User blog:Tadano Hitoshi/Ragtag Hustle Kancolle Edition - Everyday Hustle 8: The Admiral's Fleet at Hashirajima Anchorage - Part Four.

Auxiliaries
These shipgirls do not usually participate in the front line for major operations, their roles are mainly as support to the team. However they are combat-capable though not as specialized as the combatant shipgirls. Since they are very hard to come by, Admiral Hitoshi makes it a point to keep them around the base as much as he can acommodate.

Kashima - Joining the fleet during the course of the fleet's first Fall operations, she was quickly assigned as Ooyodo's assistant therefore becoming the third-in-command, though as she is new, she always refers to the Admiral or Ooyodo.

Mizuho - Recruited during the Admiral's search for Akizuki during the Fall operations, she quickly joined the search fleet and received trial by fire. She performed rather excellently during her course as the task force's flagship and has stayed since.

Akitsushima - Recruited during the Admiral's search for Prinz Eugen during the Winter operations. Puzzling the Admiral at first on how to deploy her in operations, he soon discovered her capabilities in anti-submarine warfare and has deployed her for such operations ever since.

Hayasui - Recruited during the Admiral's first stint in a major operation (Summer). Her ability to deploy torpedo bombers makes her the deadliest auxiliary shipgirl to be reckoned with, however she cannot take much hits herself due to her line of responsibility as reflected by her history - as a fleet oiler.

Akashi - The most important member of the auxiliaries, despite not finding herself leaving port very often. Probably the one shipgirl Admiral Hitoshi encounters every day.

Taigei - She was supposed to support the submariners however Admiral's battle plans proved effective enough without needing her so she is currently the most idle auxiliary ship in the fleet.

Submarines
Rarely seen around the base... as they should. Despite looking as if they have so much free time, they are constantly tasked by the Admiral to be his "eyes" around the naval base. The one thing they have in common with him is being "snipers" in spirit. The submariners are led by I-168 (Imuya). Maruyu, the one submarine who originated from the Army and not the Navy, has sailed with the training fleets very often she is often summoned by the Admiral whenever someone needs battlefield training. In a way it can be said she's a very professional trainer.

(Author's notes: I don't plan to babble too much about the subs. In the first place I don't really do much Orel cruising with them these days so... yeah. Time to move on to a new piece of writing I guess.)