Talk:General Discussion/@comment-26316660-20150526083804/@comment-4125495-20150528064213

^ not necessarily true. If it's Aoba, historically in 1944 she was overhauled in Singapore, gaining a bunch of AA guns and type-22 AA radar. Subsequently she received further damage and was sent back to Kure, where she was further damaged by bombers (Aoba took an astounding amount of punishment during her lifespan) and rather than repair her, they added even more AA guns, taking the total up to 50, and redesignated her as a floating AA battery.

I wouldn't be surprised if you see her turned into another Maya-style AACI-oriented cruiser if she was to get a Kai-2. Having an AACI-oriented cruiser on B41 should make getting to the boss significantly easier.