History Characters / KanColleSeven

* SoleSurvivor: Played straight at first, as at the time of her introduction in 2016, she was 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. Later subverted with the addition of Intrepid, Souya, and Massachusetts, all three also museum ships upon their introductions.

* LivingMuseumExhibit: An odd variant since she's the museum itself, but she proudly references herself as the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum in several of her lines.

* LivingMuseumExhibit: Another museum ship like ''Intrepid'', ''Massachusetts'', and ''Souya''. She even invites the Admiral to visit her museum in Alabama multiple times.

* ShownTheirWork: Her Equipment 2 line has her happy with properly working torpedoes. This references the notriously problematic [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_14_torpedo Mark 14 torpedoes]] a number of USN subs were equipped with in the early years of the war. [[note]]The most common complaints were that 1) it would run 10 feet (3 meters) deeper than what it was originally set at, 2) the magnetic exploder tended to cause premature detonations, 3) the contact exploder would fail to be set off upon impact, and 4) its gyro-angle settings refused to keep a straight path which meant it'd circle ''back'' to the originating sub.[[/note]]

The ''Gato''-class submarines of the USN were the first mass-produced subs during the war, at an incredible 77 submarines in service. [[note]]Although some say only 73 were built due to the shifting of nature of the first four boats that was supposedly orignally going to be of the ''Balao''-class.[[/note]] Their original design was supposed to be working alongside the standard-type battleships back during World War I, namely as scouts, but the early concepts were failures. One of the most distinguishing features of the ''Gato''-class subs were the accomodations for their sailors, from air conditioning to individual bunks to refrigerated food storage, luxuries that was quite unheard of in other navies. Of the 77 boats, only six have survived to the modern day as museum ships - ''Cod'' (SS-224), ''Drum'' (SS-228), ''Silversides'' (SS-236), ''Cavalla'' (SS-244), ''Cobia'' (SS-245), and ''Croaker'' (SS-246).

* BornLucky: Has extremely high luck, going from 33 base to 107 max in Kai. It's well deserved, as she was the first ''Gato'' to be completed and enter service and survived until the present as a museum ship in Mobile, Alabama. She's credited with sinking 15 ships, among them ''Mizuho''.
* ShownTheirWork: Her curling hair matches the tentacle arms of the octopus mascot on her [[https://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08228.htm badge]], which is also on the left fin under her hull number, and her hair color matches the pink-version of her badge; the skull and crossbones on her left collar matches that of her [[https://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08228.htm battle flag]]; the stars on her left thigh and the one attached to one IdiotHair references the 12 battle stars she was awarded with; and she's wearing her [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%27s_bell ship's bell]] as a choker.

* ShownTheirWork: Her curling hair matches the tentacle arms of the octopus mascot on her [[https://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08228.htm badge]], which is also on the left fin under her hull number; the skull and crossbones on her left collar matches that of her [[https://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08228.htm flag]]; the stars on her left thigh and the one attached to one IdiotHair references the 12 battle stars she was awarded with; and she's wearing her [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%27s_bell ship's bell]] as a choker.

The ''Gato''-calss submarines of the USN were the first mass-produced subs during the war, at an incredible 77 submarines in service. [[note]]Although some say only 73 were built due to the shifting of nature of the first four boats that was supposedly orignally going to be of the ''Balao''-class.[[/note]] Their original design was supposed to be working alongside the standard-type battleships back during World War I, namely as scouts, but the early concepts were failures. One of the most distinguishing features of the ''Gato''-class subs were the accomodations for their sailors, from air conditioning to individual bunks to refrigerated food storage, luxuries that was quite unheard of in other navies. Of the 77 boats, only six have survived to the modern day as museum ships - ''Cod'' (SS-224), ''Drum'' (SS-228), ''Silversides'' (SS-236), ''Cavalla'' (SS-244), ''Cobia'' (SS-245), and ''Croaker'' (SS-246).

!!Drum (SS-228) (12th)

Personification of the submarine USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Drum_(SS-228) Drum]]'', introduced in the Early Spring 2024 Event.
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* BornLucky: Has extremely high luck, going from 33 base to 107 max in Kai. It's well deserved, as she was the first ''Gato'' to be completed and enter service and survived until the present as a museum ship in Alabama. She's credited with sinking 15 ships, among them ''Mizuho''.

!!Scamp (SS-277) (66th)

The USN's dreadnought battleships - ''Nevada'' and ''Oklahoma'' - built during World War I, taking lessons learned from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland Battle of Jutland]] that the RN had went through, namely in developing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_or_nothing_(armor) all or nothing armor]] that emphasized protection against long-range engagement, and introducing three-gun turrets arrangement and improved boilers. Their developments laid the foundations for the later [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-type_battleship standard-type battleships]], being the ''Pennsylvania'', ''New Mexico'', ''Tennessee'', and ''Colorado''-class battleships. ''Nevada'' and ''Oklahoma'' were moored at Pearl Harbor when the IJN attacked, which resulted in ''Oklahoma'' capsizing while ''Nevada'' was able to escape sinking into deeper waters. Nevada would be raised and returned to duty, but Oklahoma was considered too badly damaged (didn't help that she was also upside-down) and would only be righted and refloated after the war was over so the US could re-use her berth and properly scrap her. Oklahoma's hulk sank during a Pacific storm while being towed to San Francisco for scrapping.

