Talk:General Discussion/@comment-92.1.124.15-20140728221300/@comment-1637496-20140729145530

>There were a substantial number of Escort Carriers in Japanese service, not a single one of which has gotten a KanColle incarnation. Why?

Because first they have to implement the "cool" ships. It's barely one year since this game was started, give time to time.

>The Special-Type destroyers and their successors (Fubuki, Hatsuharu, Shiratsuyu, Asashio, Kagerou, Yuugumo and to a lesser extent Akizuki) were all built with the intention that they would be firing torpedoes at enemy cruisers, battleships and aircraft carriers, in addition to other destroyers.

Akizuki originally wasn't even supposed to have torpedo tubes...

>The Matsu-class weren't, they were second-line destroyers.

The Matsu class were cheaper emergency destroyers with an emphasis on escort duty rather than surface torpedo action, which was becoming increasingly less common. The presence of those four 61 cm torpedo tubes still gave them more punch than any American destroyer escort (originally they were to have quintuple 53cm tubes actually). They were also slightly faster than your average sloop or destroyer escort. The British Hunt class destroyers are the closest equivalent.

>Back on topic, I just don't think the Matsu class are gonna be implemented 'cause they didn't do anything significant.

In the same game where Miyuki was part of the original roster?

>Oh, also a good dozen of them were converted to Kaiten motherships, and the game's pretty clear that doing that is not cool with the shipgirls themselves.

I-8 and I-58 were also kaiten carriers (and the latter even launched some attacks). Just like Kitakami. That's no reason to exclude a ship.