Birthday
April 28 1944
Origin
Maizuru, Japan
Matsu (Japanese 松, meaning: pine tree) was the lead ship of the Matsu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She had a very short career: her sinking as she returned from her first escort mission occurred less than a year from laying her keel in 1943, and just over three months from her completion in 1944. The Matsus were built late in the Pacific War and were intended to be more cost-effective in response to the changing character of naval warfare at that time.[citation needed] These ships were lighter and smaller than previous Japanese destroyers, including different armament such as enhanced anti-aircraft guns and anti-submarine weapons, along with radar. Since surface warfare was believed to be less likely at this stage of the war, armament such as torpedo tubes that would be useful against surface ships was diminished. Gun mounts were open rather than turreted; this lack of protection for the gun crews would prove critical for Matsu.
KanColle: Kantai Collection
Kantai Collection (艦隊これくしょん Kantai Korekushon, lit. "Fleet Collection", subtitled as "Combined Fleet Girls Collection"), abbreviated as KanColle (艦これ KanKore), is a Japanese free-to-play web browser game developed by Kadokawa Games.[2][3] The game was launched on April 23, 2013.[4] As of April 2015, the game is available in Japan only and has 3 million registered players.[5] The game has developed into a much larger media franchise; various media including multiple manga series and light novels have been released, in addition to an officially licensed tabletop role-playing game. A PlayStation Vita game was released in February 2016,[6] and an anime television series began airing its first season in January 2015,[7] with an animated film[8] released in November 2016 as the sequel to the series.
