Characters / Azur Lane - Eagle Union Destroyers (DD)

Azur Lane (Main Character Index)
Major Nations
Eagle Union (Destroyers (DD) | Light Cruisers (CL) | Heavy Cruisers (CA) | Large/Battlecruisers (CB/BC) | Battleships (BB) | Light Aircraft Carriers (CVL) | Aircraft Carriers (CV) | Submarines (SS) | Repair Ships (AR))
Royal Navy (Destroyers (DD) | Light Cruisers (CL) | Heavy Cruisers (CA) | Battleships (BB) | Light Aircraft Carriers (CVL) | Aircraft Carriers (CV))
Sakura Empire (Destroyers (DD) | Light Cruisers (CL) | Heavy Cruisers (CA) | Battlecruisers and Battleships (BB and BC) | Aircraft Carriers (CV/L))
Ironblood (Vanguard Ships (Destroyers, Light & Heavy Cruisers) | Main Fleet ships (Battlecruisers, Battleships, Light & Fleet Carriers) | Submarines)
Other Nations
Dragon Empery | North Union | Iris Libre | Vichya Dominion | Sardegna Empire
Other Characters
META | Ashes | Others | Sirens

General Tropes

• Jack of All Stats: Unlike most other factions' destroyers, Eagle Union Destroyers have balanced statlines. With the right skills, they can be pretty strong like Post Retrofit Laffey but on the flip side without such skills, they tend to lag behind other ships whose specialized statlines can offset this deficit. Allen M. Sumner and Ingraham are more so, boasting FP stats usually seen on certain german destroyers while lacking the other ships' weaknesses.

The Farragut-class

Dewey (DD-349)

Voiced by: Miyuri Shimabukuro

ID: No. 004

Rarity: Rare

Artist: Huo Yi

"I am the destroyer, Dewey. Please let me know if there's anything I can help you with. Dewey will do her everything in her power!"

• Named After Someone Famous: Named after George Dewey, the only person ever awarded the rank of Admiral of the Navy, a rank equated to that of a six-star admiral and basically the equivalent of the Army's General of the Armies^note A rank that has only been awarded twice, and only one of the men to achieve the rank was actually alive. John J. Pershing was promoted to the rank in 1919 in recognition of his service in WWI, and George Washington was posthumously promoted to the rank in 1976. Granted, all of the Eagle Union Destroyers are named for decorated USN personnel.
• Rare Random Drop: Only drops in Level 13-3 (very late in the main story)
• Support Party Member: Slightly reduces damage taken by carriers and light carriers and has a partially mutual support with Gridley with Dewey getting a firepower buff while buffing the other destroyer's firepower and reload.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: She loathes typhoons. Considering she lost two sisters, Hull and Monaghan, during Typhoon Cobra, this is to be expected. This is also the same typhoon responsible for the loss of USS Spence.

Aylwin (DD-355)

Voiced by: Ayaka Ohashi

ID: No. 406

Rarity: Rare

Artist: Huo Yi

"Greetings, my name is Aylwin. I'm actually quite talented at nautical navigation, so please allow me to be your guide."

• Clingy Jealous Girl: Her Oath line has signs of this, but in light of her general character it's justified as she's insecure about herself compared to real women.
• Rose-Haired Sweetie: She is one, though she does have her limits (saying at "upset" affection level that if the commander doesn't improve, even she'll get fed up and leave.)
• Single-Target Sexuality: She seems to take to the commander quite fast.
• Support Party Member: Slightly reduces the damage carrier and light carriers take.
• Weight Woe: She doesn't like when people call her chubby. This relates to the fact that well-developed girls are prone to being called chubby by other kids.

The Mahan-class

The class as a whole:

• Boring, but Practical: They don't have particularly fancy skills or stellar stats or a particularly amazing EX barrage, but they're cheap to run, easy to get, and their Baptismal Flames skill gives them good endurance in PVE. As such, it's common to tack one of them on to a "1:1" farming fleet to give it some more evasion and firepower at very little additional oil cost.
• Fashionable Asymmetry: Both only wear one thigh-high stocking prior to retrofit and have differently colored eyes. Downplayed after retrofit, when they wear both stockings, but only one garter.
• Glass Eye: As a result of damage suffered at Pearl Harbor, both Cassin and Downes have a fake eye (Cassin's left eye and Downes's right eye) that is implied to be, if not glass, at least non-functional. The fake eye stands out by having an extra ring and a light colored pupil.
• Heal Thyself: Both have the Baptismal Flames skill, which restores 15% at base and 25% at max of their health once they fall below 20% health.
• Last Chance Hit Point: Once per battle they can restore their HP if they fall below 20%.
• More Dakka: Both possess a barrage skill and gain Quick Reload during retrofit, which can significantly boost their rate of fire when it activates.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Cassin is the calm blue oni to Downes's action-loving red oni.
• Moveset Clone: They have exactly identical stats and skills, both pre- and post-retrofit, besides a minor three-point difference in Luck.
• We Can Rebuild Him / Theseus' Ship Paradox: Both were extensively rebuilt after their hulls were badly damaged by fire during the attack on Pearl Harbor, though Downes talks about it much more than Cassin.

Cassin (DD-372)

Voiced by: Nana Harumura

^{Cassin (Retrofit)}

ID: No. 005

Rarity: Normal

Artist:

"Nice to meet you, I'm Cassin. If you've no business with me, I'd like to enter the docks…"

• Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?: Raising up her affection level high enough has her comment that she's getting annoyed at the commander acting gentlemanly with her and takes it as a sign that they don't find her attractive.
• Badass Bookworm: Cassin would rather be in her room reading books, but that doesn't stop her from kicking ass with the rest of the fleet.
• Hikikomori: Cassin would really rather spend all of her time in her room and her login quote is "Even the Commander cannot make me leave my room... ". Furthermore, her Japanese dialog specifically calls her a Hikikomori.
• Sleepyhead: Other than stay in her room and read, Cassin would also generally much rather be napping than out fighting.

Downes (DD-375)

Voiced by: Ayano Niina

^{Downes (Retrofit)}

ID: No. 006

Rarity: Normal

Artist:

"Hey! Are you the Commander? I'm Downes. Nice to meet ya!"

