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.
In Japanese, there is no distinction drawn between Battleship and Cruiser divisions, they are simply called "battlegroups" (sentai).
| 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 | |
| Ninth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 9 | Kitakami, Ooi | |
| Sixteenth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 16 | Ashigara (Flagship), Nagara, Kuma | |
| Eighteenth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 18 | Tenryuu, Tatsuta |
The Carrier Divisions 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.
| 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 |
| Twenty-Third Destroyer Division | Kikuzuki (Flagship), Uzuki also Mutsuki-class Yuzuki | |
| 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 their sub-unit, Destroyer Divisions), 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.
| Torpedo Squadrons | 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 | Urakaze (Flagship), Isokaze, Hamakaze, Tanikaze | |
| 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 | |
| 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.