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A group of ships locked to the AL missions of the Summer 2014 Event.

Overview

A group of ships locked to the MI missions of the Summer 2014 Event.

Ship Locking is a mechanic that forces Admirals to use a wider variety of ship girls. It was introduced during the Summer 2014 Event. It is meant to simulate the feel of a multiple-front operation where ship girls dispatched to one operation area are unavailable to be dispatched to others.

  • Any untagged ship girls dispatched to an operation area will be tagged with the appropriate lock.
    • This will apply immediately after the start sortie button is pressed.
    • Ship girls dispatched on Support Expeditions will not be tagged.
  • Ship girls will not be able to sortie to a map that does not match their tag for the duration of the event.
    • This applies to both fleets in a Combined Fleet.
    • Ship locking does not apply to Easy and Casual difficulties.
    • Ship locking may not apply to Medium difficulty. Please refer to the current event page for more up-to-date information on this.
  • Some maps may still prevent tagged ship girls from being dispatched despite not having a related locking tag.
  • Ship lock tags apply individually. Untagged duplicates may be sorted.
  • Ship locks do not prevent a ship girl from being dispatched to exercises, expeditions, or normal sortie maps.
    • Tagged ship girls were unable to be dispatched on event support expeditions during the Summer 2014 Event. This restriction has not been implemented since that event.
  • The number of tags and their associated restrictions can vary from event to event. Please refer to the current event page for up-to-date details.
  • On E4 of the Winter 2022 Event, it was possible to use 2 different tags (the "South-Western fleet" & "Shima Convoy Escort" tags) within the same fleet in all difficulties.

Locks in the Fleet menu

Since Summer 2021 Event, a new button is available in the Fleet menu during events, when selecting a ship. On the top-right corner, it can either display :

  • all the ships
  • only locked ships
  • only available ships (with no lock).

Tips

  • It is highly recommended to wait until ship locking information for the event has been figured out before committing. This can save important ship girls to be locked on "wrong maps".
  • Having dupes of good ship girls can give more leeway with planning ship locks. Please refer to the help page for advice on which girls to dupe.

Past Ship Locks

Summer 2014 Event

  • AL (E-1 and E-2) tag

  • MI (E-3, E-4, and E-5) tag

Fall 2014 Event
No locking
Spring 2015 Event
E-3 E-4 E-5
Blue Green Orange
Summer 2015 Event
E-1 & E-2 E-3 & E-6 E-4 E-5
Blue Green Yellow Orange
Fall 2015 Event

  • Transport Operation
    (E-1, E-2, and E-3)

  • Dispatched on Operation
    (E-4)

Spring 2016 Event
E-1 & E-4 E-2 & E-3 E-5 E-6
Blue Green Orange Yellow
Summer 2016 Event
E-1 E-2 E-3
Blue Green Yellow
Fall 2016 Event
E-1 E-2 & E-3 E-4 E-5
Blue Green Yellow Orange
Winter 2017 Event

  • Operation Squadron
    (E-1 and E-3)

  • Maritime Escort Squadron
    (E-2)

Spring 2017 Event

  • 5th Fleet Vanguard
    (E-1)

  • Kuril Base Corps
    (E-2)

  • Transport Operation
    (E-3)

  • Counterattack Landing Force
    (E-4)

Summer 2017 Event

  • Vanguard Force
    (E-1)

  • Western Operation Force
    (E-2 and E-3)

  • Red Sea Fleet
    (E-4)

  • 1st Special Operations Fleet
    (E-5)

  • 2nd Special Operations Fleet
    (E-6)

Fall 2017 Event

  • Shima Fleet
    (E-1 and E-2)

  • Main Fleet
    (E-3)

  • Nishimura Fleet
    (E-4)

Winter 2018 Event

  • Vanguard Force
    (E-1)

  • Kurita Fleet
    (E-2 and E-4)

  • Nishimura Fleet
    (E-2 and E-4)

  • Ozawa Fleet
    (E-3)

