Ooyodo

Appearance

 * Artist: Fujikawa (藤川)

Personality

 * Seiyuu: Kawasumi Ayako (川澄綾子)

Appearances in Derivative Works

 * A supporting character in the Anime.
 * Ooyodo's art was standardized.
 * Ooyodo was illustrated in the tenth eyecatch.
 * Ooyodo is characterized as a serious assistant to the Secretary Ship.

Trivia

 * Named after Ōyodo River in Kyūshū, Japan.
 * Intended as a command vessel for submarine operations - a scouting cruiser.
 * As such, she traded torpedoes for additional floatplanes.
 * Only cruiser to lack torpedoes.
 * Main armament was forward of the superstructure & aircraft facilities were aft.
 * Same as the Tone class, which were also intended as scouting cruisers.
 * Never became a scouting cruiser & was converted to a command ship.
 * Due to the war's progression & the E15K1 Shiun floatplane's failure.
 * The flagship of the Combined Fleet (30 April 1944 to 29 September 1944), as well as the flagship of Vice Admiral Ozawa after Zuikaku sunk during the Battle of Cape Engaño.
 * Capsized during the Bombing of Kure on July 28th, 1945.
 * Spent the last half-year of the war in port.
 * Subject to multiple air raids from Task Force 58 & Task Force 38 that left her repeatedly listing to starboard.
 * It was the same fleet with different command staff.