Glossary

Type Classification

Ship type codes on the list and the rest of the wiki are based on NATO hull classification or modifications thereof.

• Many of the types seen in this table are only visible through the in-game Library, and so are not counted in situations like quest/sorties/expeditions compositions
  • Some exceptions do exist and are explicitly noted.
• Some of those types are not displayed within the game, but are counted within the code and so do count for some situations like quest/sorties/expeditions compositions.

In-game tab	Code	Sub-Code	In-game Code	Japanese Name		English Name
				Kanji	Romaji	"Common"	In-game
BB/BC	FBB		戦	高速戦艦	Kōsoku senkan	Fast Battleship	Battleship
	BB			戦艦	Senkan	Battleship
	BBV	BBV	航戦	航空戦艦	Kōkū senkan	Aviation Battleship
		BBCV	航母戦	改装航空戦艦	Kaisō kōkū senkan	Remodeled Aviation BattleshipIse-class Kai Ni	Aircraft Battleship
CV/CVL	CV or CVL		-	航空母艦	Kōkū bokan	Fleet CarrierAkagi Kai Ni, Kaga Kai Ni, Houshou Kai Ni, Ryuuhou Kai Ni	Light/Aircraft Carrier
				夜間作戦航空母艦	Yakan sakusen kōkū bokan	Night Operations Aircraft CarrierAkagi Kai Ni E, Kaga Kai Ni E, Ryuuhou Kai Ni E
	CV		航	正規空母	Seiki kūbo	Standard Aircraft Carrier	Aircraft Carrier
				近代化航空母艦	Kindai-ka kōkū bokan	Modernized Aircraft CarrierKaga Kai Ni Go
	CVB		装母	装甲空母	Sōkō kūbo	Armored Aircraft Carrier
	CVL		軽母	軽空母	Kei kūbo	Light Aircraft Carrier	Light Aircraft Carrier
				戦力投射母艦	Senryokutōsha bokan	Power Projection CarrierHoushou Kai Ni Sen
				改装特務空母	Kaisō tokumu kūbo	Remodeled Special CarrierGambier Bay Mk.II
CA	CA		重巡	重巡洋艦	Jū jun'yōkan	Heavy Cruiser
	CAV		航巡	航空巡洋艦	Kōkū jun'yōkan	Aviation Cruiser	Aircraft Cruiser
				改装航空巡洋艦	Kaisō kōkū jun'yōkan	Remodeled Aviation CruiserMogami Kai Ni & Mikuma Kai Ni
				特殊改装航空巡洋艦	Tokushu kaisō kōkū jun'yōkan	Remodeled Special Aviation CrusierMogami Kai Ni Toku
CL	CL	CL	軽巡	軽巡洋艦	Kei jun'yōkan	Light Cruiser	Light Cruiser
				重改装軽巡洋艦	Jū kaisō kei jun'yōkan	Heavily Remodeled Light CruiserYahagi Kai Ni B
		CLX	実験軽巡	兵装実験軽巡	Heisō jikken keijun	Experimental Armament Light CruiserYuubari Kai Ni/Toku/D
		CLAA	防空巡	防空巡洋艦	Bōkū jun'yōkan	Antiaircraft CruiserAtlanta
		CLV	軽航巡	軽(航空)巡洋艦	Kei (kōkū) jun'yōkan	Light (Aircraft) CruiserGotland base/Andra
	CLT		雷巡	重雷装巡洋艦	Jūraisō jun'yōkan	Torpedo Cruiser
	CT	CT	練巡	練習巡洋艦	Renshū jun'yōkan	Training Cruiser	Training Cruiser
		CTS	特務練	練習特務艦	Renshū tokumu-kan		Auxiliary Training UtilityAsahi base
DD	DD		駆逐	駆逐艦	Kuchikukan	Destroyer	Destroyer
				護衛駆逐艦	Goei kuchiku-kan	Destroyer EscortSamuel B. Roberts
				改装特I型駆逐艦	Kaisō toku I gatakuchikukan	Remodeled Special Type I DestroyerMiyuki Kai Ni
				陽字号駆逐艦	Yang Zihao kuchiku-kan	Yang Zi Class DestroyerDan Yang
				戦艦護衛駆逐艦	Senkan goei kuchiku-kan	Battleship Escort DestroyerKiyoshimo Kai Ni
				強行輸送駆逐艦	Kyōkō yusō kuchiku-kan	Assault Transport DestroyerKiyoshimo Kai Ni D
				防空駆逐艦	Bōkū kuchiku-kan	Air Defense DestroyerHatsuzuki Kai Ni
DE	DE		海防	海防艦	Kaibōkan	Coastal Defence Ship	Escort
SS	SS		潜	潜水艦	Sensuikan	Submarine
	SSV		潜母	潜水空母	Sensui kūbo	Submarine Aircraft Carrier	Aircraft Carrying Submarine
AV/AO/AS/...	AV	AV	水母	水上機母艦	Suijōki bokan	Seaplane Tender	Seaplane Carrier
		AVS	特水母	特設戦闘水上機母艦	Tokusetsu sentō suijōkibokan	Special Assault Seaplane TenderMikuma Kai Ni Toku
	AO	AO	補給	補給艦	Hokyūkan	Fleet Oiler
		AGS	特務艦	特務艦	Tokumukan	Auxiliary Ship UtilitySouya (AGS)
		AGL	灯台補給	灯台補給船	Tōdai hokyūsen	Lighthouse TenderSouya (AGL)
		AGB	南極観測	南極観測船	Nankyoku kansokusen	Auxiliary IcebreakerSouya (AGB)
		CVE	陸護空	特設護衛空母	Tokusetsu goei kūbo	Special Escort CarrierYamashio Maru	Escort Carrier
	AS		潜母艦	潜水母艦	Sensui bokan	Submarine Tender
	AR		工	工作艦	Kōsakukan	Repair Ship
	LHA	LHA	揚陸	揚陸艦	Yōrikukan	Amphibious Assault Ship
		LST	戦揚陸	戦車揚陸艦	Sensha yōriku-kan	Landing Ship, TankNo.101 Landing Ship

Subtypes

In addition, some subtypes may also be used like:

Type		Japanese Name			Notes
Code	Name	In-game Code	Kanji	Romaji
XBB	"Super Dreadnought"	-	超弩級戦艦	Chōdokyū senkan	Ingame "API type" unused yet
CVE	Escort Carrier	-	-	-	For CVL with base ASW stat
CVN	Night Carrier	-	-	-	For CV and CVL that can do night air attacks natively
BC	"Battle Cruisers"	-	-	-	Only seen in the Composition menu's filtering tabs
CV, CVB, CVL	"Fleet Carrier"	-	航空母艦	Kōkū bokan	For all types interchangably Is also displayed on the Library of Akagi Kai Ni, Kaga Kai Ni, Houshou Kai Ni, and Ryuuhou Kai Ni.
	"Carrier"	-	空母	Kūbo	Shorthand for Kōkū bokan (航空母艦)
CA, CAV	"Heavy Cruiser Type"	-	重巡級	Jūjunkyū	For all types interchangably
CL, CLT, CT	"Light Cruiser Type"	-	軽巡級	Keijunkyū	For all types interchangably
AO	"Oiler/Refueling Ship"	-	給油艦	Kyūyukan	Used in Kamoi & Hayasui descriptions
	"Fleet Oiler/Supply Ship"	補給	補給艦	Hokyūkan	Ingame "API type" (banner code shared with AP)
AP	Transport Ship		輸送艦	Yusōkan	Ingame "API type" (banner code shared with AO)
	"Food Supply Ship"	-	給糧艦	Kyūryōkan	Alternatively used for Mamiya and Irako for conveninance
PT boat	Patrol Torpedo boat	群	哨戒魚雷艇	Shōkai gyoraitē	Abyssal only so far (are counted as "DD" ingame with special modifiers)
-	"Princess"	姫	-	Hime	Main bosses
	"Demon"	鬼	-	Oni	Sub-bosses, also known as "Ogre"
	"Imp"	小鬼	-	Ko'oni	Also known as "Goblin" or "Gnome"
	"Coastal Battery"	沿岸	沿岸砲台	Engan hōdai	Also known as "Pillbox"
		沿岸砲
		防空砲
	"Installation"	-	-	-	Adtional designation to regular types

Notes

• Some Abyssals also have some other exclusive subtypes.
• So far, the following types are fully interchangeable regarding Routing, Expeditions, and Quests requirement:
  • CV and CVB
  • SS and SSV

Types seen instead of the "real" ship type, notably on thier cards and in ship menus.

• Those types have little gameplay effects compared to the main type.
• The differences can often be resumed to special equipabilities.

Code	In-game Code	Japanese Name	English Name	Ships
BBCV	航母戦	改装航空戦艦	Remodeled Aviation Battleship	Ise Kai Ni, Hyuuga Kai Ni
CLX	実験軽巡	兵装実験軽巡	Experimental Armament Light Cruiser	Yuubari Kai Ni, Yuubari Kai Ni Toku, Yuubari Kai Ni D
CLV	軽航巡	軽(航空)巡洋艦	Light (Aircraft) Cruiser	Gotland, Gotland Andra
CLAA	防空巡	防空巡洋艦	Antiaircraft Cruiser	Atlanta, Atlanta Kai
CTS	特務練	練習特務艦	Auxiliary Training Utility	Asahi
AVS	特水母	特設戦闘水上機母艦	Special Assault Seaplane Tender	Mikuma Kai Ni Toku
AGS	特務艦	特務艦	Auxiliary Ship Utility	Souya (AGS)
AGL	灯台補給	灯台補給船	Lighthouse Tender	Souya (AGL)
AGB	南極観測	南極観測船	Auxiliary Icebreaker	Souya (AGB)
CVE	陸護空	特設護衛空母	Special Escort Carrier	Yamashio Maru, Yamashio Maru Kai
LST	戦揚陸	戦車揚陸艦	Landing Ship, Tank	No.101 Transport Ship

Types only seen within the ships Library.

• Those types have little to no gameplay effects compared to the main type.
• The differences can often be resumed to special equipabilities.

Japanese Name	English Name	Ships
高速戦艦	Fast Battleship	Kongou Kai Ni C, Hiei Kai Ni C, Haruna Kai Ni B, Haruna Kai Ni C, Kirishima Kai Ni C
航空母艦	Fleet Carrier	Akagi Kai Ni, Kaga Kai Ni, Houshou Kai Ni, Ryuuhou Kai Ni
夜間作戦航空母艦	Night Operations Aircraft Carrier	Akagi Kai Ni E, Kaga Kai Ni E, Ryuuhou Kai Ni E
近代化航空母艦	Modernized Aircraft Carrier	Kaga Kai Ni Go
戦力投射母艦	Power Projection Carrier	Houshou Kai Ni Sen
改装特務空母	Remodeled Special Carrier	Gambier Bay Mk.II
改装航空巡洋艦	Remodeled Aviation Cruiser	Mogami Kai Ni, Mikuma Kai Ni
特殊改装航空巡洋艦	Remodeled Special Aviation Crusier	Mogami Kai Ni Toku
重改装軽巡洋艦	Heavily Remodeled Light Cruiser	Yahagi Kai Ni B
護衛駆逐艦	Destroyer Escort	Samuel B. Roberts, Samuel B. Roberts Kai, Samuel B. Roberts Mk.II, Fletcher Mk.II
改装特I型駆逐艦	Remodeled Special Type I Destroyer	Miyuki Kai Ni
陽字号駆逐艦	Yang Zi Class Destroyer	Dan Yang
戦艦護衛駆逐艦	Battleship Escort Destroyer	Kiyoshimo Kai Ni
強行輸送駆逐艦	Assault Transport Destroyer	Kiyoshimo Kai Ni D
防空駆逐艦	Air Defense Destroyer	Hatsuzuki Kai Ni

Equipment Categories, Types, Icons, and Mechanics

Every piece of equipment in the game has an icon, regrouping them by type, giving a quick visual indicator of what a given equipment is.

