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[[center: [- [[Characters/KantaiCollection Main Character Page]] | [[Characters/KantaiCollectionOne Destroyers (Kamikaze-class to Shiratsuyu-class)]] | [[Characters/KantaiCollectionTwo Destroyers (Asashio-class to Matsu-class)]] | [[Characters/KantaiCollectionThree Light and Heavy Cruisers]] | [[Characters/KantaiCollectionFour Battleships and Aircraft Carriers]] | [[Characters/KantaiCollectionFive Rest of the IJN Fleet]] | '''Non-IJN Fleet''' | [[Characters/KantaiCollectionSeven The Abyssal Fleet]] | [[Characters/KantaiCollectionOtherOfficialWorks Other Official Characters]] -] ]]
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!Imperial Japanese Army Vessels

The [[UsefulNotes/KatanasOfTheRisingSun Imperial Japanese Army]] [[WeAREStrugglingTogether never had a good relationship with its naval counterpart]]. While many armies more or less possess naval vessels to facilitate their operation, it is unlikely that anyone would exceed the level that the IJA had due to [[InterserviceRivalry its rivalry with the navy]], which was ''very'' reluctant and hesitant to provide any support to the former, from landings to transport to escort missions. As it became obvious that relying on the navy for protection was unlikely, and doing without one proved to have an extremely high fatality rate, the IJA decided to work around the problem by [[StartMyOwn starting their own naval units]].

The lack of know-how and the worsening war draining the remaining resources meant that most of them were [[TheAllegedCar barely sea-worthy]]. However, because of their upbringing, in the game they tend to have unique functions that no IJN ships can perform. The first batch of them were introduced in 24 December 2013 along with the Large Ship Construction features.

[[folder: Imperial Japanese Army Vessels]]

!!Akitsu Maru (Landing Craft Carrier/Escort Carrier; Amphibious Assault Ship in-game)
!!!'''Artist:''' Kuuro Kuro
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MamikoNoto
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_akitsu_maru.png]]
[[caption-width-right:200:[[labelnote:Click here to view her remodeled art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/akitsumarublack.png[[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"My name is Akitsu Maru. It is an honour to be part of this fleet."''\\\

Akitsu Maru is the personification of the Japanese aircraft carrier ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Akitsu_Maru Akitsu Maru]]''. Generally considered the world's first Amphibious Assault Ship, though in real life she never had an opportunity carry out an amphibious assault.
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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Appeared as one with chalk-white skin in unimpressive grey clothes both before and after remodelling. However, she gained a bit more colour from accessories (and a black outfit) after remodeling [[spoiler: and her remodeled form's damaged sprite reveals that she has normal-coloured skin, implying that the white skin could be due to make-up]]. It is speculated to be based on a combination of army camouflage and the grey colouring scheme that warships in the period used. Fanworks sometimes depict the Abyss Fleet mistaking her for one of their own because of this.
* FanservicePack: Gets noticeably bustier in her remodeled form, and the remodeled form's "damaged" illustration has some of the most extreme ClothingDamage in the game, with almost her entire shirt and bra destroyed.
* LampshadeHanging: A few of her hourly lines are dedicated to how practically wasteful actually getting her through LSC is.
--> '''Akitsu Maru''': 1400. Such a large amount of resources!\\
'''Akitsu Maru''': 1500. You could build a battleship with what you used for myself, yes?\\
'''Akitsu Maru''': 1600. That was quite reckless Admiral. One such as I is specialized in amphibious operations. Now that you've spent so much I shall have to... what!?
* LoopholeAbuse: One of Akitsu Maru's major benefits is that an admiral can take her onto certain event maps that don't allow the use of conventional aircraft carriers. She doesn't count as an aircraft carrier, but since she's able to carry fighter aircraft she's often used in such maps to gain air superiority in battles.
* PaperTalisman: After remodeling, she gains a scroll as well as the ability to launch plane shikigami. Her style is closer to Buddhism compared to Ryuujou and the ''Hiyou''-class' being in the Shinto style (also by the same artist), what with the Siddham writing all over her scroll...
* RunningGag: in the 4koma, Akitsu Maru constantly tries to get her remodel in order to carry planes. She actually does remodel a couple of times, only to revert back to her base form by the end of the chapter. Lampshaded in a later chapter where Verniy, addressing the concern of her sister ships, tells them that she could become "black again" by learning from Akitsu Maru.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman:
** Being the only ship who has a Daihatsu Landing Craft by default, she often helps in expeditions to make it more effective.
** Even when remodeled, many players often ignore Akitsumaru due to the fact that she can only carry green (or Combat Air Patrol) planes. However, two events in a row -- Summer 2014 (Midway) and Fall 2014 (Operation Kon), whose real-world plans had amphibious landing components -- have unusual branching requirements that make her useful on certain maps for providing extra fighter power while sending the fleet on a less random and less battle-intensive path. Events that followed (specifically for the finale of Summer 2015) practically ''required'' Akitsumaru to get safely routed to installation bosses.
** She also used to be a necessity for getting Air Superiority if you were using Transport Combined Fleet, due to the fact that CV/Ls are not allowed, and trying to use BBV, CAV, or AV to achieve AS tends to get the seaplane bombers heavily damaged, or wiped out, resulting in complete rank loss, since seaplane bombers participate in bombing and thus are affected by AA, while Akitsumaru's fighters aren't. However, starting from Spring 2017, the concept of actual escort carriers started appearing, beginning with [[Characters/KantaiCollectionFour Taiyou]] and then being implemented outside of the event zone with [[Characters/KantaiCollectionFour Zuihou]]'s third remodel turning her into an escort carrier that outclasses Akitsu Maru in just about everything. While a shadow of her former self nowadays, she still gets a small niche in being able to equip Daihatsu-based equipment that Light Carriers cannot.
* VerbalTic: ~ De arimasu, along with how she pronounced "2" (''ni'' instead of ''futa'') in her hourlies. Part and parcel of her militaristic formalities as it is based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaguchi_Prefecture Yamaguchi dialect]] from western Japan, where the IJA found its root and thus became its lingua franca.

!!Maruyu (Transport Submarine; simply Submarine in-game)
!!!'''Artist:''' Kuuro Kuro
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MamikoNoto
[[quoteright:144:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maruyu_2142.png]]

-->''"Nice to meet you... Maruyu, reporting for duty. Huh? You haven’t heard about it? ...Oh no...!"''\\\

Maruyu is a CompositeCharacter and personification of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_3_submergence_transport_vehicle Type 3 submergence transport vehicle]]. She tries to do her best at everything she does, because she is conscious about the fact that all the other ships look down on her.
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* CompositeCharacter: Uniquely for a Kanmusu, she's not an individual ship, as dozens of Maruyu were operated during the war. She's not based off any individual one, though.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She is often called a "Mole" or a variant thereof (since she was used for mole runs, which were covert supply missions done with submarines). She doesn't like it all that much though.
* FriendlessBackground: Hinted through some of her lines. Likely due to the fact that, as an Army ship, all the other Kanmusu would look down on her (although in the 4-koma, they avoid her for a different reason, namely [[TraumaButton trauma from historically being sunk by submarines]]).
* GoodLuckCharm: As the only shipgirl that can become "luck fodder", she's often seen as one, particularly for the BornUnlucky ships such as Fusou and Yamashiro.
* NotCompletelyUseless: As a transport submarine, her stats are abysmal, and she is the ''only'' ship (as of her introduction) not to have an equipment slot until remodel. However, as modernization material, she can boost a ship's luck, which no other ship currently can. For this reason, Maruyu as a luck boost is actually a desirable outcome of LSC over common battleships/carriers, since anyone experienced and conduct LSC would have abundance of them and have no option other than scrap/modernization on these battleships/carriers.
* OddFriendship: With Kiso. According to her hourly lines, Kiso even teaches her to cook curry for herself. See Kiso's section for details.
* SchoolSwimsuit: A white swimsuit with her name painted in red on her chest.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Implied to have this as she almost drowned herself when taking a bath (repairing at dock), which is pretty impressive given that she was a submarine taking a bath. It is a historical reference to a real ''Maruyu''-class ship sinking during its [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_ship_launching ceremonial launch]], of all things.
-->'''Maruyu''': ''Whew, I’m so tired... I’ll just go take a nice bath and... Huh? N-No! I keep on sinking!''
* VerbalTic: She has a tendency to say "Mogu-mogu", it's another reason why she is often referred to as a mole.
* VisualPun: There is a ''yu'' hiragana on her swimsuit that is circled. "Circle" is translated as "maru" in Japanese. Ergo, "maruyu".

!!Shinshuu Maru (Landing Craft Carrier/Escort Carrier; Amphibious Assault Ship in-game)
!!!'''Artist:''' Parsley
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiToyoguchi
[[quoteright:265:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_shinshuu_maru.png]]
[[caption-width-right:265:[[labelnote:Click here to view her remodeled art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_shinshuu_maru_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''I'm the IJA landing craft carrier Shinshuu Maru. I was built with the capability to provide force projection through combined arms landings, and am the predecessor of full-fledged amphibious assault ships. Please leave the landing operations to me.''\\\

Shinshuu Maru is the personification of Japanese amphibious assault ship ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_amphibious_assault_ship_Shinshū_Maru Shinshuu Maru]]''. She's introduced as the E-4 Map Reward in the Fall 2019 Event.
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* ArtisticLicenseShips: Despite having an aircraft stat, she never loaded any operational planes historically as the catapult she was once equipped with was removed some time before completion.
* GirlishPigtails: They poke out of her hood.
* IHaveManyNames: Lists the multiple nicknames she's had in her career, including but not limited to R1[[note]]Short for "Rikugun 1" (Army 1)[[/note]], GL[[note]]Short for "God Land", a literal translation of her name [[/note]] and MT[[note]]Initials of the first and second heads of the Army Transport Department, Matsuda Kenpei and Tajiri Shouji[[/note]].
* InTheHood: Her most distinctive trait is her hood. As the first ship of her kind, featuring many innovative features, she was shrouded by a veil of secrecy throughout her existence due to her capabilities. The hood serves to symbolize this veil of secrecy.
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![[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons Kriegsmarine]]

The naval arm of Axis-era Germany, the Kriegsmarine (literally ''War Navy'') historically focused much of its operations in the Atlantic Ocean, and barring commerce raiding in the Indian Ocean by U-boats of the ''Monsun Gruppe'', had little to no overlap with its allies in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Three of its ships are the first non-Japanese ship personifications introduced to the game, added during the March 14, 2014 White Day update.

* AuthorAppeal: The first batch of Kriegsmarine ships were designed by Fumikane Shimada (of Anime/SkyGirls, Anime/StrikeWitches, and Anime/GirlsUndPanzer fame), and as such display a distinct lack of skirts or pants of any kind.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: As explained in the AuthorAppeal entry above, every German Fleet Girl (with the sole exception of U-511) sport these, or at least a variation thereof with their clothing. Though the trope is [[{{Pun}} skirted a bit]] with Graf Zeppelin since [[ProperTightsWithASkirt she wears a pair of pantyhose underneath.]]
* GenderFlip: In contrast to most other countries in the world, Germany calls their ships as male (a "he"), thus their portrayal here is a case of this trope.
* GermanicDepressives: Zigzagged: Bismarck, Z3, and Graf are portrayed as being stern and serious. U-511 plays it straight at first but averts it after being remodeled. Z1 and Prinz, by contrast, are portrayed as being more open and emotional.
* GratuitousGerman: Sure, they are supposed to be German but, due to lacking voice actors that can speak German well, they speak barely more German than I-8. U-511 even drops most of it after becoming Ro-500.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Currently all but one of them are named after someone famous - though not necessarily famous in Germany. Prinz Eugen is named after Prince Eugen of Savoy, a field marshall serving under the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in the late 17th and early 18th century. As Austria had been annexed into Germany at the time, famous Austrian figures like Eugene were retroactively considered German.
* NiceHat: They all come with nice military hats, from the destroyers' simple berets to the capital shipgirls' CommissarCap[=s=].
* NoSwastikas: Instead, they have the German Ritterkreuz on their uniforms where the former would have been placed.
* PhenotypeStereotype: All of them but Z3 have blue or aqua eyes and varying shades of blonde, going from U-511 and Z1's platinum blonde to Prinz Eugen's medium strawberry blonde.
* TeamPet: They are sometimes drawn with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsinkable_Sam Unsinkable Sam]], a ship cat what was on board three different ships and surviving after all three of them sank, one of them being ''Bismarck''. Bismarck adopted a black cat which she named Oskar in the 4koma and he also appears in Z1's Autumn 2015 artwork.

!!Destroyers (DD)

[[folder:The ''Zerstörer 1934''-class]]

The first class of destroyers built by the German navy after World War I, these ships were fraught by design problems by virtue of being built in a hurry. From engines that required excessive levels of maintenance, to limited operating range (half of that of contemporary British Royal Navy destroyers), to limited ammunition stores, it's no wonder that most of the class did not survive to the end of World War II.

* BornUnlucky: Have the lowest Luck scores of any Destroyer, at least when unremodeled. A reference to the ill-planned way they were designed.
* NecessaryDrawback: Both have above-average durability, three equipment slots from the beginning and a base ASW rating of 69, which is equal to those of both Yuudachi and Shigure Kai 2, and joint-second only to Verniy's 74. However, their other stats are lacking and they have the lowest evasion amongst the Destroyers. In their "zwei" (German ships' equivalent of Kai 2) incarnations, besides a minor upgrade to most stats, their AA stats become second and third only to Shigure Kai 2's.
* ThemeNaming: All named after ''[[GenderBlenderName male]]'' Imperial German Navy personnel who were killed in action during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. In the case of Z1 and Z3, they shorten these names to something more manageable for the admiral.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Sea mines, to be specific, which contributed to their sinking. [[PlayedforLaughs Played for]] BlackComedy in [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/kancolle/images/9/96/Z3_Summer_Full_Damaged.png Z3's damaged art for the summer event]] where she's getting harassed by an Abyssal version of a sea mine... which has tentacles all over it.

!!Z1 Leberecht Maass (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' Shimada Fumikane
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaEndo
[[quoteright:174:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/z1_leberecht_maass.png]]

-->''"Guten Morgen. I'm Leberecht Maass. Lebe is fine, yep."''\\\

Z1 Leberecht Maass a.k.a. Lebe is the personification of the German destroyer Z1 ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_destroyer_Z1_Leberecht_Maass Leberecht Maass]]''. She particularly dislikes mines, as her historical counterpart ran into and was sunk by mines after having her steering gear knocked out from friendly-fire damage by a Heinkel He 111 bomber.
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* {{Bokukko}}: It's hard not to think of her as a little boy from first glance. Her name and speech mannerisms don't help either, leading the IJN destroyers to mistake her for a boy.
* BornUnlucky: 8 luck when unremodelled, due to the ill-planned way she was designed, as well as how she sank.
* BoyishShortHair: It doesn't go below her ears, adding to the confusion about her gender.
* CultureBlind: If the Admiral pokes her.
-->'''Lebe''': ''"Admiral, what is it? Is this one of this country's greetings? It's going to be difficult until I'm used to it."''
* FaceDeathWithDignity: If she gets sunk.
-->'''Lebe''': ''I'm sinking, once again, huh. But, this time... it was in a real battle...''
* HappyHolidaysDress: She has new CG for Autumn 2015. Unlike the Japanese shipgirls, who are dressed in yukata, she is dressed up for Oktoberfest instead, wearing a dirndl and "equipped" with beer and German food.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: She is named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leberecht_Maass Leberecht Maass]].
* PoorCommunicationKills: How her historical counterpart was sunk. The Kriegsmarine had failed to notify its destroyers that the Luftwaffe (the German air force) was making anti-shipping patrols at that time and had also failed to inform the Luftwaffe that its destroyers would be at sea.

!!Z3 Max Schultz (3rd)
!!!'''Artist:''' Shimada Fumikane
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaEndo
[[quoteright:185:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/z3_max_schultz.png]]

-->''"Guten Tag. I am the Destroyer Max Schultz. But, Max is fine. Pleased to meet you."''\\\

Z3 Max Schultz a.k.a. Max is the personification of the German destroyer Z3 ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_destroyer_Z3_Max_Schultz Max Schultz]]''. Like Lebe, she also dislikes mines, due to her historical counterpart being sunk by the same mines that may have sank Z1, in the process of trying to rescue survivors from the latter.
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* BornUnlucky: Like Lebe, due to the ill-planned way she was designed, as well as how she sank. However, her unremodelled luck is lower at 6, possibly due to sinking with all hands while Z1 had 60 survivors.
* BoyishShortHair: Just like her sistership Leberecht-Maass, but with longer hair in the front, making it easier to identify her for a girl.
* HolidayMode: Gains a very skimpy two-piece bikini during an update for the Summer 2016 event, shared with Lebe.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: She is named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Schultz Max Schultz]].
* TheStoic: And truly icy at that.
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!!Heavy Cruisers (CA)

[[folder:The ''Admiral Hipper''-class]]

!!Prinz Eugen (3rd)
!!!'''Artist:''' Shimada Fumikane
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AriOzawa
[[quoteright:274:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/prinz_eugen.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princeeugene.png[[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"Good morning! I'm the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. Nice to meet you!"''\\\

Prinz Eugen is the personification of the German heavy cruiser ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen Prinz Eugen]]''.
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* BigSisterWorship: Despite not being an actual sister, she treats Bismarck as if she was one. This goes together with her rigging being designed similarly to Bismarck's, which, as her artist points out, is a reference for ''Prinz Eugen'' (the ship) being mistaken for ''Bismarck'' once by the British. Ironically, the only time she sortied with Bismarck (Operation Rheinhubung) is also where Bismarck sank.
* BloodKnight[=/=]GenkiGirl: She get's pretty excited when entering battle, cheerfully shouting "FIRE! FIRE!" in German when she attacks.
* BornLucky: Contrast to the other German ships who appeared before her, she starts with high luck. Considering she survived the war ''and'' tests Able and Baker at Crossroads. She only sank because of damage unrepaired only because she was too radioactive to be able to do so.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Which makes her more fully dressed than the other Kriegsmarine ships, because at least she ''has'' a skirt. But only barely.
* GenderBlenderName: Perhaps the most glaring case among the Kantai Collection characters, as she is named after an Austrian prince complete with the masculine title. "Eugen" is exactly what it sounds like, the German equivalent to Eugene.
--> (4koma chapter 77) "I'll just get this out of the way: I'm not a boy."
* MistakenIdentity: In the 4koma chapter that introduces her, Fubuki thought "Bismarck got smaller" when she sees Prinz Eugen for the first time.
* NecessaryDrawback: Like the other German ships however, she has excellent durability but a lower maxed base AA compared to comparable Heavy Cruisers.
* NiceHat: A peaked hat almost identical to Bismarck's.
* RareRandomDrop: Finally added as an obtainable drop for the Fall 2015 event, but as it was on a non-boss node it was not a guaranteed drop regardless of result. While she was discovered to be obtainable on Easy, enterprising admirals soon discovered through experimentation that she only drops on a specific enemy formation (line ahead), which spawns very rarely on Easy (where resource consumption would be the lowest) unless specific conditions were met (the boss being in the killzone).

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!!Battleships (BB)

[[folder:The ''Bismarck''-class]]
!!Bismarck (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' Shimada Fumikane
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaEndo
[[quoteright:338:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bismarck.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to view her drei art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/biscuit_drei.png[[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"Guten Tag. I am Bismarck, the nameship of the ''Bismarck''-class battleships. You should remember it well."''\\\

Bismarck is the personification of the German battleship ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Bismarck Bismarck]]''. A dutiful and prideful girl.
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* AchillesHeel: For a battleship, Bismarck has a ridiculously low AntiAir score. To give you an idea of how low it is, Akigumo, a destroyer, has a higher AA score than her, at least until her zwei form, and even then Z1 and Z3's zwei forms, generally regarded as relatively weak destroyers, have better AA than hers. The real-life Bismarck did indeed have unimpressive anti-aircraft armament, and was also crippled in a torpedo attack by hopelessly obsolete ''biplanes''.
* BoisterousBruiser: Very proud of her own abilities, and shows it in her quotes.
* BoobsOfSteel: One of the overall strongest ships, and she even wears a BreastPlate.
* BornUnlucky: Initially at least; she starts with below average luck due to being sunk in her first operation. On the other hand, her zwei remodel gives her ''above'' average luck, presumably due to her being able to sink the world's largest battlecruiser HMS Hood during said operation.
* HistoricalInJoke:
** PhenotypeStereotype is played even straighter when you realize that this is supposed to reference Hitler's requirements for being part of the MasterRace, which is the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_race#Aryanism Aryan race]] (blonde, blue-eyed, and "pure" German). In fact, the only thing Hitler may have been iffy about is the fact Bismarck here [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking is also a girl]] (at least her commanding officer, Capt. Ernst Lindemann would) [[note]]the Germans always referred to the ship as 'he', not 'she'[[/note]], but she's otherwise the perfect representation of what Nazi Germany truly wanted.
** The 4koma has her being haunted by "swordfishes" in her dreams. It's a reference to how she was crippled by a torpedo strike from a British [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish Fairey Swordfish]] biplane bomber. This gets even more pronounced when Ark Royal - the one who launched said Swordfish - gets added to the game.
* LightningBruiser: Has a listed speed of "Fast", like the ''Kongou''-class. Furthermore, her health when remodeled (94) is third only to the ''Yamato''-class (96 and 97) and second only to Musashi (97) with her zwei and drei remodels (96). Her third remodel further extends the Bruiser aspect of her by giving her the ability to launch (relatively weak) torpedoes. Since night battle firepower is calculated by adding the Firepower and Torpedo stats together, the relatively weak torpedo combined with her higher than average luck gives Bismarck night battle power only slightly behind that of the ''Yamato''-class.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: She is named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck Otto von Bismarck]].
* NiceHat: A Kriegsmarine peaked cap with radar wings on its sides.
* PhenotypeStereotype: Played straight, as she's drawn as tall, blonde, and busty.
* TookALevelInBadass: She is the only ship with a third remodel (aside from ''Chitose''-class seaplane carriers, and later Kasuga Maru/Taiyou), which gives her torpedo stats that boosts her night battle firepower.
* VanityIsFeminine: She talks in a feminine way and takes care of her appearance.
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!!Standard Aircraft Carriers (CV)

[[folder:The ''Graf Zeppelin''-class]]
!!Graf Zeppelin (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' Shimada Fumikane
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaoriHayami
[[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/graf_zeppelin.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/countzep.png[[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"Guten Morgen. I am the carrier, Graf Zeppelin. You are the Admiral overseeing this fleet, yes? Is that so? Roger!"''\\\

