Historical Formations

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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.

Battleship and Cruiser Squadrons 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 Kumano (Flagship),Mogami, Mikuma, Suzuya
Eighth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 8 Tone, Chikuma
Carrier Divisions and Escorts Japanese  Unit Members
First Carrier Division: CarDiv 1 第二航空戦隊 Akagi (Flagship), Kaga, Seventh Destroyer Division
Seventh Destroyer Division: DesDiv 7 Ushio (Flagship), Akebono, Sazanami
Second Carrier Division: CarDiv 2 第二航空戦隊 Souryuu (Flagship), Hiryuu, Twenty-Third Destroyer Division (Kikuzuki Flagship)
Third Carrier Division:  CarDiv 3 Zuihou, Houshou, Mikazuki (Escort)
Fourth Carrier Division: CarDiv 4 Ryuujou
Fifth Carrier Division: CarDiv 5 第五航空戦隊 Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Oboro, Sazanami
Torpedo Squadrons and Destroyer Divisions 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
Twenty-First Destroyer Division:  DesDiv 21 Wakaba (Flagship), Hatsuharu, Nenohi, Hatsushimo
Twenty-Seventh Destroyer Division:  DesDiv 27 Shigure (Flagship), Shiratsuyu, Also Hatsuharu-class Ariake and Yugure
Seventeeth Destroyer Division: Desdiv 17 Urakaze (Flagship), Isokaze, Hamakaze, Tanikaze
Second Torpedo Squadron: Desron 2 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 Kuroshio, also Kagerou-class Oyashio, Natsushio (Flagship), Hayashio, later Kagerou
Sixteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 16 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 Naganami (Flagship), also Yuugumo-class Makinami
Third Torpedo Squadron: Desron 3 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 Ayanami, Shikinami, Isonami, also Fubuki-class Uranami (Flagship)
Twelfth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 12 Murakumo, also Fubuki-class Shirakumo (Flagship), Shinonome
Fourth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 4 Naka (Flagship), Second Destroyer Division, Fourth Destroyer Division, Twenty-Fourth Destroyer Division
Second Destroyer Division: DesDiv 2 Murasame (Flagshp), Yuudachi, Harusame, Samidare
Fourth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 4 Maikaze, also Kagerou-class Arashi (Flagship), Nowaki, Hagikaze
Twenty-Fourth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 24 Suzukaze, also Shiratsuyu-class Umikaze (Flagship), Yamakaze, Kawakaze
Fifth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 5 Natori (Flagship)
Sixth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 6 Yuubari (Flagship), Thirtieth Destroyer Division
Thirtieth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 30 Mutsuki (Flagship), Kisaragi, Yayoi, Mochizuki, later Uzuki

This list is under construction and by no means exhaustive.