• One icon can be shared with different equipment types.
• Some icons are used for a single equipment.
• Some equipment icons on the wiki will be displayed with "text" Text, indicating special notes like stats or sub-types of equipment.
  • Categories labeled as Sp are for "special subtypes", types of equipment with the same mechanics as their normal main type, but corresponding to "larger variants", equipable on respectively larger or more capable ships.

All icons here and on the rest of the wiki are clickable.

Aircraft

Aircraft
Equipment Types			Mechanics
For a better understanding of plane-related mechanics, see Aerial Combat
Carriers-Bassed			Those planes are mainly equipable on Carriers (CV/CVB/CVL).
Fighters	Fighters		Fighters/ are one of the main types of plane used by CV(B/L). Their main role is to bring Air Power during the 1st Aerial Stage, with their "Fighter Power" stat being the most important factor in this regard. Fighters are additionally needed for Aircraft Carrier Cut-Ins (CVCI) during the day Shelling. They can be used in Land Bases to serve the same role as Interceptors.
	Night Fighters
Dive Bombers	Dive Bombers		Dive Bombers are one of the main types of plane used by CV(B/L). Their main role is to do damage during the Airstrike, with their "Dive Bombing" stat being the most important factor in this regard. Dive Bombers are additionally needed for dealing damage during day Shelling, especially for Aircraft Carrier Cut-Ins (CVCI). They are vulnerable to shoot down during most Aerial Combat phases. They bring some accuracy bonus against PT boats. They cannot attack Installations unless they are Anti-Installation Dive Bombers.
	Fighter-Bombers		"Fighter-Bombers" are "Dive Bombers", both behaving the exact same way, with the only notable difference being the Improvement effects given by .
Torpedo Bombers	Torpedo Bombers		Torpedo Bombers/ are one of the main types of plane used by CV(B/L). Their main role is to do damage during the Airstrike, with their "Torpedo" stat being the most important factor in this regard. Torpedo Bombers are additionally needed for dealing damage during day Shelling, especially for Aircraft Carrier Cut-Ins (CVCI). They can trigger Contact. They are vulnerable to shoot down during most Aerial Combat phases.
	Night Torpedo Bombers
Jet-powered Fighter-Bombers			Jets are a special type of carrier-based bombers that follow the same damage calculation as regular Dive Bombers using the "dive bombing" stat, while providing great additional "air power" , as well as "Long Range" . They will notably carry out an additional exclusive attack called "Jet Assault" (JA) before the beginning of any battle. They cannot trigger the CVCI. They bring some accuracy bonus against PT boats. See Jets for more details.
Reconnaissance Aircraft	Reconnaissance Aircraft		Reconnaissance AircraftSpLBRecon are planes that: Can trigger Contact. Does not contribute Fighter Power in Aerial Combat, and so cannot be shot down during it (can be shot down during Detection). When equipped to a Land Base: Can extend the minimum Combat Radius in Sortie Mode. Add a bonus multiplier to the total Defense Fighter-Power of the base in Air Defense Mode. Can contribute Fighter Power (if it has any Proficiency or ), and can be shot down.
	Sp Large Reconnaissance Aircraft
Land-Based			For a better understanding of land-base mechanics, see Land-Based Air Squadron.
Bombers	Attackers	Attackers	Land-Based Attackersbomber are the main type of bomber used on LBAS. Their most important stats are "torpedo" against regular ship, and "dive bombing" against Installations, as well as their "combat radius" . See Land-Based Air Squadron for more details
		bomber Army Attackers
		Assault Aircraft (Army Attackers)
		Patrol Aircraft	Land-Based Patrol Aircraft are counted as regular Land-Based Attackers on every aspect. Additionally, Patrol Aircraft are ASW Aircraft, and so are mainly used for ASW (see here).
	Large Aircraft	Heavy Bombers	Land-Based Heavy Bombers mostly work like other Land-Based Attackers, but unlike them, they have only 9 planes in LBAS slots, instead of 18, as well as slightly worse damage modifiers, dividing their base attack power by about half.
Interceptors/Fighters	Fighter Jet		Land-Based Fighters/Interceptors are LBAS exclusive fighters, that are used to either: Provide Sortie Fighter-Power, where the "fighter Power" , "interception" , and "combat radius" stats are the most important, Intercept enemy bombers, where the "fighter Power" , "interception" , and especially the "anti-bomber" stats are the most important.
	Canard Fighters
	Army Fighters
	Navy Fighters	Navy Fighters
		Rocket Interceptors	High Altitude Interceptors multiply the total air power of all land bases in Air Defense mode, when defending against enemy High-Altitude Bombers. The multiplier depends on the number of high altitude interceptors equipped and which difficulty the event map is played on: High Altitude Interceptors Me 163B Prototype Shuusui Shuusui Airpower modifier against high altitude raids: Event Map Difficulty Number of High Altitude Interceptors Defending 0 1 2 3+ Casual/Easy: 1x 1.1x 1.2x Medium/Hard: 0.5x 0.8x
LB Reconnaissance Aircraft			Reconnaissance AircraftSpLBRecon are planes that: Can trigger Contact. When equipped to a Land Base: Can extend the minimum Combat Radius in Sortie Mode. LB Land-based Recons will additionally: Add a bonus damage multiplier to all Aircraft in the base. Add a bonus multiplier to the total Sortie Fighter-Power of the base. Add a bonus multiplier to the total Defense Fighter-Power of the base in Air Defense Mode. Can contribute Fighter Power (if it has any Proficiency or ), and can be shot down.
Seaplanes			Planes only compatible with ships having the appropriate catapult (mainly battleships, cruisers, and auxiliaries)
Seaplanes	Recon Reconnaissance Seaplanes	Recon Reconnaissance Seaplanes	Seaplanes are the main aircraft type used by non-carrier ships (mainly battleships, cruisers, and auxiliaries). They are notably required to trigger Artillery Spotting. Reconnaissance AircraftSpLBRecon are planes that: Can trigger Contact. Does not contribute Fighter Power in Aerial Combat, and so cannot be shot down during it (can be shot down during Detection). When equipped to a Land Base: Can extend the minimum Combat Radius in Sortie Mode. Add a bonus multiplier to the total Defense Fighter-Power of the base in Air Defense Mode. Can contribute Fighter Power (if it has any Proficiency or ), and can be shot down.
		Night Reconnaissance Seaplanes	In addition to all Seaplane Recon mechanics: Night Recons are normal Seaplane Recon with the extra ability to trigger "Night Contact". The scouting phase animation will not show up like day battles; instead, the night recon plane's animation is played in the enemy fleet's radar. [Bug] In a Combined Fleet situation, if a ship in the fleet equipped with a night scout is evacuated from the combined fleet using the Fleet Command Facility, the night recon can still trigger and activate as the fleet proceeds onward and enters a night battle.
	Bomber Seaplane Bombers	Bomber Seaplane Bombers	Seaplanes are the main aircraft type used by non-carrier ships (mainly battleships, cruisers, and auxiliaries). They are notably required to trigger Artillery Spotting. Bomber Seaplane Bombers additionally act like Dive Bombers, taking part in the same air phases and sharing the same damage formulas. Additionally, they: Play some minor Anti-Installation role. Bring an accuracy bonus against PT boats.
		Night Seaplane Bombers	In addition to all Seaplane Bomber mechanics: Night Seaplane Bombers are required to trigger a special Night Cut-In on certain ships. This cut-in also triggers the Star Shell effect and bonuses.
Seaplane Fighters			Seaplane Fighters share all the regular Fighters mechanics, with a different set of ship equippability. Additionally, they: Play some minor Anti-Installation role. Bring an accuracy bonus against PT boats.
Large Flying Boats			Large Flying Boats notably: Can trigger Contact and Detection. Allow AV to perform ASW attacks. Increase the minimum Range of Land Bases, from +1 to +3 range depending on the base's unmodified range. Can be used in the Air Reconnaissance nodes mechanic. When equipped in any slot size, the plane count is dropped down to 1, refunding any bauxite. Although it is a scout which does not actually participate in Aerial Combat mechanics-wise, it is still included in the launching animation if other planes are launched.
Misc			Some auxiliary aircraft, mainly used for ASW.
Rotorcraft	Autogyros		Rotorcraft are ASW Aircraft, being used to trigger some OASW and Land-based ASW attacks. As they do not have any Dive Bombing stat, they do not participate to Phases 2 & 3 of Aerial Combat and are immune to shootdown. They: Will launch during aerial battle if other planes are launched, but cannot start an aerial battle on their own. Allow BBV, CAV, AV, and LHA to perform ASW attacks. CVL and Kaga Kai Ni Go equipped with them will still require a Dive Bomber or a Torpedo Bomber to attack submarines, as they are unable to attack anything without a bomber. AS, AR, and some CVB can equip them, but the former cannot attack SS, and the latter has a carrying capacity of 0 so they do not function. AO can equip them, but their attack animation will still be a depth charge animation. Their LBAS Combat Radius cannot be extended.
	Helicopters
Liaison Aircraft			Liaison Aircraft are ASW Aircraft, being used to trigger some OASW and Land-based ASW attacks. Command Liaison Aircraft do not have any Dive Bombing stat, and so do not participate to Phases 2 & 3 of Aerial Combat and are immune to shootdown. They: Will launch during aerial battle if other planes are launched, but cannot start an aerial battle on their own. CV/L equipped with it will still require a Dive Bomber or a Torpedo Bomber to attack submarines, as it is unable to attack anything without a bomber. Cannot have their LBAS Combat Radius extended. Hayabusa ASW Hayabusa have some Dive Bombing stat that counts toward Shelling and allow them to take part in regular Aerial Combat. They cannot trigger any CVCI. Only a random amount of this stat will be counted against Installations. In LBAS anti-ship strikes, their is used, and they are counted as regular Land-Based Attackers. Proficiency gives them increased Fighter Power like fighters. Planes Aerial Combat LBAS Stage 1 (air-to-air) Stage 2 (air-to-ship) ❱❱ Air Power Surface ASW Extendable Combat Radius Command Liaison Aircraft/Kai ❌ ❌ 0 ❌ ✔️ ❌ Command Liaison Aircraft Kai 2 ❌ ❌ 0 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ASW Hayabusa ✔️ ⭐counted as 0 25 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Special categories
SpLBRecon Reconnaissance Aircraft			Reconnaissance AircraftSpLBRecon are planes that: Can trigger Contact. Does not contribute Fighter Power in Aerial Combat, and so cannot be shot down during it (can be shot down during Detection). When equipped to a Land Base: Can extend the minimum Combat Radius in Sortie Mode. Add a bonus multiplier to the total Defense Fighter-Power of the base in Air Defense Mode. Can contribute Fighter Power (if it has any Proficiency or ), and can be shot down.
Planes with Anti-Air Resistance			Specific planes may present a special AA resistance property. AA resistance is presented in form of "Ship AA Resistance/Fleet AA Resistance", with each value being used in the respective formulas seen on the Aerial Combat page.
ASW Aircraft			Aircraft with at least 7 ASW , can be used to trigger special OASW and are required to perform Land-based ASW attacks. ASW Aircraft Rotorcraft Autogyros Ka Type Observation Autogyro O Type Observation Autogyro Kai O Type Observation Autogyro Kai Ni Helicopters S-51J S-51J Kai Liaison Aircraft Type 3 Command Liaison Aircraft (ASW) Type 3 Command Liaison Aircraft Kai Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model II Kai (20th Squadron) Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III Kai (Skilled/20th Squadron) Type 3 Command Liaison Aircraft Kai 2 Land-based Patrol Aircraft Prototype Toukai Toukai (901 Air Group) +7 ASW Torpedo Bombers Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (931 Air Group) Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (931 Air Group/Skilled) Tenzan (931 Air Group) Prototype Type 97 Torpedo Bomber Kai (Skilled) No. 3 Model E (w/ Type 6 Airborne Radar Kai) Tenzan Model 12A Kai (Skilled w/ Type 6 Airborne Radar Kai) Ryuusei Kai (CarDiv 1/Skilled) Swordfish Mk.III (Skilled) Barracuda Mk.III TBM-3D TBM-3W+3S Tenzan Model 12A Kai 2 (Murata Squadron w/ Radar) +7 ASW Dive Bombers Ju 87C Kai Ni (w/ KMX) Ju 87C Kai Ni (w/ KMX/Skilled) Type 0 Fighter Model 64 (Two-seat w/ KMX) +7 ASW Seaplanes Recons Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane Model 11B Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane Model 11B (Skilled) Bombers Swordfish Mk.III Kai (Seaplane Model) Swordfish Mk.III Kai (Seaplane Model/Skilled) Zuiun Kai Ni (634 Air Group/Skilled)
Anti-Installation Dive Bombers			Dive-Bombers that can attack installations This is a segment from a bigger article. See Combat/Anti-Installation for details on Installation mechanics. Carriers will only attack installations in the shelling phase if equipped with Torpedo Bombers or Anti-Installation Dive Bombers. Additionally, carriers will attack installations if equipped with non-special dive bombers AND one of the special dive bombers below. Any other dive bomber will completely disable shelling against installations even if the carrier has a torpedo bomber equipped. This can be very useful to manipulate the targeting mechanic so the carriers attack important targets. Ju 87C Kai Prototype Nanzan F4U-1D FM-2 Ju 87C Kai Ni (w/ KMX) Ju 87C Kai Ni (w/ KMX/Skilled) Suisei Model 12 (634 Air Group w/ Type 3 Cluster Bombs) AAR Suisei Model 12 (w/ Type 31 Photoelectric Fuze Bombs) AAR Type 99 Dive Bomber Model 22 Type 99 Dive Bomber Model 22 (Skilled) SB2C-3 SB2C-5 F4U-4 AAR
Night Planes	= Night Torpedo Bombers		Night Aircraft are planes that contribute to Carrier Night Air Attack damage. Only Night Fighters and Night Torpedo Bombers are capable of actually enabling the Carrier Night Attacks.
	= Suisei Model 12 (w/ Type 31 Photoelectric Fuze Bombs)
	= Night Fighters