Graf Zeppelin is the personification of the German aircraft carrier ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_aircraft_carrier_Graf_Zeppelin Graf Zeppelin]]''. She's introduced as the drop for E-4 and E-5 of the Fall 2015 Event.
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* BornUnlucky: Has a luck of 4 (7 when remodeled), only above Taihou and Mutsu, for a good reason - at the time of her introduction, she was the only fleet girl whose real-life counterpart was never even completed! [[note]]Despite being on the verge of completion when UsefulNotes/WorldWarII began, from that point onward seemingly everything that could go wrong for the ship did.[[/note]]
* CardsOfPower: [[WordOfGod According to Fumikane]], she stores her planes within metallic cards inside her waist pouch which then can summon the plane once inserted into a slot behind the deck elevator.
* GenderBlenderName: Not as quite glaring an example as Prinz Eugen (Zeppelin is her namesake's ''last'' name and thus gender-neutral), but she still has the ''male'' title Graf (Count). The female equivalent would be Gräfin.
* MasterOfNone: Frankly, she doesn't do much well. Her pathetic plane capacity means any other standard carrier and even some light carriers are better at the air superiority/opening airstrike role. While she can attack at night, giving her two guns for double attacks just means depleting that already poor air wing even further, meaning she can't be good at direct combat either.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Her hourlies shows this.
-->''"0300. Right! You desire coffee? Leave it to me. Be ready to taste the greatest of coffees. I am quite confident when it comes to aroma and flavor of coffee."''
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin Ferdinand von Zeppelin]]. ''Graf'' was von Zeppelin's noble title, which roughly translates to "Count".
* NecessaryDrawback: She has strong stats, being offensively on par with Akagi and Kaga while also having a base range of Medium (previously only available on the second remodels and armored forms of the ''Shoukaku''-class) and having guns which allows her to attack at night. However, she also has a paltry 43 plane capacity (56 when remodeled - even lower than some light carriers or the already pathetic ''Unryuu''-class).
* NiceHat: A white version of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen's peaked hat.
* OddballDoppelganger: The 4koma (her introduction chapter) notes that, even though she was made by studying Akagi's design, the two don't really look like each other.
* PhenotypeStereotype: Like Bismarck, she's the Aryan ideal of beauty, albeit even paler.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Wears pantyhose, unlike the socks of the other Krigesmarine surface girls.
* RareRandomDrop: She was only available as a drop at the boss node in Fall Event 2015 E-4, at least when she was first introduced. The devs have all but explicitly [[https://twitter.com/KanColle_STAFF/status/692872046842241024 confirmed]] that she will be a drop again for the upcoming Winter 2016 event.
* SempaiKohai: She is sometimes depicted as the Kohai to Akagi, since some elements of Graf's design (the ship, that is) were copied from Akagi's. In fan works, however, she's depicted as Sempai to Aquila's Kohai (related to how Aquila herself views Akagi and Graf).
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Despite her cold exterior as can be seen from her in-game art and a strict attitude not unlike Bismarck's, she is far from an IceQueen in need of a defrosting once you listen to her voiced lines. She will be wary about you poking her a bit too much as well as using a fiercer tone when in sorties, but in the rest of her secretary lines she speaks in a soft, soothing tone of voice. Being voiced by Creator/SaoriHayami certainly helps in that aspect.
[[/folder]]

!!Submarines (SS)

[[folder:U-Boot ''Type IXC'']]
!!U-511/Ro-500 (41st)
!!!'''Artist:''' Shimada Fumikane
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiKayano
[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3589503d2f82bb84fde1c91e065a1eb7.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:330:Left: U-511, Right: Ro-500]]

-->''"Submarine U-511 of the German Navy, please call me Yuu. I've come a long way, so I'll be in your care..."''
-->''"Submarine Ro-500, formerly U-boat U-511. I'm Ro, formerly called Yuu! Admiral? I will be in your care."''\\\

U-511, a.k.a. Yuu, is the personification of the German Submarine ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-511 U-511]]''. Originally a stoic girl who is trying to adapt to her new surroundings, her second remodeling turns her into Ro-500 or simply Ro, a cheerful girl who reflects the name change she received once she was transferred to Japan.
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* AnimalMotif: A wolf pup. Her initial uniform's radio headset resembles dog ears, and when remodeled, she sometimes growls like a "little wolf".
* AscendedMeme: One of her hourly lines has her asking if she's going to visit Orel or Bashi. [[note]] Orel Bay and the Bashi Islands, aka Maps 2-3 and 2-2, are very commonly farmed for experience and daily quests using a fleet of 3-6 submarines, due to being fairly easy to complete at minimal resource costs.[[/note]]
* BornLucky: Indeed, she had to travel from France to Japan, ''and'' she survived the war.
* CharacterDevelopment: As U-511, she's very quiet and shy, and struggles with her Japanese a bit. Once she's remodeled to Ro-500, representing adapting to her new home, her Japanese is fluent, her personality is much more cheerful and outgoing, and she seems to have become very good friends with the other submarines.
* IHaveManyNames: Is referred to "Yuu" or simply "U" as U-511, Satsuki #1 [[note]]She was given the name Satsuki #1 when she arrived at Kure Naval Arsenal on August 7, 1943 as a temporary codename. However, it also refers to the flower that is attached on her head in her Ro-500 portrait. In Japanese, the flower means "gained trust". This gets lampshaded by [[Characters/KantaiCollectionOne the other Satsuki]] in the 4koma.[[/note]] as an alternate name when remodeled, and "Ro" or "Ro-chan" as Ro-500.
* GoingNative: Her transformation into Ro-500 is heavily implied to be this.
* ImColdSoCold: If she gets sunk as Ro-500.
-->'''Ro-500''': ''No... Nooo... It's cold... So cold... And dark...''
* NiceHat: As U-511, a garrison cap with a radio headset that looks like a dog's ears.
* SchoolSwimsuit: Exchanges her uniform for the requisite swimsuit of the Japanese sub-girls with the addition of a cropped German-style sailor uniform (similar to Z1 and Z3) as Ro-500.
* TanLines: Ro-500 has these around the edges of her swimsuit.
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: After being remodeled to Ro-500. While still quiet and soft-spoken, she also becomes confident and cheerful.
* VerbalTic: She tends to end her sentences with "-tte", which is mainly used as a form of Japanese case-making particle.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Her design and personality suddenly change after her conversion, from being an unemotional pale girl in a uniform-like wet suit to a cheerful girl with a tan who looks far more like her Japanese submarine peers (but without denying her actual roots).
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The ''Marconi''-class]]
!!Luigi Torelli/UIT-25/I-504 (4th)

See her entry in Regia Marina section for more details. She's listed here for her service to Germany as UIT-25 after Italy depose Mussolini and signed Armistice with the Allies, which resulted in Germany capturing her.

[[/folder]]

![[UsefulNotes/NewRomanLegions Regia Marina]]

The naval arm of the Kingdom of Italy, who were allies of Germany during the Second World War, the majority of the Regia Marina's operations were centered in the Mediterranean Sea, which Mussolini infamously declared "Mare Nostrum" (literally "Our Sea"). It had limited operations in the Atlantic, the Middle East, and the Baltic, before Italy eventually surrendered to the Allies in 1943.

The first Italian ships were added on April 2015, during the 2nd-Year Anniversary of the game, as rewards for the Spring 2015 event.

* AuthorAppeal: Jiji, the artist who drew both Littorio and Roma, is a regular contributor of lolicon or mecha musume art (the former showing in the design of the ''Maestrale''-class, alongside Luigi Torelli), but when he ''does'' draw adult women, he draws them busty and plump, with the most blatant example in Duca degli Abruzzi. He ''also'' has a thing for Mami Tomoe of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Magica]] fame, who Littorio oddly reminds people of...
** Another AuthorAppeal point reveals itself with the increasing number of Italian ships: exposed armpits. ''All of them'' wear outfits that expose their armpits, either by having armpit cutouts (Aquila, the cruisers) or by being sleeveless to begin with (the ''Maestrale''-class and the ''Vittorio Veneto''-class).
* TheBattlestar: As of 24th February 2016 live update, the Italian battleships and heavy cruisers can now equip seaplane bombers and fighters post-remodel, effectively [[LoopholeAbuse turning them into aviation battleships in all but the official classification]]. They are not classified as true aviation battleships or cruisers for a reason though, as they were unable to send their seaplanes for anti-submarine warfare and their plane slot capacity were [[DownplayedTrope nowhere as spacious as that of an aviation cruiser]], let alone the actual aviation battleships such as the ''Fusou'' or ''Ise''-classes, which puts them at significant risk of being depleted in an aerial engagement.
* GratuitousItalian: Similar to the Kriegsmarine shipgirls, they speak very few Italian and the little they say usually makes sense considering the context they are used.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: On some levels, all Italian ships (except Libeccio and Luigi) are this, since currently they are the only ones that have alcoholic beverage appear on Anchorage Bar Counter furniture after 5am. Pola is the only one who has alcohol appear on counter 24/7, however.
* InSeriesNickname: "Land of the pasta" (パスタの国; lit. pasta country) for Italy, in the description of the Italian equipment and in Littorio/Italia's library intro line. As a result, the Italian equipment and the ''Vittorio Veneto''-class have been given the {{Fan Nickname}}s of Pasta equipment and Pasta [=BBs=] respectively.
* LethalJokeItem: The Ro.44 Seaplane Fighter. First introduced as January 2016 ranking reward, it's a seaplane that was intended as a fighter aircraft. However, true to their [[TheAllegedCar historical plane]], they comes with a very poor stat, to the point that even a regular Zuiun is comparatively far superior. It was initially regarded as a JokeItem as they behaved similarly to seaplane bombers, until the next update reclassified it as proper fighter planes and allow it to be equipped on the ''Nagato'' and ''Yamato''-class. Still a poor aircraft nevertheless, but they no longer participate in air bombing phase, thus increasing their survivabilities [[DiscardAndDraw at the expense of their functionality as artillery spotters]], allowing your fleet to reliably secure air supremacy and enable artillery shelling in maps that [[LoopholeAbuse otherwise denied any air power to both sides]].
** It gets better during the Spring 2016 Event, as proficient seaplane fighters now gain the same air power bonus as fighter planes. In fact, one of the event maps would be much easier if you were CrazyPrepared enough to upgrade one of the seaplanes into a seaplane fighter.
* PhenotypeStereotype: Averted as much as they are the most diverse foreign shipgirls in the game. Many of them (those with reasonable hair colors) can plausibly pass as Italians of different regions.

!! Destroyers (DD)
[[folder:The ''Maestrale''-class]]

* NiceHat: Each of them has a hat resembling a part of their superstructure.
* ThemeNaming: All 4 of the ''Maestrale''-class are named after the intercardinal winds of the Mediterranean, Maestrale herself being named after the north-westerly winds or what is more commonly called the Mistral in English. Grecale is named after the north-easterly winds, Libeccio is named after the south-westerly winds, and Scirocco is named after the south-easterly winds. Lampshaded in the 4koma where Libeccio is excited at meeting Japanese destroyer girls with "wind" on their names.

!!Maestrale (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' Jiji
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkariKitou
[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_maestrale.png]]
[[caption-width-right:195:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_maestrale_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"Buon giorno♪　I'm of the ''Maestrale''-class destroyers! Eldest daughter, I'm Maestrale! Admiral, here I am! Please treat me well! I'll do my best!"''\\\

Maestrale is the personification of Italian destroyer ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Maestrale Maestrale]]''. She's introduced as the E-4 reward of the Early Fall 2018 Event.
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* MustHaveCaffeine: Several of her hourlies mention on serving cappuccino to the admiral.
* ShownTheirWork: Anchor hair clips on both sides of her head, although they're more noticeable in her damaged art. It's a reference to how after her stern was destroyed by mines in 1943 (something she mentions several times), prompting her crew to use two anchor chains to form a longer chain so as to reach deeper waters and to prevent her from drifting towards any more mines.
* TanLines: Unlike Libeccio, who appears to be naturally dark skinned; she has a swimsuit tan similar to Ro-500.

!!Grecale (2nd)
!!!'''Artist:''' Jiji
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yurika Moriyama
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_grecale.png]]
[[caption-width-right:195:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_grecale_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"Buon giorno! I'm the second of the ''Maestrale''-class destroyers, Grecale. Admiral, am I cute too? Ufu, you're cute!"''\\\

Grecale is the personification of Italian destroyer ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Grecale Grecale]]''. She's introduced as a drop for the E-2 and E-3 maps in the Summer 2019 Event.
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* BornLucky: Shatters all Luck caps introduced until now by sporting a hefty capped luck of '''120''' at Kai, surpassing Colorado and Jervis' previous records by 10 points. Her luck likely owes to the fact that she is the SoleSurvivor of her class and served in the Marina Militare long after the war, partly as a temporary command ship for Duca degli Abruzzi, but even with some other ships that had far heftier war involvement, participated in far more dangerous battles and are also the only survivors of their class (say, ''Kagerou''-class' Yukikaze), such luck levels are questionable.
* SoleSurvivor: Of the ''Maestrale''-class.
* TheTease: Constantly sweet-talks the Admiral, invites him for kisses and ''flips her skirt before him'', to name a few. Due to that, she's genuinely surprised at the Admiral's Marriage line, not actually expecting him to like that kind of behavior.

!!Libeccio (3rd)
!!!'''Artist:''' Jiji
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkariKitou
[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/libeccio_9.png]]

-->''"Good morning! I'm Libeccio, a ''Maestrale''-class destroyer! Just Libe is fine. Nice to meet you Admiral!"''\\\

Libeccio is the personification of Italian destroyer ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Libeccio Libeccio]]''.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her skin is noticeably darker than Italia and Roma's, and she doesn't appear to have any tan lines like similarly dark ships Ro-500 and I-401.
* BigSisterWorship: She and Roma aren't sisters, but Libeccio admires Roma and wants to become a battleship like her, much like how Kiyoshimo admires Musashi. [[CommonalityConnection Naturally, Kiyoshimo and Libeccio become friends.]] In her Kai form's [[http://www51.atpages.jp/kancollev/kcplayer.php?c=347v47&fp=1 1700 hourly]], she thinks that Warspite is the strongest battleship. [[note]]''Warspite'' wreaked havoc against the Regia Marina during [=WW2=], and ''survived'' two hits from the same Fritz-X bombs that sank Roma.[[/note]]
* GirlishPigtails: A pair of long ones.
* HappyHolidaysDress: Gains a special Halloween costume during early November 2015 along with Roma, apparently for trick-or-treating.
** HolidayMode: She also gains a two-piece bikini for Summer 2016.
* NecessaryDrawback: She has tremendous ASW and above average AA but overall weaker Torpedoes. Her other stats are otherwise similar to an average destroyer.

!!Scirocco (4th)
!!!'''Artist:''' Jiji
!!!'''Voiced by:'''
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_scirocco.png]]

-->''"*Yawn*, Good morning. I'm a ''Maestrale''-class destroyer. Yes, the youngest sister. My name is Scirocco. Yeah, pleased to meet you~"''\\\

Scirocco is the personification of the Italian destroyer ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Scirocco Scirocco]]'', introduced in the Fall 2020 Event as a drop in the E-1 map.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Like her sister ship Libeccio, Scirocco is tanned. Unlike Libeccio, Scirocco has tan lines if you look at her palms and her damage art shows tan lines on her feet.
* ReallyFondOfSleeping: A lot of her lines mention about taking naps.
* TanLines: Noticeable on her palms as well her feet in her damage art.

[[/folder]]

!!Light Cruisers (CL)

[[folder: The ''Condottieri''-class]]
* ThemeNaming: All of the ''Condottieri''-class cruisers were NamedAfterSomeoneFamous, that being historical Italian military commanders (''condottieri'').

! ''Duca degli Abruzzi''-subclass
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Abruzzi was named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Luigi_Amedeo,_Duke_of_the_Abruzzi Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi]], while Garibaldi's namesake is Italian general [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Garibaldi Giuseppe Garibaldi]].
* JackOfAllStats: Both sisters have incredibly high firepower (Abruzzi's even being equal to Jintsuu Kai Ni, who's already known for being a heavy hitter among the [=CLs=]) and they are the most durable Light Cruisers introduced until now, making them the queens of surface combat. Even their middling ASW is barely an issue, as they have 4 slots like Ooyodo, allowing them to abuse ASW synergies easily; And their non-zero aircraft stat allows them to perform Artillery Spotting as well, further enhancing their combat abilities.
* OverlyLongName: Both sisters abbreviate their names for the admiral's convenience. While Garibaldi's full name is reasonable enough ("Giuseppe Garibaldi"), it's less snappy than simply "Garibaldi". On the other hand, Abruzzi's full name is "Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi" (literally "Luigi of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi") and on her card, this is abbreviated as "L.d.S.D.d. Abruzzi". As she is fully aware of how unwieldy this is, she asks the Admiral to simply call her "Abruzzi".
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Both sisters have incredibly pink hair with streaks. Abruzzi has two dark pink streaks on her bangs and a few others on her back hair while Garibaldi has a dark pink one and a white one on her bangs.

!!Duca degli Abruzzi (1st of the ''Duca degli Abruzzi''-subclass)
!!!'''Artist:''' Jiji
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yurika Moriyama
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_duca_degli_abruzzi.png]]

--> ''"Buon giorno! The up-and-coming light cruiser from Italy, I am Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi. A bit long, isn't it? You may call me Abruzzi. Admiral, please guide both my sisters and I."''\\\

Duca degli Abruzzi is the personification of Italian light cruiser ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Duca_degli_Abruzzi Duca degli Abruzzi]]'', introduced as the E-2 Map reward in the Summer 2019 Event.
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* BornLucky: She starts out with 20 at base and 30 at Kai before maxing out to 88 at base and 98 at Kai. Fitting as she survived an aerial torpedo in 1941, and served post-war until her scrapping in 1972.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Her 2100 to 2300 hourlies involve her getting drunk, to the point of seeing Grecale ''triple'' and outright passing out a while later.

!!Giuseppe Garibaldi (2nd of the ''Duca degli Abruzzi''-subclass)
!!!'''Artist:''' Jiji
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Haruna Asami
[[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_giuseppe_garibaldi.png]]
[[caption-width-right:255:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_giuseppe_garibaldi_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''"Buon giorno! State of the art light cruiser from Italy, I'm Giuseppe Garibaldi! Too long? That's true. Garibaldi's fine. Take care of me!"''\\\

Giuseppe Garibaldi is the personification of Italian light cruiser ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Giuseppe_Garibaldi_(1936) Giuseppe Garibaldi]]'', introduced as the E-3 Map reward in the Spring 2019 Event.
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* BornLucky: Sort of while starting with 20 at base and 30 at Kai, she maxes out to 89 at base and 100 at Kai. Part of her luck was surviving past the war, being reconstructed into a guided missile cruiser in 1957 before her scrapping in 1971.
* JackOfAllStats: Of the light cruisers. Her Kai remodel has equal firepower as Jintsuu's Kai Ni (though less torpedo stat), equal base luck to Ooyodo and Sakawa, and the highest HP and armour of all light cruisers, on top of being one of a very few four-slot [=CL=]s.
* NiceHat: A miniature shako designed after her bridge.
[[/folder]]

!!Heavy Cruisers (CA)

[[folder:The ''Zara''-class]]
* AwesomeButImpractical: They are Long ranged by default, which allows them to be chosen to fire in the first shelling round in the same turn as most battleships. However, this also means that they might end up being chosen to fire over a battleship. Given that battleships usually have higher firepower, this could well cost you an opportunity to cripple or sink a foe, which might have happened if a battleship got to go first instead.
* NecessaryDrawback: To compensate for the class' ''very'' low torpedo stat [[note]]Historically, the ''Zara''-class weren't equipped with them, like the USN Heavy Cruisers of the era. The difference, however, is that unlike USN cruisers, who either had their torpedo tubes removed or were not equipped with torpedos in the first place due to doctrine, the ''Zara''-class weren't equipped with torpedos due to Italy wanting to create a heavily armored heavy cruiser while staying under the limit set by Washington Naval Treaty, which forced them to remove the torpedoes to save weight[[/note]], they are the only Heavy Cruisers with Long range by default. Their main guns also gives Long range to any ship that is equipped with it but, like the Italian battleship guns, it comes with lower accuracy. In addition, they are the only standard Heavy Cruisers capable of fielding Seaplane Bombers and Fighters, though it is still ill-advised (at least for bombers) due to the pitiable capacity of their equipment slots.
* OverratedAndUnderleveled: The real life ''Zaras'' were the best-armoured heavy cruisers in the world until the late/post-war American ''Des Moines'', but their armour and HP value in-game falls short compared to Prinz Eugen when they're first released. The Due (second) remodel gives significant boost to their armor that allows them to live up to their reputation, but they required a very high level and a blueprint for said remodel.
* ThemeNaming: All four are named after cities which were taken by Italy from Austria-Hungary in the aftermath of [=WW1=]: Zara, Fiume, Gorizia and Pola. Of all of them, only the city of Gorizia wasn't given back to Croatia.

!!Zara (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' Jiji
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChinatsuAkasaki
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zara_v2.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Due art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zardar.png[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''"Buon giorno! I am the first of the ''Zara''-class heavy cruisers, Zara! "Tenacity" is my motto. Please to meet you, Admiral!"''\\\

Zara is the personification of the Italian heavy cruiser ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Zara Zara]]''. She was introduced in the Winter 2015 Event.
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* BigSisterInstinct: Towards her younger sister Pola, who she often worries about due to Pola's drunken antics.
* CatchPhrase: She frequently mentions her tenacity, and she outright states in her introduction that "tenacity" is her motto. This is due to the real Zara ship's motto being "Tenacemente" (Italian for "tenacity"), which was displayed prominently on her Y turret.
* CoolGuns: Her seaplane launcher is based on [=WW2=]-era Italian light machine gun, the Breda 30.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: She's the responsible one to Pola's foolish.
* LiquidCourage: Zara in the 4-koma takes a leaf from Pola's book and gets drunk in an attempt to steel herself for Warspite's arrival. Sort of works as she's too busy trying to not puke to be afraid when she finally greets her old killer.
* NiceHat: Similar to Libeccio's and it's also based on a part of her superstructure.
* OfCorsetsSexy: In her Due remodel, emphasizing her [[BoobsOfSteel larger breasts]] with being the strongest heavy cruiser in shelling firepower and armor. She even have a torpedo bulge as one of her stock equipment. [[note]]apparently as a subtle AscendedMeme where bulges is an [[UnusualEuphemism euphemism]] for large breasts[[/note]]
* PluckyGirl: Comes with her tenacious personality.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: She has this look in her standard form. After being remodeled, she no longer wears tights and has a single leg garter instead.
* TookALevelInBadass: The 28 February 2016 update introduces her second remodel which gives her ''the'' best shelling firepower [[note]]at 87, her firepower is 2 point higher than Choukai in her second remodel, and can be further boosted by 10 with the Skilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel[[/note]] and armor [[note]]Her armor value is 88, which is 10 points higher than her previous remodel and 6 points higher than Prinz Eugen. Her HP was increased as well, though it was capped at 1 point lower than Prinz Eugen[[/note]] among the heavy cruisers, Her anti-air stat receives a significant boost as well as increased her plane slots to usable levels and enable her to equip Skilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel while [[LoopholeAbuse retaining her heavy cruiser classification]]. To top it all off, she gets an ArtEvolution which includes her BoobsOfSteel. That said, she has a '''very''' high level requirement for a heavy cruiser, requiring Level 88 [[note]]equivalent to the conversion remodel for Shoukaku Kai Ni A[[/note]] '''and''' a blueprint for the remodel.

