Her rigging is similar to Etorofu's. It involves a pistol-like single-cannonturret held in her right hand. A mast and smokestack are carried on her back by straps like a backpack, while depth charge launchers are held like a purse from another strap. An anti-air gun is strapped to her right thigh, and more depth charges are strapped to her left.
As a coastal defense ship, her class is even smaller than destroyers, and as such, she is portrayed as an "elementary school student" character, even younger than the generally "middle school" appearances of the destroyers. As mentioned above, however, Hirato comes off looking like a old woman and her somewhat soft-spoken demeanor seems to further support this. That said, she can become reciprocally vengeful when provoked, as evidenced by her damaged CG where she seemingly aims her cannon at the viewer.
The historical ship was completed on 28 Sep 1943 and sunk by USS Growler (SS-215) on 12 Sep 1944 in the South China Sea [17-54N, 114-49].