Main Armament

Main Armament
Equipment Types			Mechanics
Naval Guns			Main Guns are the main armament used by surface ships. Their main stats are the "firepower" and "accuracy" . They are notably required to trigger all Artillery Spotting attacks as well as some Night Cut-Ins, notably the "Double Attack" (DA). Most main guns come with "Hidden Fit Bonuses/Penalties", especially larger ones.
Main Guns	Small Small Caliber Main Guns	Small Caliber Main Guns	Small Caliber Main Guns are mostly used on smaller ships like Destroyers. They bring some accuracy bonus against PT Imp.
		Small Small Caliber Main High-Angle Guns
	Medium Medium Caliber Main Guns	Medium Caliber Main Guns	Medium Caliber Main Guns are mostly used on medium ships like Cruisers.
		Medium Main High-Angle Guns
	Large Caliber Main Guns	Large Caliber Main Guns	Large Caliber Main Guns are used on Battleships.
		Sp Very Large Caliber Main Guns
Secondary Guns	Sec Secondary Guns	Secondary Guns (surface)	Secondary GunsSecSp_Sec serve a similar role to Main Guns. Their main stats are the "firepower" and "accuracy" . They are notably required to trigger some weaker Artillery Spotting attacks as well as some Night Cut-Ins, notably the "Double Attack" (DA). They do not have any "Hidden Penalties" on any ships. They bring an accuracy bonus against PT boats.
		Sec Secondary High-Angle Guns
	Sp_Sec Large Secondary (High-Angle) Guns
High-Angle Guns (dual-purpose)	Main Main High-Angle Guns	Small Small Caliber Main High-Angle Guns	High-Angle Guns (sometimes "dual-purpose guns"), are anti-air focused guns, that can serve their main surface role, in addition to having extra AA stats. They are notably required in most AACI.
		Medium Medium Main High-Angle Guns
	Sec Secondary High-Angle Guns	Sec Secondary High-Angle Guns
		Sp_Sec Large Secondary (High-Angle) Guns
Anti-Aircraft Guns			AA Guns are equippable in RE. They are mainly used to provide "Anti-Air", notably via their AA stat. They: Are notably required in most AACI. Trigger a tracer-fire effect during air combat. Bring an accuracy bonus against PT boats.
Torpedo Weaponry			Equipment with "torpedo" as their primary stat.
Torpedoes	Torpedoes (surface)		Torpedoes are almost exlusively used to trigger Night Cut-Ins, especially the Torpedo Cut-In (TCI). Their main stat is the "torpedo" stat. This stat is also used to calculate damages during the Opening Torpedo Salvo and Closing Torpedo Salvo.
	Sub Submarine Torpedoes	Sub Submarine Torpedoes
		Sub_LM Late Model Submarine Torpedoes	Late Model Submarine Torpedoes are needed to trigger special Night Cut-Ins.
Minisub Midget Submarines			Minisub Midget Submarine allow any ship equipping one to perform an Opening Torpedo Salvo. Their main stat is the "torpedo" stat, being used to calculate damages in all torpedo phases. They do not count as "Torpedoes" for Night Cut-Ins, despite having a torpedo icon.
Anti-Submarine Warfare			Equipment with "ASW" as their primary stat.
Sonars	Small Small Sonars		Sonars are the main equipment used for ASW, being required to trigger most OASW, and greatly enhancing ASW Damage Synergy. Their main stat is "ASW" .
	Large Large Sonars
Depth Charges	DCP Depth Charge Projectors		Depth Charges are one of the main equipment used for ASW, greatly enhancing ASW Damage Synergy. Their main stat is "ASW" .
	DCR Depth Charge (Racks)
	Other ASW Mortars		Other ASW Mortars have additional Anti-Installation bonuses similar to Anti-Ground Rockets.

