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Ship locking is a mechanic designed to force admirals to use a wider variety of ships.  At this time, this mechanic has only been used in [[Events]].
 
 
[[image:AL_badge.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A group of ships locked to the AL missions of the [[Summer 2014 Event]].]]
 
[[image:AL_badge.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A group of ships locked to the AL missions of the [[Summer 2014 Event]].]]
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=Overview=
 
[[image:MI_sticker.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A group of ships locked to the MI missions of the [[Summer 2014 Event]].]]
 
[[image:MI_sticker.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A group of ships locked to the MI missions of the [[Summer 2014 Event]].]]
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Ship Locking is a mechanic that forces Admirals to use a wider variety of ship girls. It was introduced during the [[Summer 2014 Event]]. It is meant to simulate the feel of a mutliple-front operation where ship girls dispatched to one operation area are unavailable to be dispatched to others.
  
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== Concept ==
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* Any untagged ship girls dispatched to an operation area will be tagged with the appropriate lock.
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Ship locking was introduced in the [[Summer 2014 Event]], also known as AL/MI. This event introduced this mechanic to enact the feel of a two front war, following the historical battles of the [[wikipedia:Aleutian Islands Campaign|Aleutian Islands]] and the [[wikipedia:Battle of Midway|Battle of Midway]], the former of which was often theorized to have been a feint to draw away the naval fleets stationed at the Midway Atoll.  This mechanic was also utilized for the [[Fall 2014 Event]], the [[Spring 2015 Event]], and the [[Summer 2015 Event]].
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** This will apply '''immediately after the start sortie button is pressed'''.
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** Ship girls dispatched on [[Support Expedition]]s will not be tagged.
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* Ship girls will not be able to sortie to a map that does not match thier tag for the '''duration of the event'''.
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** This applies to both fleets in a [[Combined Fleet]].
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** Ship locking '''does not apply''' to Easy and Casual difficulties.
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** Ship locking '''may not apply''' to Medium difficulty. Please refer to the current event page for more up to date information on this.
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* Some maps may still prevent tagged ship girls from being dispatched despite not having a related locking tag.
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** Example of specific tag restriction: [[Summer 2015 Event#E-7|E-7 of Summer 2015 Event]] restricted ship girls with <span style="background-color:orange">'''ORANGE'''</span> tags.
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** Example of total tag restriction: [[Summer 2014 Event#E-6|E-6 of Summer 2014 Event]] restricted all tagged ship girls.
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* Ship lock tags apply individually. You may sortie untagged duplicates.
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* Ship locks do not prevent a ship girl from being dispatched to exercises, expeditions or normal sortie maps.
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** Tagged ship girls were unable to be dispatched on event support expeditions during the [[Summer 2014 Event]]. This restriction has not been implemented since that event.
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* The number of tags and their associated restrictions can vary from event to event. Please referr to the current event page for up to date details.
  
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== Details ==
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===Tips===
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Ship locking is a mechanic that places a badge on the banners of all ships deployed to a specific map and applying certain restrictions on deploying ships with badges.
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* It is '''highly recommended''' that you wait until ship locking information for the event has been figured out before committing. This can save you from locking important ship girls to the wrong maps.
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*Ships used in [[Expeditions#Support_Expeditions|event support expeditions]] do not obtain a badge.
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* Having dupes of good ship girls can give you more leeway with planning ship locks. Please refer to [[Help:Ship Priority|the help page]] for advice on which girls to dupe.
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*Ships that are tagged for one of these maps cannot be sortied to another map that would apply a different badge.
 
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:*This applies to all ships in the fleet you're attempting to deploy (both fleets if it's a [[Combined Fleet]]).
 
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:*Since the [[Spring 2015 Event]], the easy difficulty ignores the sortie restriction for that map; the badges are still applied to ships that do not already have a badge, however.
 
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*Certain maps may also reject ships with certain (or all) badges, despite not applying one itself.
 
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:*Example of specific badge rejection: [[Summer 2015 Event#E-7|E-7 of Summer 2015 Event]] rejected ships with <span style="background-color:orange">'''ORANGE'''</span> tags.
 
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:*Example of all badge rejection: [[Summer 2014 Event#E-6|E-6 of Summer 2014 Event]] rejected all ships with any badge.
 
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*Duplicates of ships are considered different entities; tagging of one does not prevent the other from being deployed to a map that applies a different badge.
 
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*Ship locking does not prevent the ship from being deployed to expeditions or non-event maps.
 
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:*[[Summer 2014 Event]], however, disallowed any ships with a badge to go on [[Expeditions#Support_Expeditions|event support expeditions]].
 