!!Pola (3rd) [[note]]Actually the fourth to be laid down (Gorizia was laid down exactly one year earlier than her), but because she was completed 2 days earlier than Gorizia, Pola is categorized as the third Zara-class cruiser in-game.[[/note]]
!!!'''Artist:''' Jiji
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChinatsuAkasaki
[[quoteright:233:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pola_v2.png]]

--> ''"Buon giorno. I'm the third ship of the ''Zara''-class heavy cruisers, Pola. I'm at an age where I want to challenge myself with everything. I'll do my best."''\\\

Pola is the personification of the Italian heavy cruiser ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Pola Pola]]''. She was introduced in the Spring 2016 Event as the E5 reward.
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* TheAlcoholic: Many of her lines are about her wanting to drink and some of her hourlies actually has her drunk. This was also implied from Zara's lines even before making her in-game debut. In fact, she is the ''only'' ship to have the Bar Counter furniture filled with booze 24/7. In the 4-koma, her meeting with a fellow alcoholic Junyou has been described as "a meeting of destiny" (and they proceed to drink together).
* BornUnlucky: She has slightly below average luck both before and after remodeling. This likely has to do with the circumstances of her getting sunk during the Battle of Cape Matapan [[note]] 1) Pola gets hit by a British torpedo at dusk and is left dead in the water, without power or lighting. Some of the crew panic (Pola's crew included some 400 green recruits on her last mission) and jump overboard. 2) As the ship is not sinking, they are taken back on board. The night is freezing cold, and to fight hypothermia they strip off their wet clothes and start to drink alcoholics from the ship's liquor stock to warm themselves. The immobilised Pola calls for a tow and the entire 1st Cruiser Div (including her sisters Zara and Fiume) come to her aid. RN radar spots them as they move in. 3) Pola mistakes incoming Royal Navy battleships for friendlies, fires off a recognition flare and helps the enemy confirm the identity of their radar contacts. 4) As Zara and Fiume are obliterated, Pola's crew resign themselves to their fate and descend into total anarchy. Most of the crew abandons ship by jumping into the sea. British boarding parties find no resistance from the 250 men left aboard, and notice that several of them are visibly drunk. Her remaining crew is evacuated and Pola is sunk by Royal Navy destroyers. The initial British plan was to tow her to Alexandria as a war prize (arguably even more embarassing, as it would've made her the largest ship ever captured in battle), but they realized dawn would come soon and slowing down the fleet to tow a captured ship would subject them to attack by Italian bombers.[[/note]]
* ClothingDamage: Downplayed; though her skirt is slightly ripped, none of her other clothing appears to be torn due to the strong implication that she actually stripped off most of her clothes before they could be damaged at all. This is, of course, a reference the HistoricalInJoke that her crew took off their clothes after they abandoned ship during the Battle of Cape Matapan.
** Averted with the damaged version of her Fall 2016 seasonal art, in which Pola's clothes are completely intact but her wine glass is empty. It is completely in-character that Pola would consider running out of alcohol to be "heavy damage".
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: She's the foolish one to Zara's responsible one.
* HistoricalInJoke: Her drunken and stripping characteristics are a reference to what her crew did during the Battle of Cape Matapan in 1941. The crew had abandoned ship, drinking enough wine to get drunk beforehand to keep warm in the icy waters, and stripped off their soaked clothes.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: A couple of her lines indicate that she sometimes strips when drunk.
* NiceHat: Identical to Zara's except with a different decoration.
* ToplessnessFromTheBack: The result of removing her top in her damaged portrait.

[[/folder]]

!!Battleships (BB)

[[folder:The ''Vittorio Veneto''-class]]

Built as a response to the French-made ''Dunkerque''-class of battleships, the ''Vittorio Veneto''-class (also known outside of the game as ''Littorio''-class [[note]]''Littorio'' and ''Vittorio Veneto'' were laid down on the same day. ''Vittorio Veneto'' was the first ship to be launched but ''Littorio'' was the first to be completed, thus the ambiguity as to which should be considered the older sister.[[/note]]) ships were some of the most modern for their time. Unfortunately for them, their tours of duty were cut short at the capitulation of Italy to the Allies.

* AwesomeButImpractical : The [[http://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/381mm/50_Triple_Gun_Mount 381mm / 50 Triple Gun Mount]], which was initially available as one of March 2015 ranking rewards, and are the default equipment of the ''Vittorio Veneto''-class battleships, is regarded as this. It is very powerful [[note]]equivalent to 41cm guns at +20 firepower compared to Bismarck's 38cm main guns at +16[[/note]] and long-ranged for its modestly-sized 381mm caliber [[note]]Has its range listed as "Very Long", a range equivalent to the 46 cm main guns historically equipped on ''Yamato''-class battleships[[/note]]. However, the gun itself comes with a ''significant'' loss of accuracy and slight reduction of evasion despite being less than 16 inch (40.6cm in metrics) in caliber, making it all the more impractical in the Combined Fleet due to the huge accuracy penalty imposed for mobilizing such a massive fleet, meaning that this already inaccurate gun is unlikely to hit enemy ships with reliable accuracy. Since there are no in-game restrictions up to 46cm for the caliber size of the main guns for fast battleships, many players have regarded it as a [[JokeItem joke armament]] and opted to replace the stock Italian BB guns with more accurate guns. The gun itself is upgradeable into its Kai version, fortunately, though the gun remains somewhat inaccurate [[note]]Pre-upgraded version has -3 accuracy loss, whereas upgraded version has -1 accuracy[[/note]].
** [[TruthInTelevision This is pretty much what the Italian 381mm guns were like in real life]], which fires very high-velocity shells (muzzle velocity of 870 meters per second, a good 50 m/s faster than the ''Bismarck'''s guns and indeed faster than any other battleship's main guns of any size) which resulted in a theoretical maximum range on par with the 46cm guns equipped on ''Yamato''-class battleships, but also resulted in excessive barrel wear and poor accuracy. Even brand new barrels had extremely variable accuracy, because only some of the Italian munition factories were actually producing quality shells that matched the design specs, with the rest producing absolute garbage. When the ships were unlucky enough to receive the bad ammo, the best that could be said about it was that it could fit into the chambers of the guns.
* LightningBruiser: True to their historical counterparts, they are classified as fast battleships and they have both excellent firepower [[note]]The ''Vittorio Veneto''-class battleships have higher max firepower than the ''Bismarck'' and ''Nagato''-class battleships, with Roma in particular having higher max firepower than Kirishima Kai Ni by one.[[/note]] and durability as well as decent AA.
* NecessaryDrawback: In exchange for such impressive firepower, range and speed, they are fairly resource intensive to maintain, having a much higher fuel and ammo consumption rate than the ''Nagato''-class battleships. They also require a blueprint for their (single) remodel as well.
* NiceHat: Technically a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadem_(personal_wear) diadem]], which is shaped like the bow decoration of the ships they are based on.
* OfCorsetsSexy: And used to accentuate the ''Littorio''-class' impressive... fuel tanks.
* VocalDissonance: Despite being battleships, Littorio and Roma have very high-pitched voices, in the same range as the high-pitched ''destroyers''.

!!Littorio/Italia (2nd)
!!!'''Artist:''' Jiji
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MisakiKuno
[[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/littorio_2.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to view her remodeled art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/italy.png[[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"The second ship of the ''Vittorio Veneto''-class battleships, Littorio. [[note]]Italy actually considered Littorio to be the lead ship of the class. But she and Vittorio Veneto began construction simultaneously and her older sister was completed one week earlier, so outside Italy the latter is more often than not considered the lead ship.[[/note]] I have confidence in my speed and firepower. Nice to meet ya ~"''
-->''"I'm Italia, the second ship of the ''Vittorio Veneto''-class battleships and previously known as Littorio. Nice to meet ya ~"''\\\

Littorio is the personification of the Italian battleship ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Littorio Littorio]]''.
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* BornLucky: She starts with above average luck due to having survived the war.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Roma's responsible. This applies to both in-game and 4koma.
* HappyHolidaysDress: Has two so far; first in the Summer Season where she wears a swimsuit and in the Christmas Holiday where she wears a Santa outfit, complete with a snowman looking like Roma.
* MeaningfulRename: She was originally named after the Lictor, which were symbolized with the fasces. As the fasces was a symbol and namesake of fascism, when Mussolini was kicked out of power, she had to be renamed to something else. Thus "Italia", a name would be acceptable to all Italians.
* SupremeChef: Strongly implied to be this with all food she cooks.
* WeightWoe: Implied in her resupply line as Italia, possibly in reference for her weight being well beyond the Washington Naval Treaty's limit for capital ships.

!!Roma (4th)
!!!'''Artist:''' Jiji
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MisakiKuno
[[quoteright:285:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roma_0.png]]

-->''"I'm the fourth battleship of the ''Vittorio Veneto''-class, Roma. [[note]]Only three ships of the class actually entered service with the Regia Marina. Roma's older sister Impero was launched 7 months ahead of her, but had the misfortune of being built at a shipyard within easy bombing range of France. Moving Impero's hull to a safer location caused a series of delays that meant she never actually got completed.[[/note]] Nice to meet you. What? Please don't stare at me, okay?"''\\\

Roma is the personification of the Italian battleship ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Roma_%281940%29 Roma]]''.
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* BornUnlucky: She's the first major warship to be sunk by a guided bomb attack after one of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_X Fritz-X radio guided bombs]] launched by the Germans struck one of her magazines. The force of the explosion was so powerful it blew her number 2 turret clear off of its mountings off the ship, which is why her damaged artwork is missing a turret.
* DontLookAtMe: She seems to hate being stared at as her quotes seem to indicate.
-->'''Roma''': I'm going to need a little repair. What? Don't stare at me.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible to Littorio's foolish. This applies to both in-game and 4koma.
* HappyHolidaysDress: She gains a Halloween-themed sprite along with Libeccio for November 2015. In her case, it's a CuteWitch costume complete with Jack-o-Lantern cannons.
* {{Meganekko}}: A pair of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pince-nez Pince-nez]].
* RareRandomDrop: Unlike her sister, who was a reward for clearing map E-4 of the Spring 2015 event, Roma can only be obtained as a random drop after getting [[HarderThanHard an S rank on the boss node of E6 (or on a node along the way, for a much lower chance) for the same event]]. She's such a rare drop that many frustrated admirals have declared that Roma is a myth. [[MarathonLevel After often more than a hundred runs]], many admirals have also spent a multitude looking for her than they did on the entire event combined. If you hardly had any resources left to begin with, the hunt for Roma gets all the more difficult since you also have to carefully manage your resources and are often forced to pause to let your resources recover a bit which costs valuable time.
** For the Summer 2015 event that followed, where Roma was not only a drop at a map that had guaranteed routing, even admirals playing on Easy difficulty had a chance to get her, but she was still a very rare drop.
** It only got harder in the Fall 2015 event. Roma isn't a drop at the boss node this time, she's on a dead end node, which has an installation boss and several PT Imp Packs. S-ranking on a node that isn't the boss doesn't guarantee a drop, so it's possible to go through a perfect run ''and not get any sort of drop whatsoever''.

[[/folder]]

!!Standard Aircraft Carriers (CV)

[[folder:The ''Aquila''-class]]
!!Aquila
!!!'''Artist:''' Jiji
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChinatsuAkasaki
[[quoteright:197:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aquila_v2.png]]

-->''"Buon giorno! I'm a Mediterranean born aircraft carrier, Aquila! I am battle ready... supposedly~ But do look forward to it!"''\\\

Aquila is the personification of the Italian aircraft carrier ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_aircraft_carrier_Aquila Aquila]]'', converted from the ocean liner SS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Roma_(1926) Roma]]''. She's introduced in the Summer 2016 Event as the E-3 and E-4 boss drop.
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* ArcherArchetype: Like most of the Japanese carriers, she uses a bow to launch her planes, though hers is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_bow composite bow]].
** The [[http://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/Re.2005_Kai Re.2005 Kai]] fairy also qualifies, since the historical plane is named as ''Sagittario'' [[note]]literally Sagittarius in Italian, which in turn means "archer"[[/note]] by ''Regia Aeronautica''. Unfortunately, Aquila doesn't have it as her stock equipment, as it was an event-exclusive reward for clearing Summer 2016 Event at Normal or Hard difficulty.
* BornUnlucky: Much like Graf Zeppelin before her, she was an incomplete ship that was never commissioned. To make it worse off, her own countrymen (in diving suits) sabotaged her when she was taken over by the Kriegsmarine in dry dock. It's possible that her luck is actually lower than Graf's for that reason, despite being further along in construction.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: She references her own lack of combat experience, as seen in her Introduction and Library lines.
-->'''Aquila''': I was a passenger and cargo ship converted into an aircraft carrier but, in a large-scale remodeling, my performance is close to an standard aircraft carrier... Supposedly.
* JokeCharacter: She would have decent stats... if she were a light carrier. [[note]]Stats-wise, she is roughly equivalent to Hiyou, but with lower firepower, better evasion, an atrocious max luck, "Fast" speed and somewhat stronger planes.[[/note]] For a standard carrier, it's unbecoming. [[note]]Graf Zeppelin is the only one with a lower plane count than her, but at least Graf has the stats to contend with the rest.[[/note]] The only thing she has going for her is her low resource consumption, which is lower even than the ''Unryuu''-class.
* JokeItem: Her stock planes are not great, all things considered. Re.2001 OR Kai fighter has same AA stat as Type 0 Model 52 fighter, and Re.2001 G Kai torpedo bomber has ''the'' worst torpedo stat in the game.
* OverratedAndUnderleveled: Her stats do not reflect how she would have been had she been completed. She was more armoured than Jun'you and would have had more anti-air mounts than Jun'you or Graf, but her armour, HP and AA stat are inferior in-game.
* RareRandomDrop: As noted above, at the time of her introduction she is only available as a boss drop from Summer 2016 E-3 and E-4.
* RedOniBlueOni: She is the Red Oni to Graf Zeppelin's Blue Oni, her fellow uncompleted European carrier. Aquila is considerably more cheerful and upbeat despite her unlucky history.
* UnknownRival: A couple of her lines indicate that she wants to be a rival to Akagi and Graf Zeppelin. However, they don't seem to take her that seriously.
-->'''Aquila''': Hey! Graf, Akagi... Are you listening?!
* VerbalTic: Frequently uses the expression "yoshi yosh" when speaking.

[[/folder]]

!!Submarines (SS)

[[folder:The ''Marconi''-class]]
!!Luigi Torelli/UIT-25/I-504 (4th)
!!!'''Artist:''' Jiji
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HitomiNabatame
[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luigi_torelli.png]]
[[caption-width-right:210:[[labelnote:Click here to view her as UIT-25]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uit_25.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:210:[[labelnote:Click here to view her as I-504]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_504.png[[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"Ciao! I'm Luigi Torelli. That's right, Torelli... Hmmm, just Lui is fine!"''\\\

Luigi Torelli is the personification of the Italian submarine ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_submarine_Luigi_Torelli Luigi Torelli]]''. She was first transferred to Germany and renamed UIT-25, before being moved to Japan as I-504. Luigi's introduced in the Summer 2017 Event as a drop reward in the E6 map.
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* AntiAir: She is notable as the only submarine in the game that has an anti-air stat. This is a reference to how Italian submarines had slower diving speeds compared to other nations' submarines, which led to their crews becoming proficient at shooting at enemy aircraft. As I-504, she was allegedly responsible for last known success of an Axis naval ship in the war, where she shot down a USAAF B-25 bomber over Kobe, Japan. In-game, she can also perform anti-air cut-ins as UIT-25 or I-504 if equipped with any anti-aircraft machine guns.
* BornLucky: Quite high. As Luigi, base stat starts at 25, her Kai at 30, as UIT-25 at 35, and as I-504 at 40. This is due to her historical record of: being part of a Wolfpack attack on sinking multiple Greek, Norwegian, and British ships throughout 1941; surviving heavy damage in 1942 and yet still making back to port for repairs; and survived two air attacks in 1943 before her transfer to the Kreigsmarine to become UIT-25. Then she was acquired by the Japanese after Germany surrendered. ''Then'' she managed to survive the war.
* IHaveManyNames: 3 different names while in services with 3 different navies. In fact, she has a problem choosing a nickname for you to call her (and which language she's supposed to use for greetings) on each name change. For the record, she goes from "Lui" to "Ui" and finally "Go-chan".
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Italian patriot [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Torelli Luigi Torelli]], who had participated in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Days_of_Milan Five Days of Milan]] on driving out Austrian soldiers from Milan, the beginning of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Italian_War_of_Independence First Italian War of Independence]].
* PowerupLetdown: Remodeling Luigi Torelli to her Kai form gives her a base torpedo stat of '''0''', similar to Maruyu, with this state persisting when remodeling to UIT-25, and she only gets her torpedo stat back once she remodels into I-504. This unusual feature is likely based on Luigi Torelli's history: when she sustained critical battle damage earlier in the war, her torpedo tubes were replaced with extra fuel tanks to turn her into a transport ship carrying supplies to and from Japan.
* SchoolSwimsuit: As I-504, she sports a white one.
* VerbalTic: She tends to append "Hanya Hanya~" at the end of her sentences.

[[/folder]]

![[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks United States Navy]]

The naval branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of ''the'' largest naval forces in the world. While they participated in much of the Atlantic Theater, such as Operation Torch, the Sicily, Italy and Normandy landings alongside the other Allied forces, they were more famously known for their actions in the Pacific Theater, as the vast majority of their engagements were present there.

* {{Eagleland}}: Beautiful variety. They're depicted in a sympathetic and very patriotic manner, not to mention being on the side of the good guys.
* GenderBlenderName: All USN destroyers and destroyer escorts fall under this, due to the US Navy tradition of each ship being named in honor of a fallen serviceman.
* GratuitousEnglish: Of varying degrees. Iowa is an [[UpToEleven even bigger user]] of this than ''Kongou'', judging from how many English words are in her introduction quote alone. Of course, when read in Japanese, [[{{Engrish}} it's not actually very good.]] Some have speculated that her speech pattern is modeled after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonin_English Bonin English]]. Saratoga, Gambier Bay, and Intrepid are similar to Iowa, sprinkling English in their lines, though less frequently and with much better diction. Samuel B. Roberts doesn't have as much English in her lines compared to her earlier shipmates.
* InSeriesNickname: Averted. For some reason, the US has OddNameOut in that their equipment descriptions are the only one that uses the proper country name to indicate country of origin instead of some kind of nickname or oblique reference (for Germany and USSR) for other countries' equipments.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Helena, Houston, Colorado, Hornet, and South Dakota mentions serving coffee to the admiral in both their married secretary and hourly lines. It's both parts SeriousBusiness and a running joke that coffee is the lifeblood of the American military (since the American Civil War, at that), much like how tea is SeriousBusiness for the British military.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Mostly applied to the destroyers and destroyer escorts, as some of their namesakes are well known members in the USN's history books.
* NiceHat: Stylized versions of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_cap Dixie cup hat]], a garrison cap, or an officer's [[https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/support/uniforms/uniformregulations/chapter4/Pages/4311.aspx combination cap]].
* PhenotypeStereotype: It used to be that most of them were curvy blue-eyed blondes. As the American fleet grew, so did the number of exceptions: Saratoga and Intrepid have hair of different shades of brown; Houston has golden yellow eyes; Johnston has brown hair and eyes; Atlanta has brown hair and grey eyes; Helena has modest proportions, brown hair and green eyes; Hornet has gray eyes; Washington has gray hair and eyes; and Samuel B. Roberts is flat-chested (she ''is'' a child) with blue hair and yellow eyes. South Dakota has ludicrous American flag-colored hair but it's unknown if it's dyed or not.
* RareVehicles: Ironically, the Grumman [=F6F=] Hellcat qualifies as this despite Grumman producing 12,275 examples for the US Navy and [[SemperFi Marine Corps]] [[note]]In comparison, the total number of all Type 0 Fighters models combined built together were tallied at around 10,934-11,291[[/note]], as you could only import up to two early model Hellcats ([=F6F=]-3) from the quest while the rest had to be upgraded from Wildcats. There are two variants of Wildcats and Hellcats in-game for a four-stage upgrade, so upgrading a [=F4F=]-3 into [=F6F=]-5 would require you redo the 10-star improvement '''three''' times, costing '''massive''' amount of improvement material in the process.
** The Night-Fighter Hellcats plays this even straighter, as you need a 10-star [=F6F=]-3 or [=F6F=]-5 to get their night version, which is lost upon upgrade. This is attributed to the APS-6 aircraft radar that were so delicate and complex that each unit had to be made by hand.
* ThemeNaming: US battleships are named after American states (Iowa, Colorado, Washington, South Dakota); cruisers after cities and towns (Houston, Atlanta, Helena); destroyers and destroyer escorts after late servicemen (Samuel B. Roberts, Johnston, Fletcher); carriers after old ship names and famous battles (Intrepid, Saratoga, Hornet); escort carriers after bays, sounds, rivers and islands (Gambier Bay); and submarines after marine creatures. There are exceptions, of course.
* YouAreNumberSix: Their [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_number hull numbers]], specifically, which are used by the US Navy in RealLife to identify each respective ship. They're typically painted on the bow of the ship, but on late-war aircraft carriers, they're painted on the flight deck.

!!Destroyers (DD) & Destroyer Escorts (DE)

[[folder:The ''Fletcher''-class]]
The first USN destroyers built completely free of any Treaty restrictions, and also the most numerous class of destroyers ever built, at a whopping ''175 ships'' launched between 1942-1944. Compared to their predecessors the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaves-class_destroyer Gleaves]]''-class destroyers, they were longer, more heavily armed, and had a much longer range, the last of which was necessary in crossing the vast Pacific Ocean. Other advantages included being able to fit as many AntiAir guns as possible without the need to remove main battery mounts. The first ''Fletchers'' would see combat off the waters of Guadalcanal, and would be present in virtually every naval engagement in the Pacific onward. 19 were lost during World War II, and following the end of hostilities, they continued to serve in the US Navy until the 1960s. Many were later modernized, sold to foreign navies, or scrapped. Four ships of this class continue to survive to this day: USS ''Kidd'' (DD-661) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; USS ''Cassin Young'' (DD-793) in Boston, Massachusetts; USS ''The Sullivans'' (DD-537) in Buffalo, New York; and Greek destroyer ''Velos'', aka the former USS ''Charette'' (DD-581), in Palairo Faliro, Greece.

* RareRandomDrop: Both ships in this class are currently available only as event drops during limited time events.

