History Fanfic / BelatedBattleships

Unfortunately, in March 2019, [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/belated-battleships-3-the-third-one.702931/post-56242063 the fic was declared]] {{Dead| Fic}}. A FanRemake by [=LostJman=], ''Rebooted Battleships'' ([[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/rebooted-battleships.740917/ SpaceBattles]]), followed, but also petered out in November 2019.

* BiTheWay: Both in-story and out, Jersey has taken great notice of how ridiculously attractive several shipgirls are, including Nagato, Mutsu, and [[spoiler:Musashi]].
** WordOfGod is that all shipgirls are more-or-less bi since, on the one hand, they are shipGIRLS, but on the other hand their spirits are a function of their crews who were predominantly straight men.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Most of the naval characters. They're ship''girls'' after all. Crowning's the only one who's been consistently able to see the obvious solution, because naval doctrine isn't hard-wired into his brain. As an example, when Heermann is badly damaged, the naval personnel and Jersey start making preparations to tow her (and worry about whether she'd capsize while towing). It's Crowning who suggests Jersey simply ''carry'' Heermann, since they're both ''girls''.

*** Also inverted with [[spoiler:Shinano]]. She's ''ashamed'' of her [[spoiler:larger-than-Musashi]] bustline [[spoiler:which she feels to be un-carrierlike]].

* ACupAngst: Infamously flat-chested Ryuujou gets hit the hardest. But Jersey suffers from it as well, merely because she's not as [[GagBoobs ridiculously stacked]] as her Japanese compatriots. This becomes HilariousInHindsight after [[spoiler:her remodel comes with a cup size increase.]]
** Somewhat inverted with [[spoiler:Musashi]] when it comes to Jersey. While Jersey has generous cleavage, it's nothing compared to the GagBoobs of some of the Japanese ships... but even other, more top-heavy ships are jealous of Jersey's [[AmazonianBeauty other attributes.]]
*** Completely inverted with [[spoiler:Shinano]]. She's ''ashamed'' of her [[spoiler:larger-than-Musashi]] bustline [[spoiler:which she feels to be un-carrierlike]].

** In "Deus Ex Machina", Jersey sees Crowning has a book written by a [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} Daniel Ja-]].

''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/belated-battleships-a-kancolle-snip-dump.358673/ Belated Battleships]]'' ([[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/belated-battleships-2-the-battleshippening-kancolle.426988/ second thread]]) is a ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'' fan-fiction written by [=theJMPer=].

With the Abyssal War raging, the US Navy attempts to summon the shipgirl spirit of the battleship USS ''New Jersey'', only for the ceremony to be interrupted (and the ship sunk) by an Abyssal surprise attack. Thinking that the summoning failed, Professor Crowning, one of the guests at the ceremony, heads to a nearby diner to console himself with apple pie. Then a six-foot-four blonde woman sits down next to him....

* ACupAngst: Infamously flat-chested Ryuujou gets hit the hardest. But Jersey suffers from it as well, merely because she's not as [[GagBoobs ridiculously stacked]] as her Japanese compatriots. This becomes HilariousInHindsight after her remodel comes with a cup size increase.

* FemaleGaze: Quite a bit of text is dedicated to emphasising the shipgirls' attributes.

* Expy: Daniel Stewart, the author of the ''Changing Destiny'' book series in-story, is this to the author of the fanfic of the same name, Skywalker T-65. [[spoiler:Right down to getting hooked up with his shipwaifu, Saratoga.]]

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Various things both comedic and dramatic, including but not limited to thinking that a desire to build models is a sign of pregnancy, demonstrate that although shipgirls look human, they're not truly human in mindset.

* ThrowawayCountry: China is briefly mentioned as having descended into a giant food riot months ago and being radio silent from then on.

* ThePowerOfRock: The taffies are summoned in part by Jersey and White Plains rocking out to ''Danger Zone'' after watching TopGun.

