Ship

Ship Type Identification

Class		Abbreviation		Combat Notes
駆逐艦	Destroyer	駆逐	DD	High evasion, low resource consumption, & ASW-capable, but lacks armor & firepower.
海防艦	Coastal Defense Ships	海防	DE*	Can OASW at 60 ASW but are slow and weak.
軽巡洋艦	Light Cruiser	軽巡	CL	Very flexible. Utilizes medium main guns, ASW, & artillery spotting.
重雷装巡洋艦	Torpedo Cruiser	雷巡	CLT*	Can equip Ko-hyoteki to enable the opening torpedo attack.
練習巡洋艦	Training Cruiser	練巡	CT*	Mostly act as light cruisers, giving an experience bonus to the fleet they are in.
重巡洋艦	Heavy Cruiser	重巡	CA	Stronger in surface combat than light cruisers at the expense of ASW.
航空巡洋艦	Aviation Cruiser	航巡	CAV*	A CA that is capable of initiating fighter combat to enable artillery spotting & ASW via seaplane bombers.
戦艦	Battleship	戦	BB	Utilizes high-caliber main guns, heavy armor, & the second shelling phase. Lacks ASW & torpedo attacks.
	Fast Battleship			Has faster repair times than BB and are "fast" by default but Gangut.
航空戦艦	Aviation Battleship	航戦	BBV*	Has ASW via seaplane bombers & can initiate fighter combat to enable artillery spotting.
正規空母	Standard Aircraft Carrier	空母	CV	Achieves air superiority by fighters. Cannot attack during night battles without the right equipements. Must equip with bombers to enable regular attacks.
装甲空母	Armored Aircraft Carrier	装母	CVB	Armored Aircraft Carriers can still attack with moderate hull damage.
軽空母	Light Aircraft Carrier	軽母	CVL	Weaker than standard carriers, but capable of attacking submarines and lighter in fleet routing.
水上機母艦	Seaplane Tender	水母	AV	Can participate in all day attack stages given the correct setup.
潜水艦	Submarine	潜	SS	Limited to both torpedo phases & night battle. Only ships with ASW can attack them.
潜水空母	Submarine Aircraft Carrier	潜母	SSV*	Submarines how can equip seaplanes.
揚陸艦	Amphibious Assault Ship	揚陸	LHA*	Are needed to develop Daihatsu, can perform strong attacks against installations.
工作艦	Repair Ship	工	AR	Akashi can repair ships while idle. Explained on her page.
潜水母艦	Submarine Tender	潜母艦	AS	Are weak but enable the "AS touch" and some special routings (notably on 6-1)
給油艦	Fleet Oiler	補給	AO	Can refuel ships mid-sortie and functions as a small AV/CVL.

Notes

• '*' Abbreviations are derived rather than official
• Battleships & Fast Battleships share the hull classification, 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 sometimes refers only to Standard Aircraft Carriers.
• There are 265 kanmusu (sans remodels & class changes) as of the 10/12/2021 update.

Exceptions

• Training Cruisers & Torpedo Cruisers do not count as a Light Cruiser for expeditions or most branching rules requirements.
• Similarly, Aviation Cruisers & Aviation Battleships do not count as a Heavy Cruiser & Battleship, respectively^[0].
• Some ships like the Chitose-class and Taigei have remodels shifting they ship class.

Ship Stats

• Firepower , Torpedo , Anti Air , Armor , & Luck can be upgraded by Modernization.
• Firepower , Torpedo , Anti Air , Armor , Anti-Submarine , Line of Sight , & Evasion will improve from leveling up.
• Marrying a ship will increase her HP , Luck , & level cap. The increase in level cap allows the ship to have higher Anti-Submarine , Evasion , & Line of Sight .
• Ship remodel:
  • Most ships remodels have 改 (Kai) added in their name, which stands for Modified, Revised, Improved, or Altered in Japanese. For the 2nd remodel, ニ (Ni), 2 or Second in Japanese can be added. ** Some ships can also have some variations depending of their nationality or for special remodels, or even be renamed after remodel :

Remodel names :

Nation	1st Remodel	2nd Remodel	3rd Remodel
Japanese	改	ニ
Italian	"	Due
German	"	Zwei	Drei
Rusian	"	Dva
American	"	Mk.II
Sweedish	"	Andra

Special Names :

Kanji	Romanji	Meaning
甲	A	Armor focus
乙	B	AA focus
丙	C	Torpedo focus
丁	D	ASW focus
戊	E	Night CV
航	Kou	Carrier remodel of non-carrier ships
特	Toku	Transport focus
	Mod.2	American's 2nd variant
	Nuovo	Conte di Cavour last remodel

The extra name for foreigners is applied alone alongside their name.

• Rarity
  • Top-Left: Common
  • Bottom-Right: Ultra-rare
  • Based on Kanmusu Catalog, the ships' rarity classifications are the following: C>SC>R>SR>H>SH

Note that other than the background color, the metallic symbol on the top left corner may also identify rarity.

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