History Characters / PacificHeavyCruisersAndBattleships

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type A.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type C.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type A.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type A, but comes ''really close'' to Type S (lacking the {{Tsundere}} aspect).

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type A with their black and white knee socks, respectively.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Iowa and New Jersey have Type A, while Wisconsin and Missouri have Type C.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type A.

* BornLucky: All of them. Every single ''Iowa''-class battleship survived the war, as well having served in other conflicts, and before being decommisioned. All four of them are museum ships today. [[note]]There had been [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_battleship_retirement_debate much debate]] about the US Navy retiring the ''Iowa''s, given that aircraft carriers have a longer range and newer technology such as guided missiles on the current day destroyers. However, in 2006 Congress passed the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act National Defense Authorization Act]] for the [[https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/5122 fiscal year of 2007]] on [[https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/109th-congress/house-report/452/ requesting]] that at least ''Iowa'' and ''Wisconsin'' be kept as well maintained in a state of readiness if need be to return to active duty.[[/note]]

* FlowerInHerHair: A tiara of flowers, in fact.

* FlowerInHerHair: A white one.

* LightningBruiser: The ''Montana''-class battleships were meant to replace the already-fast ''Iowa''-class. The ''Montana'' class would have been the largest, best-protected, and most heavily armed U.S. battleships '''ever''', the only class to come close to rivaling the Empire of Japan's immense ''Yamato''-class battleships. They sacrifice some of their predecessors' speed, but are still slightly faster than the ''South Dakota'' class.

* HairDecorations: Has a black headband and a ribbon.

* HairDecorations: A feather reminiscent of those worn by Native Americans.

* HairDecorations: A white headband.

* HairDecorations: A white ribbon.

* HairDecorations: She has a black ribbon worn on the back of her hair.

* HairDecorations: Has a black ribbon.

* BornLucky: All of them. Every single ''Iowa''-class Battleship survived the war, and all of them are museum ships today.[[note]]They're also kept in fighting shape so they're able to be re-commissioned if need be[[/note]]

* LightningBruiser: The ''Montana''-class battleships were meant to replace the already-fast ''Iowa''-class. The ''Montana'' class would have been the largest, best-protected, and most heavily armed U.S. battleships '''ever''', the only class to come close to rivaling the Empire of Japan's immense ''Yamato''-class battleships, albeit sacrificing some of their predecessors' speed.

* LightningBruiser: The ''Montana''-class battleships were meant to replace the already-fast ''Iowa''-class. The ''Montana'' class would have been the largest, best-protected, and most heavily armed U.S. battleships '''ever''', the only class to come close to rivaling the Empire of Japan's immense ''Yamato''-class battleships.

The third of the Iowas, USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Missouri_(BB-63) Missouri]]'' is famous for being the ship where the Japanese surrender was signed. In concept art for ''Pacific'', she is depicted as a WomanInWhite wearing a sunhat similar to the one worn by her older sister Iowa. More recent concept art removes the hat and replaces it with a bouquet of flowers worn on her head.

* WomanInWhite: Very much so.

* PurpleEyes: It signifies her uniqueness.

* PurpleEyes

* CoolGuns: A pair of Single Action Army Revolvers. She could arguably challenge [[Franchise/MetalGear Ocelot]] to a duel given her similar ImprobableAimingSkills.

* BornUnlucky: Her entire career was full of brushes of almost getting scrapped. Then [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Pearl Harbor]] [[TearJerker happened.]] And finally, despite being a battleship, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking her cup size isn't all too special.]]

* TheWoobie: One could argue that she is this, with all the things that happened to her historical counterpart carrying on to her. Not to mention the fact that she lacks... [[ACupAngst certain assets for a battleship girl]].

* TheNicknamer: [[CaptainObvious Try to guess who and why.]]

* ProperLady: Well, she certainly has the looks and grace of one. It could even be argued that she's everything [[Videogame/KantaiCollection Akatsuki]] aspires to be, but falls incredibly short of.

* SpiritedYoungLady: Her profile on danbooru describes her as "a gentle, cool young lady".

* AntiAir: One of their highlights as screening ships is their comparatively stronger Anti-Air capabilites compared to their Japanese counterparts, especially later in the war.

* HiddenDepths: She tends to get easily distracted and childish at times, even during combat.

** TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Northampton's girly girl.

Named after the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky largest city in the state of Kentucky]], [[strike: Looavul]] [[strike: Lewis-ville]] Louisville is the personification of USS ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Louisville_(CA-28) Louisville]]''. Let's just say that pronouncing her name is...[[{{Understatement}} difficult and confusing, at best.]] Here she's depicted as a young brunette with a sidetail.

* TheChewToy: In-universe and between the authors, no less, mostly with regards to her name.

** OverlyLongGag: Is a borderline example considering most of her tropes are on the same subject matter.

* BornUnlucky: Oh boy... To boot, her historical counterpart's career was plagued with several unfortunate events, including a notoriously incompetent captain, and finally ending with her sinking in the Battle of Renell Island, the last major battle of the Guadalcanal campaign.

* GeniusBruiser: See HiddenDepths below.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers[=/=]SomethingCompletelyDifferent: She wears an entirely different, Texas-themed cowgirl costume, as shown by the leaked concept art.

* [[SouthernFriedPrivate Southern-Fried Cruiser]]: Probably even more than Lousiana ''and'' Narwhal. She's actually a mix of this and SouthernFriedGenius.

