Happy Launch Day IJN Inazuma (1932), USS Ranger (CV-4), SN Sovestkaya Belorussiya, USS Craven (DD-382), IJN Furutaka, and HMS Hunter (H35)

AL Ranger really lived up to her punny in-game nickname "RNGer" as both of her base and retro skill relies entirely on the number of chances it can proc - there were times that she procs both skills at the same time or one after another - all at the cost of her retrofit art which was a major turn-off to some who don't like fanservice that much. Oh btw, while her plane slots dosen't have any fighters (a grave disadvantage in any plane-infested stages), the introduction of that baguette torp bomber enabled her to at least intercept enemy planes.

As for KC Ranger, I'm honestly surprised that she was added to that game later on (KC 2022 Summer Event) since imho, she had the greatest potential to become the very first American and allied ship to be a kanmusu instead of Iowa considering she spend her entire career in the Atlantic (ie she never fought any IJN ships) and Kancolle's total reception outside Japan and its playerbase before Iowa joined KC. Btw I personally like her design more.

Inazuma, meanwhile has become the backbone of my ASW fleet in Kancolle (along with the entire DesDiv 6), sending them in a merry chase in map 1-5N (submarine map). Their unit was considered one of the most famous in KC fandom, even overshadowing their AL counterparts.

Furutaka (in particular her WOWS counterpart) was one of my fav T5 cruisers in the said game since besides my preference on IJN ships, her old base hull make her stood out of the crowd since it was actually based on her irl appearance when completed - too bad it was removed in one of their patches 2-3 years ago.

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