The Washington Treaty becomes a personhood dispute in Azur Lane

How would the Washington Naval Treaty work in Azur Lane if warships were sentient beings?

The historical tonnage bargain becomes an ethical and legal crisis because scrapping a ship may mean killing or coercing a person.

Crimson Echo supplies the fictional setting for a question about sentient warships refusing to be scrapped. The initial response distinguishes the historical Washington Naval Treaty from a new agreement made after those beings exist. If the scenario instead places sentient ships in the treaty period, scrapping becomes a question about their rights. A state may have created a being as a weapon, but that does not settle whether it can order the being to accept destruction. The exchange leaves that conflict between military command and personhood unresolved.