  
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=== Examples ===
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=Past Ship Locks=
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So far, there have been a few events utilizing the mechanic of ship locking.
 
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*[[Summer 2014 Event]]
 
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**Maps E-1 and E-2 applied an AL badge to ships, and locked out any ship with an MI badge.
 
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**Maps E-3, E-4, and E-5 applied an MI badge to ships, and locked out any ship with an AL badge.
 
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**Map E-6 locked out all badged ships, despite not applying a badge.
 
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**Any badged ship could not participate in any support expeditions.
 
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*[[Fall 2014 Event]]
 
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**Maps E-1 and E-2 applied a blue badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a green badge.
 
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**Map E-3 applied a green badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a blue badge.
 
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**Map E-4 ignored the locking mechanic, and allowed all ships, badged or not.
 
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*[[Spring 2015 Event]]
 
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**Maps E-1, E-2, and E-6 did not partake in the ship locking mechanic.
 
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**Map E-3 applied a blue badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a green or orange badge.
 
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**Map E-4 applied a green badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a blue or orange badge.
 
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**Map E-5 applied an orange badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a blue or green badge.
 
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:*The sortie restriction did not apply for E-3, E-4, or E-5 if the admiral attempted the map on easy difficulty.
 
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*[[Summer 2015 Event]]
 
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**Maps E-1 and E-2 applied a blue badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a green, yellow, or orange badge.
 
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**Maps E-3 and E-6 applied a green badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a blue, yellow, or orange badge.
 
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**Map E-4 applied a yellow badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a blue, green, or orange badge.
 
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**Map E-5 applied an orange badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a blue, green, or yellow badge.
 
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**Map E-7 did not apply a tag, and accepted all ships except ships with an orange badge.
 
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:*The sortie restriction did not apply for all event maps if the admiral attempted the map on easy difficulty.
 
  
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<gallery type="slideshow" widths="150">
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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Summer2014ALBadge.jpg|[[Summer 2014 Event]] AL (E-1 and E-2) badge
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Summer2014MIBadge.jpg|[[Summer 2014 Event]] MI (E-3, E-4, and E-5) badge
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![[Summer 2014 Event]]
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Fall2014BBadge.png|[[Fall 2014 Event]] E-1 and E-2 badge
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|-
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Fall2014GBadge.png|[[Fall 2014 Event]] E-3 badge
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|<gallery>
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Spring2015BBadge.png|[[Spring 2015 Event]] E-3 badge
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Summer2014ALBadge.jpg|AL (E-1 and E-2) tag
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Spring2015GBadge.png|[[Spring 2015 Event]] E-4 badge
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Summer2014MIBadge.jpg|MI (E-3, E-4, and E-5) tag
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Spring2015OBadge.png|[[Spring 2015 Event]] E-5 badge
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</gallery>
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Summer2015BBadge.png|[[Summer 2015 Event]] E-1 and E-2 badge
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|}
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Summer2015GBadge.png|[[Summer 2015 Event]] E-3 and E-6 badge
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Summer2015YBadge.png|[[Summer 2015 Event]] E-4 badge
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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Summer2015OBadge.png|[[Summer 2015 Event]] E-5 badge
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![[Fall 2014 Event]]
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|-
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|<gallery>
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Spring 2015 Event]]
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|-
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|<gallery>
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|Commerce Raiders<br>(E-3)
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|Capture Operation<br>(E-4)
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|Anchorage Attack<br>(E-5)
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Summer 2015 Event]]
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|-
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|<gallery>
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|Opening Operation<br>(E-1 and E-2)
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|Mobile Task Force<br>(E-3 and E-6)
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|Volunteer Force<br>(E-4)
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|Western Force<br>(E-5)
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Fall 2015 Event]]
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|-
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|<gallery>
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Autumn2015TransportTag.png|Transport Operation<br>(E-1, E-2, and E-3)
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Autumn2015DispatchTag.png|Dispatched on Operation<br>(E-4)
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Spring 2016 Event]]
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|-
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|<gallery>
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|Combined Fleet<br>(E-1 and E-4)
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|Construction Fleet<br>(E-2 and E-3)
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|Southern Force<br>(E-5)
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|Mobile Task Force<br>(E-6)
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Summer 2016 Event]]
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|-
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|<gallery>
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|Patrol Squadron<br>(E-1)
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|Transport Squadron<br>(E-2)
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|Combined Fleet<br>(E-3)
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Fall 2016 Event]]
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|-
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|<gallery>
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|Transport Squadron<br>(E-1)
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|Interception Force<br>(E-2 and E-3)
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|Reinforcements<br>(E-4)
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|Decisive Battle Force<br>(E-5)
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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|}
  
