History Characters / KanColleSeven

* OddFriendship: She's made friends with Nagato over them both participating in Operation Crosroads.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She was actually the oldest active battleship in Pearl Harbor (with the older ''Utah'' having been decommissioned and serving as a training/target ship) and is about a year younger than Warspite, but she looks like she could be younger than Iowa, who is actually the youngest battleship in the game. She's actually a little touchy about her age and being outdone by newer ships.

* SitcomArchNemesis: She gets very catty about the Nagumo Task Force in her hourlies- understandably, given that they sunk her in a sneak attack despite the US being at peace with Japan. She even insults Akagi's appetite!

The ''Salmon''-class submarines of the USN were part of the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_submarine fleet submarine]]" concept on having the speed, range, and endurance to keep up with a battle fleet, their speed allowing them to keep up with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-type_battleship Standard-type battleships]] like Oklahoma and Washington. Six were completed - ''Salmon'', ''Seal'', ''Skipjack'', ''Snapper'', ''Stingray'', and ''Sturgeon'' - and none survived past 1956.

* MustHaveCaffeine: Helena, Houston, Colorado, Hornet, South Dakota, Northampton, and Heywood mention 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.

* BadassBoast:
-->''Of course I can, I'm a standard-type battleship! Just you watch!''
-->''Looking down on me now is asking to die!''

-->''You'll pay for underestimating me! I'm not sinking!''

* MustHaveCaffiene: Asks the Admiral for coffee in one of her early-morning hourlies.

-->''"Old," you say? Don't joke around. I can absolutely still serve on the main battle line, depending on the operation!''

* 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.

* OddFriendship: She's made friends with Nagato over them both participating in Operation Crossroads.

* OlderThanTheyLook: She was actually the oldest active battleship in Pearl Harbor (with the older ''Utah'' having been decommissioned and serving as a training/target ship) and is about a year younger than Warspite, but she looks like she could be younger than Iowa, who is actually the youngest battleship in the game.

* OlderThanTheyLook: She was actually the oldest active battleship in Pearl Harbor (with the older ''Utah'' having been decommissioned and serving as a training/target ship), but she looks like she could be younger than Iowa, who is actually the youngest battleship in the game.

--> '''Alternative introducion:''' "Hi! ''Essex''-class Intrepid's doors are open today too! What a wonderful day, and a wonderful admiral! Now then, let's do our best!"\\
'''Library:''' "I'm the 5th ship of the ''Essex''-class carriers, Intrepid! That's right, I'm one of the strongest carrier sisters of that war, mass-produced to serve as fleet carriers! Even after the war ended, I was modernized, becoming one of the pioneers of modern carriers with an angled deck and more. After I was decommissioned, I became a Sea, Air, and Space Museum on the Hudson River."\\
'''Secretary 3:''' "Yep! Please try it - did you think I'd say that? Come on! Sheesh, you're so silly, honey. Eh? An inspection of the Sea, Air & Space Museum? Oh, you!"

* 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.
* LogicalWeakness: Her low evasion. The historical Iowa-class's high speed was partially due to their particularly long hull and fine lines, which meant that although they could move ''forward'' at a particularly fast pace, turning was difficult for them.

** Her Mk. II remodel is accurate to the historical Saratoga's career; once the Essex-class started arriving in the Pacific Theatre, she was recalled back to the United States to help develop their heavily lacking night battle doctrine.

* LivingMuseumExhibit: An odd variant since she's the museum itself, but she proudly introduces herself as the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum.

* ShownTheirWork: Her base appearance, Kai, and Mod.2 reflects the refits and modernizations she underwent over the years, such as starting with the cage mast and ending with her having [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripod_mast tripod masts]]. The goat with a life preserver ring around it references [[https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/battleships/nevada-bb-36/NH-104609.html a 1919 photo of her goat mascot]]. Her hair being reddish-orange would also be a reference to her being painted red-orange as the target ship during Test ''Able'' in Operation Crossroads.

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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: She's named after Frank Friday Fletcher, a WW1 admiral, medal of honor recipient, and the [[BadassFamily uncle]] of Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, who was in command of the carrier task force for the battles of Coral Sea and Midway.