• Chuunibyou: A lot of her personality is dedicated to what she perceives to be cool, such as how she frames having been rebuilt, as well as her love of blowing stuff up.
  That's right, Commander: 'I am only half of my original self.' Sounds super cool, doesn't it!
• Hot-Blooded: In contrast to Cassin, Downes is eager for a fight (and a chance to cause some explosions).
• Idiot Hair: Downes's ahoge emphasizes that she's much sillier than her sister.
• Large Ham: Downes will loudly boast of her greatness if she's MVP.
• Pointless Band-Aid: Downes wears a band-aid over the bridge of her nose at all times, presumably because it looks cool, but it does highlight her boisterous nature.
• Stuff Blowing Up: Downes has a passion for explosions rivaling Megumin's. Her focus on explosions and apparent disregard for safety measures is likely a reference to how her fuel tanks exploded in the attack on Pearl Harbor, which resulted in the damage to her, Cassin, and Pennsylvania.
• What Have I Become?: As her affection level goes up, it's apparent that even if she's never heard of the Theseus' Ship Paradox, she's feeling some distress over it, as she wonders if the Commander will return her affection even though more than half of her body has been rebuilt. Still, if she receives an Oath Ring, she'll tell you that even if her body isn't whole anymore, her heart still is.

The Gridley-class

• Boring, but Practical: Like the Mahan-class, they don't have any fancy skills nor particularly good stats, but they have the same Double Torpedo skill some of the Sakura Empire ships have, making them good early-game picks until better options come along. In addition, Gridley has a skill that increases the torpedo power of all destroyers in the fleet, while Maury has a skill that lets her evade attacks for a short duration.
• Four-Girl Ensemble: This class has a sports theme going on with them, with Craven as the cheerleader, McCall as the watergirl, Gridley as the photographer, and Maury as the athlete.
• Moveset Clone: Craven and McCall are almost identical, with only about 40 HP, a single point in Evasion, 3 points in Speed, and 3 points in Luck making Craven very slightly better at level 100. Everything else, from skills to efficiencies, is identical.
• Square Race, Round Class: Unlike most destroyers of their faction, which lean towards guns in some fashion, the Gridley class has the Double Torpedo skill, something mainly found on Sakura ships and have torp heavy statlines.

Gridley (DD-380)

Voiced by: Narumi Shinohara (Japanese), Apphia Yu (English)

ID: No. 007

Rarity: Rare

Artist: Shenbei Xiaoqiu

"Nice to meet you, Commander! I'm Gridley. I'm Saratoga's escort ship~! She's, like, super cute!"

• Camera Fiend: Always seen with her camera. In both the game and anime, she's even shown carrying it around in combat.
• Stalker with a Crush: She is this for Saratoga, considering she did escort her at least once during the war. Some of her pictures of Saratoga are in a less-than-professional light, and Saratoga's character quest is framed by Gridley's pictures "narrating" Saratoga's growing relationship to the commander.

Craven (DD-382)

Voiced by: Ayano Niina

ID: No. 008

Rarity: Normal

Artist: Shenbei Xiaoqiu

"Second ship of the Gridley-class, Craven, reporting in. Leave the halftime cheers to me!"

• Art Evolution: Her special skin shows how her artist has advanced since he first made them.
• Iconic Item: Her cheerleader baton which looks like a lance in her chibi form.
• Pom-Pom Girl: The cheerleader of the Gridley-class. This trope is shown in full effect with her special skin.

McCall (DD-400)

Voiced by: Nana Harumura

ID: No. 009

Rarity: Normal

Artist: Shenbei Xiaoqiu

"Hello, Commander. You can just call me McCall. My hobbies are sleeping, daydreaming and eating popsicles - please assign me to somewhere peaceful, thank you."

• Dull Surprise: The most stoic of the four Gridley sisters. Her voice lines are typically delivered in monotone and she's lazing about so much that she's even the chibi mascot for restocking food in your Dorm.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Never seen without her ice pops.

Maury (DD-401)

Voiced by: Konomi Kohara

ID: No. 010

Rarity: Elite

Artist: Shenbei Xiaoqiu

"You can just call me Maury. Reaching a maximum speed of 42.8 knots, I hold the Eagle Union speed record in track and field. Oh, but... marathons aren't for me..."

• Collection Sidequest: She's unlocked as a playable ship only after 10 total stars have been obtained from the other Gridley-class ships ^note out of the 13 maximum from limit-breaking all of them, and starting at 4 stars if the player owns basic versions of each destroyer — a free copy is then given as a reward, and future copies can be obtained from the build menu to help with limit-breaking.
• Passionate Sports Girl: Really likes talking to you about her running, even in her introductory line.
• Square Race, Round Class: Has "double torpedo", a skill typically found on Sakura destroyers.
• Super-Speed: Claims to have a top speed of 42.9 knots, which translates to her main skill increasing her evasion by at least 40% for a short duration.

The Sims-class

• Animal Motifs: Cats. Sims and Hammann both have cat ears and their personalities are very catty (Sims being playful, Hammann being Tsundere).
• Little Bit Beastly: Both ships in this class have cat ears and tails despite not being Sakura Empire ships. Artwork and descriptions tend to also be at odds with one another on this topic. For example, one can see the headband on which Sims' fake cat ears are attached to in her retrofit, and the description for Hammann in Crosswave also says that the ears are fake. This doesn't explain the tails, nor explain how the Live2D for Hammann's swimsuit outfit features animated ears and tail. The anime complicates things further by showing that Hammann's tail is directly connected to her tailbone and not something she's wearing.
• Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Both sisters have something on them that has the american flag colors, usually a tie.

Sims (DD-409)

Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu

^{Sims (Retrofit)}

ID: No. 026

Rarity: Rare

Artist: Yumesaki Kaede

"So you're my Commander, huh. Hmmm~ I'm the Sims-class destroyer's name ship, Sims. Ehehe, I look forward to working with you."

• Smoke Out: Gains the Smokescreen skill post-retrofit.
• Smug Smiler: Generally has this expression and tends to be a bit condescending towards the commander. And appears to get even smugger post refit.
• Troll: Appears in her lines, and in Hammann's story she trolls Hammann quite a bit.

Hammann (DD-412)

Voiced by: Asuka Itou (Japanese), Brittany Lauda (English), Amanda Hinojosa (Latin American Spanish)

^{Hammann (Retrofit)}

ID: No. 027

Rarity: Rare

Artist: Yumesaki Kaede

"Hey! Don't give stare at me like such an idiot, you pervert! ...I'm cute? Did you really think just complementing me would make me happy? You moron!"

