Black Ships (Event) - Ships

List of ships available during Black Ships event in 2017 (Jun 13th - Jul 25th).

Table of contents

Sailing ships Level Yamato 20 Wasen Sengokubune 27 Shōhei Maru 34 Kentoshi 48 Hacchoro 55 Asahi Maru 69 Sueyoshi 76 Atakebune 97 Suminokura 139 Kanrin Maru 62

Steamships ( 1) Level USS Susquehanna 90 USS Mississippi 111 USS Saratoga 118 Kasuga 132 Banryū 153 Kankō Maru 160 Chiyoda 180 Kaiten 41 Mikaho 83 Shinsoku 104 Chōyō Maru 125 Nisshin 146 Chōgei Maru 170 Ryūjō 190

Yamato

Yamato was a Japanese cargo ship built before 1891.

Yamato
	Level required:	20
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	3,480
	Cost			OR
1				140	50	15	1,600
2	3,000	1,000	100	50	60	16	850
3	4,000	1,500	200	55	70	19	950
4	6,000	2,500	300	60	80	23	1,100
5	9,000	4,000	400	70	90	29	1,300
⅀ 22,000 9,000 600 400 OR 235 + 140 (Purchase) 5,800

Wasen Sengokubune

Wasen Sengokubune was a Japanese Edo period ship used for coastal cargo transport. Sengokubune refers to the ship's carrying capacity of 100 koku (1 koku is about 278 liters).

Wasen Sengokubune
	Level required:	27
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	3,180
	Cost			OR
1	14,500	4,000	175		40	13	1,800
2	5,000	2,000	250	70	50	14	650
3	6,000	2,500	500	75	60	17	750
4	8,000	3,000	750	80	70	21	850
5	10,000	3,500	1,000	85	80	26	1,100
6				90	90	30	1,300
7				100	100	33	1,500
⅀ 43,500 15,000 1,500 1,000 175 OR 500 7,950

Shōhei Maru

Shōhei Maru was a Japanese Western-style sailing frigate built between 1853-1854. Since 17th century Japan was pursuing the isolation policy which included the ban on building large ocean-going vessels. After the Perry expedition in 1843, Japan started to bolster the coastal defenses and the law was abolished. Shōhei Maru was one of the first warships constructed afterwards. She served for a short time in the Japanese Navy and was later used as a training vessel. After the Meiji Restoration, she was used as a transport vessel on the northern island of Hokkaido. Shōhei Maru ran aground and was wrecked in a storm in 1870.

Shōhei Maru
	Level required:	34
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	4,290
	Cost			OR
1				180	50	19	2,650
2	8,000	4,000	300	80	60	21	850
3	11,000	5,000	600	85	70	25	1,000
4	18,000	7,000	600	90	80	31	1,200
5	30,000	10,000	1,200	100	90	38	1,450
⅀ 67,000 26,000 1,800 900 OR 355 + 180 (Purchase) 7,150

Kentoshi

Kentoshi-sen were Japanese ships used to transport Imperial Japanese envoys to China between 7th-9th century. Japanese officials, scholars, and merchants were sent to learn about Chinese culture, administration, and institutions.

Kentoshi
	Level required:	48
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	7,600
	Cost			OR
1	16,000	5,000	10,000		60	24	1,000
2	32,000	10,000	1,000	90	70	27	1,200
3	64,000	20,000	2,000	95	80	31	2,400
4	128,000	40,000	4,000	100	90	38	4,800
5	256,000	80,000	8,000	110	100	48	9,600
⅀ 496,000 155,000 20,000 5,000 OR 395 19,000

Hacchoro

Hacchoro was a wooden fishing boat from Edo Period Japan. She was propelled by sails and four pairs of oars.

