Talk:Kashima/@comment-25033430-20151209002443/@comment-1915363-20151210092033

Having two training cruisers significantly drops your fleet's combat capability, to the point that you have to pull out battleships against a full medium-sized PvP fleet to make up for their inability to fight.

That being said, whether to send them out or not in PvP is quite situational. In general, they're great against submarine fleets though you might want to limit their ASW power a bit since they can out-range destroyers. Aside from that, they're okay against enemies that don't have a full fleet. But if you saw a full fleet brimming with heavy ships such as battleships or aircraft carriers, just forget it and send out battleships in their stead for higher chance for winning.