!!Fletcher (DD-445) (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' ZECO
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuki Utami
[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_fletcher.png]]
[[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_fletcher_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai Mod.2 art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_fletcher_kai_mod_2.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Mk.II art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_fletcher_mk_2.png[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''"Thank you for your hard work. Nameship of the ''Fletcher''-class destroyers, Fletcher, reporting for duty. A mother? Oh no, that's not... I'll try my best to be of use to everyone!"''\\\

Fletcher is the personification of the US destroyer USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Fletcher_(DD-445) Fletcher]]''. She's introduced as a drop in E-4 of the Spring 2019 Event.
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: While some consider the number "13" to be unlucky, she is the [[InvertedTrope total opposite]] of the trope: Her crew developed what was called the "triskaidekaphilia" (love for the number 13). The Battle of Guadalcanal (which she took part in) took place on Friday the 13th of November 1942, with her being the 13th ship in a 13-ship line of battle. Her hull number (445) sums up to 13 as does Task Force 67 (which she was a member of at the time). All that and she escaped the battle unscathed. This means that for her, 13 ''is'' lucky.
* BlackBraAndPanties: Her damaged Mk. II art reveals that her underwear is black instead of the whites worn in previous versions.
* BornLucky: Starts off with 30 at base and 40 at Kai, maxing out to 99 at base and 100 at Kai. Considering the amount of action that her historical counterpart saw, from the mess that was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]] to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tassafaronga Battle of Tassafaronga]], various fire support missions, and to being converted to an escort destroyer (DDE) for anti-submarine warfare in 1949 until her scrapping in 1972, it's well deserved.
* BuxomIsBetter: Rivaling Hamakaze in terms of "displacement."
* HistoricalInJoke: The nets references how her crew used cargo nets to save USS ''Northampton''[='=]s survivors after the Battle of Tassafaronga.
* ShownTheirWork: In her Kai Mod.2 and Mk.II update, both her choker has a silver star and she has a silver star hairclip, referencing the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_star battle stars]] she earned during [=WW2=]. Her metal hairband is modeled after the bridge of the earlier ''Fletcher''-class destroyers in her default form, while the Mk.II hairband is modeled off of her bridge after being recommissioned for anti-submarine duties.
* TookALevelInBadass: With the 20 May 2020 update, she obtained two new remodels: ''Kai Mod.2'' and ''Mk.II''. ''Mod.2'' improves her surface combat capabilities while ''Mk.II'' improves her soft stats for the price of having a base Torpedo stat of 0 (which can be raised back through Modernization).

!!Johnston (DD-557) (74th)
!!!'''Artist:''' ZECO
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Nao Shiraki
[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_johnston.png]]

--> ''"Hi! I'm USS Johnston of the ''Fletcher''-class! I’m going to be a fighting ship! That means I'll keep on fighting until I run out of shells! Once again... I'll protect all of you!"''\\\

Johnston is the personification of the US destroyer USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Johnston_(DD-557) Johnston]]''. She's introduced in the Winter 2019 Event as a drop in E-3.
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* BornLucky: Like Samuel B. Roberts, she has high luck of 42 after remodel, but with only 82 max luck. Again, this is due to the same reason as Sammy B.: she fought way above her weight class in a very lopsided battle off Samar [[note]]Due to the destroyers' ferocity, the IJN misidentified the ''Fletcher''s as ''Baltimore''-class heavy cruisers, while the ''John C. Butler''s were misidentified as ''Fletcher''s[[/note]], and managed to eventually win even when sunk.
* BlowingARaspberry: Her Summer [=CGs=] have her sticking her tongue out at the viewer.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Gives one to the Admiral and the rest of the fleet in her introduction, reflecting her efforts to protect the escort carriers at the Battle off Samar.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She first appeared for October in the 2019 Kancolle calendar with Sammy B. trying to teach her how to use chopsticks, which was her commissioning month. She was also foreshadowed by 3 ranking equipments: the [[http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/5inch_Single_Gun_Mount_Mk.30_Kai_%2B_GFCS_Mk.37 5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai + GFCS Mk.37]], the [[http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/533mm_Quintuple_Torpedo_Mount_(Initial_Model) 533mm Quintuple Torpedo Mount (Initial Model)]], and the [[http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/SG_Radar_(Initial_Model) SG Radar (Initial Model)]].
* GirlishPigtails: Tied up by [[MeaningfulAppearance hair ribbons]] bearing her [[http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/557.htm flag hoist[=/=]radio call sign]], "[=NIKZ=]".
* MoreDakka: Her night battle lines invoke this with "More shells!" [[note]]Which is another historical reference, namely that's what captain of Gun 55, Clint Carter, shouted that when Johnston is [[OneManArmy engaging Yahagi's destroyer squadron]].[[/note]]
* NecessaryDrawback: While Johnston is a poor surface combatant, she excells in other roles instead, including the ability to perform OASW without any gear in her ''base'' form [[note]]All other ships that can do that like Sammy B., Jervis, Isuzu, and Tatsuta all need remodels to pull this off[[/note]] ''and'', with right gear, having AACI that's among ''the'' strongest in the game, at least rivaling the ''Akizuki''-class.
* OverratedAndUnderleveled: Despite her historical showing where she ''unambiguously'' pulling of a feat rivaling or even surpassing Yuudachi, her surface combat stat is pitifully low, only barely higher than Sammy B. (which only puts her pretty much dead average in night battle power compared to other DD) even though a ''Fletcher''-class has way more firepower than destroyer escorts.
* OnlySaneMan: Johnston has some moments of this in her hourly lines, like askng Yukikaze if she's cold running around without pants. This is more prominent in fanworks.
* PintSizedPowerHouse: A destroyer who considers heavy cruisers to be suitable sparring partners.
* ShownTheirWork: She wears a silver star and a bronze star choker, symbolizing the six battle stars she was award with, and wears a glove only on her left hand, most likely referencing that her commander [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_E._Evans Ernest E. Evans]] took massive damage to his left hand (including losing 2 fingers) during the Battle off Samar. She also wears the Navy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor Medal of Honor]] on her left arm, referencing to Evans receiving the medal posthumously.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The ''John C. Butler''-class]]
A Destroyer Escort class originating from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Also known as the WGT (Westinghouse Geared Turbine) type due to their powerplant. Originally intended with 293 ships built, only 83 were ever completed, with the rest being cancelled due to the end of hostilities.
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!!Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) (46th)
!!!'''Artist:''' ZECO
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Nao Shiraki
[[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_samuel_b_roberts.png]]

--> ''"I am the ''John C. Butler''-class Destroyer Escort, Samuel B. Roberts! Remember it! Ah, it's long? Sam is fine, too! Nice to meet you!"''\\\

Samuel B. Roberts is the personification of the US destroyer escort USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Samuel_B._Roberts_(DE-413) Samuel B. Roberts]]''. She's introduced as a limited-time quest reward for the game's [[MilestoneCelebration 5th Year Anniversary Patch]].
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* BornLucky: For a ship who's sunk in her only major combat operation, she does have 40 luck after remodel, although her max luck is only at 80. [[note]]Other destroyers with base luck of 40 or more tend to have max luck higher than 80[[/note]] This is probably because she managed to punch way above her weight class in a job she's not supposed to do at Samar. [[note]]Destroyer escorts are for convoy escorts, antisubmarine duty, and such, not surface combat. At Samar, she managed to seriously damage both Choukai and Chikuma, two Heavy Cruisers.[[/note]]
* CoolGuns: Her 5-inch cannon is mixed with the trigger, receiver, and magazine of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_P90 Fabrique Nationale P90]]. Also counts as AnachronismStew seeing as the P90 did not even exist in World War II.
* CuteLittleFangs: It's ''barely'' noticeable in the game art, but the June 2018 issue of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comptiq Comptiq]] features a much larger image of her base art that shows it.
* TheDeterminator: Thanks to her real-life counterpart's stellar LastStand, her damaged lines portray her as this.
-->''(Minor Damage line):'' Haaa! You~! / L-Like I'd lose!\\
''(Major Damage line:)'' Huaaa! I... I can still go on. One more attack!
* DoNotGoGentle: As a HistoricalInJoke to her epic LastStand at Samar, her damaged art has all of her armament empty save for her depth charges (which were the only things she couldn't use in the battle), implying that even as a shipgirl she's not going down without giving her all against the enemy.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She's foreshadowed by the appearance of the [[http://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/5inch_Single_Gun_Mount_Mk.30 5-inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30]] as monthly reward, with the equipment fairy looking like her eventual reveal.
* HistoricalInJoke: The mini-whale in her front pouch is in reference to the incident where the real-life ship killed a whale by accident during her shakedown cruise.
* ImColdSoCold: Her Sinking line.
-->'''Sam:''' If I get shot this much... I... it hurts... it's cold. Everyone... Admiral... bye... bye...
* NecessaryDrawback: To compensate for her mediocre stat, she can perform OASW without any gear or stat requirement in her Kai form, like Isuzu Kai Ni or Tatsuta Kai Ni. She also can improve her speed to Fast with only a single turbine, while others need a turbine and boiler together.
* NiceHat: A stylized USN Dixie cup hat, to be precise. The ribbons attached to her hat has four [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_maritime_signal_flags international maritime signal flags]] spelling out "NTIK", which was her [[http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/413.htm flag hoist[=/=]radio call sign]].
* TheNicknamer: Calls Gambier Bay "Gamby" in her post-remodel idle line, and in one of her hourlies:
-->'''Sam:''' ''(Idle)'' Ah, yes, Gamby! What is it? Ah, so, if it's this then, this goes like that, there you go. Eh? It's no use. I'll go with you. Damn, always needing help. It's fine though.\\
'''Sam:''' ''(14:00 line)''It is two- ah, hi, Gamby! Gambier Bay! What's up? Ah, really? Me too, me too! Ehehe.
* OdangoHair: Has a subtle-looking pair, obscured from view.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Her Kai form gives her offensive stats rivalling most Light Cruisers.
* ShownTheirWork: Her hairband has a battle star, and she wears a Navy Cross medal on her left arm, signifying her single battle star and that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_B._Roberts her namesake]] received a Navy Cross posthumously, respectively.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In contrast to the other ships of the USN, she gets blue hair.
[[/folder]]

!!Light Cruisers (CL)

[[folder: The ''Brooklyn''-class]]
A further refinement of the ''New Orleans''-class heavy cruisers, the ''Brooklyn''-class light cruisers had a subsequent influence on later USN cruisers, both heavy and light in terms of armament, engines, and armor. Nine were built: ''Brooklyn'' (CL-40), ''Philadelphia'' (CL-41), ''Savannah'' (CL-42), ''Nashville'' (CL-43), ''Phoenix'' (CL-46), ''Boise'' (CL-47), ''Hononolulu'' (CL-48), ''St. Louis'' (CL-49), and ''Helena'' (CL-50). Due to the modifications ''St. Louis'' and ''Helena'' went through, they're occasionally classified under the ''St. Louis''-subclass. Only ''Helena'' was the one to sink during [=WWII=], ''Savannah'' and ''Honolulu'' were later sold as scrap, while the rest were transferred to other navies [[note]]''Phoenix'' as ARA ''General Belgrano'' under the Argentine Navy, was the last one to sink in combat, namely the Falkland Wars in 1982[[/note]].

! ''St. Louis''-subclass
!!Helena (CL-50) (9th under the ''Brooklyn''-class, 2nd under the ''St. Louis''-subclass)
!!!'''Artist:''' acea4
!!!'''Voiced by:''' ???
[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_helena_kai.png]]
[[caption-width-right:225:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_helena_8.png [[/labelnote]]]]


-->''"My name is Helena. I'm the third of the ''St. Louis''-class light cruisers, USS CL-50 Helena. Pleasure to work with you!"''\\\

The personfication of the light cruiser USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Helena_(CL-50) Helena]]''. She's introduced as a drop in the E-5 and E-6 maps of the Rainy-Summer 2020 Event.
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* BornUnlucky: Starts with 9 at base and 13 at Kai. It's a possible reference to how her crew wasn't familiar with the advanced SG surface search radar that was installed after her repairs from the attack on Pearl Harbor, leading to chaos during the Battle of Cape Esperance.
* CoolGuns: The stock and grip of her [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6%22/47_caliber_gun 6"/47 caliber gun]] resembles that of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Auto-5 Remington Model 11]] riot gun.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Several of her hourlies mention serving coffee to the admiral.
--> '''Married:''' "How about you take a break? If pushing doesn't work, try pulling! Here, coffee! Don't push yourself too hard."\\
'''04:00:''' "It's 4 o'clock now. It got this late just dealing with documents. It's almost morning, Admiral. How about we take a coffee break? You do drink coffee, right?"\\
'''05:00:''' "It's 5 o'clock now. Do you need more coffee? Roger, here you go. Oh! Look, Admiral, the sun's rising!"\\
'''13:00:''' "It's 1 o'clock now. Here, hot coffee. I've added plenty of milk and sugar. This will pick you right up."\\
'''20:00:''' "It's 8 o'clock now. Admiral, was that enough for dinner? The dessert will be heaps of vanilla ice cream! Do you want chocolate on yours? Oh, coffee...? Hah, affogato style? Alright! Heh, I'll do that too."

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The ''Atlanta''-class]]
Originally intended as flotilla leaders or fast scout cruisers, they were instead used as carrier escorts due to their excellent dual-purpose main armament, as well as their lack of sufficient armor protection. Eight ships were built both before and during the Pacific War, with the last four being part of the slightly-improved ''Oakland'' subclass. Two ships, the ''Atlanta'' and the ''Juneau'', would be lost during the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the 13th of November, 1942. The rest would continue to see action throughout the Pacific War, mainly in the aforementioned carrier screening role. The surviving six ships would then be decommissioned between 1946 and 1949, before being struck and scrapped in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

!!Atlanta (CL-51) (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' Shizuma Yoshinori
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriNazuka
[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_atlanta.png]]

--> ''"How is everything? I am the ''Atlanta''-class air defense cruiser, Atlanta. I'm from Brooklyn. You're the admiral? Nice to meet you."''\\\

The personfication of the light cruiser USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Atlanta_(CL-51) Atlanta]]''. She's introduced as the E-6 Map rewards in the Autumn 2019 Event.
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* AntiAir: As is her historical role, she excels at this, having ''the'' highest AA stat in the game at '''128''' in Kai ''and'' dethroning Maya as the AA queen with even stronger AACI, Maya maxing out at 106 in Kai Ni.
* BizarreTasteInFood: Played straight and then averted. Her 20:00 line has her accepting curry cooked by [[LethalChef Hiei]], and 21:00 Atlanta says that it's actually ''delicious''. Then her 22:00 line reveals that it was one of Kongo's recipes.
* BuxomIsBetter: Despite being a light cruiser, Atlanta's impressive "displacement" is rather fitting in part of having the [[BoobsOfSteel highest anti-air stat]] in the game. Given her class is armed with destroyer guns, had very light armor and were originally intended to lead destroyer flotillas, arguably her "displacement" reflects that she's a light cruiser that's functionally a giant destroyer.
* FingerlessGloves: The no-thumb-and-index-finger type.
* NecessaryDrawback: She suffers the same problem as Isuzu: they are AA specialist CL that are unable to equip seaplanes, thus unable to double attack in daytime.
* NiceHat: One modeled after a USN sailor's garrison cap, which includes her hull number on it and searchlights.
* ShownTheirWork: A reason why she introduced herself with "air defense cruiser" could be due to having been designated as CLAA-51 in some works, given her primary guns were mostly AA. Her earring reflects the five battle silver stars earned because of Guadalcanal.
* GirlishPigtails: Not as large as Gambier Bay's, though.
[[/folder]]

!!Heavy Cruisers (CA)

[[folder:The ''Northampton''-class]]
The second class of American "Treaty Cruisers", or cruisers heavily influenced by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, built. Compared to their predecessors, the ''Pensacola''-class, they were lighter, had more armor, and had rearranged armament. However, due to the treaty restrictions, they still suffered from lack of sufficient armor, and as a result were still vulnerable to torpedoes and gunfire, which was proven when they saw combat during the Pacific War. Six ships were built, with three, the ''Northampton'', ''Houston'', and ''Chicago'' being sunk in action from 1942-43, while the ''Chester'', ''Louisville'', and ''Augusta'' would be refitted and upgraded throughout the war, with all three being decommissioned by 1946.

!!Houston (CA-30) (5th)
!!!'''Artist:''' ZECO
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriNazuka
[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/houston_full.png]]
[[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/houston_kai_full.png[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''"My name is Houtson. I was flagship for the Asia Fleet as a keystone of the military power in the Pacific Ocean theater. Admiral, I entrust to you."''\\\

The personification of the heavy cruiser USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Houston_(CA-30) Houston]]''. She's introduced in the Fall 2019 Event as a drop in the E-4 Map.
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* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Has a pair of dark yellow eyes and hair. (See sidepic)
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The [[https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/8inch_Triple_Gun_Mount_Mk.9 8inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.9]] introduced as one of the August 2019 Ranking Rewards, and the [[https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/5inch_Single_High-angle_Gun_Mount_Battery 5inch Single High-angle Gun Mount Battery]] introduced as one of the October 2019 Ranking Rewards had fairies in a white [=USN=] uniform, hinting at a [=USN=] CA. Houston's historical self did use [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8%22/55_caliber_gun 8"/55 caliber guns]], as well the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5%22/25_caliber_gun 5"/25 caliber guns]].
* MustHaveCaffeine: Her hourlies have her serving multiple cups of coffee to the Admiral.
-->'''(7:00)''' It's 7 o'clock. Come, Admiral, I've made my special breakfast for you. Is coffee fine with you?\\
'''(8:00)''' It's 8 o'clock. Admiral, would you like another cup of coffee? Here!\\
'''(12:00)''' It's noon. Here, my special sandwich. Would you like some coffee? Here, enjoy!\\
'''(13:00)''' It's 1 o'clock. Admiral, I'm glad you liked it. Would you like another cup of coffee?
* NiceHat: A stylized USN officer's cap with her gun director in place of where the [[https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/support/uniforms/uniformregulations/chapter4/Pages/4311.aspx cap device]] would be.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Modeled after her bridge and emphasizes her "displacement".
* ShesGotLegs: Shows quite a lot of her pantyhose-covered thighs, thanks to her high-cut skirt.
* SupremeChef: is capable of cooking for the Admiral, from her special breakfast to a steak dinner.

[[/folder]]

!!Battleships (BB)

[[folder:The ''Colorado''-class]]
The first US battleships built prior to the Washington Naval Treaty, with originally four planned, USS ''Colorado'' (BB-45), USS ''Maryland'' (BB-46), USS ''Washington'' (BB-47), and USS ''West Virginia'' (BB-48). Due to the Treaty, ''Washington'' was canceled despite being 75% completed. The rest would go on to serve the US Navy during the Interwar Period with slight modifications. During the Attack on Pearl Harbor, ''Maryland'' and ''West Virginia'', who were part of Battleship Row, would be damaged and sunk, respectively, with the latter later being refloated and extensively modernized. ''Colorado'', fortunately, was undergoing a refit in the Puget Sound Naval Yard, and so was spared damage. She and ''Maryland'' would also be modernized, albeit not to the same extent as ''West Virginia''. All three would go on to serve in the shore bombardment role, covering the landings of US Marines and Army soldiers throughout the Pacific from 1943-45. In addition, ''Maryland'' and ''West Virginia'' would see action in the Battle of Surigao Strait, the last battleship-on-battleship action of World War II. Following the end of hostilies, ''Colorado'' and ''West Virginia'' would be present in Tokyo Bay in time for the Japanese surrender. They would then participate in Operation Magic Carpet, with all three being decommissioned in 1947. All three would then be scrapped in 1959.

!!Colorado (BB-45) (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' Parsley
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Haruna Asami
[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_colorado.png]]
[[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_colorado_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''"Hi, I'm one of the Big Seven from the States, first of the ''Colorado''-class battleships, USS Colorado. So you're the Admiral? Not too shabby. Make sure you stick real close to me. What do you say?"''\\\

Colorado is the personification of the US battleship USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Colorado_(BB-45) Colorado]]''. She's introduced as the E-5 Reward of the Spring 2019 Event.
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* BornLucky: Starts with 30 at base and 40 at Kai, maxing out to 99 at base and matching Jervis with '''110''' at Kai, and for good reason. Her high luck was based on the fact that she wasn't present during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, getting overhauled at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Washington at the time. She also survived two kamikaze attacks during the war, up until her decommissioning in 1947 and subsequent scrapping in 1959.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16%22/45_caliber_gun 16inch Mk.I]] [[https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/16inch_Mk.I_Twin_Gun_Mount Twin Gun Mount]] was introduced as one of the March 2019 Ranking Rewards, which the ''Colorado''-class battleships used, alongside one of the fairies resembling Colorado. Tweets from the official [=KanColle=] Twitter account pre-event also hinted a ''Colorado''-class battleship.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Her married secretary line and two of her hourlies note about bringing coffee to the admiral.
* NiceHat: A stylized gray USN sailor's garrison cap, as well referencing her real life radar spires.
* OperaGloves: Gray ones covered by normal black gloves.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Compared to her fellow Big 7 members in terms of their historical counterparts' ship length, Nagato at 215.8 meters (708 feet) and Nelson at 220 meters (710 feet), Colorado's currently the shortest battleship at 190.27 meters (624 ft 3 in). In-game terms, Colorado's firepower can either be lesser or stronger than Nagato and Nelson, be it at base or at Kai between all three of them (the second remodels for the Nagato sisters are a different matter).
* PrecisionFStrike: Lets out a random "shit" when she gets slightly damaged.
* SupremeChef: Some of her hourly lines portray her as this, from preparing sandwiches for lunch to cooking some New York-cut steak for the Admiral's dinner.
* {{Tsundere}}: Not as blatant as most examples in the game, but there are hints of it in her hourlies.
-->'''Colorado:''' It is 11. Look how late it's gotten. Tomorrow? I'll help you with whatever you want tomorrow. ...Ah! Because... I've got no choice!
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The ''North Carolina''-class]]
Succeeding the ''Colorado''-class battleships, the ''North Carolina''-class battleships were planned to rival the ''Kongou''-class battlecruisers, but the 1936 Second London Naval Treaty put a displacement limit of 35,000 long tons (35,600 tonnes), so plans on balancing speed and firepower got revised up to 50 designs. Both ''North Carolina'' (BB-55) and ''Washington'' (BB-56) saw service throughout the Pacific Theatre, from carrier escorts to shore bombardment. ''North Carolina'' would eventually retire as a museum ship in Wilmington, North Carolina, while ''Washington'' was sold for scrap in 1961.

!!Washington (BB-56) (2nd)
!!!'''Artist:''' ZECO
!!!'''Voiced by:'''
[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_washington_8.png]]
[[caption-width-right:270:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_washington_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''"''North Carolina''-class USS battleship Washington, reporting for duty. You must be my Admiral, then? Please be sure to provide sound command."''\\\

Washington is the personification of the US battleship USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Washington_(BB-56) Washington]]''. She's introduced in the Fall 2020 Event as the E-3 map reward.
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* BornLucky: Maxing out to 89 at base and 108 at Kai, due to evading any major damage during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal while delivering a number of blows to various Japanese ships throughout the night.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: She has gray hair and gray eyes.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The 30 September 2020 update had introduced the [[https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/16inch_Triple_Gun_Mount_Mk.6_%2B_GFCS 16inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.6 + GFCS]] gun that Washington used, featuring fairies resembling South Dakota and Washington ready for a throw-down. [[note]]The historic ''Washington'' had taken advantage of the Japanese's preoccupation with ''South Dakota'' to inflict heavy damages on ''Kirishima'' and ''Ayanami'' during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. ''Washington'' escaped mostly unscathed in the aftermath, while ''South Dakota'' was under heavy bombardment. After the battle, ''South Dakota'' received most of the credit which infuriated ''Washington''[='=]s crew members.[[/note]]
* MoreDakka: Artwise on showing off her dual purpose 5-inch guns compared to her fellow battleships Colorado and Iowa, similar to South Dakota.
* ShownTheirWork: Her collar is based off of her bridge, while her head piece is based off of her gun director. According to artist ZECO, her binoculars are a reference to her support role.
* SupremeChef: Many of her hourlies makes mention of serving different kinds of meals to the admiral, such as a steak sandwich, crab cake, and smoothies out of leftover vegetables.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: She doesn't particularly like Kirishima, and she seems to like South Dakota even less.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The ''South Dakota''-class]]
Succeeding the ''North Carolina''-class battleships, and the second class of battleships to be named after the 40th state of America when the first class of ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota-class_battleship_(1920) South Dakota]]'' battleships were canceled in 1920 due to the Washington Naval Treaty. Four were built, ''South Dakota'' (BB-57), ''Indiana'' (BB-58), ''Massachusetts'' (BB-59), and ''Alabama'' (BB-60), to which ''Massachusetts'' and ''Alabama'' are now museum ships in Fall River, Massachusetts, and Mobile, Alabama, respectively.