Other Equipment

Other Equipment
Equipment Types			Mechanics
Radars	Small Small Radars		Radars are used to provide boosts to LoS and accuracy . They are additionally used for: Certain Artillery Spotting, Certain Night Cut-Ins, Maelstrom resource loss mitigation, "Dual Purpose Radars" are radars that are both Surface Radars and Air Radars. SurfaceSurface Radars are radars that: Must have 5 or more LoS , Are required for some Routings, Metigate the accuracy penalty of Smoke Screens, Increase the damage potential of most Special Attacks. Air Air Radars are radars that: Must have 2 or more AA , Increase the Anti-Air of the fleet, Are required to trigger most AACI.
	Large Large Radars	Large Large Radars
		Sp Very Large Radars
Surface Surface Radars
Air Air Radars
Submarine Equipment			Submarine Equipment are mainly used to trigger special Night Cut-Ins exlusiv to submarines. Can be equipped in the RE.
Searchlights	Small Small Searchlight		Searchlights are used to trigger a special Night Battle mechanic when equipped, playing a special animation and applying the following effects: Attack accuracy and cut-in rates of the fleet are increased. Cut-in rates of the enemy fleet are decreased. The enemy fleet will target and hit the ship that triggered the searchlight more often, see here. The activation rate is 100% on ships with 2 or more HP, 0% otherwise. Multiple ships equipped with searchlights do not have stacking effects.
	Large Large Searchlight
Skilled Lookouts			Surface Ship Personnel are equippable in RE. They: Increase cut-in rates in Night Battles for the ship equipping it, Are required to trigger some "New Type" Cut-ins, Play an animation right before cut-in animations, Bring an accuracy bonus against PT boats.
Landing Craft	TP Transport DLC		Landing Craft can serve in several roles: "Transport Craft" (type 1) are best at increasing the resources gained from expeditions, "Landing Tanks" (type 2 & 3) deal more damage to installations, being an essential component of "nuke set-ups" (see Anti-Installation), "Armed Boats" (type 4) act mostly like Landing Tanks, and have some additional bonus, against PT Imp notably. Each Landing Craft equipped will increase "TP Gauge" drain by 8 during Transport Operations. Each Landing Craft equipped (except for "Landing Tanks type 3") will increase resource gain on Resource Nodes and Expeditions.
	Tank Landing Tanks
	Armed Armed Boats
Amphibious Vehicles			Amphibious Vehicles behave similarly to Landing Craft. They: Deal great damage to installation, being an essential component of the "nuke" (see Anti-Installation). Increase expedition resources gain. Greatly increase Resource Nodes resources gain. Slightly increase TP gauge drain during Transport Operations. Allow Submarines to participate in the shelling phase against Installations, by launching the tank in battle.
Landing Forces			Landing Forces behave similarly to other "Landing Equipment" against Installations. They: Are only used against Installations. Can only be equipped on "LST" type ships (a subcategory of LHA). Provide great damage boost against all installation types. Can be a component of a "nuke" setup. Additionally, when attacking an installation, the attack animation makes the ship physically move across the screen like other Landing Equipment, as it is a "landing craft" itself.
Drum Canisters			Drum Canisters are not "combat equipment", and so are mostly used for non-combat mechanics. They: Increase resource gains on Resource Nodes in sorties. Can affect Routing on certain maps. Slightly increase TP gauge drain during Transport Operations. Are required to trigger a "New Type" Cut-in. Are required for expeditions 21, 37, 38, 44, & E2. Can also increase the chance of Great Success for those expeditions as well as 24 & 40. They do NOT increase resource gains from expeditions.
Anti-Aircraft Fire Directors			Anti-Aircraft Fire Directors (AAFD) are quipable in RE. They provide a good Anti-Air boost, and are required to trigger some AACI. They are notably used to provide AA and accuracy when improved .
Shells	Anti-Aircraft Shells		AA Shells are mainly used for an Anti-Installation role, notably dealing great damages to "Soft-Skinned Installations". They also provide some minor Anti-Air boost, and are required to trigger some AACI. The can be equipped in the RE of FBB, BB, BBV, CA, and CAV.
	Armor Piercing Shells		AP Shells are mainly used for increasing the general damage potential of batleships, with further bonuses for Artillery Spotting and Special Attacks. They also play some Anti-Installation role, notably against "Hard-Skinned Installations".
	Star Shell		Star Shells are used to trigger a special Night Battle mechanic when equipped, playing a special animation and applying the following effects: Attack accuracy and cut-in rates of the fleet are increased. Cut-in rates of the enemy fleet are decreased. The activation rate is 70% on ships with 5 or more HP, 0% otherwise. Multiple ships equipped with star shells do not have stacking effects. There is no side effect, unlike Searchlights.
Anti-Ground Rockets			Anti-Ground Rockets are only used against Installations. They provide both great multiplicative and flat damages boost against all installation types.
Extra Armors	Medium Medium Extra Armors		Extra Armors are equippable in RE and give some extra Armor stat.
	Large Large Extra Armors
Engine Improvements			Ship Speed can be increased to Fast, Fast+, or Fastest by using a combination of "Turbine" and "Boilers".
Ship Repair Facility			Ship Repair Facilities are required for Anchorage Repairs and Emergency Anchorage Repairs.
Aviation Personnels	SCAMP SCAMP		Aviation Personnels are used to bring various buff and/or mechanics, notably enhancing the performances of Carriers. See each individual pages for more details.
	NOAP NOAP
	AGDP AGDP
	SDP SDP
Command Facilities			Depending on the type, Command Facilities provide different fleet support roles, such as: "Evacuation" of ships that are Heavily Damaged (大破) during a sortie, Increased trigger rate for Support Expeditions.
Surface Ship Equipment	Smoke Generators		Smoke Generators can be used in combat to deploy a smoke screen. Example of a large smoke deployed. There are 3 smoke screen sizes, being Small < Medium < Large. The maximum smoke size that can be generated is dependent on the number of smoke generators, being respectively 1/2/3. Note that improvements also affect the maximum smoke level possible. It sharply reduces the accuracy of all fleets, proportionally to the smoke screen size (the hit rate is still capped at 11%). This effect can be partially bypassed by using radars (both sides). The effect will last for the day battle, even so the animation will fade before the battle's end. Smoke activation button next to the Formation ones. If equipped, it can be activated with a specific button when selecting the formation. It can be activated multiple times per sortie until it triggers, being triggerable once, in day battle only. It cannot be activated in Exercises in the current implementation. The trigger rate is not 100% and depends on the fleet's flagship's luck , as well as the amount and type of Smoke Generators used. For combined fleets, it is the luck of the main flagship. The size of the triggered smoke screen depends on how many smoke generators are used. It will only trigger at the beginning of the Shelling phase. The 3 different smoke size The trigger rate depends on: The number of "Smoke Generators" in the fleet, The flagship Level and Luck (secretary for Combined Fleets), improvements of the generator. Regarding the equipment: Each Smoke Generator (Smoke Screen) counts as 1, Each Smoke Generator Kai (Smoke Screen) counts as 2, improvements of the generator can also count as 1 ([1][2]). Two formulas have been determined to approximate the trigger rate of smoke screens. The 2nd formula is based on the 1st one with additional hypothesis, A measurement of the trigger rate can be found here, Both formulas can be directly compared here. It is possible to have a total trigger rate for all 3 sizes of 100%, giving the FS has enough luck & enough generators are used. Trigger Rate Formula 1 [3] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{P}_\text{0} = 3.2 - 0.2 \times \text{K} - \text{N}_\text{Generator} }[/math] If [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck}_\text{flag} ≥ 1 \text{ & } \text{N}_\text{Generator} ≥ 3 }[/math], then [math]\displaystyle{ \text{P}_\text{0} = 0 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{K} = \bigg\lceil \sqrt{ \text{Luck}_\text{flag} } + 0.3 \times \bigstar_\text{base} + 0.5 \times \bigstar_\text{Kai} \bigg\rceil }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} = 1 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} = 2 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} ≥ 3 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{P}_\text{1} &= 1 - \text{P}_\text{0} \\ \text{P}_\text{2} &= 0 \\ \text{P}_\text{3} &= 0 \end{align} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{P}_\text{1} &= 1 - \text{P}_\text{0} - \text{P}_\text{2} \\ \text{P}_\text{2} &= 0.05 \times ( 1 - \text{P}_\text{0} ) \times ( \text{K} + 2 ) \\ \text{P}_\text{3} &= 0 \end{align} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{P}_\text{1} &= 1 - \text{P}_\text{2} - \text{P}_\text{3} \\ \text{P}_\text{2} &= \min ( 0.3 ; 1 - \text{P}_\text{3}) \\ \text{P}_\text{3} &= X \times \text{K} + 0.15 \times ( \text{N}_\text{Generator} - 3 ) \end{align} }[/math] The X coefficient is unclear yet, being about 0.04~0.045. With [math]\displaystyle{ \text{P}_\text{0}, \text{P}_\text{1}, \text{P}_\text{2}, \text{P}_\text{3} }[/math] the respective rates for the trigger of smokes levels 0 to 3, [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} }[/math] the amount of Smoke Generators: Each base generator count as 1, Each Kai generator count as 2, A very high improvement level (~ ≥ 17) counts as 1. [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck}_\text{flag} }[/math] the flagship's luck, [math]\displaystyle{ \bigstar_\text{base} }[/math] the total improvement level of the base generators, [math]\displaystyle{ \bigstar_\text{Kai} }[/math] the total improvement level of the Kai generators, Trigger Rate Formula 2 [4] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Level 0}_\text{Rate %} = \max \big( 0 ; \min ( 100 ; 3.2 - 0.2 \times \text{K} - \text{N}_\text{Generator} ) \big) }[/math] If [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck}_\text{flag} ≥ 1 \text{ & } \text{N}_\text{Generator} ≥ 3 }[/math], then [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Level 0}_\text{Rate %} = 0 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{K} = 5 \times \text{N}_\text{Generator} + 1.5 \times \sqrt{ \text{Luck}_\text{flag} } + 0.3 \times \bigstar_\text{base} + 0.5 \times \bigstar_\text{Kai} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} = 1 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} = 2 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} ≥ 3 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{Level 1}_\text{Rate %} &= 100 - \text{Level 0}_\text{Rate %} \\ \text{Level 2}_\text{Rate %} &= 0 \\ \text{Level 3}_\text{Rate %} &= 0 \end{align} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{Level 1}_\text{Rate %} &= ( 100 - \text{Level 2}_\text{Rate %} ) \times ( 1 - \text{Level 0}_\text{Rate %} ) \\ \text{Level 2}_\text{Rate %} &= ( 3 \times \big\lceil \text{K} - 5 \big\rceil + 1 ) \times ( 1 - \text{Level 0}_\text{Rate %} ) \\ \text{Level 3}_\text{Rate %} &= 0 \end{align} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{Level 1}_\text{Rate %} &= \min ( 0 ; 100 - \text{Level 2}_\text{Rate %} - \text{Level 3}_\text{Rate %}) \\ \text{Level 2}_\text{Rate %} &= \min ( 30 ; 100 - \text{Level 3}_\text{Rate %} ) \\ \text{Level 3}_\text{Rate %} &= 3 \times \big\lceil \text{K} - 15 \big\rceil + 1 \end{align} }[/math] With [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} }[/math] the amount of Smoke Generators: Each base generator count as 1, Each Kai generator count as 2, A very high improvement level (~ ≥ 17) counts as 1. [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck}_\text{flag} }[/math] the flagship's luck, [math]\displaystyle{ \bigstar_\text{base} }[/math] the total improvement level of the base generators, [math]\displaystyle{ \bigstar_\text{Kai} }[/math] the total improvement level of the Kai generators, The smoke gives an Accuracy malus to both fleets when used: Please note that these are initial estimations and are subject to change. It is currently unknown if the airstrike accuracy is affected by the smoke. Some modifiers are near impossible to determine because the fleet hit the lower bound hit rate (11% hard cap). There are some inconsistencies between "old" and "new" enemies. Having a (surface ?) radar equipped reduces the smoke effect for both fleets, but only for the shelling phase. [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{smoke} }[/math] Day Shelling Fleet Radar Equipped Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Allied No < 0.3 < 0.33 < 0.37 Yes 0.35 0.25 < 0.37 Enemy No < 0.69 < 0.7 < 0.7 Yes 0.91 0.83 0.75 Special Attacks Allied 1 Torpedo Phases Fleet Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Allied 0.45 0.42 0.42 Enemy 0.7 0.6 0.5 ASW Allied 0.25 Enemy 1 AA effects: The smoke affects the allied shootdown but not the enemy shootdown. No fixed shootdown above 2 has been observed under a smoke. The guaranteed shootdown does not seem to be affected. A modifier to the Adjusted AA is suspected but there is not enough data to confirm it. The Smoke reduce the Anti-Air Rocket Barrage trigger rate either directly or by reducing the Adjusted AA.
	Barrage Balloon		Example of a balloon deployed. Barrage Balloons can be deployed in certain situations during day battles. Barrage Balloons can only be deployed on certain combat nodes with Installations Compatible Nodes Map Node Notes 3-5 H 4-3 N Boss 4-5 T Boss 6-4 N Boss Events Refers to the current event page references [5][6][7][8] Once deployed For every ship with a balloon equipped will boost the damage of the fleet and the LBAS (post-cap): Balloon Effects 1 2 3 Allied Day Shelling Damage Allied balloons [9] 1.02 1.04 1.06 Allied LBAS Damage Allied balloons [10] 1.02 1.04 1.06 Enemy balloons [11] 0.95 0.90 0.85 The effect stacks up to 3 balloons, and up to 1 balloon per ship, The effect applies to LBAS and day shelling, with the enemy balloons also negatively affecting allied LBAS, The effect does not apply to torpedo phases or night battles, If the ship deploying it is sunk, the balloon is then removed, as well as its effects.
Saiun (Disassembled for Transport)			A removed legacy equipment.
Consumables	Underway Replenishment		Example of Underway Replenishment translated. Underway Replenishments are consumable items that are used to restore fuel and ammo mid-sortie when consumed. As "consumables", they do not take any equipment slot and appear in the Inventory. Only Fleet Oilers (AO) and Kumano Maru can carry them, including in their RE. When entering a boss node, a prompt will appear giving a choice to use the Underway Replenishment(s) or not. The cost of the resupply will be deducted from the stockpile. The resupply cannot be activated when having insufficient fuel or ammo. The amount of fuel and ammo resupplied depends on The fleet type (single or combined) How many Resupplies are carried. The resupply rates are as follow: Used Single Fleet Combined Fleet 1 25 % 15 % 2 36 % 27.5 % 3 47 % 40 % This mechanic should only be used to avoid Fuel penalty or/and Ammo penalty.
	Emergency Repair Personnel		Selection of which type of Emergency Repair Personnel to consume to advance (left buttons), or to retreat (right button). "Emergency Repair Personnel " are consumable items: As "consumables", they do not take any equipment slot and appear in the Inventory and are equippable in RE. Ships entering a battle whilst Heavily Damaged (大破) have a chance to be Sunk (撃沈) . In the case of the flagship, being Heavily Damaged (大破) will force a retreat after that node. Equipping at least one Emergency Repair Personnel can prevent the equipped ship from sinking, by reviving it after being sunk. If this is equipped on a flagship, the player can use this before heading to another node. If both Personnel & Goddess are equipped, then it is possible to choose which one to use (see the picture). Emergency Repair Personnel can only repair the ship they are equipped on. Once repaired, a ship becomes unsinkable for the rest of the battle, including night battle. The item is consumed upon activation. The restored ships will be as followed: Emergency Repair Personnel HP recovered when sunk HP recovered on flagship Fuel/Ammo restored Emergency Repair Personnel 20% 50% 0% Emergency Repair Goddess 100% 100% 100% Planes are not resupplied.
	Combat Rations		Selection of whether to use a ration or not, before a boss node. "Rations" are consumable items: As "consumables", they do not take any equipment slot and appear in the Inventory and are equippable in RE. When equipped on a ship, they are consumed during a Sortie when either: The boss node is reached, a prompt appearing to ask whether to consume or not the rations, The sortie reaches 3 battles, having a random chance to trigger onward (probably linked to ship's morale dropping below a certain level). When rations are consumed: The morale of the carrying ship is greatly increased, The morale of both adjacent ships is moderately increased, If several different rations are equipped, all are consumed, the moral boost synergizing. Additionally: They slightly increase TP gauge drain during Transport Operations. Rations consumed by a girl give a post-cap bonus against all Installations.
Special categories
Anti-Ground Equipment			See Anti-Installation for a better understanding.

Notes

• Some equipment have unique mechanics within their categories.
• Certain mechanics like AACI and ASW will differentiate equipment within their category depending on their raw stats.

Custom icons made up for wiki usage:

• = Empty
• = WildCard
• = Zuiuns
• = Either or
• Night Planes:
  • = Night Torpedo Bombers
  • = Suisei Model 12 (w/ Type 31 Photoelectric Fuze Bombs)
  • = Night Fighters
• Depreciated Icon:
  • = High-Angle Gun + AA Fire Director Built-In
  • = Powerfull AA (concentrated)
    
    (CDMG)

General

Docking

For more information on this topic, see Docking.

