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Ship 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[1] | BC[2] | 巡戦 | 巡洋戦艦 | Jun'yōsenkan | Battlecruiser | Battle Cruiser |
| FBB | 戦[3] | 高速戦艦 | Kōsoku senkan | Fast Battleship[4] | Battleship | ||
| BB | 戦艦 | Senkan | Battleship | ||||
| BBV | BBV[1] | 航戦 | 航空戦艦 | Kōkū senkan | Aviation Battleship | ||
| BBCV[1] | 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, Hiryuu Kai San, 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[1] | 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[1] | 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[1] | 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[1] | 軽航巡 | 軽(航空)巡洋艦 | Kei (kōkū) jun'yōkan | Light (Aircraft) CruiserGotland base/Andra | |||
| CLT[1] | 雷巡 | 重雷装巡洋艦 | Jūraisō jun'yōkan | Torpedo Cruiser | |||
| CT[1] | CT | 練巡 | 練習巡洋艦 | Renshū jun'yōkan | Training Cruiser | Training Cruiser | |
| CTS[1] | 特務練 | 練習特務艦 | Renshū tokumu-kan | Auxiliary Training UtilityAsahi base[5] | |||
| DD | DD | 駆逐 | 駆逐艦 | Kuchikukan | Destroyer | Destroyer | |
| 護衛駆逐艦 | Goei kuchiku-kan | Destroyer EscortSamuel B. Roberts[6] | |||||
| 改装特I型駆逐艦 | Kaisō toku I gatakuchikukan | Remodeled Special Type I DestroyerShirayuki Kai Ni, Hatsuyuki Kai Ni, & Miyuki Kai Ni | |||||
| 陽字号駆逐艦 | Yang Zihao kuchiku-kan | Yang Zi Class DestroyerDan Yang[7] | |||||
| 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 DestroyerAkizuki-class Kai Ni | |||||
| DE | DE[6] | DE | 海防 | 海防艦 | Kaibōkan | Coastal Defence Ship | Escort |
| CDB[6] | 海防戦 | 海防戦艦 | Kaibō senkan | Coastal Defence BattleshipNorge-class Thonburi-class |
Coastal Defence | ||
| 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[1] | 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 | ||
| AF | 雑役 | 雑役船 | Zatsuekisen | Utility ShipNankai | Reefer Ship | ||
| APF[1] | 給糧 | 給糧艦 | Kyūryōkan | Food Supply ShipNosaki | |||
| 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)[8] | |||
| AGB | 南極観測 | 南極観測船 | Nankyoku kansokusen | Auxiliary Ice BreakerSouya (AGB)[9] | |||
| 砕氷 | 砕氷艦 | Saihyō-kan | Ice BreakerOotomari | ||||
| CVE[10] | 陸護空 | 特設護衛空母 | Tokusetsu goei kūbo | Special Escort CarrierYamashio Maru Shimane Maru |
Escort Carrier | ||
| 特護空 | |||||||
| 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[11] | |||
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Types with no proper NATO hull classification code.
- ↑ The proper NATO hull classification code should be CC.
- ↑ Haruna Kai Ni B uniquely has "戦乙" (BB-B) instead.
- ↑ Is uniquely dissplayed on the Kongou-class Kai Ni B/C's library.
- ↑ The Japanese name can also be translated as "Special Auxiliary Training Ship".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 In Kancolle, "Coastal Defense Ships" are labeled as "DE", and real "Destroyers Escort" as DD instead of DE.
- ↑ Yang Zi Class Destroyers refers to the destroyers given to China as war reparations.
- ↑ The Japanese name can also be translated as "Lighthouse Supply Ship".
- ↑ The Japanese name can also be translated as "Antarctic Observation Ice Breaker".
- ↑ In the game, this CVE naming does not overlap with the subtype of CVL: CVE. It is close in spirit to the Merchant aircraft carrier (MAC) concept.
