Talk:General Discussion/@comment-92.1.124.15-20140728221300/@comment-9676492-20140728233459

The Take torpedo'd the USS Cooper... while escorting troop transports. The Matsus weren't designed for fleet vs fleet combat, which is the core mechanic of KanColle.

I would expect higher consumption because in general the trend in-game is more advanced ships -> higher consumption, even when that doesn't make a lot of sense (see: Verniy, whose fuel consumption goes up despite her propulsion system remaining unchanged).