Talk:Ashigara/@comment-5380363-20151101121655/@comment-5380363-20160209055346

Sorry for the late reply.

On paper, Ashigara is numbered #3 in the Myoukou-class construction roster. However, she was apparently the last to be constructed and commissioned, preceded by Haguro by a little over a month.

The same kind of problem happened with Myoukou - Myoukou, the supposed nameship of her class, was commissioned after Nachi and Haguro had already been commissioned.

So, while the construction roster looks like this:

1. Myoukou

2. Nachi

3. Ashigara

4. Haguro

If we order them by commissioned date, the seniority list would look like this:

1. Nachi

2. Haguro

3. Myoukou

4. Ashigara

Thus, to quote a certain Eyepatched Light Cruiser:

"OK, I give up."

http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1792382