Hacchoro
	Level required:	55
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	13,050
	Cost			OR
1				220	60	27	6,500
2	60,000	20,000	1,000	85	70	29	3,000
3	75,000	25,000	2,000	90	80	35	3,500
4	100,000	30,000	2,000	100	90	42	3,750
5	135,000	35,000	4,000	110	100	53	5,000
⅀ 370,000 110,000 6,000 3,000 OR 385 + 220 (Purchase) 21,750

Asahi Maru

Asahi Maru was a western-style frigate launched in 1855. Since 17th century Japan was pursuing the isolation policy which included the ban on building large ocean-going vessels. After the Perry expedition in 1843, Japan started to bolster the coastal defenses and the law was abolished. Asahi Maru and Shōhei Maru were among the first warships constructed afterwards. Asahi Maru served as a troop transport by the Tokugawa Navy. After Meiji Restoration, she was sold to a private shipowner, and became a coastal transport.

Asahi Maru
	Level required:	69
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	60,000
	Cost			OR
5				500	120	73	75,000

Sueyoshi

Sueyoshi was Japanese red seal ship belonging to the trading family Sueyoshi. Red seal ships were Japanese armed merchant ships in the 17th century. The ships were bound for Southeast Asia bearing the red-sealed letters patent issued by the early Tokugawa shogunate. The letters granted the chosen families the right to trade with foreign traders and gave them shogun's protection.

Sueyoshi
	Level required:	76
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	32,800
	Cost			OR
1	285,000	65,000	850		60	27	15,000
2	100,000	30,000	4,000	100	70	29	7,000
3	120,000	35,000	4,000	105	80	34	8,000
4	160,000	40,000	8,000	110	90	42	10,000
5	200,000	50,000	8,000	120	100	53	12,000
6				130	110	60	14,000
7				140	120	68	16,000
⅀ 865,000 220,000 12,000 12,000 850 OR 705 82,000

USS Susquehanna

USS Susquehanna was a sidewheel steam frigate of the United States Navy, launched in 1850. She joined the East India Squadron under command of John Aulick. After he was forced to give up command Susquehanna joined the expedition of Matthew Perry and set off for Edo. Here in July 1853 Perry presented a letter from the US president to Japanese government and left. In the letter the president requested opening of trade between Japan and US. He returned with his warships in February 1854 which resulted in the signing of the Convention of Kanazawa. After Perry and his fleet returned to America, Susquehanna joined the Mediterranean Squadron where she served until 1861. During the American Civil War she fought with the Union forces. Following the war she served in the Atlantic Squadron. Susquehanna was decommissioned in 1868 and broken up in 1883.

USS Susquehanna
	Level required:	90
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	49,600
	Cost			OR
1	160,000	44,000	1,250		70	31	4,000
2	320,000	88,000	60	110	80	34	8,000
3	640,000	176,000	70	120	90	40	16,000
4	1,280,000	352,000	90	130	100	49	32,000
5	2,560,000	704,000	130	140	110	61	64,000
⅀ 4,960,000 1,364,000 350 1,250 OR 500 124,000

Atakebune

Atakebune were large Japanese warships used in the 16th and 17th century. They were armed with a few cannons and numerous large-caliber arquebuses. Atakebunes were propelled by oars and used only in coastal actions. The Japanese used them in the invasion of Korea between 1592-1598.

Atakebune
	Level required:	97
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	96,000
	Cost			OR
5				550	130	97	120,000

USS Mississippi

USS Mississippi was a paddle steam frigate of the US Navy, launched in 1842. In 1845 she joined the West Indian Squadron under the command of Commodore Perry. Later she took part in various expeditions during the Mexican-American War. In 1853 she joined the expedition of Commodore Perry to Japan. Which resulted in the signing of Convention of Kanazawa in 1854 and ending the Japanese isolation. She served some time in the Far East before returning back to the US. She was scuttled to prevent capture by the Confederates during the Civil War in 1863.