This allows repairing damaged ships to full health by consuming steel and fuel. Using an instant repair (bucket) (高速修復材) will immediately finish it.

Expedition

For more information on this topic, see Expedition.

Expeditions are sorties where fleets 2, 3, and 4 can be sent, rewarding resources and certain items. This is the main way to farm resources in the game.

Modernization

For more information on this topic, see Modernization.

The process of using spare ships to increase the Stats (firepower, AA, torpedo, armor) of ships up to a certain point. Luck, ASW, and HP can also be increased in some very specific situations.

Naval Exercise

For more information on this topic, see Exercises (PvP).

These are battles against other players' fleets. Opposing teams update in real-time, but there is no simultaneous play. This is the main way to level up girls.

• Opponent list refreshed at 03:00 and 15:00 JST.

Crossing the T

For more information on this topic, see Engagement.

Classic naval strategy in which a line of warships cross in front of a line formation of enemy ships, allowing the crossing line to bring all their guns to bear while receiving fire from only the forward guns of the enemy.

Gameplay-wise:

• When the fleet crosses the enemy fleet (Green T), both sides receive a significant damage buff,
• When the enemy fleet crosses the fleet (Red T), both sides receive a significant damage debuff.

Phases of Battle

For more information on this topic, see Combat.

• Day Battle
  1. Reconnaissance
  2. Land-Based Air Squadron attacks
  3. Initial airstrikes (Jet Assault, opening bombing, air superiority)
  4. Support fleet attack
  5. Battle Opening (OASW, Opening Torpedo Salvo)
  6. Shelling/artillery phase (regular airstrike happens here)
  7. Final Torpedo salvo
• Night Battle (with special cut-ins)

Remodel

For more information on this topic, see Remodel.

Often confused with Modernization, will usually result in *ship name*-Kai (改). also known as Upgrading.

Morale

For more information on this topic, see Morale and Fatigue.

Morale greatly affects Expeditions and Combat. A ship's Morale can range from 0 to 100, it decreases when doing sorties, and increases by 3 every 3 min up to 49 when doing nothing.

Fatigue

For more information on this topic, see Tutorial: FAQ#Alright, I built my ship and kicked some butt, but I noticed the orange faces. What gives?.

Orange or Red sad faces are displayed next to the ship icon if they are too fatigued. Rest them for 15 to 30 min to have them back at normal morale. Fatigued ships will have lower accuracy and evasion. If girls are still fatigued upon returning from expeditions, the expedition will fail even with all other criteria fulfilled.

Sparkle

For more information on this topic, see Sparkling/glittering!.

The opposite of Fatigue. If a ship "sparkle", she will gain a boost in sorties. Sparkling also plays a very important role in expeditions, where having multiple sparkled girls can increase significantly the "Great Succes" rate. See Help:Sparkling to learn how to sparkle ships.

Medals & Blueprints

For more information on this topic, see Blueprint.

Medals and Blueprints owned are displayed in the Inventory.

Medals are a multi-purpose item that can be exchanged for resources, consumables, or a "Remodel Blueprint". They are also needed for certain quests and improvements.

• They are obtained by clearing certain maps and quests and are common among event rewards.

Blueprints (BP) are items used exclusively to remodel ships, most better remodels requiring at least one Blueprint.

Tracer-fire effect

This occurs when a ship fires any equipped AA guns against planes. The flagship will always do this by default, even without any anti-air stat.

Japanese Naming Conventions

Ships

Battleships were named after provinces.

• Exceptions: The Kongou-class were originally battle cruisers, and so are named after mountains.

Aircraft Carriers were named after flying beasts, being the "dragon" (龍, "ryuu"), "phoenix" (鳳, "hou"), "crane" (鶴, "kaku"), or "falcon" (鷹, "you"). Light carriers tend to have "falcon" or "phoenix" names, where fleet carriers tend to have "dragon" or "crane" names, but this is not strict.

• Exceptions: Akagi and Kaga were originally designed as a battlecruiser and a battleship, respectively, and follow those classes' naming conventions instead (Akagi is named after a mountain, Kaga is named after a province). Chitose and Chiyoda were not originally aircraft carriers, their names are poetic words for "millennium", and they kept those names after being converted (a choice of their crew). Only Taigei's name was changed to fit in with the standard carrier naming scheme ("Ryuuhou" means "Dragon Phoenix").

Heavy/Battle Cruisers were named after Japanese mountains.

• Exceptions: The Mogami-class class were originally designed as light cruisers before being reclassified into heavy cruisers (and later aviation cruisers), and so are named after rivers. The Tone-class, being more lightly armed than the Takao or Myoukou classes, were also named after rivers.

Light Cruisers were named after Japanese rivers.

Destroyers were named after natural phenomena/weather, often snow (雪, "-yuki"), waves (波, "-nami"), rain (雨, "-ame", "-are"), wind (風, "-kaze"), clouds (雲, "-kumo" or "-gumo"), tides (潮, "-shio"), or the moon (月, "-tsuki" or "-zuki").

Kaiboukans were named after small Japanese islands.

Submarines were simply given operating numbers in the same manner as German U-boats, following a syllable of the word 'Iroha'. All 1st Class submarines were designated 'I-' (such as all the submarines present in KanColle), where 2nd and 3rd Class submarines began with 'Ro' and training submarines were 'Ha-'.

• In Kancolle, the girls use the classical or modern Japanese number reading to make their nicknames (see here).

Submarine Tenders were a varied group of ships. Several of these had the character for "whale" (鯨, "gei") in their names, but many did not.

• Shouhou and Zuihou were originally designed as Submarine Tenders before being converted into Light Carriers. Like Ryuuhou, their names were changed upon conversion, they were originally named Tsurugizaki and Takasaki.

Other ships (like AV/AO/AP) were named after various things, such as maritime locations (like straits), poetic ideas, ancient Japanese designations and concepts, or other Japanese locations like cities or sub-prefectures.

"Non-navy ship" names were often appended with "Maru" (丸) the character for "circle". The reason for this tradition seems to have been lost to time, but may be related to the red circle being the symbol and flag of Japan (the "hi-no-maru") or as a superstition, helping ships travel a circle of going out to sea and returning home.

• The examples in KanColle are Shinshuu Maru, Akitsu Maru, Kumano Maru, and Yamashio Maru (Army ships) and Kasuga Maru and Yawata Maru (civilian ships). Both Hiyou and Junyou were also renamed as converted carriers, from Izumo Maru and Kashiwara Maru respectively.
• The "maru" in "Maruyu" is a reference to this character, but does not actually appear in her name, which is a circle around the hiragana character 'yu'.

The "common abyssal classes" are based on the Iroha, a classical Japanese alphabetical ordering. That this is classical Japanese implies that the classes are externally ascribed to the Abyssal fleet ships, especially combined with the highly descriptive names for the bosses.

• See Abyssal Classes.

In modern days, some of those naming conventions are still in use in Japan, but applied to modern ship types.

Tanks

Tanks were given composed names using the following rules:

• 1st name part, the type of tank:
  • Light: Ke
  • Medium: Chi
  • Heavy: O
  • Gun (Tank Destroyer): Ho

• 2nd name part, the number of the tank within its type:
  • 1: I or Yi
  • 2: Ro
  • 3: Ha
  • 4: Ni
  • 5: Ho
  • 6: He
  • 7: To
  • 8: Chi
  • 9: Ri
  • 10: Nu
  • 11: Ru
  • 12: O or Wo

Using the medium tanks as an example:

• Chi-I (Medium First): None (most likely Experimental Type 1 Tank)
• Chi-Ro (Medium Second): Type 89 I-Go
• Chi-Ha (Medium Third): Type 97 Chi-Ha
• Chi-Ni (Medium Fourth): Type 97 Chi-Ni (never got out of prototype status)
• Chi-Ho (Medium Fifth) Type 98 Chi-Ho (never got out of prototype status)
• Chi-He (Medium Sixth): Type 1 Chi-He
• Chi-To (Medium Seventh): Type 4 Chi-To
• Chi-Ri (Medium Ninth): Type 5 Chi-Ri
• Chi-Nu (Medium Tenth): Type 3 Chi-Nu

Ship Girls Birthdays

The date a ship was launched is traditionally used as a ship's birthday; the dates presented here reflect this. These dates are sourced from Wikipedia.

Battleships

(F)BB(V)
Battleships	Date Launched
Kongou	18 May 1912
Hiei	21 November 1912
Kirishima	1 December 1913
Haruna	14 December 1913
Fusou	28 March 1914
Yamashiro	3 November 1915
Ise	12 November 1916
Hyuuga	27 January 1917
Nagato	9 November 1919
Mutsu	31 May 1920
Yamato	8 August 1940
Musashi	1 November 1940
Bismarck	14 February 1939
Conte di Cavour	10 August 1911
Littorio	22 August 1937
Roma	9 June 1940
Nevada	11 July 1914
Colorado	22 March 1921
Maryland	24 April 1917
Washington	1 June 1940
South Dakota	7 June 1941
Massachusetts	23 September 1941
Iowa	27 August 1942
Warspite	26 November 1913
Valiant	4 November 1914
Nelson	3 September 1925
Rodney	17 December 1925
Richelieu	17 January 1939
Jean Bart	6 March 1940
Gangut	20 October 1911

Standard Carriers

CV(B)
Standard Carriers	Date Launched
Akagi	22 April 1925
Kaga	17 November 1921
Souryuu	21 December 1935
Hiryuu	16 November 1937
Shoukaku	1 June 1939
Zuikaku	27 November 1939
Taihou	7 March 1943
Unryuu	25 September 1943
Amagi	1 October 1943
Katsuragi	19 January 1944
Graf Zeppelin	8 December 1938
Aquila	26 February 1926
Lexington	3 October 1925
Saratoga	7 April 1925
Ranger	25 February 1933
Hornet	14 December 1940
Intrepid	26 April 1943
Ark Royal	13 April 1937
Victorious	14 September 1939

Light Carriers

CVL
Light Carriers	Date Launched
Houshou	13 November 1921
Ryuujou	2 April 1931
Shouhou	1 June 1935
Zuihou	19 June 1936
Hiyou	24 June 1941
Junyou	26 June 1941
Kasuga Maru	19 September 1940
Yawata Maru	31 Octember 1939
Shinyou	18 December 1933
Langley	22 May 1943
Gambier Bay	22 November 1943

Heavy Cruisers

CA(V)
#	Furutaka-class	Date Launched
1st	Furutaka	25 February 1925
2nd	Kako	10 April 1925
#	Aoba-class	Date Launched
1st	Aoba	25 September 1926
2nd	Kinugasa	24 October 1926
#	Myoukou-class	Date Launched
1st	Myoukou	16 April 1927
2nd	Nachi	15 June 1927
3rd	Ashigara	22 April 1928
4th	Haguro	24 March 1928
#	Takao-class	Date Launched
1st	Takao	12 May 1930
2nd	Atago	16 June 1930
3rd	Maya	8 November 1930
4th	Choukai	30 June 1931
#	Mogami-class	Date Launched
1st	Mogami	14 March 1934
2nd	Mikuma	31 May 1934
3rd	Suzuya	20 November 1934
4th	Kumano	15 October 1936
#	Tone-class	Date Launched
1st	Tone	21 November 1937
2nd	Chikuma	19 March 1938
#	Admiral Hipper-class	Date Launched
3rd	Prinz Eugen	22 August 1938
#	Zara-class	Date Launched
1st	Zara	27 April 1930
4th	Pola	5 December 1931
#	Northampton-class	Date Launched
1st	Northampton	5 September 1929
5th	Houston	7 September 1929
#	New Orleans-class	Date Launched
4th	Tuscaloosa	15 November 1933

