Talk:Abukuma/@comment-16545476-20150720162053

Made a little research and found out that Abukuma's fictional Kai Ni is actually based on Kitagami and Ooi's later modifications.

Quoted from Wikipedia, Kuma class cruiser:

In August 1941  Ōi,  Kitakami and  Kiso were to undergo a conversion to  torpedo cruisers to form a special torpedo attack squadron, but not enough Type 92 quadruple torpedo mounts were available so only the first two were converted,   both ships three aft turrets were replaced by ten quadruple torpedo mounts, five per side, with a total of 40 torpedoes. In August 1942, they were modified into fast transports, with all of the torpedo tubes removed and replaced by  Daihatsu class landing craft, with depth charge racks and two Type 96 triple-mount anti-aircraft guns.

After  Kitakami was damaged in 1944, she was converted into a  kaiten carrier, with all of her armament removed, and replaced by two Type 89 single gun turrets (fore and aft), a total of 67 Type 96 anti-aircraft guns(12 triple, 31 single), two depth charge racks and eight Model 1 Kaiten. Removal of the aft turbine engines reduced her speed to 23 knots.

Looks like the devs still maintained some level of historical accuracy and didn't made too much things up. The ability to equip Daihatsu and midget submarines and losing her gun range were actually paying homage to Kitagami's last modification in the end.