Sufficient Velocity link ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/belated-battleships-kancolle-rehost.23323// Here]]''. [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5022493/chapters/11542387 Archive of Our Own]]. [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11574990/1/Belated-Battleship FanFiction.Net]].

* CrossOver: USS ''San Francisco'' makes a cameo appearance in Fanfic/ChangingDestiny
** Likewise, Fanfic/ChangingDestiny is a book series in-universe. At least a couple of the shipgirls (and Crowning) read it. Alaska met the author of the series while on her first date.

* LadyOfWar: Washington. Beautiful, graceful, deadly... which actually causes problems when her proper eating habits, coupled with the extreme BigEater tendencies of ship girls means that a single meal for her can last about four hours.

* SexForSolace: [[spoiler:Jersey gets frisky with Musashi after Wisconsin gets sunk.]]

* TooDumbToLive: In "Weeb-land, ahoy!", a painfully stereotypical otaku makes the mistake of molesting Shinano while Jersey is nearby.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: On a shopping excursion to downtown Japan with Kirishima, Jersey's confused why everyone seems to be staring at her, since her outfit is so much more mundane than Kirishima's miko outfit. It never dawns on her that at six-four, she's literally [[OneHeadTaller head and shoulders above]] everyone else.

* DarkestHour: One of the reasons why America's summoning rituals failed so much initially is because how this is actually ''averted'' for them. [[spoiler: Despite how many ships they have, they're initially confused as to why Japan and England have such an easy time summoning spirits of ships, until they realize that the Abyssals, as an ocean-going threat, are direct threats to the tiny, resource-starved island nations. It really is ''their'' darkest hour... but America, which sits on a massive continent with plenty of resources, ''isn't'' in the middle of it's darkest hour. If they wanted, they could turtle up and be totally fine. This means that American ship spirits don't feel the pressing urge to come back from their well-deserved rests, since America isn't being threatened like other, more densely-populated ship spirit nations are. Once they realize this, they change the summoning ritual accordingly and start to get real successes.]]

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: there is no ship girl who doesn't make fun of Jersey for her being totally-not-attracted-why-would-you-think-that to Professor Crowning. Crowning at least admits that he likes her, just not to Jersey's face.

* FanGirl: The taffies are amazed to see ComicBook/CaptainAmerica clothing on sale when they visit a mall, thinking he'd be long forgotten in the 21st century.

* [[FighterLaunchingSequence Shipgirl Launching Sequence]]: Only one so far, and for only a single ship, but when it's USS New Jersey, one of the most powerful battleships ''ever'' put to sea, and the deck-crew are using handling procedures based on carrier flight-deck choreography? The result is a launch-scene that is little short of ''epic''.

** In "Priesdesses", one of the waitresses in the diner they go to is a Kongou sort-of cosplayer. Sort-of, because [[Fanfic/IndestructibleSpirit she wears a Royal Navy uniform and calls her "Indestructible".]]

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Jersey is taken aback by the skimpy outfits Nagato and Mutsu wear, but [[spoiler:Musashi]]'s usual form of (un)dress almost makes her completely [[HeroicBSOD blue-screen]].

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: White loves strawberry milk, but this gets brought up more frequently when she's ''offering'' her favorite drink to anyone she thinks needs it.

* TheKlutz: William D. Porter, or Dee to her friends, means well. But she's the most inexplicably clumsy destroyer the world has ever seen.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Most of the naval characters. They're ship''girls'' after all. Crowning's the only one who's been consistently able to see the obvious solution, because naval doctrine isn't hard-wired into his brain.
** As an example, when Heermann is badly damaged, the naval personnel and Jersey start making preparations to tow her (and worry about whether she'd capsize while towing). It's Crowning who suggests Jersey simply ''carry'' Heermann, since they're both ''girls''.

* ShoutOut: In chapter 33a, Crowning encounters a painting of Jersey that is suspiciously reminiscent of the ''Fanfic/PacificWorldWarIIUsNavyShipgirls'' rendition.