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Ship Type Identification

In-game tab Type Abbreviation Combat Notes
Battleships 戦艦 Battleship BB Utilize Large Caliber Main Guns, with heavy firepower and armor, unlocking the second shelling phase and having access to better Artillery Spotting. Lack ASW & torpedo attacks.
Fast Battleship FBB BB with higher speed and faster repair times. Almost all are Fast.
航空戦艦 Aviation Battleship 航戦 BBV BB capable of using most Seaplanes, participating in Aerial Combat, and with ASW capacities.
Aircraft Carriers 正規空母 Standard Aircraft Carrier 空母 CV Mainly fight during the Aerial Combat. Cannot attack during Night Battle without the right equipment. Must equip Dive Bombers and/or Torpedo Bombers to be able to carry any attack.
装甲空母 Armored Aircraft Carrier 装母 CVB Standard Aircraft Carriers that can still attack while being "moderately damaged (中破)".
軽空母 Light Aircraft Carrier 軽母 CVL Weaker than standard carriers and not always "fast", but capable of attacking submarines and are more permissive routing-wise.
Heavy Cruisers 重巡洋艦 Heavy Cruiser 重巡 CA Stronger in surface combat than light cruisers at the expense of ASW capacity, utilizing Medium Caliber Guns and Torpedoes.
航空巡洋艦 Aviation Cruiser 航巡 CAV CA capable of using most Seaplanes, participating in Aerial Combat, and with ASW capacities.
Light Cruisers 軽巡洋艦 Light Cruiser 軽巡 CL Very flexible. Utilizes Medium Caliber Guns, Torpedoes, ASW, & Artillery Spotting.
重雷装巡洋艦 Torpedo Cruiser 雷巡 CLT Torpedo-focused cruisers, having the strongest "night attack power" in the game. Can equip Midget Submarines to enable Opening Torpedo Salvo.
練習巡洋艦 Training Cruisers 練巡 CT Weaker cruisers, mainly used to increase experience gained in PVP. Despite being CLs by several metrics, they are mostly considered as Auxiliaries.
Destroyers 駆逐艦 Destroyers 駆逐 DD Versatile ships with high torpedo, ASW, and evasion stats, do the detriment of armor and firepower, while having low resource consumption and the most permissive routings. They shine best in night battles with their special Cut-ins.
Coastal Defense 海防艦 Coastal Defense Ships 海防 DE Slow and weak ASW-focused ships, that can OASW with only 60 ASW.
Submarines 潜水艦 Submarine SS Limited to both torpedo phases and Night Battles. Only vulnerable to ASW.
潜水空母 Submarine Aircraft Carrier 潜母 SSV Submarines that can equip Seaplanes.
Auxiliaries 水上機母艦 Seaplane Tender 水母 AV Seaplanes focussed ships, they can participate in all attack stages given the correct setup.
潜水母艦 Submarine Tender 潜母艦 AS Are very weak, but can perform a powerful special attack with submarines and has some special routings (notably on 6-1).
給油艦 Fleet Oiler 補給 AO Can refuel ships mid-sortie using Underway Replenishment .
揚陸艦 Amphibious Assault Ship 揚陸 LHA Are needed to develop Daihatsus. They can perform strong attacks against Installations.
工作艦 Repair Ship AR Akashi have special repair mechanics and is required to improve equipment.

In addition, some subtypes may also be used like :

Notes
  • Some ships have additional unique types, but with no impact on types' mechanic behaviors.
    • See here for a complete classifications list.
  • Battleships & Fast Battleships share the hull classification 戦/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 most often refers only to Standard Aircraft Carriers.
  • Even so several types of ships are very similar (CL/CLT/CT, CA/CAV, FBB/BB/BBV, & CV/CVL), they nonetheless are different types than can not always be interchanged.
    • So far, the following types are fully interchangeable regarding Routing, Expeditions, and Quests requirement: CV & CVB, SS & SSV.
  • Some ships have remodels shifting their type, their class, and/or their name, see below for more details.