• Boobs-and-Butt Pose: Her summer loading screen art has her in this pose.
• Bratty Half-Pint: Being a Tsundere, this is somewhat of a given. She's not really the most pleasant talker, is verbally abusive to the Commander, and have some serious anger management issues. Even when you get to marry her, she is still this but graciously accepts your pledge to her, anyways.
• Butt-Monkey: In the Anime. It's not as bad as San Diego, but she's also a butt of quite a number of jokes too (usually at the entertainment of Hornet).
• Deadpan Snarker: Some of her lines can be outright condescending. This gem, for example:
  "Are you actually going to have me open the rewards for you?" (Of course, you can't actually have her open the rewards since you're the one who has to push buttons on the interface screen, you big idiot.)
• I Regret Nothing: She makes it clear in her biography that she has never regretted trying to save Yorktown, even though it led to her being sunk by I-168.
• It's Personal: With I-168. One of her idle lines has her saying that she will "teach her a lesson". She's probably not too serious about it though considering that they're now on the same team.
• Luminescent Blush: Always has these on all of her portraits. Then again, she's almost always either angry at the commander or embarrassed, usually in relation to supposed perversion.
• Meido: Her outfit is akin to one, with a frilly skirt and all. In the anime ED she's serving the table guests alongside Belfast, playing the role straight.
• Platonic Life-Partners: With Yorktown. They view each other as sisters, with Hammann wanting to go see her and Yorktown listing her alongside her actual sisters in her party skin, and looking for her at the party.
• Stance System: Her skill is to temporarily increase her Anti-Air but losing some firepower.
• Support Party Member: She reduces flagship damage by a percentage. This is a nod to her taking a torpedo trying to protect a disabled Yorktown in the Midway aftermath.
• Third-Person Person: In her Japanese lines, she always refer to herself in third person. The cute variant.
• Tsundere: In fact, it seems like her tsundereness is her way of showing affection, given that she can't even care to be angry with the Commander if her affection is at "Disappointed". In her ministory, it seems that she is just absolutely unable to express her honest feelings without outside intervention.

The Benson-class

• Animal Motifs: Rabbits. Benson is a Playboy Bunny, Bailey is an energetic bunny, Laffey is a lazy rabbit, and each of them have rabbit ears.
• Little Bit Beastly: Subverted. While the class has rabbits as motif, those that appear to have rabbit ears are wearing fake ones, or wear ribbons to make them look like rabbit ears. Bailey doesn't even wear one, instead she goes with hairclips and rabbit decorations (though unlike her sisters, she outright calls herself a bunny).
• Third-Person Person: Both Laffey and Bailey tend to refer to themselves by only their respective names, emphasizing their childishness.

Benson (DD-421)

Voiced by: Manami Numakura

ID: No. 018

Rarity: Rare

Artist: Hao

"Yahoo! Commander! Aren't you charmed by how cute and risque I am? Huh? W-who am I? ... Hahaha... My name is Benson... It's a pleasure to meet you..."

The personification of the destroyer USS Benson. She is one of the monthly login reward ships along with her sister Bailey.

• Animal-Eared Headband: She wears one, which she claims is real. She gets rather livid when the Commander tries to take it off her.
• In the Name of the Moon: Some of her lines have Sailor Moon references. (This is, of course, because rabbits are associated with the moon in Japan.) Get her upset, and she'll invoke the trope name:
  Oh evil being who conspires against cuties... in the name of the moon, I will punish you!
• Kawaiiko: She's obsessed with cuteness, and goes out of her way to make sure that her every word and action is cute.
• Playboy Bunny: Looks the part minus the overly sexual themes usual to this trope.
• Status Buff: Her Air Raid Assistance skill increases the damage of all carriers in the fleet, and stacks with all other skills with the same effect such as retrofitted Long Island's Air Support skill.
• Token Adult: Only one of her sisters that appear to be in their late teens.

Laffey (DD-459)

Voiced by: Maria Naganawa (Japanese), Tia Ballard (English), Valentina Souza (Latin American Spanish)

^{Laffey (Retrofit)}

ID: No. 019

Rarity: Elite

Artist: Yumesaki Kaede

"Benson-class destroyer Laffey, awaiting orders… These ears aren't real, so please stop staring at them so much…"

The personification of the destroyer USS Laffey.

• The Alcoholic: This has become an Ascended Meme after several official references have been made.
  • Slow Ahead hints she was drinking more than oxycola.
  • The Lunar New Year Celebration mini-event where she and Prinz Eugen are obviously drunk; and in the Flower Festival event, she outright asks where the alcohol is.
  • One of the login screens during "The Solomon Ranger" event features Laffey trying to add not-Jack Daniel's whiskey to whatever Z23, Javelin, and Ayanami are trying to make.
• Badass Longcoat: She's wearing a sleeveless one in her retrofit clothing, fitting with how much stronger she's become.
• Big Eater: Despite her small stature, Laffey has a battleship-sized appetite.
  • In the anime, Laffey eats an entire stack of pancakes in one bite shortly before challenging Ayanami for her's.
  • In Slow Ahead, she's able to wolf down nearly all of Dunkerque's sweets in short order ^note  which is mentioned to be enough for ten people .
• Blood Knight: She admits she's not really motivated by anything except fighting. This might be what's causing her usual disposition. She's arguably a deconstruction of the trope, as her boredom outside of combat has turned her into a perpetually bored, tired alcoholic.
• Fanservice Pack: While her "assets" stay the same, her outfit does become skimpier post-retrofit.
• Gun Fu: Invoked after retrofit. Completed with John Woo character style posing with two pistol-style turrets and a Badass Longcoat. Heck, her Super Mode gained from retrofit is outright about shooting faster and shooting more.
  • Possibly used as a Historical In-Joke for her Dying Moment of Awesome in her service history. During the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Laffey almost crashed into IJN battle ship Hiei, and with a battleship on her stern, a second on her port beam, and two destroyers on her port bow, Laffey fought the Japanese ships with her three remaining main battery guns^note At max level Laffey's post retrofit barrage activates a 200% increase in her loading. Thats a 300%. See what they did here? in a no-quarter duel at point-blank range. Laffey unleashed her torpedoes and, using all her firepower, raked the battleship’s bridge(see Red Baron). Laffey was then blasted by a 14-inch shell from Hiei and a torpedo in her fantail for her trouble, resulting in an violent explosion that ripped her apart. Her close quarter, almost berserker like last stand earned her a Presidential Unit Citation post sinking.
• Guns Akimbo: Upon retrofit. She's even seen posing with them or twirling them constantly.
• Jack of All Stats: Has well-balanced stats compared to the other starters, and post-remodel she has one of the highest reload stats in the game, allowing her to fire her weapons faster and proc her skills more often.
• More Dakka: Her special barrage post remodel ups her reload by 200%, enabling her do a good amount of damage through sheer volume of fire.
• Red Baron: Her primary skill calls her the "Wargod of Solomon" for an incident in which, during the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Laffey came within 20 feet of colliding with Hiei, which was then incapable of depressing its guns low enough to hit Laffey, which used the opportunity to rake Hiei's superstructure with gunfire, badly wounding Admiral Abe and killing his chief of staff, badly hindering his ability to command.
• Sleepyhead: She is often so sleepy to the point of speaking almost in monotone. Some of her lines imply that it's the result of her being bored out of her mind when there isn't anything to fight.
• Starter Mon: One of three available starters in all three servers of the game along with Javelin (all three servers) and Z23 (CN and NA) or Ayanami (JP).
• Thanks for the Mammary: Episode 12 of the Bisoku Zenshin anime has her sleepwalking and using the other girls' breasts as pillows.
• Took a Level in Badass: Not just stat wise but in her remodel's art, she's seen with a more serious expression and in an action pose. (That said, her refit does also make her ridiculously powerful, especially with investment into her new skill.)
• Trademark Favorite Food: Well drink as her chibi has drinking from a bottle as an animation. While it's said to be an energy drink, fans have different ideas, and some official material agrees.
• You Don't Look Like You: Before the game's initial beta, she was illustrated◊ by Hao instead of Yumesaki Kaede, and looks more in-line with Benson. The design is still present in the game as chibi in Akashi's gem shop.

