Most of the ship girl AIs I pulled grew up to be ocean-going ships of some kind. Many were rescue craft since we didn’t have a big market for warships back then. Some became deep-sea explorers. Several joined the New Japanese Navy on Earth. Others patrolled the Great Pacific Firewall. A few even joined the Japanese space navy. But for all the love the Japanese had for ship girls in their culture, they were still rather traditional about how much firepower they were willing to trust an AI or cyber with. So when The War came, the best shot my girls had at being their own warships was in volunteering with the Cybernetic Council. You better believe they did NOT miss their chance.