighteenth Cruiser Division, Yuubari

Also known as the Mikawa fleet, after its Admiral, Mikawa Gunichi.

First Air Fleet First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Carrier Divisions

Battle Participants

Here are the ships (present in KanColle) that participated in a number of famous battles, both successfully and unsuccessfully.

Battle Name Unit Members
Operation AI - (The Attack on Pearl Harbor) Akagi, Kaga, Ushio, Sazanami, Souryuu, Hiryuu, Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Akigumo
Hiei, Kirishima, Tone, Chikuma
Abukuma, Hamakaze, Urakaze, Tanikaze, Isokaze, Shiranui, Kagerou, Arare, Kasumi
I-168
Battle of Wake Island Yuubari, Tenryuu, Tatsuta, Mochizuki, Yayoi, Mutsuki, Kisaragi (sunk)

Later reinforced by: Souryuu, Hiryuu, Tone, Chikuma

Battle of Badung Strait Asashio, Ooshio, Michishio, Arashio
Battle of the Java Sea Nachi, Haguro

Jintsuu, Yukikaze, Tokitsukaze, Amatsukaze, Hatsukaze, Naka, Yuudachi, Samidare, Murasame, Harusame, Sazanami, Ushio

Battle of Sunda Strait Mogami, Mikuma, Natori

Fubuki, Shirayuki, Hatsuyuki, Murakumo, Shikinami
Also present but not involved in battle: Suzuya, Kumano, Ryuujou, Chiyoda, Isonami

Second Battle of the Java Sea Myoukou, Nachi, Ashigara, Haguro

Inazuma, Akebono

Battle of the Coral Sea Myoukou, Haguro, Zuikaku, Shoukaku, Shouhou (sunk), Ushio, Akebono, Shiratsuyu, Shigure, Kikuzuki (sunk)

Tenryuu, Tatsuta, Kako, Aoba, Kinugasa, Furutaka, Uzuki, Mutsuki, Mochizuki, Yayoi, Sazanami

Indian Ocean Raid Akagi, Hiryuu, Souryuu, Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Ryuujou, Akigumo

Kongou, Hiei, Kirishima, Haruna
Tone, Chikuma, Choukai, Kumano, Mikuma, Mogami, Suzuya
Abukuma, Yura, Hamakaze, Isokaze, Tanikaze, Urakaze, Kagerou, Shiranui, Kasumi, Arare, Maikaze, Fubuki, Shirayuki, Hatsuyuki, Murakumo

Battle of Midway

(Operation MI)

Akagi (sunk), Kaga (sunk), Souryuu (sunk), Hiryuu (sunk), Tone, Chikuma, Haruna, Kirishima, Nagara, Nowaki, Maikaze, Yuugumo, Makigumo, Urakaze, Tanikaze, Hamakaze, Isokaze, Akigumo

Yamato, Mutsu, Nagato, Houshou, Chiyoda, Sendai, Fubuki, Shirayuki, Hatsuyuki, Murakumo, Isonami, Shikinami, Ayanami
Kongou, Hiei, Atago, Choukai, Myoukou, Haguro, Yura, Murasame, Yuudachi, Harusame, Samidare, Asagumo, Zuihou, Mikazuki, Akashi
Jintsuu, Kuroshio, Yukikaze, Tokitsukaze, Amatsukaze, Hatsukaze, Shiranui, Kagerou, Arare, Kasumi, Chitose
Kumano, Mogami, Mikuma (sunk), Suzuya, Asashio, Arashio
I-168

Aleutian Islands Invasion

(Operation AL)

Nachi, Inazuma, Ikazuchi

Ryuujou, Junyou, Takao, Maya, Akebono, Ushio, Sazanami
Hyuuga, Fusou, Ise, Yamashiro, Kitakami, Ooi, Suzukaze, Shigure, Shiratsuyu
Abukuma, Hatsuharu, Nenohi, Wakaba, Hatsushimo
Kiso, Tama
I-19

Battle of Savo Island Choukai, Aoba, Kako, Furutaka, Kinugasa, Yuubari, Tenryuu
Battle of the Eastern Solomons

(Second Battle of the Solomon Islands)

Ryuujou (sunk), Tone, Amatsukaze, Tokitsukaze

Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Mutsuki (sunk)

Many other ships present but no others had any real part in the battle.