Bailey (DD-492)

Voiced by: Eri Suzuki (Japanese), Dani Chambers (English)

^{Bailey (Retrofit)}

ID: No. 263

Rarity: Rare

Artist: DanGo

"I'm Bailey, a Benson-cla... Wait, no, I'm a bunny! Commander, have you seen any of my sisters?"

The personification of the destroyer USS Bailey. She is one of the monthly login reward ships along with her sister Benson.

• Cloudcuckoolander: She refers to herself as a little bunny (or a Rabbit Alien) and constantly references Planet Bunny. What's Planet Bunny or a Rabbit Alien? Whatever it is, it's so odd that the commander investigates in her character quest.
• Cute Witch: Her Halloween skin has her dress as a young witch girl.
• Idol Singer: She wants to become an idol, as revealed during her character quest.
• Irony: Despite claiming to actually be a bunny, and being the only one of the sisters to do so, she's the only one that isn't wearing fake bunny ears, instead wearing a hair clip that look like a bunny head.
• Magical Girl: With a dash of Stage Magician in her retrofit skin.
• Oblivious to Love: Does not quite understand her commander's affections, though not to the same extent as Renown.
• Smoke Out: Her Smokescreen skill increases the evasion of all frontline ships within an Area of Effect at the start of battle and every 15 seconds thereafter, similar to the skill with the same name as the C-class ships have.
• Status Infliction Attack: Her retrofit skill Disturbance Shooting reduces a random enemy's attack speed and damage within a short duration.

Hobby (DD-610)

Voiced by: Miyuki Kobori

ID: No. 362

Rarity: Rare

Artist: AO

"The one and only Hobby has arrived! Commander, Commander! Are you ready to be impressed by my charm? Hehe~"

Kalk (DD-611

Voiced by: Miyuki Kobori

ID: No. 363

Rarity: Rare

Artist: AO

"Kalk, reporting in (flick sleeves) Commander, will you give me a high-five. As long as we high-five, we’re friends."

The Fletcher-class

The class as a whole:

• Boring, but Practical: The Fletcher class doesn't particularly stand out for stats, but they have the lowest oil consumption in the game, making groups of high-level (no limit breaks more so, particularly in Chinese AL) Fletchers popular for farming, especially in conjunction with the similarly low-cost Erebus Class monitors. the big thing is Fletcher's skill set which gives a sizable boost to their stats.
• Com Mon: Very many of them are rather common from both stage drops and construction, and a recent trend is to have Rare rarity Fletchers as low end filler in events.
• The Ghost: Fletcher's massive number of siblings are in the Commander's fleet, as revealed in Cleveland's character quest, even though there's "only" a dozen of them in the game proper so far. Apparently the Fletchers like to play together, and nearly 180 ships in the same wheat field would be a safety hazard.
• Moveset Clone: Out of thirteen total Fletcher-class ships in the game, eight of them have extremely similar movesets:
  • The Common trio of Aulick, Foote, and Spence. Aulick has a higher reload at level 100 (at 178), the trio have different Luck Stats (62, 67, and 20 respectively) and all other stats and skills are identical.
  • The Rare trio of Thatcher, Radford, and Jenkins are a downplayed example, since there's a fair bit more variance in their stats. Their differences are that they have 1712 or 1733 HP at level 100, 154-157 Evasion, 175 or 182 Reload, and 42-45 speed. But everything else, such as their gun efficiencies, Firepower or Torpedo stat, and their Full Firepower skill are identical.
  • The Rare duo of Bush and Kimberly both have the Anti-air Vigilance skill instead of Full Firepower, but can be grouped as their own moveset clones as a result. Bush has 2 more Firepower, 6 more Anti-Air, but one less Torpedo stat than Kimberly, and again those are the only differences.
• Sailor Fuku: The Beaver Squad and Fletcher wear the same type of sailor uniform and feathered cap, with the exception of Fletcher who has her hair tied in a yellow ribbon instead (as she wasn't part of the Little Beavers in real life).
• The Squad: The "Little Beaver Squadron": Aulick, Foote, Spence, Thatcher, and Charles Ausburne. Collecting them and limit breaking them unlocks rewards culminating in the meta-defining Little Beaver Squadron Squadron Tag which increases fleet-wide speed by 20% after 17 total stars have been obtained from these destroyers ^note out of the 22 maximum from limit-breaking all of them, and starting at 7 stars if the player owns basic versions of every destroyer.
• Token Adult: Kimberly and Mullany are older-looking than the other Fletchers, even big sis Fletcher herself, and resemble teenagers or young adults (or cruisers) instead of children. They're noticeably taller (and bustier in Mullany's case) and swap out the Sailor Fuku outfits for shorts and jackets.^*The main reason (even noted in a few of their lines) is that they went on to become Taiwan/Eastern Radiance ships after the war, thus lived longer than practically all their older sisters.

