Talk:General Discussion/@comment-25654407-20141203004028/@comment-24332640-20141203030837

The designation "special type" destroyer was originally used for Fubuki-class because she really was a revolution in destroyer design. But after Fubuki (and her variants...I know KanColle refers to Ayanami class but Ayanami was so similar to Fubuki many don't even consider it a distinct class) I'm honestly not really clear what that means...I mean, all of IJN's post-Fubuki fleet destroyers kind of followed that design philosophy, so it wasn't really so special anymore. And Akatsuki, Hatsuharu, Shiratsuyu, Asashio classes were all derivatives of Fubuki class anyway. It wasn't until Kagero that they had a truly new design.

I mean, it's probably referring to a Fubuki-class, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if it's Fubuki herself because of the anime and whatnot. I'm just not sure you can actually rule out others. When did they stop using the "special type" designation?