Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20170330044846/@comment-1637496-20170506214051

Tsubakura wrote:

The Kaiboukan were designed by the japanese to function as Destroyer Escorts in the first place, why the hell would we rename them now to PF instead? Yeah, that's what English wikipedia says, it cannot be wrong. But the kaibokan were designed even before a single destroyer escort had been built and, just like Shimushu's introduction says, they were actually (fishery) patrol ships in the first place. Also destroyer escort is used in literature, including renowned authors like Hans Lengerer, in reference to the Matsu and Tachibana class, at the minimum you're making matters confusing, at worst we could end up with two overlapping types.