Fletcher (DD-445)

Voiced by: Manaka Iwami

ID: No. 011

Rarity: Rare

Artist: Lino

"Hm? You think we've met before? I get it… You know, I have over 100 sisters who look like me! I'll be following your orders from now on, Commander."

• Badass Boast: She states that the fleet should overwhelm the enemy with sheer numbers. Considering that there are 175 Fletcher-class destroyers in real life (not yet implemented into the game), her boast has merit.
• Cool Big Sis: She's somewhat younger in appearance than usual for the trope, but she cares a lot about her massive number of younger sisters, and remembers all of their names. To reflect this, one of her skills boosts the firepower and evasion of any other Fletcher-class destroyers in her fleet, and another boosts the firepower, torpedo, and reload stats of all destroyers in her fleet.
• Massively Numbered Siblings: A part of her character is watching over all of them and knowing all their names (an impostor was caught when asked to name them all). Fitting, as the Fletcher-class was and is the most numerous class of destroyer ever built. She wonders if their parents were rabbits.^note She's not wrong, either; the Fletcher class' "parent" design were the Benson/Gleaves class destroyers!
• Support Party Member: Her Sisters' Temperament skill increases the firepower and evasion of all Fletcher-class units in the party, making her the core piece of the Fletcher Fleet, a low-cost party designed to farm early-to-mid-game maps for as low oil cost as possible^note as low as 13 in a game where most mid-to-late game parties cost as high as 80 oil. She has a Destroyer Firepower buffing general skill on top of that.
• Vapour Wear: Unlike the others in her class, her Sailor Fuku is backless and sideless (for some reason), revealing that she isn't wearing a bra.

Radford (DD-446)

Voiced by: Mariya Ise

ID: No. 299

Rarity: Rare

Artist: DanGo

"I am Fletcher class's Radford. Commander, do you want some lolipops?"

• Comfort Food: May be the case as she mentions washing away the shame of Kolombangara while munching on some sweets. In that battle only a single Japanese destroyer was sunk while multiple ships on the Allied side were damaged and one sunk.
• Double Entendre: Her oath line: Does this mean I'm the sweetest candy in the world to you, Commander? ... Okay, so... I guess that means I'll be your lollipop from now on? Worse in the Chinese where she says he needs to keep her in your mouth.
• Oral Fixation: Lolipops. She's almost always eating one and even offers the commander some.
• Overshadowed by Awesome: Mentions that she feels somewhat like she looks plain compared to some of her famous sisters. But she doesn't mind much.
• Rare Random Drop: She only drops from 9-2 and at a lower rate compared to other rare ships.
• Sweet Tooth: Seems to be crazy for anything sweet. Even suggests shooting candy at the enemy instead of ammunition.

Jenkins (DD-447)

Voiced by: Mariya Ise

ID: No. 300

Rarity: Rare

Artist: DanGo

"Y- you're the Commander?...Hello, I'm the Fletcher-class destroyer Jenkins...U-um, can you please bring me back?"

• Cowardly Lion: Appears to be terrified of anything and everything, even the Admiral scares her at times. Yet seems willing to fight anyway.
• Rare Random Drop: She only drops from 9-2 and at a lower rate compared to other rare ships.
• Trust Password: Made the Admiral memorize an undefined phrase to prove that it is really him.

Nicholas (DD-449)

Voiced by: M*A*O

^{Nicholas (Retrofit)}

ID: No. 301

Rarity: Elite

Artist: DanGo

"I'm Nicholas, the first Fletcher-class ship to be launched… I'd rather stay in the base than sortiiiie… Can I just do that insteeeead?"

• Big Little Sister: Strongest stat wise (particularly with her remodel) and historically the first to be completed in spite of being being started later.
• Gender-Blender Name: Nicholas, a typically male name, is applied to a female ship.
• Rare Random Drop: She only drops from 9-3's boss node.
• Red Baron: The Nick, which shares it's name with one of her skills.
• Sleepyhead: A bit more pronounced than Laffey since her chibi has animations of her nearly dozing off.

Bache (DD-470)

Voiced By: Sayaka Kaneko

ID: No. 407

Rarity: Rare

Artist: Waterkuma

"Yoohoo~! You the Commander? You look kinda weaksauce, though~! Name's Bache! I'm joining this fleet, starting today! I'll take good care of you, so just kick back and get ready for my greatness!"

• Fan Disservice: Despite being designed with fanservice in mind, her barely preteen appearance is rather off-putting for some players.
• The Fashionista: She thinks of herself as one, as she looks down upon other fashions (to the point of acting like she doesn't know her sisters).
• Gold Digger: She appears to have a fascination with money, and given she's designed as a stripper this might be expected.
• Gyaru Girl: Moreso than others in the game; she thinks it's what's "in vogue". This extends to her bike which was customized by her to garish extents.
• Hopeless with Tech: According to her, she has no idea how to work with the bike she got in her Gorgeous Speed-star skin. A unknown friend in the royal navy pimped the bike for her, leaving us to wonder who else shares her taste in fashion among the Royal faction.
• Nice Girl: Oddly, for all that she looks like a pimp or prostitute, she is actually pretty darn nice and willing to look after the Shikikan even when her affection level reaches "disappointed".
• Shameless Fanservice Girl: She is well aware how revealing her clothes are, and her "special touch" line has her tease the commander about it instead of getting flustered like other ships would.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Or drink in her case, she mentions a special "honey-infused energy drink" in both her standard skin and sports skin. Both times offeriing you a sip because you look exhausted.
• Stripperiffic: Literally — her base skin already has a shade of stripper-ness, but her biker skin takes it up a notch, with all the banknotes in her short shorts and her bike's license plate having been "617CH" in the original reveal before it was censored to "61700" just before the maintenance was done.
• Why Did It Haveto Be Snakes: Is hinted to be scared of heavy storm winds due to being blown all over the place during a storm at the harbor of Rhodes.

Stanly (DD-478)

Voiced by: Yoshie Sakai

ID: No. 409

Rarity: Rare

Artist: Amoeba原虫

"Good morning, Commander. I'm Stanly, a destroyer from the Eagle Union. I will follow your every order to bring you victory... Pffft! Bahaha! S-Sorry, this whole "serious introduction" thing totally cramps my style, haha!"

• Chuunibyou: She talks about being in "modes".
• Uniformity Exception: She is a Little Beaver but her outfit is completely different from the other Beavers.