** Her damaged portrait is based off her post-Pearl Harbor damage report.

** Instead of more modern underwear like other shipgirls, Nevada is shown wearing [[https://fashion-era.com/fashion-history/drawers-underwear Edwardian-era lace-frill knickers]] in her damage art, which was the type of underwear around the time of her launch.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: She's named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Friday_Fletcher Frank Friday Fletcher]], a [=WW1=] admiral, Medal of Honor recipient, and the [[BadassFamily uncle]] of Admiral [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Jack_Fletcher Frank Jack Fletcher]], who was in command of the carrier task force for the battles of Coral Sea and Midway.

* 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.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: In her case, John V. Johnston, a Union navy officer.

Heywood L. Edwards is the personification of the ''Fletcher''-class destroyer USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Heywood_L._Edwards Heywood L. Edwards]]'', named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heywood_L._Edwards captain]] of destroyer USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Reuben_James_(DD-245) Reuben James]]'', the first USN vessel sunk in [=WW2=]. Post-war, she was gifted to the newly-formed JMSDF and renamed ''Ariake'', serving until 1974. She's introduced as a drop in the E-2 and E-3 maps of the Early Spring 2023 Event.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: In her case, a coxswain who made a HeroicSacrifice at the Battle of Guadalcanal to protect landing marines.

* TheGunslinger: Her 5-inch/38-caliber gun 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.

'''Sam:''' ''(14:00 line)''It is two- ah, hi, Gamby! Gambier Bay! What's up? Ah, really? Me too, me too! Ehehe.

* TheGunslinger: Their carriers are portrayed as using guns to launch their planes, as a counterpoint to the IJN carriers using traditional Japanese bows and the British carriers using compound bows. Some of the destroyers and cruisers use what is a combination of a real life gun stock and grip with their turrets.

* TheGunslinger: Her 5-inch/38-caliber gun 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. However, see also ShownTheirWork below.

* 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.
** A [[https://twitter.com/Yuuno_G4312/status/988427298339602433 design document]] [[https://i.imgur.com/eeT1wJP.jpeg showing how her P90 works]] counts as this as well, as the feed mechanism shown is exactly how 5-inch shells would move into the upper handling room of the actual gun mounts, and from there into the mounts themselves.

** A design document [[https://i.imgur.com/eeT1wJP.jpeg showing how her P90 works]] counts as this as well, as the feed mechanism shown is exactly how 5-inch shells would move into the upper handling room of the actual gun mounts, and from there into the mounts themselves.

* 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]].

* TheGunslinger: Her 5-inch/38-caliber gun 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.

* 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.

** In her default art, the smokestacks are shown in their up-right position on her flight deck carrying case, yet they're rotated parallel to her deck as seen in her damage art. Ranger's smokestacks were hinged so that they could be rotated down during flight operations since she was designed as a flush-deck carrier, lacking the island seen in later carriers, which is referenced in her idle line and several of her hourlies.

* CoolGuns: Her flight deck is designed upon the Swedish [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_m/45 Carl Gustaf m/45 submachine gun]], noted by the reciever, pistol grip, and folding stock.

* TheGunslinger: Their carriers are portrayed as using guns to launch their planes, as a counterpoint to the IJN carriers using traditional Japanese bows and the British carriers using compound bows.

** 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* OperaGloves: Gray ones covered by normal black gloves.

* OperaGloves: White ones that are combined with navy blue fingerless gloves that have large cuffs.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* CoolGuns: A pump-action shotgun resembling the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1897 Winchester Model 1897]] shotgun in trench format with a heat shield. Her Kai includes the bayonet attached.

* 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. She loses it in her Mark II form.

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The USN's dreadnought battleships - ''Nevada'' and ''Oklahoma'' - built during World War I, taking lessons learned from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland Battle of Jutland]] that the RN had went through, namely in developing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_or_nothing_(armor) all or nothing armor]] that emphasized protection against long-range engagement, and introducing three-gun turrets arrangement and improved boilers. Their developments laid the foundations for the later [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-type_battleship standard-type battleships]], being the ''Pennsylvania'', ''New Mexico'', ''Tennessee'', and ''Colorado''-class battleships. ''Nevada'' and ''Oklahoma'' were moored at Pearl Harbor when the IJN attacked, which resulted in ''Oklahoma'' being sunk while ''Nevada'' was able to escape sinking into deeper waters.

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* SitcomArchnemesis: Helena ''hates'' Japanese destroyers, due to being fatally damaged by torpedoes from the IJN's 3rd Destoryer Squadron during the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kula_Gulf Battle of Kula Gulf]].

* SitcomArchnemesis: Helena ''hates'' Japanese destroyers.