Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20180328015558/@comment-32647310-20180410152820

Dandan550 wrote: Anyways so in the recent interview with Tanaka... It is perfectly stated that it will be USN ships (surprises later) a Destroyer Escort and a Fletcher.

I still don't understand why some of those guys try to compare a Kaiboukan to an USN DE and then to the Royal Navy when the USN and RN's hullcode tend to be "complicated" in some form.

My best guess is trying to reconcile language barrier/differences with standards of classification when ideas/concepts exist in one language but don't exist in another.

For example, Kaiboukan seems to be best translated as 'Coastal Defense Ship', which is a ship type that does not exist in the USN. This isn't normally a problem when looking at a Japanese game using Japanese terminology...it becomes a problem when 3rd party people start trying to use USN as a guide for naming conventions however.

On a somewhat related topic, USN hullcodes aren't necessarily that complex when you understand their criteria, which is primarily based on equipment and battlefield role. For example, a DDE is an Escort Destroyer- that is, a standard Destroyer that was modified for Fleet Escort roles. A DDG is a Guided Missile Destroyer - that is, a Destroyer that uses guided missiles as it's primary armament.

The fact of the matter is that the USN doesn't have anything that is at all like the Kaiboukan in name (calling them 'escort ships'), but they had ships that fill a similar role as the Kaiboukan, which is a Destroyer Escort (DE), as both types of vessels were designed with anti-submarine warfare in mind.

...but I understand where you're coming from. At this point, my view is to wait and see what the developers do and act/react based on that.