!!South Dakota (BB-57) (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' ZECO
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Misato Matsuoka
[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_south_dakota_5.png]]
[[caption-width-right:270:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_south_dakota_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''"Nice meeting you! My name is South Dakota! Admiral, glad to work with you."''\\\

South Dakota is the personification of the US battleship USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_South_Dakota_(BB-57) South Dakota]]''. She's introduced in the Rainy-Summer 2020 Event as the E-6 map reward.
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* BareYourMidriff: Her "jacket" is buttoned closed ''under'' her bellybutton.
* BlackBraAndPanties: Her [[https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/South_Dakota/Gallery Autumn Festival Damaged Art]] reveals a black bra underneath her Yukata.
* BlowingARaspberry: Her Kai Autumn Festival Damaged CG has her sticking her tongue out.
* BornLucky: Somewhat. While her starting stats are average at 20 at base and 36 at Kai, that she maxes out to 98 at Kai points to her surviving post-war until her scrapping in 1962. Pieces of her are preserved at the National Museum of the USN and a memorial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
* FlippingTheBird: Her raised right finger in her Autumn Festival Damaged CG.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She resembles the fairy on the [[https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/16inch_Triple_Gun_Mount_Mk.6 16inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.6]] that was released as part of the 29 May 2020 ranking rewards, the gun's description mentioned South Dakota, and the developers had changed their Twitter profile picture showing her hull number, 57.
* TheJinx: She references herself as such in dialogue, and considering her real-life counterpart's service history, it's well fitting. Two examples: a miscommunication of steering control during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands caused her to move out of formation and almost hit USS ''Enterprise'', while a later incident had her colliding with USS ''Mahan''.
* MadeOfIron: She has one of the best armor stats in the game, maxing out at 108 at Kai, putting her above every non-''Yamato''-class battleship. The is most likely a reflection of Guadalcanal, where she weathered a bombardment from at least half a dozen Japanese vessels with comparatively little damage.
* MoreDakka: Well, artwise when compared to her fellow battleships Colorado and Iowa on displaying more of her dual purpose 5-inch guns.
* MulticoloredHair: Red, white, and blue being the most prominent.
* MustHaveCaffeine: A lot of her hourlies mention serving the admiral her "special coffee."
* NiceHat: Based off of her rangefinder.
* OddFriendship: For two ships that did their best to sink each other, she gets along remarkably well with Kirishima.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Like Colorado, South Dakota's one of the shorter battleships at 680 feet long (210 meters) [[note]]the preceding ''North Carolina''-class battleships averaged at 728 feet long (222.113 meters)[[/note]], but her firepower still isn't something to sneeze at, with 81 at base to maxing out at 100, 86 at Kai before maxing out at 109.
* ShownTheirWork: Two pins on her right shoulder are the maritime flags for "N" and "E", the first two letters of her radio call sign, "[=NEBC=]." Interestingly enough, her default form's jacket is brown, similar to what was worn by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Army_Corps Women's Army Corps]], whereas her Kai form's jacket is the more traditional navy blue.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Her hair is the coloration of the American flag, even having stars on it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The ''Iowa''-class]]
The first US battleships built without any of the Washington Naval Treaty restrictions, as well as the last US battleship class built and commissioned. They are also the longest and fastest battleships in the world. All four served in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as carrier escort ships and in the shore bombardment role, and would continue to do so in UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar [[note]] USS ''New Jersey'' only[[/note]], and well into UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar, when the last would be decommissioned in late 1991. All four ships are now museums in different parts of the United States: USS ''Iowa'' (BB-61) in San Pedro, California; USS ''New Jersey'' (BB-62) in Camden, New Jersey; USS ''Missouri'' (BB-63) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and USS ''Wisconsin'' (BB-64) in Norfolk, Virginia.

* PenultimateWeapon: The [[http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/16inch_Triple_Gun_Mount_Mk.7 16inch Triple Gun Mount Mark 7]] [[note]]Technically "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16%22/50_caliber_Mark_7_gun three-gun]]" turrets instead of "triple" since each barrel could be fired independently of each other[[/note]], which was initially available as one of December 2015 ranking rewards - and being the default equipment of the ''Iowa''-class battleships it certainly qualifies - as the gun itself has outstanding firepower [[note]]At +24 firepower, it is only two points lower than the 46cm Triple Gun Mount, reflecting this gun's ability to achieve the penetratation power rivalling that of the 46cm guns equipped on the ''Yamato''-class battleships at long distances[[/note]] and accuracy [[note]]At +4 accuracy, it is even more accurate than the 38cm Twin Gun Mount Kai equipped on Bismarck, reflecting the impresive fire control systems installed on the ''Iowa''-class battleships[[/note]], making it a very practical armament to be equipped on virtually any battleship in ''Kancolle'' should the player manage to obtain it [[note]]Its rarity is rated at 5 stars, the highest rarity given to a piece of equipment until its GFCS-equipped version topped it with 6 stars rarity. In comparison, the 46cm Triple Gun Mount was rated at 3 stars as it is a craftable equipment. Currently this gun is only available as ranking rewards and reward from Winter 2016 E-1 at the highest difficulty in the original game. While it is indeed Iowa's stock equipment in ''Kancolle Kai'', obtaining her isn't exactly an easy task as she's a reward for clearing the final stage at B-rank or higher on Hard mode, which is the highest difficulty available prior to NewGamePlus[[/note]].
** The gun itself becomes even better with 30 June 2016 update, as the gun is not only improvable from Akashi's Arsenal, it can also be upgraded further with an integrated gun fire control system, further increasing its accuracy [[note]]At +7 accuracy, it is only one point lower than the Type 32 Surface Radar[[/note]] and grants slight increase to evasion. For all the perks however, the gun itself doesn't get any extra firepower or range, and it takes massive amount of resources to upgrade the gun (with 12 46cm Triple Gun Mount for each gun) in the first place. The gun also BrokeTheRatingScale by being the first six-star equipment in the game until Spring 2019 event, which introduces another 6-star and even a first 7-star equipment.

!!Iowa (BB-61) (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' Shizuma Yoshinori
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Chinami Hashimoto
[[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fbb_iowa_440_full.png]]

-->''"Hi! It's me of the ''Iowa''-class battleships, Iowa. You are the Admiral of this fleet? Not bad! Take care of us!"''\\\

Iowa is the personification of the US battleship USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_(BB-61) Iowa]]''. Introduced in ''Kancolle Kai'', the spinoff game on UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita. She's a reward for clearing the final stage on ''Kai'' hard difficulty of the Vita version, and is the E7 reward in the Spring 2016 Event on the browser version.
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* AntiAir: Exceeds even the ''Akizuki''-class destroyers at their maximum base stat, due to the real Iowa having a high number of AA guns when air superiority and defense became increasingly important by the time she was launched and commissioned. This is referenced by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_gun Bofors 40 mm cannons]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon Oerlikon 20 mm cannons]] mounted on top of Turrets 2 and 3.
** Her unique (at the time of her introduction, at least) equipment all have a good amount of anti-air stats as well. Special mention goes to the 5inch Twin Gun Mount Mk.28 mod.2 and the Bofors 40mm Quadruple Autocannon Mount, both of which can activate anti-air cut-ins under the right conditions.
* BadassBoast: Her night battle line is this, referencing how her class was the last class of battleships active in the entire world.
-->'''Iowa''': If you think battleships are outdated, watch this. Fire!
* BareYourMidriff: Her short corset accentuates part of her shapely abdomen.
* BigOMG: In her sunken line.
-->'''Iowa:''' Oh my god... I lost...? The water is... My consciousness is... Admiral...
* BoisterousBruiser: As seen by her attack line:
-->'''Iowa''': Fire! Fire! Ahahaha! Let's go! Yeah!
* BoobsOfSteel: Which is comparable to the ''Yamato'' sisters. [[note]]Iowa and her sisters rivaled the ''Yamato''-class battleships in terms of firepower, due to the fact that, despite having a smaller gun caliber (16 inches[=/=]40.6 cm compared to the 18.1 inches[=/=]46 cm on the ''Yamato'' sisters), they were outfitted with better fire control systems, among other features, and had about the same penetration with their super heavy Mark 8 Armor Piercing shells.[[/note]]
* BornLucky: Well, she's still around today as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_Museum museum ship]]. She even managed to [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19637_the-5-craziest-war-stories-all-happened-same-ship.html survive being accidentally fired on (twice)]] by one of her own escorting destroyers during her time as the personal transport for UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt, as well as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_turret_explosion a turret explosion]], unlike Mutsu.
** Notably, despite having outlived most of the ships from World War II, she still has lower base luck stat than a couple other BornLucky ships such as Yukikaze and Shigure, with her base luck among the battleships being second only to Haruna at her second remodel. This may be because of the aforementioned turret explosion, as well as her not taking part in as many battles as the latter two that weren't {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s.
* BraggingRightsReward: Being the completion reward for clearing hard mode on ''[=KanColle Kai=]'', and later the last stage of the browser version's [[BonusDungeon Spring 2016]] event, she kind of comes off as this, particularly for seasoned Admirals of the latter who somehow cleared the said map on Hard.
* CleavageWindow: Her knotted shirt-corset combo makes for quite an "impressive" view of her "displacement".
* CutenessOverload: She has this reaction upon seeing the Kongou sisters in her 16:00 hourly line, being shocked at how pretty they are.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Her skirt is only twice as long as the belt used to secure it.
* TheDreaded: Only in the 4-koma, but Katori and Maikaze (who Iowa - and New Jersey in the latter's case - sunk at Truk) tend to suffer panic attacks when anything related to Iowa is shown or mentioned. They managed to get over it via group therapy before meeting Iowa proper, however [[note]]The therapy seems to mainly consist of both of them sleeping with Iowa dakimakura and trying not to freak out, at least until Maikaze had an epiphany[[/note]]. Nowaki (who was pursued by Iowa and New Jersey while escaping Truk), while didn't suffer panic attack, feels uneasy with things related to Iowa.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Stars as her pupils.
* {{Foil}}: To Yamato. A BoisterousBruiser to Yamato's more shy and polite demeanor, lead ships of their respective navies' largest and most powerful battleship class, being the latest battleship classes of their countries, and dark blues to Yamato's reds. And they were more or less like hotels in their respective navies - Iowa has a bathtub and elevator due to ferrying President UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt to Tehran, while Yamato's nickname of "Hotel Yamato" was because she had better living conditions compared to other IJN ships.
** Also serves one to Warspite. While Warspite was the pioneer of the fast battleship concept, and also one of the oldest fast battleships built, Iowa is the last, youngest and most advanced of the fast battleship designs. Also to Kongou for the same reason (and she's even older than Warspite).
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Both in the game and 4koma, her 16inch Triple Gun Mount appeared before she did, heralding the arrival of at least one ''Iowa''-class battleship, which turned out to be the nameship herself.
* GameBreakingBug: While she historically equipped the 16-inch [=Mk7=] Main Guns, for some reason the [=MK7=] initially caused the same overweight penalty as the 46cm guns from the ''Yamato''-class, resulting in an accuracy penalty. While this could've been chalked up due to her guns being unusually large for a fast battleship [[note]]Most battleships have the gun caliber at 35-38cm range, with Iowa's gun at 16-inch being equivalent to 40.6cm in metric effectively makes the 16-inch [=Mk7=] gun the biggest gun ever deployed on fast battleships[[/note]], it should be noted than none of the other fast battleships suffered the same penalty. Thankfully, this was resolved in the June 30, 2016 update.
* GoingCommando: Her damaged art seems to show her not wearing any panties underneath her already DangerouslyShortSkirt. Her Toys/{{Figma}} model, however, has a thin black piece of cloth on her waist, just to the right of where her damaged skirt is. This is actually the remains of what appears to be underwear.
* GorgeousGaijin: Her outfit invokes this, due in part to being based on pin-up girls found on NoseArt of American planes, American propaganda posters, and in war bond drives during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* IdiotHair: Right in front of her cap, although it's more noticeable in official art featuring her shaking hands with Yamato.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: In some of her hourlies, she refers to Yamato as the Yamato Hotel while complimenting her cooking. In the 4-koma, this seems to stem from her not having much problem with people calling her Iowa Museum, and think that that's equivalent with Yamato Hotel.
* InterfaceSpoiler: Her existence was spoiled by the ''Kancolle Kai'' Platinum trophy listing, as the trophy for acquiring her is simply called "Iowa".
* IUhYouToo: [[spoiler:Evoked with her marriage line]]
-->'''Iowa:''' [[spoiler:Admiral, what's this ring? An engagement ring? For me...? Thank you... me too...]]
* LightningBruiser: Even moreso than any other fast battleships, as her base stats aree second only to ''[[InfinityPlusOneSword Yamato]]''-class in the game, and her real-life maximum speed was approximately 33 knots (38mph/61kmph). To put it simply, she's the InfinityPlusOneSword of fast battleships.
* MarshmallowHell: In chapter 127 of the 4-koma Iowa hugs Shimakaze and Yukikaze in gratitude for rescuing her from the Abyssal ships and their faces get squashed right into her cleavage. The two flustered destroyers later can only describe the experience as "amazing..."
* NecessaryDrawback: Her stats were outstanding for a battleship, bearing outstanding anti-air stats and her firepower and armor stats are well over 10 points above any battleships apart from the ''Yamato''-class. In return, her stats were [[InfinityMinusOneSword somewhat inferior]] compared to the latter, and although she retains the "fast" speed and similarly fewer resource consumption in comparison, her resource consumption is still leagues apart from an average battleship. [[note]]Iowa costs 200 fuel and 275 ammunition for a full resupply, both resources takes 50 points lower compared to fully resupplying a ''Yamato''-class battleship. In comparison, a fully-remodeled ''Kongou''-class battleship costs 100 fuel and 125 ammunition for a full resupply, meaning that two ''Kongou''-class battleships can be sortied at the price of one ''Iowa''-class battleship with some ammunition to spare[[/note]]
** Her gun range is limited to plain "Long" as well, unlike the "Very Long" range of the ''Yamato'' and ''Vittorio Veneto''-class battleships [[note]]The game follows the theoretical maximum range as the measure of range, meaning her gun with the range of 23miles/38km falls short of the maximum range of 26 miles/42km achievable by the guns from the latter two classes[[/note]], meaning her shelling commences after both battleship classes during the first shelling phase.
** She also has lowest evasion among all remodeled fast battleships, at 70.
* NiceHat: A USN sailor's garrison cap designed to look like her rangefinder and funnels.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Which emphasizes her BoobsOfSteel and bears her hull number, 61.
* OperaGloves: White ones that are combined with navy blue FingerlessGloves that has large cuffs.
* PatrioticFervor: Her outfit comes off as this, in part due to being based on pinup girls from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-era NoseArt and war bond drives.
* PerpetualSmiler: Most of her art shows her smiling or having a happy expression. Ever in her damaged art, she's still not frowning.
* PrettyInMink: Her [[http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Iowa/Gallery?file=Iowa_New_Year_Full.png New Year 2017 CG]] has her wear a fur scarf over her ''very'' America-themed Kimono.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Notably has reds and blues on her costume, particularly her leggings, and is firmly on the side of the good guys.
* RareRandomDrop: Her remodeled version has the same rarity level as the ''Yamato'' class, i.e 8.
* SillyMeGesture: She does this in her damaged portrait.
* SoleSurvivor: At the time of her introduction, she's the only ship in the game to have not only survived through WWII but to have lasted intact to modern times as a museum ship.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's often portrayed as being considerably taller than even other battleships, due to her class historically being the longest battleships ever built, at 887 ft 3 in (270.4 m).[[note]]For comparison, the ''Yamato''-class battleships were 862 ft 10 in (263 m) long.[[/note]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her outfit is already highly revealing by the game's standards, with only ''Musashi'' beating her in this department. [[ShownTheirWork Interestingly enough]], she looks to have been based off of old American WWII pin-up posters, showing that her design does actually have some historical basis.
** Another possible reason for this is due to the ''Iowa''-class battleships using the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_or_nothing_(armor) "all-or-nothing"]] armor layout, where the armor only covers the important parts of a battleship, such as the magazine or ship's citadel.
** Averted by her New Year's art, where she wears a modest [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead American Flag-patterned kimono]] instead.
* TheTease: Her equipment lines border on flirty and outright sexually suggestive, due to how the lines are pronounced.
* ThisIsNotADrill: Says this word for word in one of her secretary lines. [[note]]Likely referencing when one of her escorts, the destroyer USS ''William D. Porter'', had accidentally released a torpedo towards her while she was carrying Roosevelt to Tehran during a training exercise. One radioman had called out "Torpedo to starboard. This is not a drill", daring to break radio silence.[[/note]]
-->''"This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill! Hey, Admiral?!"''
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Her leggings feature American flag colorings. Fanartists even sometimes portray her undergarments as an actual American flag.
** Her New Year's kimono is also patterned after an American flag.

[[/folder]]

!!Standard Aircraft Carriers (CV)

[[folder:The ''Lexington''-class]]
Originally designed and built as battlecruisers, their production was halted midway due to the implementation of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. Thus, they were converted into aircraft carriers under compliance. As a result, when both were commissioned in 1927 as the second and third carriers of the USN, they emerged as one of the largest and best aircraft carriers of the time. Both would go on to serve during the early parts of the Pacific war, with ''Lexington'' sunk early in 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea, while ''Saratoga'' would receive numerous refits and serve in both combat and training roles until 1945. The latter, along with several other US Navy ships deemed too old for service, would be expended as part of Operation Crossroads in Bikini Atoll.

* SuperPrototype: At the time of their commissioning, they were the biggest and fastest aircraft carriers in the world. [[note]]The Washingotn Naval Treaty allowed the United States and Japan to each convert two cancelled capital ships into 33,000 ton carriers, which was 6,000 tons larger than was allowed for newly-constructed carriers. Moreover, a [[LoopholeAbuse loophole was abused]] to add a further 3,000 tons to their displacement, by claiming that it was the result of a refit to enhance their protection against submarine attack. Lexington and Saratoga also had a better-planned conversion than their Japanese counterparts Akagi and Kaga. As a result it wasn't until the ''Essex''-class carriers, built without Treaty restrictions, that the US Navy truly surpassed the ''Lexington''-class.[[/note]] Even at the outbreak of World War II, when given AA and artillery refits, they proved able to compete even against some of Japan's newer aircraft carrier designs.

!!Saratoga (CV-3) (2nd)
!!!'''Artist:''' Shizuma Yoshinori
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShizukaIto
[[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saratoga.png]]
[[caption-width-right:270:[[labelnote:Click here to see Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_saratoga_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:270:[[labelnote:Click here to see her Mk. II art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saratoga_mk_2.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:270:[[labelnote:Click here to see her Mk.II Mod.2 art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_saratoga_mk_ii_mod_2.png[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''"Hello! I am Saratoga, an aircraft carrier. Admiral, please call me Sara. Pleased to meet you."''\\\