Battle of Cape Esperance Aoba, Kinugasa, Furutaka (sunk), Hatsuyuki, Fubuki (sunk), Murakumo (sunk), Akizuki, Asagumo, Shirayuki
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Akizuki (damaged before the battle), Yura (sunk before the battle)

Atago, Takao, Myoukou, Maya, Isuzu, Suzukaze, Naganami, Junyou, Kuroshio
Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Zuihou, Kumano, Hatsukaze, Yukikaze, Maikaze, Hamakaze, Amatsukaze, Tokitsukaze
Hiei, Kirishima, Tone, Chikuma, Suzuya, Nagara, Makigumo, Akigumo, Urakaze, Tanikaze, Isokaze, Nowaki

First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Hiei (sunk), Kirishima, Nagara, Samidare, Murasame, Asagumo, Amatsukaze, Yukikaze, Ikazuchi, Inazuma, Akatsuki (sunk), Harusame, Yuudachi (sunk)

Shigure, Shiratsuyu (rear guard, did not engage in combat)

Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Kinugasa (sunk the morning before the battle)

Kirishima (sunk), Takao, Atago, Nagara, Sendai, Shikinami, Ayanami (sunk), Asagumo, Samidare, Hatsuyuki, Shirayuki, Inazuma

Battle of the Komandorski Islands Nachi, Maya, Tama, Abukuma, Wakaba, Hatsushimo, Inazuma, Ikazuchi
Battle of Tassafaronga

(Battle at Lunga Point)

Naganami, Suzukaze, Kuroshio, Kagerou
Battle of Kolombangara Jintsuu (sunk), Yukikaze, Mikazuki, Hamakaze, Satsuki
Battle of Vella Lavella Fumizuki, Akigumo, Isokaze, Yuugumo (sunk), Shigure, Samidare
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay Myoukou, Haguro, Agano, Naganami, Hatsukaze (sunk), Sendai (sunk), Shigure, Samidare, Shiratsuyu
Battle of the Bismarck Sea Shirayuki (sunk), Arashio (sunk), Asashio (sunk), Tokitsukaze (sunk), Yukikaze, Shikinami
Batle of Leyte Gulf Northern Force: Zuikaku (sunk), Zuihou (sunk), Chitose (sunk), Chiyoda (sunk), Ise, Hyuuga, Akizuki (sunk), Isuzu, Ooyodo, Tama (sunk)

Center Force: Yamato, Musashi (sunk), Nagato, Kongou, Haruna, Atago (sunk), Takao, Maya (sunk), Choukai (sunk), Myoukou, Haguro, Kumano, Suzuya (sunk), Tone, Chikuma (sunk), Noshiro (sunk), Shimakaze, Hayashimo (sunk), Naganami, Yahagi, Nowaki (sunk), Kiyoshimo, Urakaze, Yukikaze, Hamakaze, Isokaze

Southern Force (Nishimura Fleet): Yamashiro (sunk), Fusou (sunk), Mogami (sunk), Shigure, Michishio (sunk), Asagumo (sunk)

Second Striking Force: Nachi, Ashigara, Abukuma (sunk), Akebono, Ushio, Kasumi, Shiranui (sunk), Wakaba (sunk), Hatsuharu, Hatsushimo

Troop Transport Unit: Aoba, Kinu (sunk)

Operation Ten-Go Yamato (sunk), Yahagi (sunk), Yukikaze, Hatsushimo, Hamakaze (sunk), Isokaze (sunk), Kasumi (sunk)

Credit

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