USS Mississippi
	Level required:	111
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	178,000
	Cost			OR
1	1,150,000	220,000	110		80	37	80,000
2	500,000	100,000	60	100	90	41	40,000
3	600,000	120,000	70	105	100	48	45,000
4	750,000	160,000	80	110	110	59	55,000
5	900,000	200,000	90	120	120	74	65,000
6				140	130	85	75,000
7				160	140	96	85,000
⅀ 3,900,000 800,000 410 OR 735 445,000

USS Saratoga

USS Saratoga was a sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, launched in 1842. She took part in the Ivory Coast Expedition under the command of Commodore Perry in 1843-1844. Later she participated in various operations in the Mexican-American War. Saratoga was assigned to the East India Squadron in 1850. Here she joined the expedition of Commodore Perry to Edo, which resulted in the opening of Japan. The signed Convention of Kanazawa, which established economic relations between Japan and US, was taken by Saratoga to Hawaii. Afterward, she helped end the Reform War and served as a patrol against slave trade near the west coast of Africa. For a time she was used as a training vessel for a marine school in Philadelphia. Saratoga was sold for scrapping in 1907.

USS Saratoga
	Level required:	118
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	216,000
	Cost			OR
1				350	90	51	100,000
2	400,000	140,000	60	110	100	56	45,000
3	550,000	155,000	70	120	110	66	55,000
4	950,000	180,000	80	130	120	82	70,000
5	1,400,000	250,000	100	140	130	102	90,000
⅀ 3,300,000 725,000 310 OR 500 + 350 (Purchase) 360,000

Kasuga

Kasuga was a Japanese wooden paddle steamer warship. Originally named Keangsoo she was built at Whites' shipyard at Cowes on the Isle of Wight as a dispatch vessel, built for the Imperial Chinese Navy in 1864. She was the flagship of the Lay-Osborne Flotilla, which had been arranged to be sent to China to help suppress the ongoing Taiping Rebellion. Keangsoo and two other dispatch vessels were procured as a new build to the Imperial Chinese Navy. In Nagasaki, Keangsoo was purchased by Matsukata Masayoshi, a leading samurai of the Satsuma Domain, in 1867. She was renamed Kasuga Maru and rebuilt as a warship. During the Boshin War, she fought for the Imperial side against the Tokugawa forces. After the Meiji Restoration, she joined the Imperial Japanese Navy and was renamed Kasuga. She served in the Navy until 1894 when she joined a mine-laying group on Tsushima Island. Kasuga was sold for scrap in 1902.

Kasuga
	Level required:	132
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	336,000
	Cost			OR
5				680	150	132	420,000

Suminokura

Suminokura was a Japanese red seal ship belonging to the trading family Suminokura. Red seal ships were Japanese armed merchant ships in the 17th century. The ships were bound for Southeast Asia bearing the red-sealed letters patent issued by the early Tokugawa shogunate.

Suminokura
	Level required:	139
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	242,000
	Cost			OR
1	1,550,000	300,000	2,500		90	47	125,000
2	600,000	150,000	18,000	110	100	51	50,000
3	700,000	170,000	24,000	115	110	61	60,000
4	850,000	200,000	36,000	120	120	74	70,000
5	1,150,000	250,000	48,000	130	130	93	80,000
6				140	140	107	100,000
7				150	150	121	120,000
⅀ 4,850,000 1,070,000 54,000 72,000 2,500 OR 765 605,000

Banryū

Banryū was a ship of the Tokugawa Navy. She was built in England as an iron paddle schooner named Emperor in 1856. She was given to the Japanese government as a present to commemorate the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce. In the Boshin War she fought with the Tokugawa forces. During the Battle of Hakodate Bay she was badly damaged and beached. She was salvaged by an Englishman, repaired and renamed SS Emperor. She then returned to Japan in 1873 as Raiden Maru for use in transporting colonists and supplies to Hokkaido. She was purchased by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1877 and served as a training vessel until 1888 when she was decommissioned. Raiden was scrapped in 1897.

Banryū
	Level required:	153
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	600,000
	Cost			OR
5				700	160	154	750,000

Kankō Maru

It was the first steam-powered warship in Japan. The ship was presented to Tokugawa shogunate as a gift from King William lll of the Netherlands in year 1855. The gift was meant to establish formal diplomatic relations and the opening of Japanese ports to Dutch merchants vessels. Overall length was 66.8 metres. Her armament consisted of six muzzle-loading cannon. Ship was decommissioned and scrapped in 1879.