Saratoga is the personification of US carrier USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-3) Saratoga]]''. She's introduced in the Fall 2016 Event as the E-5 reward.
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* AllThereInTheManual: [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/Kensuke_Tanaka_Interview:_Kancolle_Style_Vol._3 Official design sketches of Saratoga's weapon]] describe how it works: her gun consists of a dual-trigger system composing of a small trigger that loads planes from the magazine onto one of two elevators to be sent up to the flight deck, with the position of weapon's fire selector switch determining which of the two elevators will be used, and a large trigger that launches all available aircraft currently on the flight deck.
* BigOMG: Exclaims this at times.
* BoobsOfSteel: Her chest size is very close to Unryuu's, and she's one of the strongest carriers in the game.
* BoobsAndButtPose: She does this whenever she suffers medium or heavy damage.
* BornLucky: She's one of three pre-war USN carriers [[note]]4 if you count USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Long_Island_(CVE-1) Long Island]]'', assuming that December 1941 is counted for US entry of [=WW2=][[/note]] to survive through World War II, the others being Enterprise and Ranger. However, her base luck stat after remodel is 35, only 5 higher than Katsuragi. This is most likely due to the fact that she didn't participate as much in more famous operations and, like Hibiki, was frequently getting repaired from damage.
* CoolGuns: Her ''flight deck'' looks like it is designed after the Thompson submachine gun. Aside of having the signature grips of one, she has both regular magazines and drum magazines what presumably hold her planes. But due to the size of her flight deck (and [[FiringOneHanded how she wields it]]) it goes well into {{BFG}}-tier.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Her reference to Operation Crossroads is only a mention of the "certain experiment" alongside Nagato and the others in her library line, and her line about not being good at making breads in her married secretary line.[[labelnote:Note]]In reference to the "Baker" Test in Bikini Atoll.[[/labelnote]]
* FingerlessGloves: Gains one on her right hand in her Mk.II forms.
* {{Foil}}: To Akagi and Kaga. All three were originally built as battlships or battlecruisers for their respective nations, only to be converted into aircraft carriers under compliance of the Washington Naval Treaty. But while the Japanese carriers emphasize an old, traditional motif, Saratoga has a more modern motif. It's even evident in contrasting choices of weaponry between them.
** Also serves as one to Ark Royal. Both of them are the first representative carrier girls for their respective navy. But while Ark Royal is a FlawedPrototype who was lost early in the war, Saratoga is a SuperPrototype who served throughout and survived the war. Heck, their bust sizes and choice of weaponry both contrast.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She was mentioned by nickname ("Sara-chi") in I-26's 1400-hour line months before she was introduced.
* InSeriesNickname: I-26 calls her Sara-chi. Saratoga refers to herself with diminutive form of her name: Sara.
* JackOfAllStats:
** She has the best overall stats of all the standard carriers ingame: upgraded to Kai, she boasts a massive aircraft capacity of ''90'', split into nearly even slot sizes (one 36-plane slot and three 18-plane slots), and also sports the highest health and 2nd anti-air of all carriers, along with firepower and armor second only to the ''Shoukaku''-class second remodels and Intrepid. All of these make her a MasterOfAll that is highly effective at both opening air strikes and bombing. Also, at least in her base form, she is capable of attacking enemy ships at night with guns like Graf Zeppelin.
** Her Mk. II remodel forms improve everything further, with her standard Mk. II which turns her into a Night Carrier that allow her to perform plane attacks at night without Night Battle Personnel, and her Mk.II Mod.2 version which is an Armored Carrier with the plane capacity equal to ''Shoukaku''-class at regular Kai Ni and the 2nd heaviest armor of all carriers ingame.
* JokeItem: While her stats as an aircraft carrier are outstanding, she is only equipped with early [=WW2=] era planes as her stock equipment, namely the SBD, TBD and [=F4F=] Wildcats. The Wildcat's stat in-game has lower AA stats than a [[StarterEquipment standard issue Zero fighter]], much less a [[AceCustom skilled one]]. Both TBD and SBD are slightly better than their Japanese counterparts, but experienced Admirals would've already have more than enough later generation planes (such as Reppuu and Ryuusei Kai) with better performance available in reserve.
* MarilynManeuver: Her regular CG has her doing a pose similar to this. Particularly odd, considering that she keeps drum magazines inside her dress. Even in her Mk. II CG arts, she's still posing like this.
* MulticoloredHair: Has black streaks in her mostly brown hair.
* NecessaryDrawback: In exchange for her combat power, she has the second highest resource consumption of all the standard carriers after the remodeled ''Shoukaku''-class, the lowest evasion score of all the standard carriers even after her Mk. II remodel, and her Kai remodel downgrades her starting "Medium" range to "Short", along with losing the ability to perform night attacks, though the medium range is regained when remodeled further. Also, both of her Mk II and mod 2 remodels has ''the'' highest resource consumption of the classes she belong to (standard carrier and armored carrier, respectively) in the game.
* PowerupLetdown: Unlike other carriers, she starts off with "Medium" range, but after her Kai remodel her range is reduced to "Short" instead as well as losing her night combat capability. This is most likely due to the historical removal of her 8-inch guns and replacing them with 5-inch dual purpose guns. {{Inverted|Trope}} in her Mk. II remodel, however, which gives her back her medium range and even better Night Combat ability which allows for night aircraft attack, and she has an alternate remodel which turns her into an Armored Carrier.
* SignatureHeadgear: Uses her distinctive smokestack as a scrunchy to form her hair into a side ponytail.
* ShownTheirWork: With Saratoga having her flight deck held in her left hand, her smokestack as her hair tie on the right side of her head, and her 8-inch guns on her right hip, her overall design is identical to her real life counterpart's layout.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: While she speaks less English than Iowa, the few lines she does utter are second only to Warspite in quality.
* TookALevelInBadass: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She received her Mk. II remodel on 2017-09-12 update, but due to her stats at Kai being extremely good to begin with, her Mk. II remodel only gives minor improvements in most areas. However, she comes with 2 reversible forms: Her Mk.II version, which is a Night Battle Carrier capable of launching aircraft at night using night fighters and the ability to perform night battle cut-ins without Night Battle Personnel; And her Mk.II Mod.2 Armored Carrier form, which [[DiscardAndDraw exchanges]] the night battle capacity for the ability to perform shelling at Medium damage (though still unable to operate jets), grants the largest plane capacity of all Armored Carriers. [[note]]Has a total aircraft capacity of 93, compared to Shoukaku and Zuikaku's capacity of 76 in their armored forms.[[/note]] [[NecessaryDrawback She still has horrible evasion, however]].
* TrouserSpace: A female variation, with her planes stored in stacked and drum magazines ''underneath her dress''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The ''Yorktown''-class]]
Succeeding USS ''Ranger'' and building up what the [=USN=] learned from the ''Lexington''-class carriers while still restricted by the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, the ''Yorktown''-class carriers saw most of the early action of the Pacific War after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Three were built, USS ''Yorktown'' (CV-5), ''Enterprise'' (CV-6), and ''Hornet'' (CV-8). ''Yorktown'' and ''Hornet'' both sank in 1942 during the war, while ''Enterprise'' was scrapped in 1958.

!! Hornet (CV-8) (3rd)
!!!'''Artist:''' Konishi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Ai Fairouz
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_hornet.png]]

-->''"I see. So you're the Admiral I've been hearing about. Pleasure meeting you. I'm USS CV-8, Hornet. I'm looking forward to you."''\\\

Hornet is the personification of US carrier USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-8) Hornet]]'', introduced in the Rainy-Summer 2020 Event as the E-7 map reward.
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* CoolGuns: Like Saratoga and Gambier Bay, she gets a US firearm for a launcher, in this case the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1903_Springfield [=M1903=] Springfield rifle]] like Intrepid. And similar to Intrepid, Hornet's flight deck isn't integrated with her gun but carried on her side like a carrying case.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Her married secretary line and several of her hourlies mention serving coffee to the admiral.
* OfficeLady: What her overall design brings to mind, although her jacket resembles more of the flight jackets worn by pilots[=/=]naval aviators, that of the 1st Model Deck jacket.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Wears pantyhose, unlike the garters or thigh-highs of her fellow USN carriers Saratoga and Gambier Bay.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The ''Essex''-class]]

The most numerous class of fleet carriers built during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII for any nation, at a whopping 24 ships launched between 1942 and 1945. Developed from the preceding ''Yorktown''-class ships, they were 7000 tons heavier, had longer range, and had flight decks which were 10 feet wider than their predecessors. 15 of these ships would go on to serve during the [[WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific Pacific War]], with the rest being completed and commissioned immediately following the end of hostilities. None were lost during the war, although at least two of these ships would never be recommissioned following heavy damage they had received late in the Pacific War. They would later see service in UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar and UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar following repeated modernization, and would also play a role in UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace as recovery ships. They would gradually be phased out of service starting in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with the last, the USS ''Lexington'' (CV-16) being decommissioned in November 1991. Four ships of this class, the aforementioned ''Lexington'', ''Yorktown'' (CV-10), ''Intrepid'' (CV-11), and ''Hornet'' (CV-12) survive as museums throughout the United States.

!! Intrepid (CV-11) (3rd)
!!!'''Artist:''' Shibafu
!!!'''Voiced by:''' [[Series/KamenRiderAmazons Hikari Kubota]]
[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_intrepid_cv11.png]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to view her original Kai form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_intrepid_cv11_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to view her new Kai form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_intrepid_kai_new.png[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''"Hi! Fifth ship of the ''Essex''-class aircraft carriers, I'm Intrepid! You're the admiral? How lovely! Now, shall we go forth together? Is that alright?"''\\\

Intrepid is the personification of US carrier USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Intrepid_(CV-11) Intrepid]]'', introduced as the E-7 Map reward of the Winter 2018 Event.
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* AffectionateNickname: Refers to the Admiral as "Honey".
* BornLucky: Still around today as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrepid_Sea,_Air_%26_Space_Museum museum ship]]. Also, despite her nickname of "Decrepit" and "the Dry I" due to her spending a lot of time in docks due to damage, she still starts at 45 luck on base form and 50 remodeled, equal to that of other lucky carriers like Zuikaku and Hiryuu, maxing out at 100.
* CoolGuns: Like Saratoga and Gambier Bay, she gets a US firearm for a launcher, in this case the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1903_Springfield [=M1903=] Springfield rifle]]. Although unlike the former two, her flight deck isn't a part of the launcher. Instead, her flight deck for receiving aircraft is placed on the side of her body much like Houshou and the members of [=CarDiv=] 1, 2, and 5, attached to her backpack.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: A minor example, but her appearance was foreshadowed with the addition of the [=F6F=]-5 Hellcat and [=F4U=] Corsair, aircraft types that Saratoga never flew from her decks historically, but types that ''Essex''-class carriers like Intrepid flew from late 1944 and early 1945, respectively.
* JackOfAllStats: With the primary exception of her HP, night battle ability, and firepower, her Kai form is basically a supercharged version of Saratoga Mk. II, boasting the highest armor in the game at 90, the highest carrier AA, good firepower, cavernous hanger size with ''112'' aircraft total ''and'' having medium range right from the start that doesn't get downgraded partway unlike Saratoga.
* NecessaryDrawback: Her great stat comes with great resource consumption, with second highest fuel and the highest ammo consumption among the carriers.
* YouWannaGetSued: An artfully-timed cough interrupts her saying ''Manga/{{Area 88}}''.
[[/folder]]

!!Light (CVL) & Escort Aircraft Carriers (CVE)

[[folder:The ''Casablanca''-class]]
The most numerous class of aircraft carriers built during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII for any nation, at a whopping ''50 ships''. Of interesting note is that all ships of this class were built by one manufacturer: the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Shipyards Kaiser Shipyards]]. Five were lost during the war, while all surviving examples were later mothballed and scrapped. None of these ships survive to this day. Due to their small size and status as [[MookMobile mass production type ships]], they were called "jeep carriers" or "Kaiser jeeps", with varying degrees of affection.

!!Gambier Bay (CVE-73) (19th)
!!!'''Artist:''' Akira
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuuUchida
[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_gambier_bay.png]]

--> ''"It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Gambier Bay... Eek! Do-don't shoot! Phew... Th-that's a relief!"''\\\

Gambier Bay is the personification of US escort carrier USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gambier_Bay Gambier Bay]]''. She's introduced in the Winter 2018 Event as the E-4 reward.

She is one of the focus characters, alongside Commandant Teste and Tashkent, in the [=KanColle=] spin-off comic ''Tonight, Another Salute!''

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* BreakoutCharacter: She's just another ship in the game, but the main character in one of the spin-off comics.
* CoolGuns: Her flight deck is similar to Saratoga's, with a layout complete with a rifle stock and pistol grip. It is unclear what it is based off of.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She's foreshadowed by December 2017 ranking reward [[http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/FM-2 FM-2]] which bears Gambier Bay's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VC-10_Challengers VC-10 squadron]] tail marking during Battle of Leyte Gulf, and thus her subsequent sinking off Samar.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Despite repelling a much larger fleet alongside the Taffy 3, Gambier Bay has very low self-esteem, likely stemming from the fact that she was the only carrier sunk during this battle.
--> '''Gambier Bay:''' ''"I'm... not good..."''
* IconicItem: In various arts and merchandises, official and fan-made, she's very likely to be shown with horned Abyssal lifebuoys. The ironic thing is that it doesn't actually belong to her, it's her Abyssal counterpart's, yet she's the one being associated with it.
* LovableCoward: She's terrified of her enemies and most of her current allies, but she'll still fight.
* MasterOfNone: While she ''is'' an escort carrier and her lower stats are counterbalanced by anti-submarine warfare, she's hopelessly outclassed by Taiyou and Zuihou [=K2B=]; the former due to Taiyou's monstrous ASW stats in later forms and her ability to equip many ASW-related items, and the latter by her far superior combat ability. What she ''has'' going for herself though is her lower resource consumption in comparison to the two other ASW-capable light carriers available as of the Winter 2018 event, and the fact she is remodeled more easily than the other two.[[labelnote:*]]All of Taiyou's abilities are gained after two remodels at quite high levels, and her final remodel requires both level 85 and the ultra-rare '''Prototype Flight Deck Catapult'''; Zuihou has it better, but it still takes her a Level 80 to access her ASW-capable form and a metric crapton of flamethrowers on top of that.[[/labelnote]] HarsherInHindsight when you consider her self-deprecating behavior...
* MegaTwintails: Her pigtails are almost as big as her head.
* NoSenseOfDirection: An official piece of art work shows her in confusion while looking at a map, implying she isn't good with direction. Like many traits, this got flanderized by the fandom of her losing her way very easily. Even official derived works also amplifies this trait, like in ''Tonight, Another Salute!'' where she has problem even getting out of a building she's in.
* NotSoDifferent: ''Tonight, Another Salute'' highlights Gambier Bay's similarity to Haguro, another ShrinkingViolet who was on the other side at Samar.
* ShownTheirWork: A hairband in her Measure 32 dazzle camo and her radar as a sort of hairpin.
* ShrinkingViolet: Rather timid and tends to stutter.
* StereotypeFlip: While Gambier Bay fits the physical stereotype of American women in Japan, her timid personality is in stark contrast to the stereotypical boisterous American personality.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Befitting a Shuu Uchida-voiced ship.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: As she was sunk in Leyte by The Kurita fleet[[labelnote:*]]Actually Gambier Bay as part of Taffy 3 faced off against the Suzuki Fleet, but as it was given the role of escort of the Kurita Fleet, the game treats them as part of the same, single formation[[/labelnote]], she's downright scared of them.
--> '''Gambier Bay:''' ''"The Kurita Fleet is terrible! There's no way, no way I could fought against them. Super scary... Super dangerous... I'm just couldn't..."''

[[/folder]]

![[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]]

The naval arm of the United Kingdom and ''the'' most powerful naval power in the world until late World War 2. They participated in pretty much all theaters, but after the collapse of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American-British-Dutch-Australian_Command ABDA Command]], the Indian Ocean raid and the need of fleet in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean meant that they didn't participate much in major Pacific engagements until 1944.

* GratuitousEnglish: Jervis and Janus don't use as much as their fellow Brits, but the quality doesn't reach their level - it's more akin to Kongou's usage. [[note]]As Nao Touyama voices both Kongou and Jervis, several users have joked that Jervis was basically a mini-Kongou.[[/note]] While Nelson has a smattering here and there in her lines, it's not to the level of Warspite or Ark Royal's diction.
* InSeriesNickname: "Country of black tea" is used as UK's nickname in various equipment descriptions.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: Warspite pronounces "admiral" as "ad-''mire''-al", the only outlier to her otherwise flawless English. This is an ''extremely'' archaic pronunciation. The trope is subverted in regards to Ark Royal's pronunciation of "Admiral" being correct this time, a clear difference with her fellow British comrade Warspite. However, Ark Royal does sound like she also has slight Rhotacism (pronounce R's as W's).
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Apart from her odd pronunciation of "Admiral", Warspite's English is very fluent, moreso than other shipgirls who use GratuitousEnglish. The same applies to Ark Royal's lines as well. Both even have a proper [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents British accent]] when they speak it. Justified, since their voice actress spent a significant amount of time overseas (Australia, to be specific.) However, the English lines tend to slow down a bit.
* PhenotypeStereotype: As with Iowa and Bismarck that came before, Warspite, Jervis, Janus and Nelson are blondes with blue eyes. Ark Royal and Sheffield are the outliers of being a redhead and brunette, respectively.
* SpotOfTea: Much like how coffee is SeriousBusiness for the [=USN=], tea is just as serious for the [=RN=], and many of their hourlies mention on serving it to the admiral
* ThemeNaming: Unlike other nation, British theme naming only applies to a specific class and not across the whole ship type. It's also pretty complicated on how each class is assigned naming scheme. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_conventions_for_destroyers_of_the_Royal_Navy For example, this is for destroyers]].
* YouAreNumberSix: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennant_number Pennant numbers]], which are used by the Royal Navy to identify their ships, much like how the US Navy uses their hull numbers.

!!Destroyers (DD)
* ThemeNaming: Royal Navy destroyer classes during the war can be divided in two naming styles: "Letter" and "Concept". "Letter" classes like the J-class use AlphabeticalThemeNaming, where all ships of a class have names (a random mix of nouns and proper names, leaders uses names of famous admirals) that start with the same initial. "Concept" classes like, as an example, the ''Tribal''-class uses names that are based on that concept (Obviously, names of tribes from around the world for the ''Tribal''-class. Canadian and Australian ''Tribal''-class uses names of aboriginal tribes from their respective countries).

[[folder:The ''J''-class]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In a fashion, as the [[https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/HF/DF_%2B_Type144/147_ASDIC HF/DF + Type144/147]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Asdic_systems ASDIC]] (developed by the RN for anti-submarine warfare) that was part of the August 2017 Ranking Reward had two fairies that would resemble the later released Jervis and Janus.

!!Jervis (F00 from 1937-1940, G00 from 1940-1946) (1st)
!!!'''Artis:''' Konishi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NaoTouyama
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_jervis.png]]

--> ''"Nice to meet you! Lucky Jervis has arrived! Yup, that's right! Leave it to me!"''\\\

Jervis is the personification of the British destroyer HMS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Jervis Jervis]]'', introduced in the Winter 2018 Event as a E-4 drop.
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* AffectionateNickname: Refers to the Admiral as "Darling".
* BornLucky: Matches Yukikaze with starting at 50 as her base, 55 at Kai and reaching '''110''' when maximized, one point higher than Warspite and making her the ship with the absolute highest maximum luck stat in game until Grecale appeared. Given that she was one of the most awarded [=RN=] ships for Battle Honours (second only to Warspite), she also ''never lost a crew member throughout the entire war'', hence her nickname "Lucky Jervis".
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Her namesake is [=RN=] Admiral of the Fleet [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jervis,_1st_Earl_of_St_Vincent John Jervis]], who was also a patron of [=RN=] Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson.
* NiceHat: A white hat with a black ribbon.
* RareRandomDrop: She is first introduced as one of the Winter 2018 E-4 drop, along with Daitou. Said map in particular is noted for its fairly long path to the boss, not to mention the wall of Ru-classes at the node right before it. To top it off, she would appear in the Friend Fleet as part of the European Combined Grand Fleet reinforcement at the boss node, making her farming attempts at E-4 a potentially tantalizing experience unless if you bring one of its potential participants. [[labelnote:*]]barring Jervis, the other participants are Warspite, Ark Royal and Richelieu, while German and Italian shipgirls are conspicuously absent from the fleet[[/labelnote]] She is also available as E5 drop, albeit with lower drop rate.

!!Janus (F53) (5th)
!!!'''Artis:''' Konishi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Ari Ozawa
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_janus.png]]

--> ''"Hi! My name is Janus! That's right, sister ship of Jervis... Wha? You don't know? Total quackery. Alright, make sure you remmber it"''\\\

Janus is the personification of the British destroyer HMS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Janus_(F53) Janus]]'', introduced as the E-3 Map reward in the Summer 2019 Event.
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* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: After the Roman god [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus Janus]].
* SpotOfTea: Her married secretary line and hourlies mentions about offering the admiral tea.
* StopPokingMe: Her 11:00 line has her telling the admiral to stop touching her magazine. This [[ShownTheirWork refers to a German bomb detonating her magazine]] and causing her to sink in 1944 near Anzio, Italy.
* ThisIsNotADrill: Says this word for word in her 06:00 line.

[[/folder]]

!!Light Cruisers (CL)
* ThemeNaming: If one thought the theme naming for the RN destroyers was confusing, try the light cruisers, where sometimes the names don't even follow the theme within the class. The ''Town''-class light cruisers are obviously named after various UK cities, the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji-class_cruiser Fiji]]''-class - [=aka=] the ''Crown Colony''-class - after various places that were once under British control, and then the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arethusa-class_cruiser_(1934) Arethusa]]''-class named after several Greek mythological figures. However, then there's the letter-themed naming, like the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-class_cruiser C]]''-class cruisers with seven subclasses, all the names starting with the letter "C" (similar to the destroyers); and then mixed names, like the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido-class_cruiser Dido]]''-class where most of its ships are named after Greek/Roman mythological figures except three that were named after a concept, a prince, and an headpiece accessory. The ''Leander''-class (of which, Perth below is technically a part of) are also named after Greek and Roman mythological figures.

[[folder:The ''Town''-class]]
The ''Town''-class light cruisers, built under constraints of the 1930 London Naval Treaty, had three different subclasses, that of the ''Southampton'', ''Gloucester'' and ''Edinburgh'' classes. Of the 10 ships, only ''Belfast'' (C35) survived after the war, now a museum ship in London - ''Newcastle'' (C76), ''Sheffield'' (C24), ''Glasgow'' (C21), ''Birmingham'' (C19), and ''Liverpool'' (C11) were broken up post-war; ''Southampton'' (C83), ''Manchester'' (C15), and ''Edinburgh'' (C16) were scuttled during the war; and ''Gloucester'' (C62) was sunk by German aircraft in 1941.
* LocationThemeNaming: All of the cruisers are named after various UK cities.

!''Southampton''-subclass
!!Sheffield (C24) (3rd)
!!!'''Artist:''' Konishi
!!!'''voiced by:'''
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_sheffield.png]]

--> ''"HMS Sheffield, reporting for duty. You're the Admiral? Hmmm... I guess you'll do. Nice to meet you."''\\\

Sheffield is the personification of the British light cruier HMS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sheffield_(C24) Sheffield]]''. She's introduced in the Fall 2020 Event as a drop in the E-2 map.
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* BornLucky: Maxing out to 79 at base, 98 at Kai. Her historical counterpart had narrowly escaped friendly fire by torpedoes from ''Ark Royal''[='=]s planes that sunk ''Bismarck'' in May 1941, and survived post-war before her scrapping in 1967, with only her bell and battle ensign perserved in Sheffield Cathedral.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The 26 November 2020 update had introduced the [[https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/6inch_Mk.XXIII_Triple_Gun_Mount 6inch Mk.XXIII Triple Gun Mount]] that had a fairy resembling her on top of it.
* SpotOfTea: Mentioned in several of her hourlies on serving tea to the admiral, in particular Earl Grey.
* SupremeChef: Several of her hourlies bring up on several different kinds of meals to the admiral, such as her "special lamb chops" as well freshly made bread and homemade marmalade.