* NonstandardCharacterDesign: The only USN Heavy Cruiser not to have SailorFuku-esque clothes. Instead, she gets what resembles an aviator jacket, shorts, and stockings complete with boots.It probably helps that she's not a pre-war "Treaty" Cruiser like the others.

** RevolversAreJustBetter

** ImprobableAimingSkills: This is based on her war record with regards to shore bombardment. During her time in France, she was noted for having a high hit ratio on her targets (in this case, the German defenses in Cherbourg).

** BornLucky: Compared to her younger sister, she comes off as this.

** LovableAlphaBitch: Though once you do get to know her, she's actually a pretty nice person. Just make sure you have a lot of patience around her.

** SoleSurvivor: Similar to Nevada's case, no less.

** GeniusBruiser
* ADayInTheLimelight: [[http://www.hon-haka.org/archives/581 This article]], complete with UnreliableNarrator habit.

** Finally gets her own 4-koma alongside San Francsico [[http://i.imgur.com/8DVt8tF.jpg here]].

* HairTriggerTemper: Seen to it's full extent in her second hon-haka post.

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Though, as mentioned above, while normally acting {{Jerkass}} around others, she actually has a nice side once you know her enough. She also genuinely cares about the other ship girls' well-being.

* UnreliableNarrator: And how. Her portion in ''Pacific Vol. 1'' is full of exaggerated claims regarding her service DuringTheWar. STEC editors immediately point this out to the reader/s just in case they didn't know this.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Gets hers in a 4-koma explaining why she wasn't featured with any equipment in Volume 1, with [[http://i.imgur.com/GfsuXkL.jpg somewhat hilarious consequences.]]

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While battleships normally have BoobsOfSteel, she...lacks this trait.
* TheWoobie: One could argue that she is this, with all the things that happened to her historical counterpart carrying on to her. Not to mention the fact that she lacks...[[ACupAngst certain assets for a battleship girl]].

* ACupAngst: Let's just say she wasn't pleased [[http://imgur.com/7gB7JrP upon finding about ! Kancolle Iowa]].
* ADayInTheLimelight: Gets not one, but ''two'' [[http://i.imgur.com/z99VLIf.jpg 4-]][[http://oi58.tinypic.com/2cqiav5.jpg komas]].

* CurbStompBattle: The aforementioned fight between her and the Abyssal destroyer.

** LadyOfWar: She maintains her gracefulness even in the middle of battle.

* ShoutOut: Her description above is a reference to Creator/TheAsylum mockbuster [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJwgRY0r67k American Warships]].

* PhenotypeStereotype: One of the few characters to actually fall under this trope. She's blonde, has blue eyes, and has an impressive...displacement, to boot.

* GoingCommando: As noted in Vapor Wear, she pretty obviously is wearing nothing under that dress, most certainly not in her battle damage portrait.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent[=/=]TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: She's based on a paper-ship design rather than an actual ship.

* [[SouthernFriedPrivate Southern-Fried Battleship]]: A combination between this and the aforementioned SouthernBelle.

* {{Foil}}: Pending the release of the name ship, the two already in existence are this to Fusou and Yamashiro, being a long-haired and short-haired sister duo with contrasting religious background design. Of course, there's also the whole facing each other at Surigao thing.

* ReligiousBruiser: One of the pre-war Big 7 (alongside West Virginia), and carries a lot of religious inspiration for her design: she calls herself Mary (as in the Virgin Mary), wears a crucifix around her neck, and her rigging and pose clearly invoke Angelic imagery. Fittingly enough, she rejects the idea of the ship girls as gods.

* {{Foil}}: Pending the release of the name ship, the two already in existence are this to Fusou and Yamashiro, being a long-haired and short-haired sister duo with contrasting religious background design.

* MsFanservice: She could even give Shimakaze a run for her money. Being based on MarilynMonroe probably helps.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her character design is based on none other than MarilynMonroe.

Named after the city of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco San Francisco]], USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Francisco_(CA-38) San Francisco]]'' is one of the most decorated ships of WorldWarII. ''Pacific'' depicts her as a red-headed girl with glasses.

Oklahoma is the representation of the second ''Nevada''-class battleship, USS ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oklahoma_(BB-37) Oklahoma]]'', one of two US battleships lost during the [[WorldWarII Attack on Pearl Harbor]]. She is depicted as a young woman with Native American motifs.

* BornUnlucky: Her entire career was full of brushes of almost getting scrapped. Then [[WorldWarII Pearl Harbor]] [[TearJerker happened.]] And finally, despite being a battleship, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking her cup size isn't all too special.]]

* NonstandardCharacterDesign: The only USN Heavy Cruiser not have have SailorFuku-esque clothes. Instead, she gets what resembles an aviator jacket, shorts, and stockings complete with boots.It probably helps that she's not a pre-war "Treaty" Cruiser like the others.

* {{Badass}}: Is more than capable of holding her own against Battleships. [[labelnote: Historical reason]] This is due to her vital role in helping disable the Japanese battlship ''Hiei'' during the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, when a salvo from ''San Francisco'' disabled her engine and steering mechanisms [[/labelnote]]

* {{Badass}}: She may not look like one at first, but her accomplishments include easily curb-stomping an Abyssal during her introduction, and easily breaking out of handcuffs IN FRONT OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN when meeting him for the first time.