Board Thread:Event Community Discussion/@comment-28069733-20170521154728/@comment-900265-20170530143201

Kupomancer wrote: Something's still bothering me though. The kaibokans were released as kaibokan (coastal defense ship), doesn't have the stats of a destroyer, can't replace destroyer in a team, and even their cards have "ESCORT" written on it. Who on earth came up with DE (Destroyer Escort) in the first place (and why)? I mean if it was me, I'd never dream of alluding them to destroyers at all. Sorry if this reply came up as an annoying notification.

Long ago, the USN category them as DE due to similar roles to their DE's, however because of the big differences they later put them as "Escort Ship"