Foote (DD-511)

Voiced by: Yuna Yoshino

ID: No. 016

Rarity: Normal

Artist: Lino

"*Tsk* Greetings... I hate greetings. But I suppose it's a formality... Hello, Commander. I'm Foote..."

• Lazy Bum: Pretty much everything is a drag for her.
• Perpetual Frowner: Only because everything annoys her all the time.

Spence (DD-512)

Voiced by: Yuna Yoshino

ID: No. 017

Rarity: Normal

Artist: Lino

"Huh...? C-C-C-Commander...Hello...Spence h-has been wanting to talk to you... b-but didn't have the courage to..."

• Cowardly Lion: She's afraid of fighting, but she does her best because she's afraid of letting her commander down more.^*DESRON 23 commander Arleigh Burke once remarked that "Spence always did more than her share," particularly referencing an incident where she and her crew volunteered to go into battle despite having their speed reduced due to boiler trouble — the same incident, by the way, that gave "Thirty-One Knot" Burke his nickname.
• Fear of Thunder: She's afraid of storms, with good reason, as Typhoon Cobra sunk her.
• Prone to Tears: Pretty much her default expression. She's shy and frightened by almost everything, and very emotional.
• Shrinking Violet: She's very easily spooked and Prone to Tears. This might be a reference to being the only Little Beaver lost during the war.

Thatcher (DD-514)

Voiced by: Ruka Nemoto

ID: No. 014

Rarity: Rare

Artist: Lino

"Hi there, Commander! I'm Thatcher. Want to play a game with me?"

• The Prankster: Likes playing pranks, with Spence being her usual victim. One of her Secretary lines even has her laughing at Spence's reaction after doing something to her.^*USS Thatcher was responsible for one of the many mishaps that USS Spence suffered during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, turning too early during a formation maneuver and consequently ramming into her sister ship. Fortunately both ships only suffered light damage from this incident.
• Status Buff: Her Full Firepower skill increases her firepower for a short duration. Combined with Fletcher's supportive skills, her guns can pack quite the punch.

Kimberly (DD-521)

Voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi

ID: No. 374

Rarity: Rare

Artist: TwinBox

"I am the Fletcher-class destroyer, Kimberly. From today onward I will be one of your subordinates. Pleased to meet you."

• Workaholic: Nearly all her lines revolve around being as efficient and capable as possible, with little regard for things beyond how well they will benefit your campaign. By increasing her affection, you get her to consider her life beyond fighting.

Mullany (DD-528)

Voiced by: Asuka Oogame

ID: No. 375

Rarity: Elite

Artist: TwinBox

"Hello Commander, I am Mullany of the Fletcher Class. From now on we'll be living together. I will be in your care~"

• Cordon Bleugh Chef: She has a fondness for cooking, though sometimes the things she cooks can get out of hand.
• Critical Status Buff: Her Miracle in the Flames skill grants her a period of increased evasion once per battle when her HP drops below 25%, as well as reducing the damage she takes from fire.
• Ms. Fanservice: Is quite busty & curvy for a destroyer, especially in comparison to the rest of her sisters, and her crop top & shorts show off plenty of her midsection, plus what looks suspiciously like nipples beneath.
• Nice Girl: Even when upset, she mulls over the difficulty of cooking for someone they don't like. Considering how some of her cooking comes out, it's a kind response compared to tricking someone into eating an "odd" dish.

Bush (DD-529)

Voiced by: Akane Fujita

ID: No. 355

Rarity: Rare

Artist: PHI

"I'm Bush! Fletcher-class's Bush! I'll be staying here starting today!"

• Cheerful Child: Fits the part well with her niceness and naivete in regards to Thatcher.
• Genki Girl: Invoked in one of her friendly line before tiring out moments later, subverting it.
• Hidden Depths: She appears to be a rather talented artist for her age judging from the drawings seen in her artist skin.
• Nice Girl: Even when her affection low, she wishes for the commander to smile.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Planes, she is seemingly terrified of them and at one point mistakes a beetle for one. Considering she was sunk by Kamikazes, it's to be expected.

Hazelwood (DD-531)

Voiced by: Akane Fujita

ID: No. 365

Rarity: Rare

Artist: PHI

"I caught up to you! Hehe, I am Fletcher Class - Hazelwood! I'll be in your care from now on!"

• Coat Cape: Wears her coat loose and more like it is some kind of cape.
• Cuddle Bug: Actively goes out to cuddle the Commander once her affection reaches the Like level.
• Tan Lines: Has them on the bottom and top, pointing to her going sunbathing and exercising a lot in a swimsuit.

Stephen Potter (DD-538)

Voiced by: Shiori Sugiura

ID: No. 509

Rarity: Elite

Artist: Shnva

"Fletcher-class Stephen Potter here. You've probably met a million of my sisters already, so I'll spare you my life story. See you around."

• Gender-Blender Name: Much like Charles Ausburne, she's named after her namesake's full name, masculine first name and all.
• The Slacker: It's clear she'd rather not work
• Support Party Member: On top of buffing all carriers' damage, if put in the middle of a full frontline, she'll reduce the damage of the frontmost member, and increases damage dealt by the rearmost member.

Morrison (DD-560)

Voiced by: Namiki Sakura

ID: No. 515

Rarity: Elite

Artist: Suisai

"I'm the Fletcher-class destroyer, Morrison. I participated in anti-submarine warfare and rescue missions with my allies... If there's anything you want me to do... I-I should be able to do it.."

• Apologizes a Lot: In her voice lines she repeatedly stammers and apologized.
• Companion Cube: Carries around a Bearguyish bear round, which protects her.
• Historical In-Joke: She has a special line if sortied with Princeton, referencing how she often escorted the light carrier in real life. Her Emergency Beardrop skin also refers to how she was part of the team trying to put out the fires on Princeton, since it reduces burn damage to her.
• Support Party Member: Buffs the fleet's anti sub warfare stat when enemies are sunk.

Smalley (DD-565)

Voiced by: Natsume Iwasa

ID: No. 417

Rarity: Rare

Artist: Amoeba原虫

"Destroyer Smalley, reporting in. Interests: kickboxing."

• Challenge Seeker: Clearly loves challenging herself and turns anything into training, even getting the mail.
• Jack of All Stats: Not necessarily in-game, but she mentions having done all sorts of things, from patrols over diplomacy to rescue missions.
• Kick Chick: "Interests: kickboxing."
• Shameless Fanservice Girl: Not as bad as Bache, but her Halloween skin is incredibly risque to say the least.