  • Shima Fleet
    (E-5 and E-6)

Early Fall 2018 Event

  • Vanguard Force
    (E-1)

  • Dispatched to Strait Fleet
    (E-2)

  • Western Operations Force
    (E-3)

  • European Special Operations Fleet
    (E-4)

  • Force H
    (E-5)

  • Operation Rheinübung Force
    (E-5)

Winter 2019 Event

  • Rat Transport Force
    (E-1)

  • Rabaul Fleet
    (E-2)

  • Combined Fleet
    (E-2)

  • Dispatched to Buin Force
    ()

Spring 2019 Event

  • 400th Squadron
    (E-1)

  • 2nd Fleet
    (E-2)

  • Northern Force
    (E-3)

  • Mobile Task Force
    (E-4)

  • Capture Force
    (E-4)

  • Dispatched to Hawaii Fleet
    (E-5)

Summer 2019 Event

  • European Defense Fleet
    (E-1)

  • Combined Fleet
    (E-2)

  • Mediterranean Fleet
    (E-3)

Fall 2019 Event

  • Occupation Convoy
    (E-1)

  • Air Raid Unit
    (E-2)

  • Dutch East Indies Unit
    (E-3)

  • Malay Unit
    (E-4)

  • Patrol Unit
    (E-5)

  • Decisive Battle Squadron
    (E-6)

Hinamatsuri 2020 Mini-Event
No locking
Summer 2020 Event

  • Kurile Islands Area Unit
    (E-1)

  • Okinawa Area Unit
    (E-2)

  • 2nd Striking Force
    (E-3)

  • Ogasawara Area Unit
    (E-4)

  • Southeastern Area Unit
    (E-5)

  • 2nd Fleet
    (E-6)

  • Advance Unit
    (E-7)

  • Task Force Vanguard
    (E-7)

  • Task Force
    (E-7)

Fall 2020 Event

  • Mediterranean Fleet
    (E-1)

  • Escort R Unit
    (E-2)

  • Convoy PQ 17
    (E-3)

  • Southwest Area Fleet
    (E-4)

Spring 2021 Event

  • 31st Squadron
    (E-1)

  • 6th Fleet
    (E-2)

  • 3rd Fleet
    (E-2 & E-4)

  • 2nd Torpedo Squadron
    (E-3 & E-5)

  • Combined Fleet
    (E-3)

  • 8th Fleet
    (E-3 & E-5)

  • Striking Force
    (E-4)

  • Transportation Force
    (E-4)

  • 2nd Fleet
    (E-4 & E-5)

Summer 2021 Event

  • 1st Special Squadron
    (E-1)

  • Mediterranean Fleet
    (E-1)

  • 2nd Special Squadron
    (E-2)

  • Force H
    (E-2 & E-3)

  • The 10th Submarine Squadron
    (E-3)

  • Force Z
    (E-3)

  • Force X
    (E-3)

Fall 2021 Event

  • 104th Squadron
    (E-1)

  • Hi Convoy
    (E-2)

  • Yokosuka Defense Force
    (E-3)

  • Combined Fleet
    (E-3)

Winter 2022 Event

  • South-Western fleet
    (E-1, E2, & E4)

  • 31st Squadron
    (E-2)

  • Transport Unit
    (E-3)

  • Combined Fleet
    (E-3 & E-5)

  • 16th Squadron
    (E-4)

  • Shima Convoy Escort
    (E-4)

  • Striking Force Fleet
    (E-5)

  • Decisive Battle Fleet
    (E-5)

See Also

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Events
2013
2014
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2017
2018
2019
2020
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2022
2023
2024
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2015 · 2016(simple quest) · 2017(simple quest) · 2020(large) · 2021 · 2022(simple quest)
2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024
2022 · 2023 · 2024
2018
2014 · 2015
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Ship Mechanics • Equipment Mechanics
General Combat
Combat Calcultaions
Remodels/Upgrades
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Defunct Mechanics


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