Crewing and supporting Japan's hypothetical Kii fleet

Counting every Japanese ship still classified as a battleship makes this a much larger force than counting only recent dreadnoughts. Older ships such as Mikasa would also transform, while the Kongo battlecruisers remain outside the premise. The working total is corrected from seventeen to fifteen during the exchange. Japan would avoid construction costs because the new ships appear magically, but it would still need crews and continuing support. The Eight-Eight fleet concept provides a way to think about operating only part of the force while keeping other ships in reserve. Acquiring a fleet and sustaining it remain separate problems even in this deliberately impossible scenario.