Light Cruisers

CL(T)/CT
#	Tenryuu-class	Date Launched
1st	Tenryuu	11 March 1918
2nd	Tatsuta	29 May 1918
#	Kuma-class	Date Launched
1st	Kuma	14 July 1919
2nd	Tama	10 February 1920
3rd	Kitakami	3 July 1920
4th	Ooi	15 July 1920
5th	Kiso	14 December 1920
#	Nagara-class	Date Launched
1st	Nagara	25 April 1922
2nd	Isuzu	29 October 1921
3rd	Natori	16 February 1922
4th	Yura	15 February 1922
5th	Kinu	29 May 1922
6th	Abukuma	16 March 1923
#	Sendai-class	Date Launched
1st	Sendai	30 October 1923
2nd	Jintsuu	8 December 1923
3rd	Naka	24 March 1925
#	Agano-class	Date Launched
1st	Agano	22 October 1941
2nd	Noshiro	19 July 1942
3rd	Yahagi	25 October 1942
4th	Sakawa	9 April 1944
#	Katori-class	Date Launched
1st	Katori	14 December 1939
2nd	Kashima	25 September 1939
	Other	Date Launched
1st	Yuubari	5 March 1923
1st	Ooyodo	2 April 1942
1st	Gotland	14 September 1933
1st	De Ruyter	11 March 1935
#	Duca degli Abruzzi-class	Date Launched
1st	Duca degli Abruzzi	21 April 1936
2nd	Giuseppe Garibaldi	21 April 1936
#	Brooklyn-class	Date Launched
1st	Brooklyn	30 November 1936
5th	Phoenix	19 Mar 1938
7th	Honolulu	26 August 1937
#	St. Louis-class	Date Launched
1st (8th)	Helena	28 August 1938
#	Atlanta-class	Date Launched
1st	Atlanta	6 September 1941
#	Leander / Perth-class	Date Launched
6th/1st	Perth	27 July 1934
#	Town-class	Date Launched
3rd	Sheffield	23 July 1936
#	La Galissonnière-class	Date Launched
6th	Gloire	28 September 1935

Destroyers

DD
#	Kamikaze-class	Date Launched
1st	Kamikaze	25 September 1922
2nd	Asakaze	8 December 1922
3rd	Harukaze	18 December 1922
4th	Matsukaze	30 October 1923
5th	Hatakaze	15 March 1924
#	Mutsuki-class	Date Launched
1st	Mutsuki	23 July 1925
2nd	Kisaragi	5 June 1925
3rd	Yayoi	11 July 1925
4th	Uzuki	15 October 1925
5th	Satsuki	25 March 1925
6th	Minazuki	25 May 1926
7th	Fumizuki	16 February 1926
8th	Nagatsuki	6 October 1926
9th	Kikuzuki	15 March 1926
10th	Mikazuki	12 July 1926
11th	Mochizuki	28 April 1927
#	Fubuki-class	Date Launched
1st	Fubuki	15 November 1927
2nd	Shirayuki	20 March 1928
3rd	Hatsuyuki	29 September 1928
4th	Miyuki	26 June 1928
5th	Murakumo	27 September 1928
7th	Usugumo	26 December 1927
8th	Shirakumo	27 December 1927
9th	Isonami	24 November 1927
10th	Uranami	30 June 1929
#	Ayanami-class	Date Launched
1st (11th)	Ayanami	5 October 1929
2nd (12th)	Shikinami	22 June 1929
5th (15th)	Amagiri	27 Febuary 1930
6th (16th)	Sagiri	23 November 1929
7th (17th)	Oboro	8 November 1930
8th (18th)	Akebono	7 November 1930
9th (19th)	Sazanami	31 June 1931
10th (20th)	Ushio	17 November 1930
#	Akatsuki-class	Date Launched
1st (21st)	Akatsuki	7 May 1932
2nd (22nd)	Hibiki	22 December 1932
3rd (23rd)	Ikazuchi	22 October 1931
4th (24th)	Inazuma	25 February 1932
#	Hatsuharu-class	Date Launched
1st	Hatsuharu	27 February 1933
2nd	Nenohi	22 December 1932
3rd	Wakaba	18 March 1934
4th	Hatsushimo	4 November 1933
5th	Ariake	23 September 1934
6th	Yuugure	6 May 1934
#	Shiratsuyu-class	Date Launched
1st	Shiratsuyu	5 April 1935
2nd	Shigure	18 May 1935
3rd	Murasame	20 June 1935
4th	Yuudachi	21 June 1936
5th	Harusame	21 September 1935
6th	Samidare	6 July 1935
7th	Umikaze	27 November 1936
8th	Yamakaze	21 February 1936
9th	Kawakaze	1 November 1936
10th	Suzukaze	11 March 1937
#	Asashio-class	Date Launched
1nd	Asashio	16 December 1936
2nd	Ooshio	19 April 1937
3rd	Michishio	15 March 1937
4th	Arashio	26 May 1937
5th	Asagumo	5 November 1937
6th	Yamagumo	24 July 1937
7th	Natsugumo	26 May 1937
8th	Minegumo	4 November 1937
9st	Arare	16 November 1937
10th	Kasumi	18 November 1937
#	Kagerou-class	Date Launched
1st	Kagerou	27 September 1938
2nd	Shiranui	28 June 1938
3rd	Kuroshio	25 October 1938
4th	Oyashio	29 November 1938
5th	Hayashio	19 April 1939
7th	Hatsukaze	24 January 1939
8th	Yukikaze	24 March 1939
9th	Amatsukaze	19 October 1939
10th	Tokitsukaze	10 November 1939
11th	Urakaze	19 April 1940
12th	Isokaze	19 June 1939
13th	Hamakaze	25 November 1940
14th	Tanikaze	1 November 1940
15th	Nowaki	17 September 1940
16th	Arashi	22 April 1940
17th	Hagikaze	18 June 1940
18th	Maikaze	15 March 1941
19th	Akigumo	11 April 1941
#	Yuugumo-class	Date Launched
1st	Yuugumo	16 March 1941
2nd	Makigumo	5 November 1941
3rd	Kazagumo	26 September 1941
4th	Naganami	5 March 1941
5th	Makinami	27 December 1941
6th	Takanami	16 March 1942
9th	Tamanami	26 December 1942
10th	Suzunami	26 December 1942
11th	Fujinami	20 April 1943
12th	Hayanami	19 December 1942
13th	Hamanami	18 April 1943
14th	Okinami	18 July 1943
15th	Kishinami	19 August 1943
16th	Asashimo	18 July 1943
17th	Hayashimo	20 October 1943
18th	Akishimo	5 December 1943
19th	Kiyoshimo	29 February 1944
#	Akizuki-class	Date Launched
1st	Akizuki	2 July 1941
2nd	Teruzuki	21 November 1941
3rd	Suzutsuki	3 March 1942
4th	Hatsuzuki	3 April 1942
#	Fuyutsuki-class	Date Launched
1st (8th)	Fuyutsuki	20 January 1944
#	Shimakaze-class	Date Launched
1st	Shimakaze	18 July 1942
#	Matsu-class	Date Launched
1st	Matsu	3 February 1944
2nd	Take	28 March 1944
3th	Ume	24 April 1944
4th	Momo	25 March 1944
#	Others	Date Launched
1st	Z1	18 August 1935
3rd	Z3	30 November 1935
1st	Maestrale	15 April 1934
2nd	Grecale	17 June 1934
3rd	Libeccio	4 July 1934
4th	Scirocco	22 April 1934
1st	Fletcher	3 May 1942
73rd	Johnston	25 March 1943
134th	Heywood L.Edwards	6 October 1943
46th	Samuel B. Roberts	20 January 1944
1st	Jervis	9 September 1938
5th	Janus	10 November 1938
6th	Javelin	21 December 1938
1st	Tashkent	28 December 1937
1st	Mogador	9 June 1937

Coastal Defense Ships

DE
#	Shimushu-class	Date Launched
1st	Shimushu	13 December 1939
2nd	Kunashiri	6 May 1940
3rd	Hachijou	10 April 1940
4th	Ishigaki	14 September 1940
#	Etorofu-class	Date Launched
310	Etorofu	29 January 1943
311	Matsuwa	13 November 1942
312	Sado	28 November 1942
316	Tsushima	20 March 1943
318	Hirato	30 June 1943
319	Fukae	2 April 1943
#	Mikura-class	Date Launched
320	Mikura	16 July 1943
326	Noumi	3 December 1943
327	Kurahashi	15 October 1943
331	Yashiro	16 February 1944
#	Hiburi-class	Date Launched
328	Hiburi	10 April 1944
333	Daitou	24 June 1944
339	Shounan	19 May 1944
#	Ukuru-class	Date Launched
332	Ukuru	15 May 1944
4701	Inagi	25 September 1944
#	Type D	Date Launched
2nd	Kaiboukan No.4	30 December 1943
11th	Kaiboukan No.22	27 January 1944
15th	Kaiboukan No.30	10 May 1944

Submarines

SS(V)
Submarines	Date Launched
I-168	26 June 1933
I-8	20 July 1936
I-13	30 November 1943
I-14	14 March 1944
I-19	16 September 1939
I-26	10 April 1941
I-36	1 November 1941
I-47	10 November 1942
I-58	30 June 1943
I-47	29 September 1943
I-201	22 July 1944
I-203	20 October 1944
I-400	18 Jannuary 1944
I-401	11 March 1944
Maruyu	31 October 1943
U-511	21 Febuary 1941
C.Cappellini	25 April 1938
Luigi Torelli	6 January 1940
Salmon	12 June 1937
Scamp	20 July 1942
Drum	12 May 1941

Auxiliaries

AV/AO/AS/AR/LHA
Auxiliary ships	Date Launched
Seaplane Tender
Akitsushima	26 February 1926
Chitose	29 November 1936
Chiyoda	19 November 1936
Mizuho	16 May 1938
Nisshin	30 November 1939
Commandant Teste	12 April 1929
Fleet Oiler
Kamoi	8 June 1922
Hayasui	25 December 1943
Souya	16 February 1938
Yamashio Maru	14 November 1944
Amphibious Assault Ship
Shinshuu Maru	14 March 1934
Akitsu Maru	24 September 1941
Kumano Maru	28 January 1945
No.101 Transport Ship	25 January 1944
Submarine Tender
Taigei	16 November 1933
Jingei	4 May 1923
Chougei	24 March 1924
Heian Maru	16 April 1930
others
Asahi (BB/CT/AR)	13 March 1899
Akashi (AR)	29 June 1938
Mamiya (AP)	26 October 1923
Irako (AP)	14 February 1941

List of artist

The list of known Seiyuus (VA) is found here

► Seiyuu

The list of known Illustrators is found here

► Illustrators

List of music by composers

Composer	Tracks
Okamiya Michio (岡宮道生)	Game, Event, OST -Akatsuki-, Incomplete
Ookoshi Kaori ( 大越香里)	Game, Event, OST -Akatsuki-, Incomplete
Usami Hiroshi (宇佐美宏)	Game, Event, OST -Akatsuki-, Incomplete
Uncredited	Japanese wiki

Kancolle Dictionary

A comprehensive list of most abbreviations, acronyms, nicknames, specific terms, and trivia, used by the Kancolle community.

• Some are borrowed Japanese terms or names.
• See also the disambiguation pages for clarification on equipment and mechanics sharing a similar name.