Kankō Maru
	Level required:	160
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	372,000
	Cost			OR
1	850,000	360,000	3,000		110	54	30,000
2	1,700,000	720,000	100	120	120	60	60,000
3	3,400,000	1,440,000	120	130	130	71	120,000
4	6,800,000	2,880,000	150	140	140	87	240,000
5	13,600,000	5,760,000	200	150	150	108	480,000
⅀ 26,350,000 11,160,000 570 3,000 OR 540 930,000

Chiyoda

She was a 3rd class wooden gunboat of the Tokugawa Navy, and first home-built steam warship in Japan. Finished in 1866, she participated in the Boshin War. In years 1888-1911 she was used for hunting whales and was scrapped afterwards.

Chiyoda
	Level required:	180
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	1,440,000
	Cost			OR
1				380	130	81	750,000
2	2,500,000	1,200,000	100	130	140	89	300,000
3	3,800,000	1,500,000	130	140	150	105	350,000
4	5,500,000	2,000,000	160	150	160	130	450,000
5	8,500,000	3,000,000	200	160	170	162	550,000
⅀ 20,300,000 7,700,000 590 OR 580 + 380 (Purchase) 2,400,000

Kaiten

Kaiten was a paddle steam frigate constructed in Prussia as SMS Danzig and launched in 1853. She was the first steam warship in the Prussian Navy. She fought in the Battle of Tres Forcas. She was sold to the English company Dorset and Blythe in 1864. The English sold her the same year to the Japanese Tokugawa Shogunate. Danzig was renamed Kaiten. She took part in the Battle of Miyako Bay and was the flagship of the rebel force in the Battle of Hakodate Bay. Later in the war, in May 1869, Kaiten was burned by her crew to prevent capture.

Kaiten
	Level required:	41
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	24,000
	Cost			OR
5				500	110	50	30,000

Kanrin Maru

Kanrin Maru was Japan's first sail and screw-driven steam corvette. She was ordered in 1853 from the Netherlands and delivered with the name Japan in 1857. The ship was used at the newly established Naval School of Nagasaki. In 1860 Kanrin Maru was sent to the United States on a diplomatic mission with the goal of establishing first Japanese embassy to the US, and to ratify the new treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between the two countries. During the Boshin War, she was captured by the Imperial forces. After the war, she was used for the development of the northern island of Hokkaido. Kanrin Maru was lost in a typhoon in 1871.

Kanrin Maru
	Level required:	62
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	40,400
	Cost			OR
1	220,000	60,000	10,000		60	23	22,000
2	80,000	30,000	2,000	90	70	25	8,000
3	100,000	35,000	3,000	95	80	29	9,000
4	140,000	40,000	5,000	100	90	36	11,000
5	200,000	50,000	8,000	110	100	45	14,000
6				130	110	51	17,000
7				150	120	58	20,000
⅀ 740,000 215,000 28,000 OR 675 101,000

Mikaho

Mikaho was a small steam transportation warship belonging to the Navy of the Japanese Tokugawa Shogunate. She took part in the Boshin war fighting among the Tokugawa forces. She was lost in a typhoon in 1868.

Mikaho
	Level required:	83
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	52,500
	Cost			OR
1				290	80	37	26,000
2	135,000	50,000	5,000	100	90	41	12,000
3	180,000	60,000	7,000	105	100	48	13,500
4	280,000	75,000	10,000	110	110	59	16,000
5	400,000	95,000	15,000	120	120	74	20,000
⅀ 995,000 280,000 37,000 OR 435 + 290 (Purchase) 87,500

Shinsoku

Shinsoku was an early Japanese steam transport warship, built in the United States with the name Meteo. In 1869 she took part in the Battle of Hakodate among the forces of the Shogunate. Shinsoku sunk while trying to save the survivors of the Kaiyō Maru, which sunk in a storm.

