Birth of the Coastal Defense Ship Sisters! The Japanese word for "Coastal Defense Ship" is literally written as Coastal "Defensive-Battle" Ship. It's often mistaken for Coastal Defense "Battleship".

Year 1938 Kobe, Kawasaki Shipbuilding Docks

Here, a pair of ship sisters—with the hopes and expectations of a foreign country lying on them—let loose a cry as they were born.

Here is the birth of the coastal defense battleships Thonburi and Sri Ayudhya, who both will face the trials and tribulations of fate!

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