Board Thread:Event Community Discussion/@comment-28069733-20170521154728/@comment-28069733-20170525234526

Hyper Shinchan wrote: Tsubakura wrote: Wew, someone handed over me this source in which Etorofu was classified as EV. I dont know how legit this actually is, but if this is true, this basically proves that both DE and PF to be wrong and we're all pretty much wasting our time on this. How does a Japanese document prove anything when we're using the USN classification system? And especially how does it prove PF to be "wrong" despite what the American sources shared here before say?

Well, there has been something that is bothering me for a while. The USN PF tonnage was generally much larger, but is backed up with quite a lot of sources, while USN DE is similar in tonnage, but packs much more punches compared to the Kaiboukan. I still believe PF to be the lesser evil out of the 2, but it doesn't change the fact that I believe both of them to be wrong. As the ship cards display Escort, the best case scenario would be to find the middle ground which literally represents Escort, hence "EE" was brought up.

However, now we have a japanese document in which states that its EV. Mind you that during 1947, Japan was still occupied by the US and I consider any post-war documents right after a war has ended to be more accurate than the ones used by the ONI for example.

How does a Japanese document prove anything when we're using the USN classification system? And why exactly must we stick to the USN classification to the last detail? I mean, we're already even using BB, while its officially CC. While the majority of the classifications are USN, it does not mean we are forced to settle with either DE or PF in this matter if we know full well that both choices have problems associated with historical accuracy. Using USN classification is merely out of convenience if anything. EV is literally a perfect fit on the Kaiboukan which are labeled Escort, its not even a made up one unlike "EE". Now, if only you would actually stop trying to insist on using USN classifications to settle this matter.