Naval District Saury Festival/Fishing Equipment

Fishing Ships

Special Ships
Coastal Defense Ships (DE)	Submarine Tenders (AS)	Other Auxiliaries
Shimushu-class Etorofu-class Mikura-class Hiburi-class Ukuru-class Type D Kaiboukan	Taigei-class Jingei-class	AGB? Kai?

Other auxiliaries (AR/AO/LHA) may also work.

Fishing Equipment

Special Equipment
Equipment Type		Effective Equipment	Notes
Active Sonars		Type 3 Active Sonar Type 3 Active Sonar Kai Type124 ASDIC Type144/147 ASDIC HF/DF + Type144/147 ASDIC	Warning: Passive Sonars DO NOT WORK Type 93 Passive Sonar Type 4 Passive Sonar Type 0 Passive Sonar
Depth Charges		All Depth Charges	Causes overfishing to occur much faster [1]
Searchlights		Searchlight Type 96 150cm Searchlight
Lookouts		Skilled Lookouts Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts
Torpedo Bombers		Swordfish Swordfish Mk.II (Skilled) Swordfish Mk.III (Skilled)
Seaplanes		All Seaplane Recons/Bombers	Seaplanes with 2 or more crew can be used for fishing [2] Seaplane Fighters have one crew, and therefore DO NOT WORK Seaplanes with 3+ crew have been listed in the below table for convenience, though there is NO evidence if they're more effective than Seaplanes with 2 crew. Seaplanes listed by crew # of crew Equipment 1 All Seaplane Fighters 2 All other Seaplane Recons/Bombers 3+ Type 98 Reconnaissance Seaplane (Night Recon) Walrus Sea Otter Loire 130M Type 0 Recons All 4 variants Swordfish Seaplanes All 4 variants Laté 298B (Listed for completion) Other Fishing Aircraft listed by crew # of crew Equipment 1 Hayabusa both ASW Hayabusa 2 Gyro All Autogyros both Command Liaison Aircraft 3 Swordfish Swordfish Mk.II (Skilled) Swordfish Mk.III (Skilled) 4 Heli All Helicopters 8 PBY-5A Catalina 10 Type 2 Large Flying Boat
Rotorcraft		Ka Type Observation Autogyro O Type Observation Autogyro Kai O Type Observation Autogyro Kai Ni 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)
Large Flying Boats		Type 2 Large Flying Boat PBY-5A Catalina
NOAP		Night Operation Aviation Personnel Night Operation Aviation Personnel + Skilled Deckhands	Do not work: Skilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel Arctic Gear & Deck Personnel Skilled Deck Personnel Skilled Deck Personnel + Aviation Maintenance Hands
Rations		Combat Ration Combat Ration (Special Onigiri) Canned Saury	Only slightly effective
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