History Fanfic / TheGreatestGeneration

* MagneticWeapons: Railguns were equipped on the Zumwalts and the Mirais. They were effective against the Abyssals, but tend to overheat.

* KingIncognito: [[spoiler:All the known American shipgirls thus far are all covertly working in various US Navy departments. Enterprise (Yvonne) works in Office of Naval Intelligence, South Dakota (Dakota) works in Advanced R&D Divison, O'Bannon works in Naval Construction Force, and San Diego is working on reactivating the Kitty Hawk]].

* KingIncognito: [[spoiler:All the known American shipgirls thus far are all covertly working in various US Navy departments. Enterprise (Yvonne) works in Office of Naval Intelligence, South Dakota (Dakota) work in Advanced R&D Divison, O'Bannon works in Naval Construction Forces, and San Diego is working on reactivating the Kitty Hawk]].

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: [[spoiler:Hibiki]], very much so.

** [[spoiler: And now as of Chapter 6 it turns out the US Navy ''does'' have a shipgirl of its own in the form of ''Enterprise'', aka Yvonne Swanson.]]

* TheCameo: Two from ''Fanfic/PacificWorldWarIIUsNavyShipgirls'', another Kancolle fic on this wiki: [[spoiler: Enterprise aka Yvonne Swanson, and O'Bannon as of the latest chapters.]]

* TheReveal: Chapter 6 has one in the form of [[spoiler: Yvonne's true identity being none other than that of USS ''Enterprise'' CV-6, aka "The Grey Ghost".]]

** [[spoiler:Her nightmares about Pearl Harbour have her believing that she could have helped if she were present. But how much good could one intelligence officer do?]]

* BadDreams: The story begins with Yvonne reliving the Abyssal attack on Pearl in her nightmares. Chapter 5 has Yvonne reliving the Pearl attack again.

** A big one that set off chapter 5. [[spoiler: Attempting to sink ''Bismarck'' in the exact same manner and at the exact same location as her namesake. When the ''Hood'' intervenes and saves the ''Bismarck'', an Abyssal super-sub, taking a page out of the playbook of [=USS=] "Hit 'em again" ''Harder'', plows through several of ''Hood''s escorts while no-selling their depth charges, and re-enacts the magazine-detonating hit that sunk the original ''Hood'' by '''JUMPING OUT OF THE WATER AND LAUNCHING A TORPEDO AT HOOD'S FACE, BLOWING HER HEAD CLEAN OFF'''. ]]

* BreakTheCutie: The [=DesDiv=] Six do this ''to themselves'', [[spoiler: by researching Imperial Japanese war crimes]] in Chapter 7.

** Emulating German U-Boat wolf packs.

** Attempting Doolittle's raid with little success.

** A big one that set off chapter 5. [[spoiler: Attempting to sink ''Bismarck'' in the exact same manner and at the exact same location as her namesake. When the ''Hood'' intervenes and saves the ''Bismarck'', an Abyssal super-sub, taking a page out of the playbook of [=USS=] "Hit 'em again" ''Harder'', plows through several of ''Hood''s escorts and re-enacts the magazine-detonating hit that sunk the original ''Hood'' by '''JUMPING OUT OF THE WATER AND LAUNCHING A TORPEDO AT HOOD'S FACE, BLOWING HER HEAD CLEAN OFF'''. ]]

** A more traditional example later in the chapter: [[spoiler: Yvonne reveals herself as the USS Enterprise and launches her air wing to rescue Yamato. See GunshipRescue below.]]
* BigSecret: Chapter 5 mentions that Yvonne and Dakota seem to be hiding something. [[spoiler:Chapter 6 reveals that the former is the USS Enterprise.]]

* TheReveal: Chapter 6 has one in the form of [[spoiler: Yvonne's true identity being none other than that of ''USS Enterprise'' CV-6, aka "The Grey Ghost".]]

** The CNN-style news interludes mention the reactivated ''USS Missouri'' being put under the command of [[Film/{{Battleship}} Captain Alex Hopper]].

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 6. [[spoiler: Another super-Abyssal joins the fray. Hints are dropped that at least some Abyssal ringleaders are vengeful spirits. Yamato sorties into battle and is mortally wounded, and it's revealed that Yvonne isn't a human officer, she's a shipgirl: the ''USS Enterprise'' CV-6. And by the time reinforcements arrive, both Yamato and Enterprise are missing in action, presumed dead.]].

* BreakTheCutie: The [=DesDiv=] Six lolis do this ''to themselves'', [[spoiler: by researching Imperial Japanese war crimes]] in Chapter 7.

* {{Malaproper}}: When she first appears, Akatsuki embarrasses herself with a barrage of these.

* TheReveal: Chapter 6 has one in the form of [[spoiler: Yvonne's true identity being none other than that of ''Enterprise'', aka "The Grey Ghost".]]

* TemptingFate: An unrelenting string of 'how bad could it be?' from the [=DesDiv=] Six girls in chapter 7.
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 6. [[spoiler: Another super-Abyssal joins the fray. Hints are dropped that at least some Abyssal ringleaders are vengeful spirits. Yamato sorties into battle and is mortally wounded, and it's revealed that Yvonne isn't a human officer, she's a shipgirl: the USS Enterprise. And by the time reinforcements arrive, both Yamato and Enterprise are missing in action, presumed dead.]].

* BreakTheCutie: The [=DesDiv=] Six lolis do this ''to themselves'', [[spoiler: by researching Imperial Japanese war crimes in Chapter 7.]]

** The two ''Yukinami''-class guided missile destroyers (''Mirai'' and ''Yukinami'') are one to ''{{Manga/Zipang}}''.

** [[spoiler: And now as of Chapter 6 it turns out the US Navy ''does'' have a shipgirl of its own in the form of ''Enterprise'' aka Yvonne Swanson.]]

** [[spoiler:Being good with a bow for recreational hunting is one thing. But good enough to stand against the carrier girls who train to fight with it?]]

* RealityEnsues: Just because everyone's fighting a war against the common enemy that is the Abyssals doesn't mean that all past hatreds and grudges magically vanish. [[spoiler:Zuikaku]] is the most obvious kanmusu with objections to Yvonne's actions, but far from the only one.

* BreakOutTheMusuemPiece: Following the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and Norfolk by the Abyssals, and the amount of surface ships lost in the fighting afterwards, the [=US=] Navy has had to re-activate whatever ships they could just to get back on their feet. A [=CNN=]-style news article details the reactivation of the ''Missouri'', ''Kitty Hawk'', and ''Little Rock''.

* BringOutTheMusuemPiece: Following the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and Norfolk by the Abyssals, and the amount of surface ships lost in the fighting afterwards, the [=US=] Navy has had to re-activate whatever ships they could just to get back on their feet. A [=CNN=]-style news article details the reactivation of the ''Missouri'', ''Kitty Hawk'', and ''Little Rock''.