Shinsoku
	Level required:	104
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	126,600
	Cost			OR
1				300	90	45	60,000
2	220,000	80,000	50	110	100	50	28,000
3	300,000	95,000	60	115	110	59	33,000
4	420,000	120,000	70	120	120	72	40,000
5	600,000	160,000	90	130	130	90	50,000
⅀ 1,540,000 455,000 270 OR 475 + 300 (Purchase) 211,000

Chōyō Maru

Chōyō Maru was a steam corvette of the Tokugawa Navy built in Netherlands. After the Perry expedition, the Japanese government realized the need for boosting coastal defenses and ordered two steam warships to be built by the Dutch. The first vessel was Japan, later renamed Kanrin-Maru and the second vessel was Yedo, later renamed Chōyō Maru. Yedo was launched in Netherlands in 1856 and arrived in Nagasaki in 1858 where she was renamed Chōyō Maru. The length of the ship was 49 meters and it had 12 cannons. Chōyō Maru served as a training vessel and later fought in the Boshin War as a part of the imperial fleet. She exploded and sunk during the Battle of Hakodate Bay in 1869.

Chōyō Maru
	Level required:	125
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	179,200
	Cost			OR
1	185,000	40,000	2,200		90	42	40,000
2	370,000	80,000	50	160	100	46	50,000
3	740,000	160,000	100	170	110	54	78,000
4	1,480,000	320,000	150	180	120	67	100,000
5	2,960,000	640,000	200	190	130	83	180,000
⅀ 5,735,000 1,240,000 500 2,200 OR 700 448,000

Nisshin

Nisshin was built in Netherlands in 1867. The ship was 62m long, had a coal-fired steam engine and displacement of 1468 tons. Nisshin arrived in Japan in 1870 and became a part of the newly formed Imperial Japanese Navy. It took part in the Taiwan expedition in 1874 and helped suppress the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877. She was patrolling the coast of Korea to demonstrate the strength of Japan in response to the burning of the Japanese embassy in Seoul in 1882. From 1885 she served as a training vessel. Nisshin was decommissioned in 1892 and scrapped in 1893.

Nisshin
	Level required:	146
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	360,000
	Cost			OR
1				330	110	64	200,000
2	750,000	250,000	100	130	120	70	75,000
3	1,000,000	300,000	120	135	130	83	85,000
4	1,400,000	375,000	140	140	140	102	100,000
5	2,000,000	500,000	170	150	150	127	140,000
⅀ 5,150,000 1,425,000 530 OR 555 + 330 (Purchase) 600,000

Chōgei Maru

Chōgei Maru was a Japanese steam warship, originally built in England. She took part in the Boshin War fighting among the Tokugawa forces. After the war, she was used to transfer wounded soldiers to Tokyo.

Chōgei Maru
	Level required:	170
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	676,000
	Cost			OR
1	5,500,000	1,350,000	3,250		110	58	350,000
2	2,000,000	600,000	150	130	120	64	120,000
3	2,250,000	700,000	170	140	130	76	140,000
4	3,300,000	900,000	190	150	140	93	180,000
5	5,000,000	1,200,000	240	160	150	116	250,000
6				180	160	134	300,000
7				200	170	151	350,000
⅀ 18,050,000 4,750,000 750 3,250 OR 960 1,690,000

Ryūjō

Ryūjō was a steam ironclad warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built in Scotland in 1868. She was delivered to Japan in 1870 and became the flagship and strongest warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She participated in quenching the Saga Rebellion, in the Seinan War and the first Taiwan Expedition of 1874. In 1877, Ryūjō ran aground off Kagoshima. She was successfully refloated the following year and repaired. In 1893 Ryūjō was decommissioned and used as a training ship. She was sold and broken up in 1908.

Ryūjō
	Level required:	190
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Steamship ( 1)
	Museum reward:	1,560,000
	Cost			OR
1				360	130	87	850,000
2	3,400,000	1,400,000	180	140	140	95	300,000
3	4,500,000	1,650,000	200	150	150	113	350,000
4	6,500,000	2,000,000	240	160	160	138	450,000
5	9,000,000	2,600,000	300	170	170	173	650,000
⅀ 23,400,000 7,650,000 920 OR 620 + 360 (Purchase) 2,600,000