Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20180328015558/@comment-32840818-20180328170846

天津の風 wrote: Neoasis wrote: if you check jp wiki for 護衛駆逐艦, the term refers to DEs.

further to this:

海防艦 is considered the equivalent of 護衛駆逐艦 (based on "日本海軍の同目的の艦"), so Kaibōkan == DE

"同様に護衛駆逐艦と訳される艦種（Escort Destroyer, DDE）があるが、こちらは従来の駆逐艦を対潜艦に転用したものである. " hence 護衛駆逐艦 != DDE true, but

>同様に護衛駆逐艦と訳される艦種（Escort Destroyer, DDE）があるが、こちらは従来の駆逐艦を対潜艦に転用したものである.

theres a variety of ship that can also be translated similarly, thats it (Escort Destroyer, DDE) but this is a conventional destroyer thats turned into ASW

going by word 同様, means that both DE and DDE are correct to be translated into 護衛駆逐艦

in addition this kaiboukan page mentioned shimushu

the dev themself refer shimushu as kaiboukan instead of goeikuchikukan, so if the kaiboukan and goeikuchikukan are the same thing why the dev use the new term instead of using the old kaiboukan ? >同様に護衛駆逐艦と訳される艦種（Escort Destroyer, DDE）があるが、こちらは従来の駆逐艦を対潜艦に転用したものである. => I read this line differently; I take it to mean that the author is differentiating DDE from 護衛駆逐艦 by saying that "although the translation is the same, a DDE is just a ASW-specialised DD"; i.e. there is no special term for DDEs as they will just call them DDs in Japanese.

Also, if you check the classes in the page, they correspond to the USN DE classes in WW2; no mention of DDEs.

On the next point.. Shimushu is a 海防艦; similarly etorofu is mentioned in the page.. that's why I don't get your point on this. If we conclude that 海防艦 = 護衛駆逐艦, then it doesn't matter which one the devs call it right? (actually I haven't seen those tweets, so I'm not sure if those are causing confusion.)