► Disambiguations

Context	Meaning	Notes
Equipment	Equipment or equipment types
Combat	Combat related
Ship Type	Ship types from the above list
Ship Nickname (Official)	Names used by the developers or ship themselves	Mostly used to humanize the "number namings" of some ships.
Ship Nickname (Informal)	Nicknames mostly used by the community	Mostly uses abbreviations, puns, and deformations of the original names, or from other trivia facts. See here for more informal ships nicknames: [12]
Abyssal	Abyssal nicknames	In addition, many Abyssal bosses are called by the name of the Kanmusu they represent.
Item	Item and consumables
Trivia	Real-life facts or Kancolle lore
General	General game elements
Ranking	Ranking related slangs

Abreviations Terms		Meaning	Notes	Context
101-chan		No.101 Transport Ship		Ship Nickname (Informal)
2-4-11		Naka	Refers to the fuel-ammo-steel combination received from her scrap (with default equipment)	Ship Nickname (Informal)
AA		Anti-Air		Combat
AACI		Anti-Air Cut-in		Combat
AAFD		Anti-Air Fire Directors		Equipment
AAR		Anti-Air Resistance		Equipment
AARB		Anti-Air Rocket Barrage		Combat
ABKM		Abukuma		Ship Nickname (Informal)
Abyssals		Enemies	The main antagonits of the franchise, being monster kanmusu	Abyssal
ACH		Aircraft Carrier Hime		Abyssal
ACP		Aircraft Carrier Princess		Abyssal
AD		Air Denial		Combat
AFP		Air Fighter Power		Combat
AGB		Icebreaker		Ship Type
AGDP		Arctic Gear & Deck Personnel		Equipment
AGL		Lighthouse tender		Ship Type
AGS		Survey ship		Ship Type
AI		Air Incapability		Combat
AirMat		New Model Aerial Armament Material		Item
AK2		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model A Kai 2		Equipment
AK3		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model A Kai 3 (Wartime Modification) + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director		Equipment
AK4		Prototype Long-barrel 12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model A Kai 4		Equipment
Algebra		TBM-3W+3S	Because of its name looking like a math formula	Equipment
AO		Fleet Oiler / Replenishment Oiler		Ship Type
AP	AP	Air Parity		Combat
	AP	Air Power		Combat
	AP	Armor Piercing		Equipment
	AP	Transport Ships		Ship Type
APCI		AP shell Cut-In		Combat
AR	AR	Repair Ship		Ship Type
	AR	Action Report		Item
ArmMat		New Model Armament Material		Item
AS	AS	Submarine Tender		Ship Type
	AS	Artillery Spotting		Combat
	AS	Air State		Combat
	AS	Air Superiority		Combat
	AS+	Air Supremacy		Combat
ASDIC		Anti-Submarine Division supersonICs		Equipment
ASS		"Airstrike Supported Submarines" nodes	Alternative name to the Airstrike Supported Battle node	Combat
ASW		Anti-Submarine Warfare		Combat
AV		Seaplane Tender		Ship Type
AvMat		New Model Aviation Development Material		Item
BB		Battleship		Ship Type
BBCV		Aircraft Battleship	Informal code designating the Ise-class Kai Ni	Ship Type
BBV		Aviation Battleship		Ship Type
BC		"Battle Cruisers"	Only in the game for the Fleet menu's filter, mostly referring to the Kongou-class), the official code is "CC"	Ship Type
Beaver		Yukikaze	Based on her appearance. Japanese call her "Hamster".	Ship Nickname (Informal)
Bep		Verniy	due to her writing in Cyrillic (Верный)	Ship Nickname (Informal)
BG		Top 1 ranker	As it has his secretary displayed in the background of the official results board	Ranking
Big Seven		Nagato-class, Nelson-class, Colorado-class	The first 7 battleships built to carry the biggest naval guns (>40 cm) allowed by the Washington Naval Treaty	Ship Type
Bisckuit		Bismarck		Ship Nickname (Informal)
BK2		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model B Kai 2		Equipment
BK4		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model B Kai 4 (Wartime Modification) + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director		Equipment
Blow Torches		Instant Construction Material		Item
BP		Blueprint		Item
BRS	BRS	Black Rick Shooter	Heavy Cruiser Ri-Class Kai Flagship, due to its similar look to the Black Rock Shooter	Abyssal
	BRS	Black Ruck Shooter	Battleship Ru-Class Kai Flagship, due to its similar look to the Black Rock Shooter	Abyssal
	BWS	Black Wock Shooter	Standard Carrier Wo-Class Kai Flagship, due to its similar look to the Black Rock Shooter	Abyssal
Brunei		7-1	Refers to the map location and not the server	Ranking
Bucket		Instant Repair Material		Item
Bucky		Fubuki	Notably used by Kongou in the Anime	Ship Nickname (Informal)
Bulldozer		Construction Corps		Item
BURNING LOVE			Notable line from Kongou	Trivia
C2		C2 Praparat	Studio/Dojin circle behind Kancolle	Trivia
CA		Heavy Cruiser		Ship Type
Cannon		Quests rewarding ranking points		Ranking
Carrot		Night Skilled Crew Member	The fairy is eating a carrot	Item
Carryover		Initial ranking points	Points accumulated from the previous month	Ranking
CAV		Aviation Cruiser		Ship Type
CCCI		Credit-Card Cut-In	A "joke cut-in" about paying to do something	Item
CD		Concentrated Deployment	Mostly referring to some equipment variations being packed together	Equipment
CdC		Conte di Cavour		Ship Nickname (Informal)
CDMG		Concentrated Deployment Machine Gun		Equipment
CEP		Communication Equipment & Personnel		Equipment
CF		Combined Fleet		Combat
Chi-Ha		Type 97 Medium tank	Japanese tank's name	Equipment
Choujuusenchihou		長10cm砲	Akizuki-class's pet	Trivia
Chuuha		"Moderately Damaged"	Japanese, orange damaged	Combat
CI		Cut-In	Special powerful attacks triggered when using a right set of specific gears	Combat
CK2		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model C Kai 2		Equipment
CK3		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model C Kai 3		Equipment
CK3H		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model C Kai 3 H		Equipment
CL		Light Cruiser		Ship Type
CLAA		Antiaircraft Cruiser		Ship Type
Clown		Top 20 ranker		Ranking
CLT		Torpedo Cruiser		Ship Type
Cranes		Shoukaku-class	Both being named after cranes	Ship Nickname (Informal)
CT	CT	Training Cruiser		Ship Type
	CT	Closing Torpedo Salvo		Combat
CTF		Carrier Task Force		Combat
Cut-In		Special powerful attacks	Trigges when using a right set of specific gears	Combat
CV	CV	Character Voice	Same as VA or Seiyuu	Ship Type
	CV	Aircraft Carrier	Standard Aircraft Carrier only in the game	Ship Type
CVB		Armored Aircraft Carrier / Armored Carrier		Ship Type
CVCI		Aircraft Carrier Cut-In		Combat
CVE		Escort Carrier	An ASW specialized light aircraft carrier	Ship Type
CVH		CV Hime		Abyssal
CVL		Light Aircraft Carrier / Light Carrier		Ship Type
CVN		Night Aircraft Carrier	Not "nuclear CV" here	Ship Type
CVNCI		Aircraft Carrier Night Cut-In		Combat
DA		Double Attack	Several cut-in types	Combat
DameCon		Emergency Repair Personnel		Equipment
DameGami‎		Emergency Repair Goddess		Equipment
DameKami‎		Emergency Repair Goddess		Equipment
DC		Depth Charge		Equipment
DCP		Depth Charge Projector		Equipment
DCR		Depth Charge Rack		Equipment
DD		Destroyer		Ship Type
DE		"Destroyer Escort"	This designates "Coastal Defense Ship" (Kaiboukan) in Kancolle	Ship Type
Dead		Cap HQ experience	Reaching 396 000 000 exp, such player is unable to rank any further	Ranking
Debuff			A mechanic that weaken some event bosses	Combat
DevMat		Development Materials		Item
DJ Hime		Supply Depot Princess	Due to her look	Abyssal
DK2		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model D Kai 2		Equipment
DK3		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model D Kai 3		Equipment
DLC		Daihatsu Landing Craft	Often designate all Landing Craft	Equipment
DM		Development Material		Item
DP		Dual-Purpose	For either Radars or High-Angle Guns, being both used for "air" and "surface" roles	Equipment
Dragons		Souryuu, Hiryuu, Unryuu, Ryuujou, and Ryuuhou	All being named after dragons	Ship Nickname (Informal)
Ducks		Akizuki-class	The "zuki" sounds like "ducky" in Japanese	Ship Nickname (Informal)
EO		Extra Operation	Maps coming after the "MO" in the world	General
FBB		Fast Battleship		Ship Type
FCA		Fleet Communication Antenna		Equipment
FCF		Fleet Command Facility	Sometimes designate all Command Facilities	Equipment
FCM		First Class Medal		Item
FF	FF	Friendly Fleet		Combat
	FF	Fast Fleet		Combat
Fighter-Mulle			The process of equipping a ship with only "fighters", to gain air superiority (AS)	Combat
Flamethrower		Instant Construction Material		Item
FP	FP	Firepower		Combat
	FP	Fighter Power		Combat
FS		Flagship		General
Furei		I-201		Ship Nickname (Official)
Fuufu		Kaiboukan No.22		Ship Nickname (Official)
Fuumi		I-203		Ship Nickname (Official)
Gingusa		Ginga (Egusa Squadron)		Equipment
Gnome		"Imp"/"Goblin"	See here	Abyssal
Goblin		"Imp"/"Gnome"	See here	Abyssal
Goto		Gotland		Ship Nickname (Informal)
Goya		I-58		Ship Nickname (Official)
Graduate		Cap HQ experience	Reaching 396 000 000 exp, referring to the idol industry term for "retirement"	Ranking
Green T		Crossing the T (Advantage)	Battle Engagement	Combat
GS		Great Success		General
GTRL		Gun-Torpedo-Radar-Lookout	A "New Type" cut-in setup	Combat
GunMat		New Model Gun Development Material		Item
HA	HA	High-Altitude Interceptors		Combat
	HA	High-Angle Guns		Equipment
Hachi		I-8		Ship Nickname (Official)
Hidden EO			Clearing EO in between 14h00 and 22h00 JST of the last day of a month	Ranking
Hime		"Princess"	Japanese (姫), common to most bosses	Abyssal
Hitomi		I-13		Ship Nickname (Official)
HMAS		Her/His Majesty's Australian Ship		Trivia
HMS		Her/His Majesty's Ship		Trivia
HNLMS		Her/His Netherlands Majesty's Ship		Trivia
Hole Punch		Reinforcement Expansion		Item
Ho-Ni		Toku Daihatsu Landing Craft + Type 1 Gun Tank	Japanese tank's name	Equipment
Hoppou		Northern Princess	Also known as "Dutch Harbor" & "Hoppou-chan" (北方 = 'Hoppou' = Northern)	Abyssal
Horny		Hornet	Sometime Horny Maru	Ship Nickname (Informal)
Hotel		Yamato	Reference to her being called that way by Japanese sailors, since she spent more time garrisoning rather than combating	Ship Nickname (Informal)
HQ		Headquarter	Admiral's personal level	General
IC		Instant Construction Material		Item
Ichigun		"1st Group"	Ranks 6~20	Ranking
I-Go		Daihatsu Landing Craft (Type 89 Medium Tank & Landing Force)	Japanese tank's name	Equipment
I-go		"1st Class Submarines"	IJN designation	Ship Type
IJA		Imperial Japanese Army		Trivia
IJN		Imperial Japanese Navy		Trivia
Iku		I-19		Ship Nickname (Official)
IM		Improvement Material		Item
Imp		"Gnome"/"Goblin"	See here	Abyssal
Imuya		I-168		Ship Nickname (Official)
