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|[[Tone]], [[Chikuma]]
 
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|[[Kitakami]], [[Ooi]]
 
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|[[Ashigara]] (Flagship), [[Nagara]], [[Kuma]]
 
|[[Ashigara]] (Flagship), [[Nagara]], [[Kuma]]
 
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|[[Tenryuu]], [[Tatsuta]]
 
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=Carrier Divisions=
 
=Carrier Divisions=
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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.
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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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|[[Ushio]] (Flagship), [[Akebono]], [[Sazanami]]
 
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|[[Urakaze]] (Flagship), [[Isokaze]], [[Hamakaze]], [[Tanikaze]]
 
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|[[Shigure]] (Flagship), [[Shiratsuyu]], Also Hatsuharu-class Ariake and Yugure
 
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|[[Ayanami]], [[Shikinami]], [[Isonami]], also Fubuki-class Uranami (Flagship)
 
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|[[Mutsuki]] (Flagship), [[Kisaragi]], [[Yayoi]], [[Mochizuki]], later [[Uzuki]]
 
|[[Mutsuki]] (Flagship), [[Kisaragi]], [[Yayoi]], [[Mochizuki]], later [[Uzuki]]
 
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=Submarine Squadrons=
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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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|First Submarine Squadron: Subron 1
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|Second Submarine Division: [[I-19]]
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|[[Taigei]] (Flagship), Third Submarine Division: [[I-8]] (Flagship), Twelfth Submarine Division: [[I-168]]
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|Eleventh Submarine Squadron: Subron 11
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|First Submarine Division: [[I-401]], Fifteenth Submarine Division: [[I-58]]
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This list is under construction and by no means exhaustive.
 
This list is under construction and by no means exhaustive.

Revision as of 09:31, 31 October 2014

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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.


Battle Squadrons

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

English Name Japanese  Unit Members
First Battleship Division : BatDiv 1

第一戦隊

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


Carrier Divisions

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."

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, Also Hatsuharu-class 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 Kuroshio, also Kagerou-class Oyashio, Natsushio (Flagship), Hayashio, later Kagerou
     Sixteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 16 第十五駆逐隊 Yukikaze (Flagship), Amatsukaze, Hatsukaze, Tokitsukaze
     Eighteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 18 第十六駆逐隊 Shiranui (Flagship), Kagerou, Arare, Kasumi
     Thirty-First Destroyer Division: Desdiv 31 第三十一駆逐隊 Naganami (Flagship), also Yuugumo-class Makinami
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
     Nineteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 19 第十九駆逐隊 Ayanami, Shikinami, Isonami, also Fubuki-class Uranami (Flagship)
     Twelfth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 12 第十二駆逐隊 Murakumo, also Fubuki-class Shirakumo (Flagship), Shinonome
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 (Flagshp), Yuudachi, Harusame, Samidare
     Fourth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 4 第二駆逐隊 Maikaze, also Kagerou-class Arashi (Flagship), Nowaki, Hagikaze
     Twenty-Fourth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 24 第二十四駆逐隊 Suzukaze, also Shiratsuyu-class Umikaze (Flagship), Yamakaze, Kawakaze
Fifth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 5 第五水雷戦隊 Natori (Flagship)
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

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


This list is under construction and by no means exhaustive.

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