Talk:Kitakami/@comment-76.171.45.238-20150310122901/@comment-26117481-20150310124033

Torpedo cruisers function more like submarines rather than aircraft carriers. They can fire a single pre-emptive torpedo strike after the aerial battle phase provided that they are equiped with a Type A Ko-hyoteki. This single shot is much more devastating to a single target than aircraft carrier torpedo bombers. Best of all, their damage isn't affected by number of planes remaining, unlike for CV torp bombers. For more info, I'd suggest you read the combat page. http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Combat

In short, CLTs are great additions to any fleet, and it is recommended that you have at least one kai ni CLT for events and so forth.