Aulick (DD-569)

Voiced by: Yuna Yoshino

ID: No. 015

Rarity: Normal

Artist: Lino

"Yaay! It's so great to meet you, Commander! Just call me Aulick! … What was that? I said Aulick! My name is Aulick!"

• Cuddle Bug: Appears to enjoy the Secretary touch quite a bit and mentions that she is "soft and squishy" while giggling. The special touch gets a much more negative reaction.
• Dub-Induced Plot Hole: The joke about being called the wrong name makes less sense in the English-version, as the reference to Oreo cookies was removed.
• Rose-Haired Sweetie: A bit literal in that she always complains about being called an Oreo cookie (in the non-English versions), though eventually comes to take it as a compliment.
• Third-Person Person: Refers to herself as Aulick, at least in the English translation.

Charles Ausburne (DD-570)

Voiced by: Satsuki Morita

ID: No. 013

Rarity: Elite

Artist: Lino

"Nice to meet you, Commander. I'm Ausburne, the leader of the Little Beavers. Are there any bullies here? I'll give them a taste of my retribution!"

• Art Evolution: Post-Retrofit, she, for all intents and purposes, have hit puberty with both an height increase and having aged-up from a small child to a teenage girl, with a much brighter shade of blonde to her hair in the process. Basically making her the "Big Sister" of the Fletcher-Fleet.
• Bully Hunter: Her introductory quote says it all. She often talks about fighting people who prey on the weak. This is most likely a reference to the fact that the Little Beavers did a lot of patrol and escort work, as well as going in range of Japanese shore defences during the Solomon Islands Campaign to provide fire support and suppress enemy defences for the troops on-shore.
• For Great Justice: Often refers to herself as an ally of justice. She introduces herself as a Bully Hunter.
• Gender-Blender Name: While all of the Eagle Union destroyers are named after men, most are simply named after their namesakes' last names, but Charles Ausburne is named after her namesake's full name, masculine first name and all.
• Super-Speed: Her 31-Knot Burke skill increases the speed of the entire fleet within a short duration, allowing slower fleets, such as one with two heavy, cruisers to move faster. A nod to Admiral Arleigh "31-Knot" Burke, who used Charles Ausburne as DESRON 23's flagship, and was known to keep all destroyers running at boiler-bursting speeds. Ironically, the nickname was originally an insult, the result of him not having them move at their maximum speed, which was over 34 knots, due to the USS Spence having lost a boiler due to a maintenance mishap, resulting in the squadron being limited to only 31-knots. It eventually became a compliment, referring to his aggressive nature^note One of his standing orders while commanding the Little Beavers was that each ship was to immediately engage any enemy they spotted without waiting for orders from him.
• The Leader: Of the "Little Beavers". She's by far the most assertive, straightforward, and combative of the squad (...admittedly featuring Spence, Thatcher, and Foote with Aulick as the only other serious member).

Halsey Powell (DD-686)

Voiced by: Rika Momokawa

ID: No. 427

Rarity: Rare

Artist: Rain lan

"There you are, Commander! Ehehe~ Huh? You've never heard of me? Jeez, I'm Halsey Powell! Don't you forget it!"

• Hartman Hips: She probably has the thickest thighs of all the Fletcher girls.
• I Just Want to Be Special: She always talks about wanting to have others' attention by doing feats, but she never reaches levels of Attention Whore.
• Sideboob: Shows a good bit of skin in her base skin.

The Allen M. Sumner-class

Allen M. Sumner (DD-692)

Voiced by: Hazuki Ogino

ID: No. 500

Rarity: Super Rare

Artist: Nagu

"I'm Eagle Union destroyer Allen M. Sumner! Just call me Allen! It's a pleasure, Commander! Anyway, I've heard you've got yummy food and cushy work here at this port. That true?"

• Anti-Air: Her stats and skills have a leaning towards shooting planes out of the sky, but unlike many examples in the game, it's not at expense of her normal offensive ability.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: She's the most foolish of the sisters, much to Ingraham's chagrin.
• Gender-Blender Name: A lot like Charles Ausburne, she's ended up with the whole name of her namesake (Marine Corps Captain Allen Melancthon Sumner, killed during the battle of Belleau Wood) and needless to say Captain Sumner was, so far as we know, not a cute anime girl. She takes it in total stride, though, and in her introduction even exhorts you to just call her "Allen".
• Nice Girl: Chipper and very friendly. Even at her "Disappointed" affection, she'll ask you to calm down and bring it in for a nice hug.
• No-Sell: She evades your special touch attempt, telling you should be faster.
• Robot Buddy: She has, in art, a pair of robot companions who control some of her guns and torpedoes. They're likely a reference to Allen being refitted with DASH drones, a very early kind of anti-submarine drone aircraft, in the 1960s. For better or worse, they have no mechanical function in the game currently.

Ingraham (DD-694)

Voiced by Hiyori Kouno

ID: No. 518

Rarity: Syoer Rare

Artist: Nagu

"I'm Ingraham, Eagle Union destroyer. Not much else to tell you, honestly... Anyhoo, good to meet you."

• Boring, but Practical: She mentions that her hairclip is just a binder clip simply because it works.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Initially pretty aloof, but as your affinity grows, she grows closer to the Commander, even mentioning she feels lonely without the Commander, and upon "Pledge", she'll craft her own ring for the Commander.
• Fashionable Asymmetry: Wears a single thigh high stocking in her default skin.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The Responsible one to Allen's Foolish, with Cooper just being a ditz instead.
• Wrench Wench: She loves to tinker with her own rigging, and also has a knack for working with miniature models.

Cooper (DD-695)

Voiced by: Miho Okasaki

ID: No. 444

Rarity: Elite

Artist: Shisantian

"Hey Commander, I'm Cooper! Let's join forces and fight for the future of the world! Booyah!"

• Born Unlucky: Has a 22 luck stat, reflecting her rather short shiplife, sinking less than a year from her launch.
• Ditzy Secretary: Seems to have a hard time adjusting to her new job if you set her as a Secretary, constantly doing things like misfiling reports and getting distracted by "kittens" (a.k.a. the base's meowfficers).
• Fountain of Youth: Averted. Apart from being a completely different ship class and ship type altogether, she could be easily mistaken for a younger version of Baltimore - something that has happened to ships like Belfast and Cleveland. Like Baltimore, her personality is similar to those of superheroes. They also have similar colored clothes and hair. They even have tennis skins that got debuted in the same event.
• Historical In-Joke: Her Fondness of black cats are two nods to her history, first her less than fortunate shiplife, and how Catalina seaplanes painted for night battles were called black cats.
• Mechanically Unusual Fighter: She doesn't need special gear to reveal submarines, furthermore, she can equip a Catalina seaplane and launch airstrikes, a nod to how some of her sailors were saved after she was critically damaged.
• Modesty Shorts: She appears to wear short shorts under her skirt.
• Nerd Action Hero: She instantly bonds with Reno when they realize they're both fans of super-heroes and geek out about gadgets and stuff.