Initials		Initial ranking points	Points accumulated from the previous month	Ranking
Installation		Land Abyssal	Representing land-based infrastructure instead of ships, see here	Abyssal
IR		Instant Repair		Item
Iyo		I-14		Ship Nickname (Official)
JA		Jet Assault		Combat
Kamo		Akitsushima	Not to be confused with Kamoi	Ship Nickname (Informal)
KBK		Kaiboukan		Ship Type
KC		Kantai Collection		Trivia
Kitanda		Air Defense Princess	Due to her mocking introduction lines	Abyssal
Ka-Mi		Special Type 2 Amphibious Tank	Japanese tank's name	Equipment
KancoDex		Library	Kancolle's "Pokedex", sometimes, just KanDex	General
Kancolle		Kantai Collection		Trivia
Kanmusu		"Ship-girl	Japanese, abbreviation of "kantai musume"	Trivia
Ka-Tsu		Special Type 4 Amphibious Tank	Japanese tank's name	Equipment
Kiriban		"Nice Looking Numbers" ranks	Ranks 600, 700, 800, 880, 888, 900, 999, and 1000	Ranking
Kisu		3-2	Refers to the map location	Ranking
KMKZ		Kamikaze		Ship Nickname (Informal)
KMS		Kriegsmarine Ships	Nazi Germany Navy	Trivia
KTKM		Kitakami	Wordplay from Japanese netslang KTKR which is read as "kita kore", literally "it's here", sort of like "woohoo I got it" or "I've been waiting for this!".	Ship Nickname (Informal)
Kuso		"Bad"/"Shitty"	Japanese, a common insult toward admirals (notably from Akebono), for being careless or even reckless. In the community, it mainly designates players using strats involving low morale or even sinking girls.	Trivia
KWKZ		Kawakaze		Ship Nickname (Informal)
Lady Lex		Lexington		Ship Nickname (Informal)
Lanking		Ranking		Ranking
LB		Land-Based	Generaly to designate land-base planes	Equipment
LBAS		Land-Based Air Squadron		Combat
LD		Last Dance	The last form of a map/boss, once the map HP bar is only 1 kill to be depleted/cleared	Combat
Lebe		Z1	In-game nickname	Ship Nickname (Official)
Leberecht Maass		Z1	Real name	Ship Nickname (Official)
LFB		Large Flying Boat		Equipment
LHA		Amphibious Assault Ship		Ship Type
LM		Late Model	Mostly referring to revised equipment variations, being more capable	Equipment
Lonking		Ranking		Ranking
LoS		Line of Sight		Combat
LSC		Large Ship Construction		General
LST		Landing Ship, Tank		Ship Type
Maass		Z1	Most common abreviation	Ship Nickname (Official)
Max		Z3	In-game nickname	Ship Nickname (Official)
Max Schultz		Z3	Real name	Ship Nickname (Official)
Megane Hime		Airfield Princess Patrol Aircraft Deployment	As she wears glasses	Abyssal
Melon-chan		Yuubari	Due to her uniform color scheme and general resemblance to a melon as well as the city of Yuubari, on the namesake Yuubari river, which is well known for its melons.	Ship Nickname (Informal)
MelonMat		New Model Armament Material	Referencing the Yuubari fairy on it	Item
Miimu		I-36		Ship Nickname (Official)
Mito		Kaiboukan No.30		Ship Nickname (Official)
MN		Marine Nationale	French "National Navy"	Trivia
MO		Main Operation	All main maps (other than EO)	General
Momochi‎		No.101 Transport Ship		Ship Nickname (Official)
Nagamon		Nagato	Her name 2nd kanji, "門", can be pronounced as mon. This name contrasts Nagato's seriousness with the silly and cute things she is usually depicted doing.	Ship Nickname (Informal)
Nagamutsu		Nagato & Mutsu	Fusion of their names, designating the class or both of them	Ship Nickname (Informal)
Nano Desu		すでのな	Inazuma's gimmick line (in traditional Japanese format). Also appears as a wall scroll.	Trivia
NGNM		Naganami		Ship Nickname (Informal)
Nigun		"2nd Group"	Ranks 21~100	Ranking
Nimu		I-26		Ship Nickname (Official)
NOAP	NOAP	Night Operation Aviation Personnel	Sometimes refers to both NOAP and NOAP+	Equipment
	NOAP+	Night Operation Aviation Personnel + Skilled Deckhands		Equipment
NSCM		Night Skilled Crew Member		Item
Nuke		Anti-installation setup	Uses tanks, craft, and artillery, doing "nuclear-like" damage (up to 9999)	Combat
OA		Opening Airstrike		Combat
OASW		Opening ASW		Combat
Oni		"Demon"/"Ogre"	Japanese (鬼), common to most sub-bosses	Abyssal
OT		Opening Torpedo Salvo		Combat
Otorp		Opening Torpedo Salvo		Combat
Penguin		Failure Box	Notably featuring a penguin/toucan-like bird, and appearing each time a ship modernization or equipment craft is failed	General
Pillbox		Blockhouse abyssal	A special kind of installation, initially Artillery Imp only	Abyssal
Poi		っぽい	Catchphrase of Yuudachi, meaning "maybe", referring to Ironbottom Sound	Trivia
Potato		Shibafu's characters	Referring to the simple "potatoes-like" shape of their face	Ship Nickname (Informal)
ProtoPult		Prototype Flight Deck Catapult		Item
PT	PT	PT boats	"Patrol Torpedo boat", a type of warship, exclusive to abyssals so far	Ship Type
	PT Imp	PT Imp Pack		Abyssal
Pudding		Prinz Eugen	Due to her name pronouciation in Japanese	Ship Nickname (Informal)
RADAR		RAdio Detection And Ranging		Equipment
RAN		Royal Australian Navy		Trivia
Rank		Player's rank in the Server		Ranking
Ranker		Player participating in Ranking		Ranking
RE		Reinforcement Expansion	Extra ship slot	Item
Recon		Reconnaissance Planes	Referring to either "Seaplane Recons" or/and "yellow Reconnaissance Aircraft"	Equipment
Red T		Crossing the T (Disadvantage)	Battle Engagement	Combat
Rensouhou		連装砲	Danbo-like robot pets appearing with some ships, namely Shimakaze, Amatsukaze, and Helena	Trivia
Rice Hime		American Destroyer Princess	A pun with her kanji reading	Abyssal
RL		Rocket Launcher	Mostly 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher & 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni, but can designate most "Rocket munitions"	Equipment
RLK2		12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni		Equipment
RM		Regia Marina	Italian "Royal Navy"	Trivia
RN		Royal Navy		Trivia
RNG		Random Number Generation		Trivia
RNN		Royal Netherlands Navy		Trivia
Ro		Ro-500		Ship Nickname (Official)
Rocket		See Rocket for more details	A form of propulsion, different from the usual propeller blades or turbojets	Equipment
RocketMat		New Model Rocket Development Material		Item
RoSa		"Type 4 Incendiary Rocket"	Japanese AA rockets: 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher & 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni	Equipment
RP		Ranking Points		General
RRW		Ranking Rewards		Ranking
RSC		Resources		General
Sangun		"3rd Group"	Ranks 101~500	Ranking
Sanshiki		"Type 3 Shell"	Japanese AA Shells	Equipment
SCAMP		Skilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel	Not to be confused with the USS Scamp	Equipment
Schizo		Ranker		Ranking
SCM		Skilled Crew Members		Item
Screw		Improvement Materials		Item
SDH		Supply Depot Hime		Abyssal
SDP	SDP	Supply Depot Princess		Abyssal
	SDP	Skilled Deck Personnel	Sometimes refers to both SDP and SDP+	Equipment
	SDP+	Skilled Deck Personnel + Aviation Maintenance Hands		Equipment
SE		Support Expedition		Combat
Secretary		1st fleet flagship	The girl displayed on the main menu, affecting several mechanics	General
Seiyuu		Japanese Character Voice/Voice Actress	Same as CV or VA	Trivia
Senka		Ranking Points		Ranking
Senkatard		Ranker		Ranking
Sentaka		Sentaka-Dai Type	I-201-class type, meaning "High-speed (Large) Submarine"	Ship Nickname (Official)
Sentoku		Sentoku Type	I-400-class type, meaning "Special Type Submarine"	Ship Nickname (Official)
SF		Striking Force Fleet		Combat
SFCF		Striking Force Fleet Command Facility		Equipment
SFFCF		Striking Force Fleet Command Facility		Equipment
Shi Chan		I-41	A lesser official nicnamed, used by I-36	Ship Nickname (Official)
Shioi		I-401		Ship Nickname (Official)
Shion		I-400		Ship Nickname (Official)
Shirei-kan		"Commander"	Japanese	Trivia
Shouha		"Lightly Damaged"	Japanese, yellow damaged	Combat
SKK		Shoukaku		Ship Nickname (Informal)
SLO		Skilled Lookouts	Sometimes all Surface Ship Personnels	Equipment
SMKZ		Shimakaze		Ship Nickname (Informal)
Snail		Mutsu		Ship Nickname (Informal)
Sodak		South Dakota		Ship Nickname (Informal)
SONAR		SOund Navigation And Ranging		Equipment
SP		Seaplane	Usualy only both SPR and SPB	Equipment
SPB		Seaplane Bomber		Equipment
SPF		Seaplane Fighter		Equipment
Spoon		Vanguard Formation	Named after its shape	Combat
SPR		Seaplane Recon		Equipment
SS		Submarine		Ship Type
SSLO		Super SLO		Equipment
SSV		Aircraft Carrying Submarine		Ship Type
STF		Surface Task Force		Combat
Strawberry		Harusame	Referring to her hair color	Ship Nickname (Informal)
Sub Loli		New Submarine Princess		Abyssal
Synergy			Used to describe the positive effect given by equipping certain equipment together, mainly referring to ASW Synergy, Speed Synergy, and Fit Bonuses	Combat
Tags		Ship Locking	Events only	Combat
Taiha		"Heavily Damaged"	Japanese, red damaged	Combat
Taitei		Type 2 Large Flying Boat	Name mostly used by Akitsushima	Equipment
Tanaka		Kensuke Tanaka	Creator and original programmer of Kancolle	Trivia
Tank		See Tanks for more details	Can refer to Landing Tanks, Amphibious Vehicles, or Landing Forces	Equipment
TCF		Transport Combined Fleet		Combat
TCI		Torpedo Cut-In		Combat
TE		Transport Escort		Combat
Teitoku		"Admiral"	Japanese	Trivia
Torches		Instant Construction Material		Item
Touch		Special Attacks		Combat
TP	TP	Torpedo stat		Combat
	TP	Torpedo equipment		Equipment
	TP	Transport Points		Combat
TSLO		Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts		Equipment
TSSL		Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts		Equipment
TTK		Teitoku	Japaneses for "Admiral"	Trivia
Ukiwa		Gambier Bay's buoy pets	Imp-like pets	Trivia
Union		Top 5 Rank		Ranking
USN		United States Navy		Trivia
USS		United States Ship		Trivia
VA		Voice Actress	Same as CV or Seiyuu	Trivia
Vicky		Victorious		Ship Nickname (Informal)
Wanko		Harbour Princess	港湾棲姫 > Kō-wan seiki > Wanko	Abyssal
WG		WG42 (Wurfgerät 42)		Equipment
WG42		WG42 (Wurfgerät 42)		Equipment
Whales		Taigei & Jingei-class	Refer to the kanji "鯨" in their name, meaning whale	Ship Nickname (Informal)
Yamasushi		Yamato & Musashi	Fusion of their names, designating the class or both of them	Ship Nickname (Informal)
Yasen		"Night Battle"	Japanese	Combat
YKKZ		Yukikaze		Ship Nickname (Informal)
YMKZ		Yamakaze		Ship Nickname (Informal)
Yona		I-47		Ship Nickname (Official)
Yonhap		Top 5 Rank		Ranking
Yotsu		Kaiboukan No.4		Ship Nickname (Official)
Yuu		U-511		Ship Nickname (Official)
Zekamashi		ぜかまし	Shimakaze's name in traditional Japanese. Founds on one of the Rensouhou-chan's lifebuoys.	Ship Nickname (Informal)
ZKK		Zuikaku		Ship Nickname (Informal)
ZKMS		Zekamashi	(Shimakaze)	Ship Nickname (Informal)