USS Akron here. Now that I have some time I will explain something that has not been covered to my knowledge.

I admit beforehand Nevada and the other standards probably brag about how they came back.

In a previous life. (that's the wording we ship-girls use to talk about our time as full-sized ships) I was the pride of the US Navy. On paper, the most capable craft ever procured by any nation. I could carry 100 tons aloft. Be that bombs, planes, troops, or censors.

I was, on paper, one of the most dangerous craft ever designed.

I was not going to hide from naval warships.

I didn't need to.

In some ways, I was one of the first to be designed around the modern idea "cool guys don't look at explosions."

I was, in theory, the most powerful craft of war in service anywhere. A warship that could fly. What more could someone ask for?

Yet, being experimental, and being such a new concept I had no tactics I could modify to use. Similar to today with the "kamutsu" as the Japanese call us.

Yet, I was different. I could not use heavily modified Army tactics. I had to invent my own.

Just as I was getting the hang of things Nature had to get in the way!

-I digress-

So, how does the summoning work?

There are two ways to summon a warship. Either:

1. someone gets attacked and/or the warship decides to get come back OR

2. You already have a ship and don't want to use a full crew for it. For example, USS Jefferson. (you'll meet him later when we rendezvous)

All historical (sunk/scrapped) ships decide when they come back. Some, (USS Oregon BB-3) don't want to come back. You can't force them nor can you order them.

USS Jefferson and all other modern battleships are a whole other ball game that we can ask about. To my knowledge, only the modern battleships have undergone that ceremony, although that may be wrong.

I don't know how the modern ceremony works, so please wait until I can get USS Jefferson to answer those questions. Don't worry, I have some of my own for him.

Now, there is another way that you can summon ship-girls. It is a very long and very drawn out process, however, the process does work ONLY if someone is interested. Often these summonings are done with only female officers present. In the hope that a bunch of girls in one room will interest some of the ships' old crews.

In reality, I think that female admiral just wants to feel important. She seems like someone that selfish.

I have heard of two that were done with only naked female officers present. -that must have been pretty embarrassing when it worked. USS Archerfish...I hope you enjoyed that. And that some of those rumors are true. Oh my goodness...

I don't think I need to state what some of the rumors declare happened in that room.

Now, I've just spotted a storm visually that didn't show up on weather radar. Damn modern crap that never works. Anyways, stay safe everyone! I'll write to you guys as soon as I get the chance.

Thanks for reading!

P.S. Question for readers: Is IJN Naka that annoying? Is San Diego on the same level? Are there any German and/or British girls that act similarly?