- ↑ Also called "Tank Landing Ship"
Subtypes
In addition, some subtypes may also be used like:
| Type | Japanese Name | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | In-game Code | Kanji | Romaji | |
| XBB[1] | "Super Dreadnought"[2] | - | 超弩級戦艦 | Chōdokyū senkan | Ingame "API type" unused yet[3] |
| CVE | Escort Carrier | - | - | - | For CVL with base ASW stat |
| Auxiliary transport carrier | 陸護空 | 特設輸送空母 | Tokusetsu yusō kūbo | Used in Yamashio Maru's description | |
| Transport escort aircraft carrier | - | 輸送護衛空母 | Yusō goei kūbo | ||
| Auxiliary aircraft carrier | 特護空 | 特設航空母艦 | Tokusetsu kōkū bokan | Used in Shimane Maru's description | |
| CVN | Night Carrier | - | - | - | For CV and CVL that can do night air attacks natively |
| 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, Hiryuu Kai San, Houshou Kai Ni, and Ryuuhou Kai Ni. |
| "Carrier" | - | 空母 | Kūbo | Shorthand for Kōkū bokan (航空母艦) | |
| - | Midget Submarine Carrier | - | 甲標的母艦 | Kō-hyōteki bokan | Used in Nisshin's description, literally "Kō-hyōteki carrier" |
| - | Landing Craft Carrier | - | 揚陸母艦 | Yōriku bokan | Used in Kumano Maru's description |
| 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 |
| Aux | "Auxiliary Type" | - | 随伴型 | Zuihan gata | Used in several Auxiliary ships' descriptions |
| 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)[4] | |
| 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" | |
| "Water Demon" | 水鬼 | - | Mizu Oni | A sub type of demon, only seen on the Destroyer Water Demon's base card. | |
| "Imp" | 小鬼 | - | Ko'oni | Also known as "Goblin" or "Gnome" (literally "small demon") | |
| "Coastal Battery" | 沿岸 | 沿岸砲台 | Engan hōdai | Also known as "Pillbox" | |
| 沿岸砲 | |||||
| 防空砲 | |||||
| 陸戦 | |||||
| "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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB-B | 戦乙[1] | 戦艦 | Battleship B | Haruna Kai Ni B |
| BC[2] | 巡戦 | 巡洋戦艦 | Battlecruiser | Glorious[3] |
| 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-class |
| CTS | 特務練 | 練習特務艦 | Auxiliary Training Utility | Asahi |
| CDB | 海防戦 | 海防戦艦 | Coastal Defence Battleship | Norge-class, Thonburi-class |
| AVS | 特水母 | 特設戦闘水上機母艦 | Special Assault Seaplane Tender | Mikuma Kai Ni Toku |
| AF | 雑役 | 雑役船 | Utility Ship | Nankai |
| APF | 給糧 | 給糧艦 | Food Supply Ship | Nosaki/Kai |
| 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 Ice Breaker | Souya (AGB) |
| 砕氷 | 砕氷艦 | Ice Breaker | Ootomari | |
| CVE | 陸護空 | 特設護衛空母 | Special Escort Carrier | Yamashio Maru/Kai |
| 特護空[1] | Shimane Maru/Kai | |||
| LST | 戦揚陸 | 戦車揚陸艦 | Landing Ship, Tank | No.101 Transport Ship/Kai |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Card only
- ↑ Not a proper NATO hull classification code, the real code being CC, or for "Large Cruisers" being CB.
- ↑ Also referring to the Kongou-class, via the Composition menu's filtering tabs.
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, Hiryuu Kai San, 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[1] |
| 改装特I型駆逐艦 | Remodeled Special Type I Destroyer | Shirayuki Kai Ni, Hatsuyuki Kai Ni, 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 | Akizuki Kai Ni, Hatsuzuki Kai Ni |
| 冷凍船 | Reefer Boat | Nankai |
- ↑ Remodel animation only
Equipment
Listed of all equipment with "Type" in teir name.
- For Japanese ones, the number used almost always referred to the last digits of the "Imperial Year" in which it first entered service.
IJN Ships
| IJN DE | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Main Class | Sub Class | Sub Sub Class |
| Type A | Shimushu-class | Shimushu-class | |
| Type A Kai | Etorofu-class | Etorofu-class | |
| Type B | Mikura-class | ||
| Type B bis | Hiburi-class[1] | ||
| Type B Kai | Ukuru-class | ||
| Type C | Number 1-class[2] | ||
| Type D | Number 2-class | ||
| IJN DD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Main Class | Sub Class |
| "Pre Type Special"[1] | Kamikaze-class | - |
| Mutsuki-class | - | |
| Type Special | Fubuki-class | Fubuki-class |
| Ayanami-class | ||
| Akatsuki-class | ||
| "Post Type Special" | Hatsuharu-class[2] | - |
| Shiratsuyu-class | - | |
| Asashio-class | - | |
| Type A | Kagerou-class | - |
| Yuugumo-class | - | |
| Type B | Akizuki-class | Akizuki-class |
| Fuyutsuki-class[3] | ||
| Michitsuki-class[4] | ||
| Kai Akizuki-class[5] | - | |
| Type C | Shimakaze-class | - |
| Kai Shimakaze-class[6] | - | |
| Type D | Matsu-class | Matsu-class |
| Tachibana-class[7] | ||
- ↑ The unreleased Momi-class, Minekaze-class, and Wakatake-class can also be included for WW2.
- ↑ Sometime, the 2 later ships of the class are considered as Ariake-class instead.
