Introduction

The Marine standard battleships (軍艦 gunkan?) have two to three mast ship with two to three sails per mast. They are painted green with black marks on the side of the ship. The size of these ships can vary. One of the varieties first appeared in Chapter 43 and Episode 1.

The decorations and paint job is always kept within the same style and there is little variations between ships. Only a few notable Marines have ships that do not follow the standard design. Marines also underline the bottom of their ships with Seastone so they can cross the Calm Belt without the Sea Kings noticing they are passing over them. however if a seaking surfaces, it then can notice the ship.

While the normal Marine ships are rather small and average in size, the ships that were used by the Buster Call were much larger. During the Ohara Incident, they were already larger than a normal-sized giant. The battleships stationed at the marine HQ are roughly as big as the super-size giant Oars Jr.. These ships are used by higher-ranking Marines, mostly seen within the Grand Line.