Glossary

Class classification
All of ship class codes on the list are based on USN Hull Classification Codes.

Note:
 * Fast battleships share the same hull classification with slow Battleships.
 * Terms "Kūbo" (空母) is a shorthand for "Kōkū bokan" (航空母艦), which means "Aircraft Carrier".
 * There is actually no hull classification code for armored carriers, but Kancolle-fans keep using CVB which actually was for big aircraft carriers like Shinano.

API link
Method to play the game without having to access the official DMM website. See Play without VPN/Proxy for detailed information.

Crossing the T
Classic naval strategy in which a line of warships cross in front of a line formation of enemy ships, allowing the crossing line to bring all their guns to bear while receiving fire from only the forward guns of the enemy. Gameplay wise, when your fleet crosses the enemy fleet, BOTH sides (counter-intuitively) gain a significant increase in damage dealt. When the opponent crosses your fleet, BOTH sides gain a signficiant damage decrease.

Docking
Allow your damaged ships to be repaired to full health. The repair, also known as "bath" requires steel and fuel, and will take "some" time to complete. You can use the Instant repair item/Bucket (高速修復材) to instantly complete the repair.

Expedition
This is where you send your fleets to complete expeditions, in exchange for resources and certain items. For some ships and items, the only way to obtain them is by doing expedition. None of the expeditions involve combat, so you won't have to worry about losing any of your ships. You will, however, need to resupply their fuel tanks once the expedition is finished. Also, it is one of the main sources of income.

Food supply ship Mamiya
Removes any fatigue on your fleet. If you don't use it, it could function as a fatigue indicator, as it informs you of when a girl in your fleet has fatigue, even without the orange fatigue indiciation. See here for the Wikipedia entry.

Modernization
Process of using unused ships to increase stats (Firepower, AA, Torpedo, Armor) of a single ship. Also known as Merging.

Naval Exercise
PVP-like battle with no risk of repair and sinking, and only costs the player fuel, ammo and bauxite. Opponent teams update in real-time, but there is no simultaneous play.
 * New opponent list refreshed at 03:00 and 15:00 JST

Phases of Battle

 * Day Battle
 * Reconnaissance (Stat boost, avoid being T-crossed)
 * Initial airstrike (opening bombing, air superiority)
 * Support fleet attack
 * Opening/initial torpedo strike (see Type A Ko-hyoteki (甲標的甲型))
 * Shelling/artillery phase (regular airstrike happens here)
 * Torpedo salvo
 * Night Battle

Remodel
Often confused with Modernization, will usually result in *ship name*-Kai (改). also known as Upgrading.

Fatigue
Orange/sad faces are displayed next to the ship icon if they are too fatigued. Rest them for 15 minutes or so if it happens. Fatigue will reduce by 3 every 3 minutes.

Fatigued ships will have lower accuracy and evasion.

If your ships are still fatigued upon returning from expedition, your expedition will end up failing even with all other criteria fullfilled.

Sparkle
The polar opposite of Fatigue. If one or more of your ships sparkle, they will gain evasion boost during sortie. The evasion boost stats are not shown in your ship stats directly. Or, if you choose to send a sparkling ship on an expedition, it will have a chance for 150% resource gain and a higher likelihood of returning with a special item (note that this requires the entire fleet to be consisting of sparkling ships).

Medal
Medal(勲章), is a multi-purpose item that can be used to exchange for a small amount of resources or a remodel blueprint(改装設計図).


 * 1 medal can be used to exchange for  x354, x354,  x354,  x354 and  x2.


 * 4 medals are needed to exchange for 1 x remodel blueprint.

Medals can be obtained by clearing certain maps. You can find the amount of medals owned by accessing the Item page(アイテム) at the top menu bar of the main screen. Remodel blueprint is needed to remodel certain ships.

How to exchange medals for rewards?

Tracer-fire effect
This occurs when a ship fires any equipped machine guns to defend itself, reducing incoming damage from enemy bombers. Your flagship will always do this by default, even without any anti-air stat.

Color-coded Aircraft

 * Red Plane: Carrier-based Dive Bomber
 * Blue Plane: Carrier-based Torpedo Bomber
 * Green Plane: Carrier-based Fighter
 * Yellow Plane: Carrier-based Recon Aircraft


 * Light Green Plane: Seaplane Bomber and Reconnaissance  Seaplane

Color-coded Naval Guns
It is based on their roles, not ability.
 * Red Gun: Main Gun; Primarily used against ships, with a secondary role as AA.
 * Yellow Gun: Secondary Gun; increase in accuracy and AA stats.
 * Green Gun: High-angle dual-purpose guns or AA machine guns
 * High-angle guns have the ability to effectively attack both aircraft and ships.
 * AA machine guns specifically attack aircraft and always trigger tracer-fire effect.

Midget Submarine
Also known by it's design code name Type A Kou-hyoteki (甲標的甲型) which literally means Target Type A, it's a submarine equipable on Torpedo Cruiser (e.g. Kitakami), Submarine, and Seaplane Tender. Frequently used because of their ability to attack before the shelling phase.

Turbine
Turbine  are equippable on any ship. Turbine increases the evasion stat causing enemies have higher miss rate.

！すでのな
One of Inazuma's lines written "backwards", in traditional Japanese format. Also appears as a wall scroll in the furniture page.