- ↑ Fuyutsuki in the game is considered an Akizuki-class and not a Fuyutsuki-class for no apparent reason.
- ↑ Unreleased yet.
- ↑ The Kai Akizuki-class was planned but never built, and serves as a template for Akizuki-classes Kai Ni.
- ↑ The Kai Shimakaze-class was planned but never built, and may serve as a template for a future in-game remodel.
- ↑ The Tachibana-class has been anounced in an interview.
| IJN SS ("First-class submarines") | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Sub Type | Designation | Main Class | Sub Class | Ingame Class | |
| Engligh | Japanese | |||||
| Type KD | KD1 | Navy Large Submarine | Kaidai I | I-51 | I-51 | N/A[1] |
| KD2 | Kaidai II | I-152 | N/A[1] | |||
| KD3a | Kaidai IIIa | I-153 | N/A[1] | |||
| KD3b | Kaidai IIIb | I-156 | N/A[1] | |||
| KD4 | Kaidai IV | I-61 | N/A[1] | |||
| KD5 | Kaidai V | I-165 | N/A[1] | |||
| KD6a | Kaidai VIa | I-168 | Kaidai Type VI[2] | |||
| KD6b | Kaidai VIb | I-174 | ||||
| KD7 | Kaidai VII | I-176 | N/A[1] | |||
| Type J | J1 | Cruiser Submarine Type I | Junsen I | I-1 | I-1 | N/A[1] |
| J1 Kai | Junsen I Kai | I-5 | N/A[1] | |||
| J2 | Junsen II | I-6 | N/A[1] | |||
| J3 | Junsen III | I-7 | Junsen Type 3 | |||
| Type A | A1 | Cruiser Submarine Type A | Junsen Ko | I-9 | I-9 | N/A[1] |
| A2 | Junsen Ko Kai Ichi | I-12 | N/A[1] | |||
| A3 | Junsen Ko Kai Ni | I-13 | Junsen Type A Kai Ni | |||
| Type B | B1 | Cruiser Submarine Type B | Junsen Otsu | I-15 | I-15 | Junsen Type B |
| B2 | Junsen Otsu Kai Ichi | I-40 | Junsen Type B Kai Ichi | |||
| B3 | Junsen Otsu Kai Ni | I-54 | Junsen Type B Kai Ni | |||
| Type C | C1 | Cruiser Submarine Type C | Junsen Hei | I-16 | I-16 | Junsen Type C |
| C2 | Junsen Hei Kai | I-52 | N/A[1] | |||
| Type D | D1 | Transport Submarine (Large) | Sen'yu(-Dai) | I-361 | I-361 | N/A[1] |
| D2 | Sen'yu(-Dai) Kai | I-373 | N/A[1] | |||
| - | - | Minelaying Submarine | Kiraisen | I-121 | - | N/A[1] |
| - | - | High-speed Submarine (Large) | Sentaka(-Dai) | I-201 | - | Sentaka Type |
| - | - | Submarine Tanker | Senho | I-351 | - | N/A[1] |
| - | - | Special Type Submarine | Sentoku | I-400 | - | Sentoku Type (I-400 Class Submarine) |
Letter Types
The characters 甲/乙/丙/丁 (Kō/Otsu/Hei/Tei), are usually translated in English as simply the letters "A/B/C/D". Many broad types/classes/designs were named with the addition of those letters to further distinguish specific roles or design principles.
| Type | Kanji | Romaji | DD | CL | DE | AV | LHA | SS | Midget Sub |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 甲 | Kō | Kagerou-class Yuugumo-class |
- | Shimushu-class Etorofu-class |
Chitose-class | Special Purpose Ship Type A[1] Special Purpose Ship M Type A[1] |
Junsen Type A[1] Junsen Type A Kai[1] Junsen Type A Kai Ni |
Type A Kouhyouteki |
| B | 乙 | Otsu | Akizuki-class Fuyutsuki-class[2] Michitsuki-class[1] |
Agano-class | Mikura-class Hiburi-class Ukuru-class |
Mizuho | Special Purpose Ship Type B[1] | Junsen Type B Junsen Type B Kai Ichi Junsen Type B Kai Ni |
Type B Kouhyouteki[1] |
| C | 丙 | Hei | Shimakaze-class | Ooyodo | Number 1-class[1] | - | Special Purpose Ship Type C Special Purpose Ship M Type C |
Junsen Type C Junsen Type C Kai[1] |
Type C Kouhyouteki |
| D | 丁 | Tei | Matsu-class Tachibana-class[1][3] |
- | Number 2-class | - | - | Senyu-Dai[1] Senyu-Dai Kai[1] |
Type D Kouhyouteki Kai (Kouryuu Kai) |