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== Strategy ==
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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As with all events, it is recommended to have a wide variety of ships, and this mechanic makes that even more important. Depending on the amount of maps and the configuration of those maps, you could have up to 72 ships locked into one map (worst case scenario, with 6 combined fleet maps all using different locks), assuming that you do not switch ships out for repairs, which would increase that number. As such, it is important to keep track of your ships and make sure you do not lock ships you need in order to meet branching requirements or have the power to beat later maps. As such, it is important to research the event maps ahead of time to plan out your fleet compositions ahead of time. It is also important to balance your ship levels across multiple groups or you could end up with a low-level fleet being your only composition capable of reaching the boss in a later map, making sure to include [[LOS]] in these considerations, as it is often needed for branching.
 
  
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![[Winter 2017 Event]]
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|<gallery>
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Winter2017BlueTag.png|Operation Squadron<br>(E-1 and E-3)
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Winter2017GreenTag.png|Maritime Escort Squadron<br>(E-2)
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Spring 2017 Event]]
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|-
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|<gallery>
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BlueTag.png|5th Fleet Vanguard<br>(E-1)
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YellowTag.png|Kuril Base Corps<br>(E-2)
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GreenTag.png|Transport Operation<br>(E-3)
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OrangeTag.png|Counterattack Landing Force<br>(E-4)
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Summer 2017 Event]]
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|-
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|<gallery>
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GreyTag.png|Vanguard Force<br>(E-1)
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Summer2017Bluetag.png|Western Operation Force<br>(E-2 and E-3)
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Summer2017Orangetag.png|Red Sea Fleet<br>(E-4)
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Summer2017Lightgreentag.png|1st Special Operations Fleet<br>(E-5)
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DarkGreenTag.png|2nd Special Operations Fleet<br>(E-6)
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Fall 2017 Event]]
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|-
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|<gallery>
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Fall2017GreenTag.png|Shima Fleet<br>(E-1 and E-2)
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Fall2017GreyTag.png|Main Fleet<br>(E-3)
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Fall2017YellowTag.png|Nishimura Fleet<br>(E-4)
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Winter 2018 Event]]
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|-
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|<gallery>
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2018WinterGreyTag.png|Vanguard Force<br>(E-1)
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2018WinterGreenTag.png|Kurita Fleet<br>(E-2 and E-4)
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Fall2017YellowTag.png|Nishimura Fleet<br>(E-2 and E-4)
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2018WinterBlueTag.png|Ozawa Fleet<br>(E-3)
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2018WinterPurpleTag.png|Shima Fleet<br>(E-5 and E-6)
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Early Fall 2018 Event]]
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|<gallery>
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GreyTagSummer2018.png|Vanguard Force<br>(E-1)
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LightGreenSummer2018.png|Dispatched to Strait Fleet<br>(E-2)
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GreenTagSummer2018.png|Western Operations Force<br>(E-3)
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OrangeTagSummer2018.png|European Special Operations Fleet<br>(E-4)
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BlueTagSummer2018.png|Force H<br>(E-5)
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PurpleTagSummer2018.png|Operation Rheinübung Force<br>(E-5)
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Winter 2019 Event]]
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|<gallery>
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GreyTagWinter2019.png|Rat Transport Force<br>(E-1)
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GreenTagWinter2019.png|Rabaul Fleet<br>(E-2)
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BlueTagWinter2019.png|Combined Fleet<br>(E-2)
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YellowTagWinter2019.png|Dispatched to Buin Force<br>()
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Spring 2019 Event]]
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|-
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|<gallery>
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GreySpring2019Tag.png|400th Squadron<br>(E-1)
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YellowSpring2019Tag.png|2nd Fleet<br>(E-2)
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BlueSpring2019Tag.png|Northern Force<br>(E-3)
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GreenTagSpring2019.png|Mobile Task Force<br>(E-4)
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YellowTagSpring2019.png|Capture Force<br>(E-4)
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LimeTagSpring2019.png|Dispatched to Hawaii Fleet<br>(E-5)
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</gallery>
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|}
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 100%;
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![[Summer 2019 Event]]
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|<gallery>
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Summer2019EventBlueTag.png|European Defense Fleet<br>(E-1)
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Summer2019EventGreenTag.png|Combined Fleet<br>(E-2)
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Summer2019EventYellowTag.png|Mediterranean Fleet<br>(E-3)
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</gallery>
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|}
  
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{{Mechanics}}
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=See Also=
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{{Mechanics}}<br>
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[[Help:Ship Priority]]<br>
 
[[Category:Events]]
 
[[Category:Events]]

Revision as of 03:12, 6 November 2019

A group of ships locked to the AL missions of the Summer 2014 Event.