[[/folder]]

!!Battleships (BB)

[[folder:The ''Queen Elizabeth''-class]]

The very first warship class to be designated as Fast Battleships, and has served heavily both in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

!!Warspite (03) (2nd)
!!!'''Artist:''' Konishi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuuUchida
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_warspite.png]]

-->''"My name is Battleship Warspite, of the ''Queen Elizabeth''-class. Admiral, thanks for having me."''\\\

Warspite is the personification of the British battleship HMS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warspite_(03) Warspite]]''. She was introduced as the E-4 map clear reward in the Summer 2016 Event.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Official supplemental material and the [[https://youtu.be/q7h4HBeAD4I?t=1m43s arcade version]] show that Warspite's rigging has a battle mode where she stands up.
* BigOMG: One of her minor damage quotes has her exclaim this.
* BornLucky: Even more so than Yukikaze, as she has 55 Base luck, which reaches up to ''70'' upon remodel. Capable of hitting '''109''' when fully-modernized. Considering that she had fought in World War I, including at Jutland, ''and'' survived World War II (including two hits from the same Fritz-X bombs that sank Roma), thus becoming ''the'' most decorated ship in the Royal Navy, she certainly deserved such a high luck stat. [[note]]However, all of this still didn't save the real-life ''Warspite'' from [[UndignifiedDeath getting scrapped after running aground in 1947]], despite [[DefiantToTheEnd fighting off attempts to tow her to the scrapyard]]. (Really. Her tow lines broke during a storm on the way to the scrapyard, and ''Warspite'' ran aground. Then two more tugs damaged themselves trying to pull her off the rocks. But ultimately this just led to her being scrapped on the site where she grounded instead.)[[/note]]
* ClothingDamage: Downplayed; her damaged portrait is rather modest in comparison to other characters. The only parts of her clothing that are torn are her stockings and one sleeve, providing very little {{Fanservice}} as a result. Her being BornLucky is one possible reason for this.
* CoolChair: Her rigging is based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_Chair Coronation Chair]].
* CoolCrown: Keeping with the royal theme, she wears a tiny crown off-center on her head, attached to a hairband.
* TheDreaded: Zara and Pola run from her in her 2100-hour line, due to her involvement in sinking them in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
* {{Foil}}: To Iowa. While Iowa is the last, youngest, and most advanced of the fast battleship designs, Warspite is the pioneer of the fast battleship concept, and also one of the oldest fast battleships built.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Warspite was mentioned in Libeccio's 1700-hour line.
* HandicappedBadass: Quite a number of fanarts depict her as being disabled in the legs, requiring her rigging or a wheelchair to move around. While this makes sense (the ship got some damage in the rudder that was never fully fixed), an official concept art shows that she can in fact stand up well, albeit she uses a part of her rigging as a cane. In the Arcade version, she stands upright in the home screen; during a sortie, she'll normally sit down, but if she gets a cut-in attack, there'll be a [[https://youtu.be/q7h4HBeAD4I?t=1m43s special animation]] where she stands up before firing.
* LadyOfWar: Conducts herself in a dignified and composed manner, in keeping with her nickname, the "Grand Old Lady."
* NecessaryDrawback: To compensate for her excellent firepower, her ludicrously high luck and one of the lowest resource consumption amongst battleships, her speed is listed as "[[MightyGlacier slow]]" [[note]]With a max speed of 23 knots, she is actually the slowest battleship represented in the game, slower than the Fusou sisters at 24.5 knots; while the ''Queen Elizabeth''-class were considered fast battleships when built with their speed of 24 knots, battleship speeds increased dramatically after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI while Warspite and her sisters ''lost'' a knot of speed while being refitted with improved armour and secondary armament[[/note]] and her actual durability is equivalent to a Second Remodel ''Kongou''-class (lower health but decent armor). She also has the highest level requirement for a single remodel [[note]]at Level 75, it is much higher than Yamato's and is equivalent to the second remodel requirements of three of ''Kongou''-class battleships[[/note]].
* OfCorsetsSexy: Although it doesn't emphasize her "displacement" as much as Iowa's does.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Has the appearance of a young queen, but is historically one of the oldest battleships in the game, being only two years younger than Kongou, and three years younger than Gangut. [[note]]''Warspite'' was laid down on October 31, 1912, launched on November 26, 1913, and commissioned on March 8, 1915, compared to ''Kongou'' who was laid down on January 17, 1911, launched on May 18, 1912 and commissioned on August 16, 1913. Gangut herself was laid down on June 16, 1909, launched October 20, 1911, and commissioned on January 11, 1915. This makes Warspite ''103'' years old when she was added to the game.[[/note]]
* ShesGotLegs: Not exactly apparent due to the positioning of her CoolChair, but her art does show her classy hips and thighs well.
* ShownTheirWork: Warspite's Christmas seasonal line has her greet "Happy Christmas", which is the proper British way of greeting the Christmas holidays instead of the more North American "Merry Christmas".
* StaffOfAuthority: Her sceptre, based off of her mast, and her [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruciger orb]], which has a sword in lieu of the cross.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The ''Nelson''-class]]

!!Nelson (28) (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' Konishi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IoriNomizu
[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_nelson_7.png]]
[[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to see her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_nelson_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"I am Nelson. So you're my Admiral? Humph, I see. Good. Show me how you command. I have high expectations."''\\\

Nelson is the personification of the British battleship HMS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nelson_(28) Nelson]]''. She's introduced as the E-5 reward in the Early Fall 2018 Event.
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* TheAlcoholic: Justified, as the [=RN=] used to give [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_ration rum rations]] - also called tots - to their sailors until it was abolished in 1970 out of fear that the sailors wouldn't pass a breathalyzer test and the lack of steady hands on complex machinery (save for special occasions in the modern day). Her Equipment 3 line suggests that the admiral serve some rum, and many of her hourly lines make mention of drinking - can't sleep, take a drink; dinner time, drink; noisy torpedo squadrons, drink.
* AntiquatedLinguistics: The "I" - 余 ''yo'' - she uses throughout her lines is an archaic-formal way of saying "I" in Japanese.
* BoobsOfSteel: Her Firepower in base form maxes out at 102, while 114 in Kai, just shy of matching Iowa's max Firepower of 105 in base form and 115 in Kai.
* BornLucky: Not to the degree of her fellow Brits Warspite or Jervis, but Nelson does max out at a respectable 89 at base and 98 at Kai. She survived past the war until her scrapping in 1949.
* FashionableAsymmetry: To reflect the asymmetrical placement of the main guns on her real-life counterpart (all her main gun turrets were lined up in front of the bridge tower), her main art has her wielding her main guns on her right side. This also mirrors her closest contemporary in the Marine Nationale, Richelieu. However, her rigging is designed to be able to avert this by docking her gun rigging in front of her, resembling the original ship at the same time. This is her "Nelson's Touch" form.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the July 2018 Ranking rewards was the [[http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/16inch_Mk.I_Triple_Gun_Mount_Kai_%2B_FCR_Type_284 16inch Mk.I Triple Gun Mount]] gun with a fairy wearing similarly horned-headgear and the white sailor suit of the [=RN=].
* LimitBreak: If you have her as flagship, not damaged down to orange health or lower, no submarines in fleet, in PVE battle, and no carrier in 3rd and 5th position, you can activate her special attack by choosing double line formation where she and ships in 3rd and 5th position will attack 3 targets with Nelson's 1 shelling attempt. This can only be activated once per sortie.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Her namesake is [=RN=] Vice Admiral [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson Horatio Nelson]], one of the British's most legendary naval heroes.
* SignatureHeadgear: Her head gear references her real-life radar spires as well part of her superstructure.
[[/folder]]

!!Standard Aircraft Carriers (CV)

[[folder:The ''Ark Royal''-class]]
The first purpose-built aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, serving as a prototype for future British carriers such as the ''Illustrious''-class.

!!Ark Royal (91) (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' Konishi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuuUchida
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ark_royal.png]]

-->''"I am Her Majesty's Ship, Ark Royal. Are you the Admiral? Take care of me."''\\\

Ark Royal is the personification of the British carrier HMS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(91) Ark Royal]]'', introduced as the E7 Map reward of the Summer 2017 Event.
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* AnachronismStew: She uses a compound bow as her launcher, which was developed in the 1960s, long past World War II.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Her introduction line mentions "''Her'' Majesty's Ship". However, at the time she was laid down in 1935, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII Edward VIII]] was the King of the United Kingdom. When she was launched in 1937 and sunk in 1941 , it was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI George VI]]. She's most likely instead referring to [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Elizabeth II]], the current monarch of the UK at the time of Ark Royal's introduction in Kancolle.
* BigEater: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Her 20:00 and 21:00 hourly line even asks if Hiryuu was eating too much.
* BornUnlucky: Has one of the lower base luck stats of any carrier, having 7 luck in her standard form, and 13 in her Kai form. This is most likely due to the circumstances of her sinking, which was caused by a multitude of various errors compounded by design flaws.
* CoolCrown: A tiara.
* TheDreaded: Bismarck runs away fast upon seeing Ark Royal.
** HistoryRepeats: Historically, Ark Royal's Swordfishes crippled Bismarck's rudder with torpedoes, which eventually resulted in the latter's doom. So when Ark Royal meets Bismarck according to her 14:00 hourly line, Bismarck runs away immediately, which results in Ark Royal sending her Swordfish to try to stop her ''again'' in her 15:00 line. The 16:00 line however revealed that this time, [[SubvertedTrope Bismarck escaped]].
--->'''Ark Royal:''' ''(14:00)'' It's 2. Isn't that... Isn't that Bismarck? Did she join us here on this sea too? She's an ally! Oi, Oiii~! Ah, why's she running away!? Wait!
* FingerlessGloves: A maroon pair.
* FlawedPrototype: As the first purpose-built aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, this is to be expected. These flaws were evident with the loss of the historical ship in 1941 to flooding caused by torpedoes fired from a German U-boat.
* {{Foil}}: To Saratoga. Both are the first representative carrier girls in their respective navies. But while the former is a SuperPrototype whose historical counterpart served throughout and survived the war, Ark Royal is a FlawedPrototype who sank early in the war. Their choices of weaponry also contrast, with the former wielding a gun instead while the latter uses a modernized bow. Heck, even their bust sizes contrast sharply.
* NecessaryDrawback: Ark Royal is capable of launching aircraft during night battles, but only when she is equipped with her signature Swordfish aircraft.
* ObliviousToLove: Surprisingly enough in her marriage line:
-->'''Ark Royal:''' What's wrong, Admiral? Your cheeks are a bit flushed. You're running a temperature too. Do you have a cold? You best get some rest. ...Ah, this is for me? Understood, I'll open it later. First, you need to get lots of rest. Go on.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Designed after her bridge.
* TightsUnderShorts: Her damaged artwork reveals she's wearing tights.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did it Have to be Submarines?]]: In this case submarines, particularly U-Boats. She even asks the Admiral about Ro-500 (formerly U-511) in one of her hourly lines. This is in reference to her fate at the hands of the German Submarine U-81.
-->'''Ark Royal: (11:00)''' It's 11. Wait a minute, what about her? Isn't she a U... What? She's a Ro-type from our fleet you say? What?

[[/folder]]

![[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades Marine Nationale]]

The naval arm of France, they rivaled Great Britain in dominating the sea for centuries until the 20th Century, where it was left behind in the arms race between the budding global superpowers, and further weakened by the fall of France during the Second World War. Many of their ships were either captured by the Germans, destroyed by Allied attacks, or scuttled at Toulon in 1942 to prevent German capture. Some ships, however, managed to defect to the Free French Navy, and saw limited participation in the Atlantic theater, including some rare actions in the Pacific theater as part of British [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Fleet Eastern Fleet]].

* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Seeing as they are {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s of the Marine Nationale's ships, this trope is in full effect.
* GenderFlip: The French ships' gender pronoun is dependent on their name: masculine named ships are he, feminine named ship are she. This means that masculine ships are being gender flipped into female here.
* InSeriesNickname: "Tricolore country" is used as France's nickname in various equipment descriptions.

!Battleships (BB)
[[folder:The ''Richelieu''-class]]
!!Richelieu (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' Akira
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yumi Tanibe
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fbb_richelieu_492_full.png]]

--> ''"A pleasure to meet you, Admiral. It really is. Battleship Richelieu, reporting for duty."''\\\

Richelieu is the personification of the French battleship ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Richelieu Richelieu]]'', introduced as the E-4 reward in the Summer 2017 Event.
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* ArtisticLicenseShips: Her 38cm quadruple gun turret historically had very poor accuracy [[note]]due to the close proximity of the gun barrels which caused vibrations that severely affects the shell dispersion[[/note]] and serious design flaws, though these were later fixed after the war [[note]]The accuracy problem was fixed via installation of delay coils in order to reduce blast interference and aerodynamic interference between shells in-flight, and the severely flawed shell hoists were completely rebuilt to bring the guns' rate of fire up to the 2 rounds per minute that was typical of other nations' battleships.[[/note]]. However, in-game even the turret's non improved version has a positive accuracy stat. This is in contrast to the Italian 381mm triple gun turret, which has a negative accuracy stat to represent the turret's historical poor accuracy.
** Her main guns is measured in centimeter metrics (similar to the Kriegsmarine) in-game, but historically the French had used the same millimeter metric as the Italians, and as such was referred as [[http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/38cm_Quadruple_Gun_Mount 38cm Quadruple Gun Mount]] in accordance to the Japanese sources.
** The Kai version of her gun applies as well due to it having Medium range. Historically, when Richelieu was refit in America in 1943, her guns got new, properly functioning shells with less propellant charges that dropped her max range from 41.7 kilometers to 37.5 kilometers. However, 37.5 kilometers is still further than a few other guns that have Long range in-game, such as Bismarck's 38cm/52 guns, Zara's 203mm/55, and Warspite's 15in/42.
* BadassBoast: She refers to her self as "the strongest battleship to be ever born in the country of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity". Her Attack line also makes a mere introduction come off as boastful.
-->'''Richelieu:''' You're facing battleship Richelieu. Out of my way!
* BeautyMark: She has one underneath her left eye, as well as a harder to see one under her mouth.
* BornLucky: She has a luck of 22 in her base form due to surviving the war.
* {{Expy}}: She has a glaring resemblance to her fellow French ship Commandant Teste. On top of that, Akira drew them both, and they're both voiced by Yumi Tanibe.
* FightingYourFriend: Lampshaded in her library line. Indeed, ''Richelieu'' was captured by the Axis during the war and was used to defend Dakar against the British forces, before eventually being returned to the Allies.
--> '''Richelieu:''' That's right, I had to fight against friends during that battle. Well, things just happen. [[GratuitousFrench That's life.]]
* FlawedPrototype: Her 380mm guns were not properly tested before they were used in the Battle of Dakar against the British. It was found that the ammunition used had excessive gas pressure that exploded when firing, ruining several of Richelieu's barrels, in addition to the guns themselves have bad reloading gear and having excess vibrations due to the guns being too close together if the guns are fired at the same time, resulting in poor accuracy. These problems were later fixed after the war.
* GratuitousFrench: As expected from a French ship, and in much larger quantity than Commandant Teste. Oddly enough, her introduction line has her repeating 'nice to meet you' twice, the first time in French, the second time in Japanese (only the 'Admiral' part is repeated in French in both lines regardless).
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: She is named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu Cardinal Richelieu]].
* NiceHat: As with Commandant Teste, she wears a cross between a beret and the Marine Nationale's standard issued hat.
* OverratedAndUnderleveled: She has rather mediocre AntiAir, which is in fact worse than many of the Japanese battleships and only slightly higher than Bismarck's. This is despite her real-life counterpart being historically retrofitted with dozens of advanced Bofors and Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns after modernization.
* PhenotypeStereotype: Blonde hair and a light eye color, following the trend of many other Allied ships.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: She does that in her third secretary line and battle start one.
--> '''Richelieu:''' Admiral? Stop. Screwing. Around. Are you crazy?
* ThisCannotBe: If she gets sunk.
--> '''Richelieu:''' Eh, I'm... sinking? Farewell... my Admiral...
[[/folder]]

!!Seaplane Tenders (AV)
[[folder:The ''Commandant Teste''-class]]

!!Commandant Teste
!!!'''Artist:''' Akira
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yumi Tanibe
[[quoteright:276:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/commandant_teste.png]]

--> ''"Hello. Nice to meet you. I'm Commandant Teste. Admiral, I'll be in your care."''\\\

Commandant Teste is the personification of the seaplane tender ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_seaplane_carrier_Commandant_Teste Commandant Teste]]'', introduced as the E-3 reward in the Fall 2016 Event.

She is one of the focus characters, alongside Gambier Bay and Tashkent, in the [=KanColle=] spin-off comic ''Tonight, Another Salute!''
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* BreakoutCharacter: She's just another ship in the game, but a major character in one of the spin-off comics.
* GratuitousFrench: Speaks broken Japanese with French mixed in.
* MulticoloredHair: Her blonde hair has large streaks of red and blue hair mixed in, with a small streak of white. Fitting, since these are the colors on the French national flag and the French tend to be very attached to "le Tricolore."
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: She's named in honor of French Navy officer aviator [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Teste Paul Teste]], who pioneered French efforts to design aircraft carriers.
* NecessaryDrawback: She has the largest aircraft capacity among Seaplane Tenders, along with having 4 equipment slots as well as being the hardest-hitting Seaplane Tender to date (surpassing Mizuho with 58 firepower compared to the latter's 45) though at the cost of having no torpedo attack power.
* NiceHat: A cross between a beret and the Marine Nationale's standard-issued hat.
* PhenotypeStereotype: She has blonde hair and blue eyes, similar to the other Western nations' introductory ships Bismarck, Iowa and Warspite before her.

[[/folder]]

![[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Voyenno-Morskoy Flot SSSR (VMF)]]
The naval arm of Russia. It originally existed as the Imperial Russian Navy at the beginning of the 20th Century, but by that time was unfortunately languishing behind its peers in terms of capability, with their few successes being relegated to actions in the Black Sea. Their defeat at Battle of Tsushima also helped propel the Japanese navy up to the world stage. The Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in the dissolution of the Imperial Russian Navy for the new Soviet Navy, which saw limited action compared to their peers during the Second World War, with their activities primarily focused on providing support for ground troops and defending port cities. The name Voyenno-Morskoy Flot ("Military-Maritime Fleet") was used for both the Imperial Russian and Soviet navies, and remains in use for the modern Russian Navy, the only difference being whether it's appended with "of Russia" or "of the USSR".

* GenderFlip: As with the case of German ships, Russians refer to their warships as "he", thus making their portrayal here this trope.
* InSeriesNickname: "Land in the North" is used as a nickname for Soviet Union / Russia in various equipment descriptions as well as in some official medias.

!!Destroyers (DD)
[[folder: The ''Akatsuki''-class]]

!!Verniy (Ex-Hibiki) (2nd)

She is listed along with [[Characters/KantaiCollectionOne her classmates]]. As noted in her entry, her second remodel turns her into her post-war self; she was given to the Soviet Union as a war prize in 1947, rearmed with Soviet weapons (which is not fully reflected in her portrait, and not reflected at all in her gear.) and renamed Verniy. A year later, she was renamed "Dekabrist" and in 1953, she was decommisioned. She was finally sunk as a target off Vladivostok some time in the 1970s.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: The ''Tashkent''-class]]

!! Tashkent (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' Yadokari
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Wakana Miyagawa
[[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_tashkent.png]]

--> ''"Hello! I, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flotilla_leader destroyer leader]] Tashkent, have arrived from a long way! Comrade Admiral! Take care of me!"''\\\

Tashkent is the personification of the Russian destroyer ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_destroyer_Tashkent Tashkent]]'', introduced as a drop in the E-6 Map of the Winter 2018 Event.

She is one of the focus characters, alongside Commandant Teste and Gambier Bay, in the [=KanColle=] spin-off comic ''Tonight, Another Salute!''
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* BornLucky: While not as high as Yukikaze or Jervis's 50 at base, Tashkent starts at a quite high 40 when compared to other destroyers, 43 at Kai. This seems to represent her superlative firepower compared to other destroyers (by allowing her to crit more often) instead of actual luck (she sank after less than two years in service).
* BreakoutCharacter: She's just another ship in the game, but a major character in one of the spin-off comics.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She's mentioned in Gangut Dva's 2200 line.
* GratuitousRussian: Occasionally sprinkles some Russian in her lines.
* HiddenBuxom: Her damaged art shows that she has a B-cup like chest.
* NecessaryDrawback: She has excellent firepower with excellent luck but limited torpedoes, limiting her night battle capabilities. However, she's the first (and currently, only) destroyer to have 4 equipment slots, ultimately making her very versatile. She also has the highest maximum HP of all destroyers at 39 (41 with modernization, 44/46 when married) with excellent durability, one of the best evasion stats along with turbines and boilers as stock equipment as well as having Medium Range by default, again representing her superlative firepower as the "Blue Cruiser".
* NiceHat: What looks like a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papakha kubanka]].

[[/folder]]

!!Battleships (BB)
[[folder:The ''Gangut''-class]]

!!Gangut[=/=]Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya
!!!'''Artist:''' Yadokari
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AsamiSeto
[[quoteright:339:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gangut.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to view her art as Gangut Dva]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lahlyt.png[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''"So you're the Admiral here. Hmph. I'm the lead ship of the ''Gangut''-class, Gangut. You've got a good look on you. Alright."''\\\

Gangut is the personification of the Russian battleship ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_battleship_Gangut_(1911) Gangut]]'', introduced as the E5 reward in the Spring 2017 Event.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Some Japanese and English literature claims she was renamed back from Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya to Gangut in year 1942, and this is also reflected in her remodeling status and lines in Kancolle. However there are no supporting evidence about the claim from other reliable/first hand Russian or English sources. [[note]]It's not an impossible notion; her sister ships Marat and Parizhskaya Kommuna were reverted to their original names (Petropavlovsk and Sevastopol, respectively) in 1943. It's just that no record exists of anything similar happening to Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya.[[/note]]
* BadassArmFold: Does this as Gangut Dva.
* BoisterousBruiser: Is very loud and enthusiastic about getting into the thick of battle.
* BornLucky: Is one of the battleships with a high base Luck stat, having 35 on her second remodel, due to her having survived the Second World War. Her luck isn't any higher though due to seeing very limited action in both World Wars.
* CoatCape: Wears her white coat as a cape in her Dva form.
* ContraltoOfDanger: On par with Nagato and Musashi. She ''is'' a battleship.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She's initially cold and hard to approach, but as you upgrade her more, she'll slowly open up to the Admiral.
* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: Holds one of these in her non-Dva form.
* GratuitousRussian: She occasionally peppers some Russian into her speech.
* HiddenBuxom: She looks flat at first glance, but her Dva damage art shows [[http://en.kancollewiki.net/wiki/File:KanMusu316CGDmg.png she does have breasts]].
* MasterOfNone: Her stats are overall the poorest out of all the battleships in the game, having the weakest firepower, pitiful anti-air, average armor, and a speed of "Slow" despite her "Fast Battleship" classification. Her only saving grace apart from her low maintenance cost (she's cheaper to run than Warspite) is being a torpedo-carrying battleship that gives her good night battle power compared to her peers (and unlike Bismarck does not require two blueprints to achieve this ability), but even then she's only third to ''Bismarck'' and the ''Yamato''-class in this ability. [[note]]While the ''Yamato''-class battleships don't have torpedoes, their base firepower at Kai is so high that Yamato and Musashi beats both Bismarck and Gangut by their sheer firepower[[/note]]
* MeaningfulRename: Initially named after the Battle of Gangut in 1714, she was later renamed ''Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya'' (October Revolution) after the Russian Revolution of 1917. Her second remodel in-game changes it back to Gangut, though it's doubtful that her name was returned to Gangut historically.
** OverlyLongName: However, her new name is noted to be very long and quite the mouthful to pronounce. She even has a line dedicated to that point.
--> '''Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya:''' My name is too long!? Hmph!
* NiceHat: Wears a distinct naval captain's hat.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Even more extreme than Warspite. She looks like a teenager while historically being ''the'' oldest ship in the game. [[note]]''Gangut'' was laid down on June 16, 1909, and launched on October 29, 1911. However, she was commissioned after ''Kongou'' on January 11, 1915.[[/note]] She does, at least, have white hair.
* PhenotypeStereotype: Has white hair that's stereotypically associated with Eastern Europeans in most other Japanese media.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Considering her look, she's definitely this compared to her peers. She's still a battleship after all.
* PowerupLetdown: Her conversion into Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya removes her torpedoes, which means that despite her increased firepower, she has less night battle power than her base Gangut form. Averted with her Dva remodel, which returns her torpedoes for use.
* RuggedScar: Has a visible scar below and behind her left eye.
[[/folder]]

![[UsefulNotes/SwedesWithCoolPlanes Svenska Marinen]]
The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Navy naval arm of Sweden]]. As Sweden was neutral throughout the war (unlike their neighbors, who ended up being occupied by the Germans or allied with them to keep the Soviet Union at bay), their navy never really did anything of significance and served essentially as a contingency against a naval attack by the Germans or the Soviets. However, even if they were neutral, a certain Swedish cruiser did gain some significance...