2-4-11
The fleet idol, Naka-chan dayo!~ (see number 48 designation).

2-4-11 refers to the fuel/ammo/steel combination received from her scrap.



Beaver
See Yukikaze and notice the similarities. pic related. Japanese fans call her 'Hamster' instead.

Big Seven
A group of warship built to carry the biggest naval gun (41cm) allowed by the Washington Naval Treaty. It comprise of Nagato, Mutsu, USS West Virginia, USS Maryland, USS Colorado, HMS Rodney, and HMS Nelson.

BURNING LOVE
Notable line from Kongou, a Kongou-class battleship built by Vickers Shipbuilding Company. Loves tea and fond of using English words due to her being built in England. Other examples:
 * 提督ゥ～、You've Got Mail! Love letterは許さないからネ!
 * Wow! Congratulations!
 * Tea timeは大事にしないとネー

KTKM
Shorthand for Kitakami. Wordplay from Japanese netslang KTKR which is read as kita kore, literally 'it's here', sort of like 'woohoo I got it' or 'I've been waiting for this!'.

Melon-chan
Nickname for Yuubari due to her uniform color scheme and general resemblance to a melon as well as the city of Yuubari, on the namesake Yuubari river, which is well known for its melons.

Rensouhou-chan (連装砲ちゃん)
A Danbo-like robot which appears with Shimakaze. Amatsukaze, having a more formal character, calls hers Rensouhou-kun instead.



RJ/Airport
Light Carrier Ryūjō which has a second flight deck very flat chest. Don't complain about it, the chart agrees.

Tenryuu Kindergarten
A common theme where Tenryuu and her destroyers escort was regularly used in expeditions due to her low fuel and ammo cost. The official 4-koma also showed Tenryuu as being good at taking care of children (destroyers), hence the name.

Zekamashi (ぜかまし)
Shimakaze's name read backward (in traditional Japanese, characters are read right-to-left). Found on one of the Rensouhou-chan's life buoy.

Birthdays of Ship Girls
The birthdays of the ship girls are based from their date of launch sourced from their appropriate wikipedia pages.

Light Cruisers

 * Tenryuu 11 March
 * Tatsuta 29 May
 * Kuma 14 July
 * Tama 10 February
 * Kiso 10 February
 * Nagara 25 April
 * Isuzu 29 October
 * Natori February 16
 * Yura 15 February
 * Kinu  29 May
 * Abukuma 16 March
 * Sendai 30 October
 * Jintsuu 8 December
 * Naka 24 March
 * Ooi 15 July
 * Kitakami 3 July
 * Yuubari 5 March
 * Agano 22 October
 * Noshiro 19 July
 * Yahagi 25 October
 * Sakawa 9 April
 * Ooyodo 2 April

Heavy Cruisers

 * Furutaka 25 February
 * Kako April 10
 * Aoba September 25
 * Kinugasa 24 October
 * Myoukou 16 April
 * Nachi 15 June
 * Ashigara April 22,
 * Haguro 24 March
 * Takao 12 May
 * Atago 16 June
 * Maya 8 November
 * Choukai June 30


 * Tone 21 November


 * Chikuma 19 March
 * Mogami 14 March
 * Mikuma 31 May
 * Suzuya 20 November
 * Kumano 15 October
 * Prinz Eugen 22 August

Battleships

 * Nagato 9 November
 * Mutsu 31 May


 * Kongou 18 May


 * Hiei 21 November


 * Kirisihima 1 December


 * Haruna 14 December


 * Fusou 28 March
 * Yamashiro 3 November
 * Ise 12 November
 * Hyuuga 27 January


 * Yamato 8 August


 * Musashi 1 November


 * Bismark 14 February

Light Carriers

 * Houshou 13 November
 * Ryuujou 2 April
 * Hiyou 24 June
 * Junyou 26 June
 * Shohou 1 June
 * Zuihou 19 June
 * Chitose 29 November
 * Chiyoda 29 November
 * Ryuuhou 16 November

Standard Carriers

 * Akagi 22 April
 * Kaga 17 November
 * Souryuu 21 December
 * Hiryuu 16 November
 * Shoukaku 1 June
 * Zuikaku 27 November
 * Taihou 7 March
 * Unryuu 25 September

Submarines

 * I-8 20 July


 * I-19 September 16


 * I-168 26 June
 * 1-58 30 June
 * I-401 8 January*
 * Maruyu *

Auxillary

 * Akitsumaru 24 Sept
 * Akashi 29 June
 * Taigei 16 November


 * Mamiya 26 October

Acronyms
Ever see an acronym in the wiki you didn't know the meaning of? This is an incomplete list of acronyms used in discussions by English-speaking KanColle players.
 * AA - Anti-Air
 * ACH - Aircraft Carrier Hime
 * ASW - Anti-Submarine Warfare
 * AS - Air Superiority
 * AS+ - Air Supremacy
 * CI - Cut-In
 * CV - Character Voice, same as VA
 * EO - Extra Operation (maps 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 5-5, and some event maps)
 * FBB - Fast Battleship
 * FP - FirePower
 * FP - Fighter Power
 * FS - FlagShip
 * KC - Kantai Collection
 * LoS/LOS - Line of Sight
 * RNG - Random Number Generator
 * TP -TorPedo
 * VA - Voice Actress, same as CV