Laffey II (DD-724)

Voiced by: Maria Naganawa (Japanese)

ID: No. 615

Rarity: Ultra Rare

Artist: Unknown

"*yawn*... Laffey's ready, raring, and more motivated than ever... My rigging is the only thing that changed, not me... So don't touch these ears, Commander. They're not real..."

• Anti-Air: Laffey II has the highest AA stat among destroyers in the whole game and 180% AA slot efficiency (no other destroyer has such a high eficciency except Ingraham). On top of that, her Bunbun Scout skill gives her a ghost AA gun (if you equip her with any Eagle Union gear) and boosts her AA stat when Laffey II shoots down enemy aircraft.
• Born Lucky: Contrary to her original self with 18 luck stat, Laffey II has a very high luck stat of 95.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Even though her existence was revealed during the Parallel Superimposition event, she was hinted as early as Allen M. Sumner's arrival herself. Sortieing Benson Laffey with Allen M. Sumner will get this line when fighting bosses.
  Allen M. Sumner: "Is that you, sis? Never mind, wrong Laffey!"
• Gathering Steam: Her skills allow her to get Motivation stacks, granting her additional firepower and increased chance for performing a radar scan, which decreases enemies' AA and AVI stats and triggers a special barrage.
• Historical In-Joke:
  • When sortied along with Yorktown II, Laffey II will offer her to have a nap together. This is a nod to both being museum ships located at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
  • Her survivability skills and high AA capabilities are a reference to her legendary standout against Japanese kamikaze planes during invasion on Okinawa.
• Leitmotif: Hop Hop
• Red Baron: The Ship That Would Not Die. Laffey II herself refrences that in post-oath Low HP line.
  Laffey II: ""The Ship That Would Not Die" won't go down that easy..."
• Robot Buddy: Her first skill allows her to summon two Bunbun Strikers which attack enemies.
• Sleepyhead: Laffey wouldn't be Laffey if she wasn't perpetually sleepy.

Bristol (DD-857)

Voiced by: Kazama Mayuko

ID: No. 533

Rarity: Super Rare

Artist: Nagu

"The name is Bristol, Eagle Union destroyer! Well met, Commander! This port must be home to many mysteries... I will make it my duty to solve each and every one! Heheheh!"

• A Day in the Limelight: Bristol is seen in a few event stories, but is a main character in Joint Battle Mystery Investigation where she debuted during the 2022 Lunar New Year.
• Damage-Increasing Debuff: Using her lantern, Bristol illuminates enemies which applies a debuff to Evasion.
• Historical In-Joke: A few:
  • She mentions an unremarkable history, due to having spent most of her wartime term in logistics ops for Task Force 38 and afterwards, training and patrols throughout Europe and East Asia.
  • Her robot companion is named Data-857, sharing her hull humber.
  • Her mentioning of Dragon Empery friends nods to her being loaned to the Republic of China Navy shortly after being decommissioned from USN service.
• Iconic Item: A lantern which is also used for her Evasion-debuffing skill Lights Out!
• Occult Detective: Monsters, mysteries, investigations, you name it: Bristol has a strong drive for uncovering things of an otherworldly nature. In Aquilifer's Ballade, she was investigating the green ghost phenomena.
• Robot Buddy: Data-857 is her robot companion that assists in battle with a barrage and two damage buffs: one for the Allen M. Sumner-class after the first activation and an additional damage buff for the class against enemies that were illuminated twice.

The Cannon-class

Eldridge (DE-173)

Voiced by: Nozomi Sasaki (Japanese), Hayden Daviau (English)

ID: No. 028

Rarity: Super Rare

Artist: tsliuyixin

"Commander… Eldridge has arrived."

• Astral Projection: According to Queen's Orders, she sometimes does this involuntarily when she sleeps. It usually happens if she sleeps somewhere close to another power source.^note This is related to Eldridge being part of "The Philadelphia Experiment".
• Emotionless Girl: She hardly ever emotes, instead saying how she feels out loud.
• Expressive Hair: Her ahoge is sometimes used to convey emotion.
• Fragile Speedster: While technically she has slower movement speed than average destroyer (since destroyer escorts don't have high speed by design), she does have high evasion and if her skill activates, all of your escort ships can dodge all bullets fired at them.
• Idiot Hair: She has a big one, which also glows at the tip.
• Shock and Awe: She can discharge electricity from her body. This feature, along with her skill, is a reference to the Philadelphia Experiment.
• Third-Person Person: Almost always refers to herself as Eldridge. Unlike with other ships, this actually survived the English translation (except for one line).
• Verbal Tic Name: Not her, but the cat seen in her school skin is creatively named "Meow Meow" as revealed in "Sakura School Festival".

The Edsall-class

Hammann II (DE-131)

Voiced by: Asuka Itou

ID: No. 576

Rarity: Elite

Artist:

"Hmph. No matter what, I'm still me. Now I've told you all about Yorktown, there is nothing else you need to say. I-if you really wanna do anything for me... Err, I take that back!"

• Artistic License – Ships: The actual Edsall-class Hammann was a smaller Destroyer Escort (DE) instead of a Destoyer (DD). Like Eldridge the game classifies them both as Destroyers presumably to avoid making a whole new ship type.
  • Consequentially, Hammann II has a lower movement speed of 25 like Eldridge, which is the lowest speed of all DD-type ships after the Akizuki-class (39). ^note Or Bulins (35) if you want to count those.
• Little Bit Beastly: Averted, as her cat ears this time are very clearly an electronic headband. Her Juustagram post shows she also keeps around a headband of her old ears, as well.
• Support Party Member: Her new Flagship Cover - Hammann combines both the original Hammann's skill and the Air Raid Assistance skill, but is unable to stack with either of for the sake of balance. Hammann II's statline also supports this role by trading direct combat attributes and efficiencies for a defensive focus, such as trading the +1 torpedo capacity for a +1 to base AA and a ghost hedgehog launcher for ASW.
• Tsundere: Being rebuilt hasn't done much to rein in her bratty personality.

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