!!Light Cruiser (CL)

[[folder:The ''Gotland''-class]]
!!Gotland (1st)
!!!'''Artist:''' drew
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kanon Takao
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_gotland.png]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see her Kai form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_gotland_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see her Andra form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_gotland_andra.png[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''"Visiting from Sweden of Northern Europe. I am seaplane cruiser, Gotland. Admiral, I am pleased to make your acquaintance! Scouting the waters during combat... I will do my very best!"''\\\

Gotland is the personification of the Swedish cruiser [=HSwMS=] ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSwMS_Gotland_(1933) Gotland]]''. She's introduced as a drop in E-4 and E-5 of the Early Fall 2018 Event.
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* BeautyMark: A small dot under her left eye.
* BoobsAndButtPose: In both of her damaged art.
* BornLucky: She has slightly higher luck than average, with 20 at base and 24 after remodel, which maxes out 89 at base and 98 at Kai. [[note]]Sakawa and Ooyodo Kai have higher base luck, but neither of them have maximum luck higher than 79[[/note]] This is because her historic counterpart was the first one who spotted ''Bismarck'' at the start of Operation ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Rheinubung Rheinübung]]'', which triggered the British chase when the message she sent back to Sweden was intercepted by the British, and she also survived past the war until her scrapping in 1963.
* CoolGuns: Her flight deck is designed upon the Swedish Carl Gustaf M/45 submachine gun, noted by the reciever, pistol grip, and folding stock.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Two of the July 2018 Ranking rewards foreshadowed Gotland's arrival. One was the [[http://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/Bofors_15.2cm_Twin_Gun_Mount_Model_1930 Bofors 15.2cm Twin Gun Mount]] with one of the fairies resembling her petting a sheep that references her badge, while the other reward was the [[http://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/S9_Osprey S9 Osprey]] that's based off the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hart Hawker Osprey]] that she carried. The fairy in Osprey is also cuddling a sheep, which is on Gotland County's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gotlands_län_vapenflagga.svg flag]]
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: A smattering of Swedish sprinkled throughout her lines. It's pronounced correctly, although with a clear Japanese accent.
* MasterOfAll: Compared to other 4-slot light cruisers, Gotland Kai is this: she has good combat capabilities and toughness for a CL, unlike the Katoris, can double attack and has good toughness unlike Yuubari, ''and'' have serviceable torpedo power unlike Ooyodo, while possessing higher than average luck (though lower than Ooyodo) ''and'' superlative AA values. She also has a unique AACI after remodel.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Unlike the game's other light cruisers, Gotland can equip seaplane bombers or fighters in her base and andra forms.
* NecessaryDrawback: For all the qualities listed above however, she is held back by her armor rating; six points lower than Nagara and Kuma, two light cruisers that are relatively easy to obtain. Her firepower also doesn't compare to these two. In exchange for her increased AntiAir capabilities upon her remodel, she loses her seaplane-carrying capacity, down to only one plane per slot.
** Given comparison between her four-slot contemporaries, however, she is very well-rounded for a light cruiser as well as having access to some certain quirks she can use to her advantage (like gaining use of Skilled Carrier Aircraft Maintenance Personnel to boost her firepower by 10 and maintain an artillery spotting loadout).
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: A blue-gray tinge.

[[/folder]]

![[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Royal Australian Navy]]
The naval arm of Australia. The [=RAN=] participated in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Pacific Ocean, following the British's declaration of war against Nazy Germany on September 3, 1939.

!! Light Cruiser (CL)
[[folder:The ''Perth''-class (modified ''Leander''-class or ''Amphion''-subclass)]]
The ''Perth''-class were originally the second batch of ''Leander''-class cruisers, the ''Amphion''-subclass. However, all three of them were sold to the Australian Navy before the start of the war.

!!Perth (1st)[[labelnote:*]]She was first commissioned as HMS ''Amphion''. If counted as part of the ''Leander''-class, she would be the 6th ship.[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Artist:''' Kusada Souta
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuuUchida
[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_perth.png]]
[[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_perth_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''"How are you? I'm Perth of the ''Perth''-class light cruisers. HMAS Perth! I was born in England, raised in Australia."''\\\

Perth is the personification of the Australian light cruiser [=HMAS=] ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Perth_(D29) Perth]]''. She's introduced as the E-3 Map Reward of the Fall 2019 Event.
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* AwesomeAussie: As part of her Kai Introduction line.
--> '''Perth:''' HMAS Perth is here. Don't underestimate my strength - I was raised in Australia. Well, shall we get started?
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The [[https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/6inch_Twin_Rapid_Fire_Gun_Mount_Mk.XXI 6inch Twin Rapid Fire Gun Mount Mk.XXI]] from the October 2019 Ranking rewards had a blonde fairy with a koala hanging off of her back, Perth resembling the fairy upon release. [[note]] Perth's historical counterpart used the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_6-inch_Mk_XXIII_naval_gun BL 6-inch Mk XXIII naval gun]], in two-gun Mk XXI turrets.[[/note]]
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: She is an Australian ship voiced by Australia-raised Shuu Uchida. She finally gets to use her real accent.
[[/folder]]

![[UsefulNotes/DutchmenWithDestroyers Koninklijke Marine]]
The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Navy naval arm of the Netherlands]] participated in both the Atlantic Ocean theater as well parts of the Pacific Ocean theater alongside Allied forces.

!! Light Cruiser (CL)
[[folder:The ''De Ruyter''-class]]
!!De Ruyter
!!!'''Artist:''' Sara
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yurika Moriyama
[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_de_ruyter.png]]

--> ''"Hoi! So you're the rumored admiral of this fleet! I'm light cruiser De Ruyter of Holland! Did you get that? Did you, did you? Yes, how wonderful, don't worry about me! Leave it to me!"''\\\

De Ruyter is the personification of the Dutch light cruiser [=HNLMS=] ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS_De_Ruyter_(1935) De Ruyter]]''. She's introduced as a E-3 Map drop in the Fall 2019 Event.
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* BornUnlucky: She starts with 9 luck and her remodel has 10 luck. She is the result of a lot of cost-cutting thanks to the Great Depression and the pacifist movement in the Netherlands. As a result, she isn't particularly well armed or ''designed''.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Yabai!" is her adjective and exclamative of predilection. It's translated as either "awful" or "awesome", "terrific" or "terrible" and similar doublets depending on the context.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Named after Dutch Admiral [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_de_Ruyter Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter]].

[[/folder]]


!Event-exclusive ships

!!The Fleet of Fog [[note]]translated as Mist Fleet in-game[[/note]]

During the Fall2013Anime season, the anime Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel aired, coinciding with much of Kantai Collection's rapid rise in popularity and recognition. Naturally, a collaboration between the two franchises was inevitable. It started with a few endcards in the anime with some Arpeggio ships paired with their [=KanColle=] counterparts, and culminated in a crossover event in the [=KanColle=] game running from 24 December 2013 to 8 January 2014. During this time, certain ships from the Fleet of Fog were usable as temporary allied units, which were removed when the event ended.\\\

All ships of the Fleet of Fog retained their anime voices, had hourly lines, and could not be remodelled. The ship library did not include them either. They also retained their personalities, and a number of their lines were references to the anime (although there was no mention of Gunzou).\\\

For the tropes depicting the Fleet of Fog in the Arpeggio anime, please see [[Characters/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel here]].
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* BigEater: In fanon, considering the ''massive'' amounts of resources required to resupply and repair them, even more so than the likes of ''Yamato and Musashi'' (although that's only because they're used a lot more frequently; the ''Yamato''-class ships actually cost more to fully repair or resupply). Commonly attributed to the nanomaterials.
* BornLucky: At least, they get higher starting luck than their [=KanColle=] counterparts, [[NecessaryDrawback but their maximum luck is lower as well]] (except for Iona). In particular, Iona's starting luck was 50, which was equal to ''Yukikaze's''. Then again, it capped at a relatively average level (59) if you fed her with Maruyu (not that you'd be likely to).
* GuestStarPartyMember: At least they averted SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear.
* LightningBruiser: With the exception of AntiAir and Evasion for Takao and Haruna, all of them had much higher stats than their [=KanColle=] counterparts (including a longer range), and all had a listed speed of Fast. Iona is a particular case, because as a submarine the damage she took was already naturally reduced, and all the [=KanColle=] submarines (including her [=KanColle=] counterpart, I-401) have a listed speed of Slow, and nowhere near the giant HP pool (by submarine standards) that she had.
* NecessaryDrawback: Their soft stats [[note]]ASW (not that any of them could attack submarines in this game anyway), [[TargetSpotter Line of Sight]] and Evasion[[/note]] never increased regardless of level. For Takao and Haruna, they also had the [[WaveMotionGun Graviton Cannon]] in exchange for reduced AntiAir and evasion. Takao also got only 3 equipment slots (a remodelled heavy cruiser has 4). These, coupled with their high consumption, are pretty much the ''only'' drawbacks they have. In addition, when it came to recon seaplanes, their slot size was 0. This did not affect much when they were around (in fact Iona was missing her aircraft complement anyway), but if they were in the game now, they would be unable to conduct artillery spotting.
* NoSell: The Klein Field, at least in theory. In practice, they were just fancy miss animations. And unlike the anime where the Klein Fields were all of different colours, every Fog ship's Klein Field in the game (both enemies and allies) was pink.
* TargetSpotter: Again, they all started with high Line of Sight, far exceeding that of equivalent ship classes in [=KanColle=] (except for the ''Tone''-class heavy cruisers' LOS beating Fog Takao's, and even then only at high levels).
* WaveMotionGun: Except Iona.

[[folder:The Fleet of Fog]]
!!!Iona
[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fog_iona_01_2635.png]]

--> ''"Submarine I-401, Iona. Crash dive~"''\\\

The Fog ship obtained from completing the event-exclusive quest which also unlocked Event Map 1 (E-1), Iona was arguably the most useful of the usable trio, both in event maps and in normal maps. As a Fast submarine with incredibly high HP (70 to be exact), her uses outside of the event maps included submarine cheesing for map clearing and farming purposes, being used to avoid the submarine node in 5-3 as well as to draw enemy attacks (due to being a Fast submarine), [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and completing the]] [[PricelessPaperweight submarine fleet composition quests.]] Due to being a submarine, she also repaired very fast, and consumed the least resources of the three (although still a lot by this game's standards).
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* CatchPhrase: Crash dive~ (急速せんこ～, Kyuusoku senko~). Contrast the anime, where she said the line only once (in episode 1), and nowhere in the same cutesy tone as in here.
* FlightStrengthHeart: So Iona had [[LongList a high Torpedo stat, high Armor, high Luck, high Line of Sight, fast Speed, high HP, some]] AntiAir... wait, what was she doing with long Range and high Firepower, again? [[note]]Firepower helps in calculating damage done at night; this is a submarine's only use of the stat, as submarines do not attack in the shelling phase, which is the only phase where Range matters. Iona would've gotten greater benefits from the Firepower stat if she had her aircraft complement (A trio of Seiran seaplane bombers) as seen in the manga, to participate in the shelling phase with her aircraft.[[/note]]
* HatesBeingAlone: Her idle line.
--> '''Iona''': Where are you, Admiral? I don't want to go back to that dark dock. I hate being alone.
* LampshadeHanging: Poking her would make her lampshade [[RareRandomDrop the rarity of Submarines]] (although with [[SecretLevel 1-5]] coming out some time after the Arpeggio event ended, this may no longer be the case).
--> '''Iona''': Are submarines that rare for you, Admiral? When it's just the two of us, why do you want to look at my stomach?
* SorryThatImDying: If she got sunk, although you ''really'' had to be trying for it to happen.
--> '''Iona''': Sorry... I wanted to fight with you to the very end, but I can't surface anymore... Farewell, Admiral.

!!!Takao
[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fog_takao_01_1393.png]]

--> ''"Heavy Cruiser Takao, launching! All those who would call me the 'Tsundere Heavy Crusier', get out of here now!"''\\\

The Fog ship which first appeared as a boss in E-1. Upon defeat she disappeared from the boss node and became available as a usable unit upon completing the quest which unlocked E-2, in the same manner as Iona. As a heavy cruiser, one of her most notable uses outside of the event maps was manipulating the compass to clear maps like 4-4 efficiently.
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* CanNotSpitItOut: One of her hourly lines.
--> '''Takao''': "Erm.. Admiral? If you're going to take a siesta you can use my... my... la... It's too embarrassing to say!" [[note]]Lap pillow[[/note]]
* {{Determinator}}: Her line when heavily damaged.
--> '''Takao''': "Love... will never sink!"
* {{Tsundere}}: Natch, with a classic tsundere line to boot. She even knew of her fame as the "Tsundere Heavy Cruiser", as shown in her introductory line and the quest to find her.
--> '''Takao''': Don't misunderstand me! It's not like I'm fighting for you or anything!
* WeaksauceWeakness: Her E-1 boss form couldn't touch subs so the easy way to beat her was to just send subs against her.

!!!Haruna
[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fog_haruna_01_1125.png]]

--> ''"Battleship Haruna.... is here."''\\\

The Fog ship which first appeared as the E-2 boss. Similarly to Takao, she disappeared on defeat and was obtained together with access to E-3. As a battleship, she consumed the most resources of the three (repairing her to full took over ''1000'' steel; thankfully she still consumed less than the ''[[AwesomeButImpractical Yamato]]''-class, though one can only wonder just [[UpToEleven how much resources]] the ''Fog Yamato''-class would consume). However, as a battleship, she also hit ''really'' hard (in fact, she is to date still the only ship that can exceed the maximum firepower soft {{cap}} for day battles even in red T engagement). A notable use outside of the event maps was for getting a second shelling phase to clear maps more easily.
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* BadassLongcoat: As in the anime. Interestingly enough, getting heavily damaged would make her lose her coat, although repairing her somehow let her get it back.
* CryCute: If repaired while heavily damaged. Also one of her hourly lines where she had to take a bath.
* TheStoic: Most of the time, except her CryCute moments.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: The ''Condottier''-class]]

* BuxomIsBetter: Despite being a light cruiser, Atlanta's impressive "displacement" is rather fitting in part of having the [[BoobsOfSteel highest anti-air stat]] in the game.

* BornUnlucky: She has slightly below average luck both before and after remodeling. This likely has to do with the circumstances of her getting sunk during the Battle of Cape Matapan [[note]] 1) Pola gets hit by a British torpedo at dusk and is left dead in the water, without power or lighting. Some of the crew panic (Pola's crew included some 400 green recruits on her last mission) and jump overboard. 2) As the ship is not sinking, they are taken back on board. The night is freezing cold, and to fight hypothermia they strip off their wet clothes and start to drink alcoholics from the ship's liquor stock to warm themselves. The immobilised Pola calls for a tow and the entire 1st Cruiser Div (including her sisters Zara and Fiume) come to her aid. RN radar spots them as they move in. 3) Pola mistakes incoming Royal Navy battleships for friendlies, fires off a recognition flare and helps the enemy confirm the identity of their radar contacts. 4) As Zara and Fiume are obliterated, Pola's crew resign themselves to their fate and descend into total anarchy. Most of the crew abandons ship by jumping into the sea. British boarding parties find no resistance from the 250 men left aboard, and notice that several of them are visibly drunk. Her remaining crew is evacuated and Pola is sunk by Royal Navy destroyers.[[/note]]

* ThemeNaming: If one thought the theme naming for the RN destroyers was confusing, try the light cruisers, where sometimes the names don't even follow the theme within the class. The ''Town''-class light cruisers are obviously named after various UK cities, the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji-class_cruiser Fiji]]''-class - [=aka=] the ''Crown Colony''-class - after various places that were once under British control, and then the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arethusa-class_cruiser_(1934) Arethusa]]''-class named after several Greek mythological figures. However, then there's the letter-themed naming, like the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-class_cruiser C]]''-class cruisers with seven subclasses, all the names starting with the letter "C" (similar to the destroyers); and then mixed names, like the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido-class_cruiser Dido]]''-class where most of its ships are named after Greek/Roman mythological figures except three that were named after a concept, a prince, and an headpiece accessory.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Barely visible Type A thigh-highs in her basic form, and a little less obscure in her remodeled form.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type B.

* ZettaiRyouiki: A grey Type A pair.

* ZettaiRyouiki: A white Type A pair.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Both sport a Grade-A with their striped thigh-highs.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type A with her violet gartered stockings.

* ZettaiRyouiki: A pair of Type B black ones as Luigi and UIT-25.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type A white leggings covered by metal plating.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type A with gray and black thigh-highs, and garter straps.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type A with red, white and blue thigh-highs and garter straps.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade A. She wears thigh-high white boots with her hull number on her left leg.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type A with her white gartered stockings.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type A with her gray thigh-highs

* ZettaiRyouiki: Type D of navy blue socks in her base form, a stylized version of Type A thigh-highs in both her Kai and ''Andra'' forms.

* RavenHairIvorySkin[=/=]EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Appeared as one with chalk-white skin in unimpressive grey clothes both before and after remodelling. However, she gained a bit more colour from accessories (and a black outfit) after remodeling [[spoiler: and her remodeled form's damaged sprite reveals that she has normal-coloured skin, implying that the white skin could be due to make-up]]. It is speculated to be based on a combination of army camouflage and the grey colouring scheme that warships in the period used. Fanworks sometimes depict the Abyss Fleet mistaking her for one of their own because of this.

* BoobsOfSteel[=/=]BuxomIsBetter: Despite being a light cruiser, Atlanta's impressive "displacement" is rather fitting in part of having the highest anti-air stat in the game.

* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Italian patriot [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Torelli Luigi Torelli]], who had participated in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Days_of_Milanv Five Days of Milanv]], the beginning of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Italian_War_of_Independence First Italian War of Independence]].

* ThemeNaming: If one thought the theme naming for the RN destroyers was confusing, try the light cruisers, where sometimes the names don't even follow the theme within the class. The ''Town''-class light cruisers are obviously named after various UK cities, the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji-class_cruiser Fiji]]''-class - [=aka=] the ''Crown Colony''-class - after various places that were once under British control, and then the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arethusa-class_cruiser_(1934) Arethusa]]''-class named after several Greek mythological figures. However, then there's the letter-themed naming, like the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-class_cruiser C]]''-class cruisers with seven subclasses, all the names starting with the letter "C"; and then mixed names, like the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido-class_cruiser Dido]]''-class where most of its ships are named after Greek/Roman mythological figures except three that were named after a concept, a prince, and an headpiece accessory.

* RareRandomDrop: She was only available as a drop at the boss node in Fall Event 2015 E4, at least when she was first introduced. The devs have all but explicitly [[https://twitter.com/KanColle_STAFF/status/692872046842241024 confirmed]] that she will be a drop again for the upcoming Winter 2016 event.

Grecale is the personification of Italian destroyer ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Grecale Grecale]]''. She's introduced as a drop for the E2 and E3 maps in the Summer 2019 Event.

Scirocco is the personification of the Italian destroyer ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Scirocco Scirocco]]'', introduced in the Fall 2020 Event.

* RareRandomDrop: Unlike her sister, who was a reward for clearing map E4 of the Spring 2015 event, Roma can only be obtained as a random drop after getting [[HarderThanHard an S rank on the boss node of E6 (or on a node along the way, for a much lower chance) for the same event]]. She's such a rare drop that many frustrated admirals have declared that Roma is a myth. [[MarathonLevel After often more than a hundred runs]], many admirals have also spent a multitude looking for her than they did on the entire event combined. If you hardly had any resources left to begin with, the hunt for Roma gets all the more difficult since you also have to carefully manage your resources and are often forced to pause to let your resources recover a bit which costs valuable time.

Washington is the personification of the US battleship USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Washington_(BB-56) Washington]]''. She's introduced in the Fall 2020 Event.

* PenultimateWeapon: The [[http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/16inch_Triple_Gun_Mount_Mk.7 16inch Triple Gun Mount Mark 7]] [[note]]Technically "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16%22/50_caliber_Mark_7_gun three-gun]]" turrets instead of "triple" since each barrel could be fired independently of each other[[/note]], which was initially available as one of December 2015 ranking rewards - and being the default equipment of the ''Iowa''-class battleships it certainly qualifies - as the gun itself has outstanding firepower [[note]]At +24 firepower, it is only two points lower than the 46cm Triple Gun Mount, reflecting this gun's ability to achieve the penetratation power rivalling that of the 46cm guns equipped on the ''Yamato''-class battleships at long distances[[/note]] and accuracy [[note]]At +4 accuracy, it is even more accurate than the 38cm Twin Gun Mount Kai equipped on Bismarck, reflecting the impresive fire control systems installed on the ''Iowa''-class battleships[[/note]], making it a very practical armament to be equipped on virtually any battleship in ''Kancolle'' should the player manage to obtain it [[note]]Its rarity is rated at 5 stars, the highest rarity given to a piece of equipment until its GFCS-equipped version topped it with 6 stars rarity. In comparison, the 46cm Triple Gun Mount was rated at 3 stars as it is a craftable equipment. Currently this gun is only available as ranking rewards and reward from Winter 2016 E1 at the highest difficulty in the original game. While it is indeed Iowa's stock equipment in ''Kancolle Kai'', obtaining her isn't exactly an easy task as she's a reward for clearing the final stage at B-rank or higher on Hard mode, which is the highest difficulty available prior to NewGamePlus[[/note]].

* RareRandomDrop: She is first introduced as one of the Winter 2018 E4 drop, along with Daitou. Said map in particular is noted for its fairly long path to the boss, not to mention the wall of Ru-classes at the node right before it. To top it off, she would appear in the Friend Fleet as part of the European Combined Grand Fleet reinforcement at the boss node, making her farming attempts at E4 a potentially tantalizing experience unless if you bring one of its potential participants. [[labelnote:*]]barring Jervis, the other participants are Warspite, Ark Royal and Richelieu, while German and Italian shipgirls are conspicuously absent from the fleet[[/labelnote]] She is also available as E5 drop, albeit with lower drop rate.

Sheffield is the personification of the British light cruier HMS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sheffield_(C24) Sheffield]]''. She's introduced in the Fall 2020 Event.

The Fog ship obtained from completing the event-exclusive quest which also unlocked Event Map 1 (E1), Iona was arguably the most useful of the usable trio, both in event maps and in normal maps. As a Fast submarine with incredibly high HP (70 to be exact), her uses outside of the event maps included submarine cheesing for map clearing and farming purposes, being used to avoid the submarine node in 5-3 as well as to draw enemy attacks (due to being a Fast submarine), [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and completing the]] [[PricelessPaperweight submarine fleet composition quests.]] Due to being a submarine, she also repaired very fast, and consumed the least resources of the three (although still a lot by this game's standards).

The Fog ship which first appeared as a boss in E1. Upon defeat she disappeared from the boss node and became available as a usable unit upon completing the quest which unlocked E2, in the same manner as Iona. As a heavy cruiser, one of her most notable uses outside of the event maps was manipulating the compass to clear maps like 4-4 efficiently.

The Fog ship which first appeared as the E2 boss. Similarly to Takao, she disappeared on defeat and was obtained together with access to E3. As a battleship, she consumed the most resources of the three (repairing her to full took over ''1000'' steel; thankfully she still consumed less than the ''[[AwesomeButImpractical Yamato]]''-class, though one can only wonder just [[UpToEleven how much resources]] the ''Fog Yamato''-class would consume). However, as a battleship, she also hit ''really'' hard (in fact, she is to date still the only ship that can exceed the maximum firepower soft {{cap}} for day battles even in red T engagement). A notable use outside of the event maps was for getting a second shelling phase to clear maps more easily.