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|scenario = Introduction

|scenario = Introduction

|origin =特務艦、宗谷です。提督、お逢いできて、光栄です。戦闘艦ではありませんが、私…精一杯、働きます！どうぞよろしく、お願いします！

|origin =特務艦、宗谷です。提督、お逢いできて、光栄です。戦闘艦ではありませんが、私…精一杯、働きます！どうぞよろしく、お願いします！

|translation = I'm the special operations ship<ref>She was primarily a survey vessel for the IJN. She was also assigned to transport duties.</ref>, Souya. Admiral, it's an honor to meet you. I'm a non-combat ship, but... I'll do my best! Pleased to meet you!

|translation = I'm the special operations ship<ref>She was primarily a [[wikipedia:Survey_vessel|survey vessel]] for the IJN. She was also assigned to transport duties.</ref>, Souya. Admiral, it's an honor to meet you. I'm a non-combat ship, but... I'll do my best! Pleased to meet you!

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{{ShipquoteKai|name = Souya (AGL)|r1 = true

{{ShipquoteKai|name = Souya (AGL)|r1 = true

|scenario = Library

|scenario = Library

|origin =耐氷型貨物船として生まれた宗谷です。海軍特務艦として、MI作戦などの様々な作に参加。激戦のソロモン方面へも展開。測量や揚陸、輸送などの任務に就きました。戦後は、皆さんの旗艦、そして灯台補給船。さらに大改装され、南極観測船として、昭和という時代と、その海を駆け抜けました。

|origin =耐氷型貨物船として生まれた宗谷です。海軍特務艦として、MI作戦などの様々な作に参加。激戦のソロモン方面へも展開。測量や揚陸、輸送などの任務に就きました。戦後は、皆さんの旗艦、そして灯台補給船。さらに大改装され、南極観測船として、昭和という時代と、その海を駆け抜けました。

|translation =I'm Souya. I was built as an ice-strengthened<ref>Ice-strengthened ships had reinforced hulls and keels to allow them to push through the ice and prevent them from being crushed by the ice.</ref> cargo ship. As an IJN special operations ship, I participated in many operations like Operation MI<ref>The Japanese name for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway Battle of Midway]</ref>. I was also deployed to that fierce battle in the Solomons<ref>Likely referring to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal Guadalcanal].</ref>. I took on missions like surveying, landings and transporting. After the war, I became everyone's flagship and became a lighthouse tender<ref>She was considered the flagship of the Coast Guard by virtue of being the largest ship in their service. A position she held till her retirement.</ref>... After an extensive remodel, I became an Antarctic research vessel and sailed those seas in the Showa era.

|translation =I'm Souya. I was built as an ice-strengthened<ref>[[wikipedia:Ice_navigation_vessel|Ice-strengthened ships]] had reinforced hulls and keels to allow them to push through the ice and prevent them from being crushed by the ice.</ref> cargo ship. As an IJN special operations ship, I participated in many operations like Operation MI<ref>The Japanese name for the [[wikipedia:Battle_of_Midway|Battle of Midway]].</ref>. I was also deployed to that fierce battle in the Solomons<ref>Likely referring to the [[wikipedia:Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal|Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]].</ref>. I took on missions like surveying, landings and transporting. After the war, I became everyone's flagship and became a lighthouse tender<ref>She was considered the flagship of the [[wikipedia:Japan_Coast_Guard|Coast Guard]] by virtue of being the largest ship in their service. A position she held till her retirement.</ref>... After an extensive remodel, I became an Antarctic research vessel and sailed those seas in the Showa era.

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{{ShipquoteKai|name = Souya (AGS)

{{ShipquoteKai|name = Souya (AGS)

|scenario = Secretary 2

|scenario = Secretary 2

|origin =「奇跡の船」ですか？いえ、いえいえ…そんな…

|origin =「奇跡の船」ですか？いえ、いえいえ…そんな…

|translation ="The Miraculous Ship"? Oh no, I'm not... That's just...<ref>Sasakawa Ryouichi, the director of the Museum of Maritime Science when it was decided she'd be a museum ship, coined this moniker.</ref>  

|translation ="The Miraculous Ship"? Oh no, I'm not... That's just...<ref>[[wikipedia:Ryōichi_Sasakawa|Sasakawa Ryouichi]], the director of the [[wikipedia:Museum_of_Maritime_Science|Museum of Maritime Science]] when it was decided she'd be a museum ship, coined this moniker.</ref>  

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{{ShipquoteKai|name = Souya (AGL)|r1 = true

{{ShipquoteKai|name = Souya (AGL)|r1 = true

|scenario = Secretary 3

|scenario = Secretary 3

|origin =はい、昭和というを時代を精一杯働きました…「海のサンタクロース」？いえいえ。でも、運びますよ。皆さんのために。

|origin =はい、昭和というを時代を精一杯働きました…「海のサンタクロース」？いえいえ。でも、運びますよ。皆さんのために。

|translation =Yes, I worked very hard during the Showa era... "The Santa Claus of the Sea"<ref>She was called this by the lighthouse keepers during her stint as a lighthouse tender.</ref>? You're being too kind. But I'll carry anything you need. For all your sakes.

|translation =Yes, I worked very hard during the Showa era... "The Santa Claus of the Sea"<ref>She was called this by the lighthouse keepers during her stint as a [[wikipedia:Lighthouse_tender|lighthouse tender]].</ref>? You're being too kind. But I'll carry anything you need. For all your sakes.

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{{ShipquoteKai|name = Souya (AGB)|r2 = true

{{ShipquoteKai|name = Souya (AGB)|r2 = true

|scenario = Joining A Fleet

|scenario = Joining A Fleet

|origin =宗谷、出港！…必ずやり遂げて、戻りますね。

|origin =宗谷、出港！…必ずやり遂げて、戻りますね。

|translation =Souya, setting sail! ...I'll definitely manage it and come home.<ref>Likely referring to her 2nd Antarctic expedition where she rescued personnel stranded in Showa Station.</ref>  

|translation =Souya, setting sail! ...I'll definitely manage it and come home.<ref>Likely referring to her 2nd Antarctic expedition where she rescued personnel stranded in [[wikipedia:Showa_Station_(Antarctica)|Showa Station]].</ref>  

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{{ShipquoteKai|name = Souya (AGS)

{{ShipquoteKai|name = Souya (AGS)

==Trivia==

==Trivia==

;General Information

;General Information

* She is named after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dya_Subprefecture Souya Subprefecture] in Hokkaido.

* She is named after the [[wikipedia:Sōya_Subprefecture|Souya Subprefecture]] in Hokkaido.

* She was launched on the 16th of February 1938.

* She was launched on the 16th of February 1938.

* She has had many names over her life. In chronological order:

* She has had many names over her life. In chronological order:

* She is one of the two IJN ships remaining today.

* She is one of the two IJN ships remaining today.

* Souya was built in Japan as a Soviet commission under the name "Volochaevets". She was never delivered to the USSR and became a Japanese cargo ship instead, before being requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy.

* Souya was built in Japan as a Soviet commission under the name "Volochaevets". She was never delivered to the USSR and became a Japanese cargo ship instead, before being requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy.

* Her mascots are Taro and Jiro, the two Sakhalin Huskies that survived for eleven months in Antarctica after being left behind by the 1958 Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition.

* Her mascots are [[wikipedia:Taro and Jiro|Taro and Jiro]], the two Sakhalin Huskies that survived for eleven months in Antarctica after being left behind by the 1958 [[wikipedia:Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition|Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition]].

==See Also==

==See Also==