Aoba

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   <default>Aoba</default>
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File:Aoba.jpg

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File:Aoba-chibi.jpg

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   <label>Type</label><default>Unknown</default>
 
 
   <label>Class</label><default>Unknown</default>
 
 
   <label>Nation</label><default>Unknown</default>
 
 
   <label>Commission year</label><default>Unknown</default>
 
 
   <label>Voice Actress</label><default>Not voiced</default>
 
 
   <label>Level 1 HP</label><default>Unknown</default>
 
 
   <label>Ship weight capacity</label><default>X/Y</default>
 
 
 	<label>Vestures to Rescue</label><default>Unknown</default>
 
 
 	<label>Traits</label><default>Unknown, Unknown</default>
 

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Aoba is a Japanese Belles available at the start of the game, September '39.

Vestures

| {{{Vesture Type}}} || {{{Vesture Name}}} || -- || None || None |-

Where to find

Campaigns

HQ level	Campaign name
x	x

Stock Stats

Level 1 Hull Points	Unknown
Speed	Unknown
Refit Capacity	Unknown
Weight capacity	Unknown
Reserves	Unknown
Waterline Length	Unknown
Mean Beam	Unknown
Mean Height	Unknown
Sortie Cost	Unknown
Compartments	Unknown
Horizontal Armor: Citadel	Unknown
Horizontal Armor: Conn	Unknown
Horizontal Armor: Fore & Aft	Unknown
Horizontal Armor: Superstructure	Unknown
Vertical Armor: Barbette	Unknown
Vertical Armor: Citadel	Unknown
Vertical Armor: Conn	Unknown
Vertical Armor: Fore & Aft	Unknown
Vertical Armor: Superstructure	Unknown

Starting Equipment

Main Battery 1

Main Battery I for Aoba

Slot	Item
Director
Rangekeeper
RDF
Casemate Gun
Wing Gun
Centerline Gun

Main Battery 2

No Guns, Battery II Aoba has no guns in Battery II. They may be added weight permitting.

Main Battery 3

No Guns, Battery III Aoba has no guns in Battery III. They may be added weight permitting.

Light Battery I-III

Light Battery I-III for Aoba

Slot	Item
Centerline Gun
Wing Gun
Casemate Gun
Centerline Gun
Wing Gun
Casemate Gun
Casemate Gun
Wing Gun
Centerline Gun

Torpedoes

Torpedoes for Aoba

Slot	Item
ASDIC
Quarterdeck
Torpedo
Torpedo
Torpedo

Aircraft

Hangar Limit	Unknown
Hangar 1	{{{HC1}}}x {{{H1}}}
Hangar 2	{{{HC2}}}x {{{H2}}}
Hangar 3	{{{HC3}}}x {{{H3}}}
Hangar 4	{{{HC4}}}x {{{H4}}}
Deck Limit	Unknown
Deck	{{{DC1}}}x {{{D1}}}
Deck	{{{DC2}}}x {{{D2}}}
Deck	{{{DC3}}}x {{{D3}}}
Deck	{{{DC4}}}x {{{D4}}}
Air Warning RDF	{{{AWRDFName}}}

Character Information

Description

Personality and Traits

Her personality is listed as "Adventurous, Inquisitive."

Trivia

• Named after Mt. Aoba, a volcano near Maizuru, Kyoto.

Historical Information

Aoba and her lone sister ship Kinugasa were a pair of Aoba-class heavy cruisers. Originally due to be part of the Furutaka-class including the eponymous Furutaka and Kako, the IJN wanted the new ships to be fitted with the new twin-gun 20 cm turrets but since Furutaka and Kako had already been completed they instead slated the new turrets to be placed on the two next ships which then received enough modification to be their own class. The Aoba-class had three twin-gun 20 cm turrets instead of the six single-gun 20cm turrets of the Furutakas (whom were later retrofitted to have twin-gun), new 12 cm secondary cannons, and a catapult to launch scout floatplanes, but otherwise were very similar to the Furutaka-class. She had a long service life in World War II in several divisions and often as flagship. She served in China, Guam, and Wake Island earlier in the war. She escorted carrier Shōkaku to Truk after she was severely damaged. Aoba also took part in the Battle of Savo Island where her relative Kako was sunk. At the Battle of Cape Esperance she was badly damaged by the US Navy ships and had to be sent back to be fixed and after this Aoba suffered repeated unlucky damage. She was attacked by B-17s at port and had to be beached to prevent her sinking, accidentally rammed into fellow IJN ship the light cruiser Kinu, and was torpedoed by multiple submarines. Her final resting place was at Kure where despite being severely damaged was kept as an AA battery. After suffering multiple more bombing that caused her to sink into the shallow 7.6 m (25 ft) her stern broke off after some B-24s finished her off. Her hulk was abandoned until being scrapped in 1946-1947 after the war.

References

Aoba on Wikipedia.