Marine Ships

Marine Ships
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Japanese Name:	海軍船
Romanized Name:	Kaigun-sen
Official English Name:	Marine ships
Debut:	Chapter 43; Episode 1
Affiliation:	Marines
Status:	Active

Marine Ships are ships that serve the Marines, acting as their transportation and means of fighting naval warfare.

They have two to four masts with two to three sails per mast. The decorations and paint job is always kept within the same style and there is little variation between ships beyond size and armaments. The standard paint covering the outer hull is normally a greenish-blue basis, patterned with darker streaks of the same, a style also found on the exterior of most Marine bases. Superstructures are usually painted black. Only a few notable Marines have ships that do not follow the standard design and paint job.

Marine ships are among the few vessels in the world that can safely traverse the Calm Belt. The two features that make this possible are Seastone, which lines the bottom of the ships and makes them undetectable by Sea Kings, and paddle-wheels, which propel the ship forward despite a complete lack of wind. Only battleships have been seen with these features.

Ships by Type

Marine ship side view.

The standard ship is a cruiser-like vessel that has three masts, two with two sails and one with a lateen sail. It has six cannons on each side of its hull and four larger cannons situated on the bow. A large circular structure is located in the middle of the ship, and the Marine symbol and name are painted on the sides. They come in two standard sizes, "Small" and "Midsized", with the naming convention stemming from their size compared to the Marine's ubiquitous Battleship.

These ships serve as the backbone of fleets stationed in the Four Blues and are often seen in large formations. They were also seen in Navarone, indicating that the vessels are present in the Grand Line. Some squads of standard ships have numbers painted on either the front sail or the lateen sail that indicates the branch of Marines that squad is a part of. They are not often seen deeper into Paradise and in the New World, as they are not strong enough to handle those areas' unpredictable weather.

Battleship

While standard Marine ships are average in size, a variant exists that is much larger, known as the Battleship (軍艦, Gunkan^?). This ship type is the mainstay of the Marines in the Grand Line, and it is also the one used during a Buster Call. Battleships are larger than a normal-sized giant, reaching a length of about 60 meters (196'10") and making the class among the largest in the world. These ships are used by higher-ranking Marines, such as Admirals and Vice Admirals.

Battleships have four masts, two with two sails and two with one. Like standard ships, they have a circular superstructure from which one of the main masts emerges from, but theirs has another level. Another rectangular superstructure is affixed to the stern, which is topped by a tan tower. They have three distinctive triple-barreled guns on their front and sides, which are powerful enough to completely destroy smaller vessels and even obliterate an entire island, though only in groups. In addition to these guns, battleships possess two sets of six large cannons on both sides of their hulls.

Smoker's G5 Battleship.

Marine Battleships during a Buster Call.

A group of ten Marine Battleships at Enies Lobby.

A Marine Battleship's size compared to the Thousand Sunny.

A Battleship's standard contingent is 800 Marines. However, each Battleship is capable of carrying over 1,000 soldiers, usually during a specific operation such as a Buster Call. Some ships of this class have paddlewheels and Seastone-coated bottoms so that they can traverse the Calm Belt.

While the fleets of battleships in the Enies Lobby Arc and Marineford Arc were all of the same basic design, and only varied by size, the fleet seen in the Egghead Arc has several minor variations within it.

Battleship Bags

For the chapter of the same name, see Chapter 1087.

Battleship Bags (軍艦バッグ, Gunkan Baggu^?) is a form of training where Marines use retired and scraped battleships for training, using the armored hull of the ship as a punching bag. This training is intended to help build up raw physical strength and punching power, so participants are not allowed to use Haki or Devil Fruit powers. Monkey D. Garp, Kuzan, and Koby are the only known Marines who have used this practice, with each having displayed immense punching power thanks to years of doing this training.

Prison Ship

A prison ship.

Prison ships are used to transport prisoners or slaves. This type of ship has been in use for at least 38 years. The only known vessel was shown to have a large cells with bunk beds for the inmates. Said cells appear to be in poor condition, with leaking pipes and little room for the inmates to move. It was also shown to have a communications room.

Kaidou has sunk nine enormous prison ships singlehandedly.

Ships by Personnel

Nezumi's Ship

Nezumi's ship.

Nezumi's ship is a standard Marine ship commanded by the corrupt captain Nezumi. The ship has the number 16 on one of the ship's sails. While the ship is on the coast of Arlong Park, Nezumi himself is rarely seen on it. Business is conducted at Arlong Park, and Nezumi's corrupt actions usually take place on land. It first appeared in Chapter 76 and Episode 34.

Pudding Pudding's Ship

Pudding Pudding's ship.

Pudding Pudding's ship was a standard Marine ship, though of a slightly different class, as it lacks the front cannons and has more on the sides instead, as well as a spritsail. Pudding and his crew were run-of-the-mill Marine men and as such had no chance against Arlong's crew. Pudding's ship was sunk by a maelstrom made by Hatchan outside of Arlong Park after Kuroobi destroyed the ship's rudder. The ship has the number 77 on its lateen sail. It appeared in Chapter 75 and Episode 34.

Monkey D. Garp's Ship

Garp's ship.

Former Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp's ship is a battleship-class vessel. His ship's crow nests are shaped like a dog house and the figurehead is shaped like a dog head, which has a bone in its mouth. There are many sails for this ship, with the masts shaped like bones with dog-paws. The overall vessel has a dog theme, similar to Garp's mask. One of the major front sails bears the marking HQ-03 under the marine markings.

There are conveyor belts on board the ship to supply Garp with cannonballs, which, when launched with Garp's superhuman strength, surpasses the force of a cannon. He can also hurl a gigantic ball and chain that is bigger than the Thousand Sunny, although it is unknown how the ship can transport it. A big staircase leads up to the figurehead of the ship, as it doubles as a launching platform for Garp's hand-thrown cannonball barrage, and thus the ship has no front cannons. It was once seen parked outside Dawn Island. Later, Garp used the ship on his way to Hachinosu to rescue Koby from the Blackbeard Pirates.

The ship made an appearance in One Piece Film: Z.

Smoker's Ship

Smoker's old ship.

Smoker's ship was smaller than a standard Marine ship, and it had his name written above "MARINE" on the front sail. It was painted more blue than green while retaining the standard pattern. The ship did not show any interesting abilities or features.

Apparently, Smoker stopped using this ship by the time he was promoted to vice admiral, and after being reassigned to G-5, he sailed in a large battleship.

Hina's Ship

Hina's ship.

Hina's vessel is similar in design to Smoker's ship. While it has not been shown to have any special features, it does have an unusual color scheme. The top half of the hull is dark pink, the deck house is a very light blue, and all the railings are white.

Merchandise

Figurines of standard marine battleship and Smoker's and Garp's ships are presented in several merchandise series, including One Piece Super Ship Collection and One Piece Wobbling Pirate Ship Collection.

Marine Battleship figurine.

Smoker's ship figurine.

Garp's ship figurine.

Trivia

Drake's ship.

• The only other known group that has battleships is the Big Mom Pirates.
• Krieg started his career as a pirate by hijacking a Marine ship.
• Drake Pirates' ship, Liberal Hind, closely resembles a Marine Battleship. It is unknown if the ship belonged to Drake during his time with the Marines.