Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7401186-20160521093529/@comment-26574811-20160603161843

PPMers wrote:

8.) There's no auxiliary repair ship in the IJN. There's no registered ship under the name of Akashi. There was. She was put under direct command of the combined fleet.

She even had two planned sister ships, Mihara and Momotori. Their constructions were later canceled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_repair_ship_Akashi