* HistoricalInJoke: In her equipment line, she thinks the Admiral is going to outfit her with her 1980 loadout, including the Harpoon missiles, though she questions if it exist in the WW2-era game.

* OlderThanTheyLook: She was actually the oldest active battleship in the US Navy by the time of World War 2 (with the older ''Utah'' having been decommissioned and serving as a training/target ship), but she looks like she could be younger than Iowa, who is actually the youngest battleship in the game.

-->''"So you're the Admiral? Hmmm, I see. I'm the ''Gato''-class submarine, Scamp. I'm quite capable. Well, nice to meet you."''

* MightyGlacier: The ''Nevada''-class were the template for the Standard Battleships, a design philosophy that eschewed major speed increases in favor of keeping to a speed that every ship in the battleline could match, which continued until the ''North Carolina''-class were built as fast battleships.

** 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.

* 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.

* 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]].

* AwesomeButImpractical: Like the other Big Seven ships, Colorado has a group shelling attack. Her is also objectively the worst, with the strictest requirements[[note]]Colorado's version requires two other battleships in the fleet, none of which can be at less than 50% health.[[/note]] and the worst attack power. An update in October 2021 relaxed the requirements for participating ship's health, but it still has the strictest composition requirement and a lower damage modifier than the othe Big 7 ships.

Nevada is the personification of USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nevada_(BB-36) Nevada]]'', introduced as the E-5 Map Reward for the Summer 2023 event.

* BornLucky: She maxes out to 103 at base, 112 at Kai, and 118 at Mod.2. She was part of the attack at Pearl Harbor, but unlike many of her fellow battleships, she was able to raise steam and get under way during the attack, shooting down seven Japanese planes before grounding herself to avoid sinking- likely avoiding catastrophic damage despite being hit by five bombs and a torpedo because her main magazines happened to be empty that day. She was then one of the first ships to be refloated and returned to duty after the attack, since she suffered comparatively minimal damage. She then was able to participate in Operation Neptune, bombarding the Cherborg Peninsula. After the war, she was made a target in Operation Crossroads but survived ''that'', later being sunk as a gunnery target in 1948- and even then, she had to be sunk by a torpedo as the gunfire failed to do the job.
* BraidsOfAction: Wears her hair in a neat red braid, though it gets undone in mod.2.

* OlderThanTheyLook: She was actually the oldest active battleship in the US Navy by the time of World War 2 (with the older ''Utah'' having been decommissioned and serving as a training/target ship), but she looks like she could be younger than Iowa, who's actually the youngest battleship in the game.

* ShownTheirWork: Her hat is based off of her [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conning_tower conning tower]], and the star hair clip could be a reference to the 11 battle stars she's earned.

Salmon is the personfication of US submarine USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Salmon_(SS-182) Salmon]]'', introduced in the Summer 2023 Event as an E-2 map drop.

* MightyGlacier: Not a fast battleship by any means; she had to push her engines past their limit to catch up with Bismarck.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Brydges_Rodney,_1st_Baron_Rodney Baron George Brydges Rodney]], an admiral who fought in the War of Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence (during which he suffered a rather literal case of WorfHadTheFlu -- he defeated the French in several naval battles, but lost the war when he had to return to Britain due to ill health ''right'' before the critical Battle of the Chesapeake, which the French then won) and was made a baron for his efforts.

* 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.

* SignatureHeadgear: Her head gear references her real-life radar spires as well part of her superstructure.

!!Rodney (2nd)
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Rodney is the personification the British battleship HMS ''Rodney''. She's introduced as the E-7 reward of the Summer 2023 event.

* BornLucky: She has the same Luck stats as her sister; in Rodney's case, not only did she survive the war and participate in D-Day, but she participated in the attack on ''Bismarck'' and was instrumental in sinking the ship. In that same engagement, she became the only battleship to actually use her torpedoes, striking Bismarck with one.

* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Brydges_Rodney,_1st_Baron_Rodney Baron George Brydges Rodney]], an Admiral who fought in the War of Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence (during which he suffered a rather literal case of WorfHadTheFlu- he defeated the French in several naval battles, but lost the war when he had to return to Britain due to ill health ''right'' before the critical Battle of the Chesapeake, which the French then won) and was made a baron for his efforts.