Overview

A group of ships locked to the MI missions of the Summer 2014 Event.

Ship Locking is a mechanic that forces Admirals to use a wider variety of ship girls. It was introduced during the Summer 2014 Event. It is meant to simulate the feel of a mutliple-front operation where ship girls dispatched to one operation area are unavailable to be dispatched to others.

  • Any untagged ship girls dispatched to an operation area will be tagged with the appropriate lock.
    • This will apply immediately after the start sortie button is pressed.
    • Ship girls dispatched on Support Expeditions will not be tagged.
  • Ship girls will not be able to sortie to a map that does not match thier tag for the duration of the event.
    • This applies to both fleets in a Combined Fleet.
    • Ship locking does not apply to Easy and Casual difficulties.
    • Ship locking may not apply to Medium difficulty. Please refer to the current event page for more up to date information on this.
  • Some maps may still prevent tagged ship girls from being dispatched despite not having a related locking tag.
  • Ship lock tags apply individually. You may sortie untagged duplicates.
  • Ship locks do not prevent a ship girl from being dispatched to exercises, expeditions or normal sortie maps.
    • Tagged ship girls were unable to be dispatched on event support expeditions during the Summer 2014 Event. This restriction has not been implemented since that event.
  • The number of tags and their associated restrictions can vary from event to event. Please referr to the current event page for up to date details.

Tips

  • It is highly recommended that you wait until ship locking information for the event has been figured out before committing. This can save you from locking important ship girls to the wrong maps.
  • Having dupes of good ship girls can give you more leeway with planning ship locks. Please refer to the help page for advice on which girls to dupe.

Past Ship Locks

Summer 2014 Event

  • AL (E-1 and E-2) tag

  • MI (E-3, E-4, and E-5) tag

Fall 2014 Event
Spring 2015 Event
Summer 2015 Event
Fall 2015 Event

  • Transport Operation
    (E-1, E-2, and E-3)

  • Dispatched on Operation
    (E-4)

Spring 2016 Event
Summer 2016 Event
Fall 2016 Event
Winter 2017 Event

  • Operation Squadron
    (E-1 and E-3)

  • Maritime Escort Squadron
    (E-2)

Spring 2017 Event

  • 5th Fleet Vanguard
    (E-1)

  • Kuril Base Corps
    (E-2)

  • Transport Operation
    (E-3)

  • Counterattack Landing Force
    (E-4)

Summer 2017 Event

  • Vanguard Force
    (E-1)

  • Western Operation Force
    (E-2 and E-3)

  • Red Sea Fleet
    (E-4)

  • 1st Special Operations Fleet
    (E-5)

  • 2nd Special Operations Fleet
    (E-6)

Fall 2017 Event

  • Shima Fleet
    (E-1 and E-2)

  • Main Fleet
    (E-3)

  • Nishimura Fleet
    (E-4)

Winter 2018 Event

  • Vanguard Force
    (E-1)

  • Kurita Fleet
    (E-2 and E-4)

  • Nishimura Fleet
    (E-2 and E-4)

  • Ozawa Fleet
    (E-3)

  • Shima Fleet
    (E-5 and E-6)

Early Fall 2018 Event

  • Vanguard Force
    (E-1)

  • Dispatched to Strait Fleet
    (E-2)

  • Western Operations Force
    (E-3)

  • European Special Operations Fleet
    (E-4)

  • Force H
    (E-5)

  • Operation Rheinübung Force
    (E-5)

Winter 2019 Event

  • Rat Transport Force
    (E-1)

  • Rabaul Fleet
    (E-2)

  • Combined Fleet
    (E-2)

  • Dispatched to Buin Force
    ()

Spring 2019 Event

  • 400th Squadron
    (E-1)

  • 2nd Fleet
    (E-2)

  • Northern Force
    (E-3)

  • Mobile Task Force
    (E-4)

  • Capture Force
    (E-4)

  • Dispatched to Hawaii Fleet
    (E-5)

Summer 2019 Event

  • European Defense Fleet
    (E-1)

  • Combined Fleet
    (E-2)

  • Mediterranean Fleet
    (E-3)

See Also

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Game Mechanics
General Combat
Combat Calcultaions
Other
Defunct Mechanics


Help:Ship Priority

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