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Ship Type Identification

In-game tab	Type		Abbreviation		Combat Notes
Battleships	戦艦	Battleship	戦	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	潜	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	工	AR	Akashi have special repair mechanics and is required to improve equipment.

In addition, some subtypes may also be used like :

• Escort Carriers (CVE): ASW-focused CVL,
• Night Carriers (CVN): CV/L natively capable to do night carrier attacks.

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.