Board Thread:Event Community Discussion/@comment-28069733-20170514083426/@comment-1637496-20170514101248

Tsubakura wrote: (although the old definition was scrapped entirely in 1931). No, in 1931 they only eliminated the distinction in classes, old armoured cruiser classified as kaibokan still existed until 1 July 1942, when they were reclassified as heavy cruisers (1st class cruisers formally in the IJN) and the kaibokan, which included only the new "escorts" now, were downgraded from the "warships" (gunkan) subgroup to the "naval vessels" (kantei). For instance refer to the TROM of Izumo and look at the dates 1 September 1921, 1 June 1931 and 1 July 1942.