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| 11 | ![[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks United States Navy]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | 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. |
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| 15 | * AnimalThemeNaming: All of the submarines that have served are named after various marine life, from fish to sharks to marine mammals (i.e., dolphins, whales, sealions). |
| 16 | * CastHerd: The American ships can generally put into several groups: The Main Carrier Task Force (Iowa, Saratoga, Intrepid), Taffy 3 (Gambier Bay, Samuel B. Roberts, Johnston), [[MultinationalTeam ABDACON]] (Houston, De Ryuter, Perth), the forces at Guadalcanal (Fletcher, Atlanta, South Dakota, Hornet, Helena, Washington, Northampton, Honolulu), and forces of Operation Torch (Ranger, Tuscaloosa, Massachusetts). American ships generally only interact with members of their group and certain Japanese ships. |
| 17 | * {{Eagleland}}: Beautiful variety. They're depicted in a sympathetic and very patriotic manner, not to mention being on the side of the good guys. |
| 18 | * 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. |
| 19 | * GratuitousEnglish: Of varying degrees. Iowa is an 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. |
| 20 | * 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 turret mounts. |
| 21 | * 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' equipment. |
| 22 | * LocationThemeNaming: The light and heavy cruisers are named after American cities, while the battleships are named after American states, and the escort carriers named after various bays, straights, sounds, islands, and rivers.[[note]]The ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska-class_cruiser Alaska]]''-class cruisers fell under the cruiser naming nomenclature as during WWII, both Alaska and Hawai[='=]i were still considered territories of the US and hadn't gained statehood yet.[[/note]] The names of some aircraft carriers ("Lexington", "Saratoga", "Yorktown", etc.) appear at first glance to follow this as well, however those vessels are ''not'' named for the locations themselves but for battles that took place there. |
| 23 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Helena, Houston, Colorado, Hornet, South Dakota, Northampton, Heywood, Nevada, and Drum 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. |
| 24 | * NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Mostly applied to the destroyers and destroyer escorts, which by tradition at the time were named for USN and USMC heroes. |
| 25 | * 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. |
| 26 | * ThemeNaming: US battleships are named after American states; cruisers after cities and towns; destroyers and destroyer escorts after late servicemen; carriers after old ship names and famous battles; escort carriers after bays, sounds, rivers and islands; and submarines after marine creatures. There are exceptions, such as the ''Independence''-class light aircraft carriers being converted cruisers. |
| 27 | * 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. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | !!Destroyers (DD) & Destroyer Escorts (DE) |
| 30 | |
| 31 | [[folder:The ''Fletcher''-class]] |
| 32 | 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. |
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| 34 | * RareRandomDrop: Both ships in this class are currently available only as event drops during limited time events. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | !!Fletcher (DD-445) (1st) |
| 37 | !!!'''Artist:''' ZECO |
| 38 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuki Utami |
| 39 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_fletcher.png]] |
| 40 | [[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_fletcher_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 41 | [[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]]]] |
| 42 | [[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]]]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | --> ''"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!"''\ |
| 45 | |
| 46 | 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. |
| 47 | ---- |
| 48 | * ThirteenIsUnlucky: While some consider the number "13" to be unlucky, she is the [[DefiedTrope 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. |
| 49 | * BlackBraAndPanties: Her damaged Mk. II art reveals that her underwear is black instead of the whites worn in previous versions. |
| 50 | * 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. |
| 51 | * HistoricalInJoke: The nets references how her crew used cargo nets to save USS ''Northampton''[='=]s survivors after the Battle of Tassafaronga. |
| 52 | * MasterOfAll: A fully remodelled Fletcher boasts good though not top-tier Firepower, Torpedoes and Anti-Air, good HP and Armor, high luck, and the best ASW in the game. |
| 53 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: She's named after [=WW1=] Admiral [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Friday_Fletcher Frank Friday Fletcher]], who was a Medal of Honor recipient and the [[BadassFamily uncle]] of [=WW2=] 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. |
| 54 | * ShownTheirWork: |
| 55 | ** 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 as indicated by her headphones. |
| 56 | ** According to artist [[https://twitter.com/ZECOXZECO/status/1291895333975334912 ZECO]], the flower lei on Fletcher Mk.II's Summer 2020 CG is based on a [[http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/445.htm historical photo]] of her having what looks like a lei draped on her bow. |
| 57 | * 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). |
| 58 | |
| 59 | !!Johnston (DD-557) (74th) |
| 60 | !!!'''Artist:''' ZECO |
| 61 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Nao Shiraki |
| 62 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_johnston.png]] |
| 63 | [[caption-width-right:270:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_johnston_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | --> ''"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!"''\ |
| 66 | |
| 67 | 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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| 69 | * 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. |
| 70 | * BlowingARaspberry: Her Summer [=CGs=] have her sticking her tongue out at the viewer. |
| 71 | * 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. |
| 72 | * {{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 [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/5inch_Single_Gun_Mount_Mk.30_Kai_%2B_GFCS_Mk.37 5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai + GFCS Mk.37]], the [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/533mm_Quintuple_Torpedo_Mount_(Initial_Model) 533mm Quintuple Torpedo Mount (Initial Model)]], and the [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/SG_Radar_(Initial_Model) SG Radar (Initial Model)]]. |
| 73 | * GirlishPigtails: Tied up by [[MeaningfulAppearance hair ribbons]] bearing her [[http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/557.htm flag hoist[=/=]radio call sign]], "[=NIKZ=]". |
| 74 | * TheGunslinger: Her [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-inch/38-caliber_gun 5-inch/38 caliber gun]] is combined with the trigger, receiver, and magazine of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_carbine M1 carbine]] rifle that was issued to US soldiers during [=WW2=]. |
| 75 | * 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]] |
| 76 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: In her case, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_V._Johnston John V. Johnston]], a Union navy officer. |
| 77 | * NecessaryDrawback: While Johnston is a poor surface combatant, she excels 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. |
| 78 | * OverratedAndUnderleveled: Despite her historical showing where she ''unambiguously'' pulled off 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. |
| 79 | * OnlySaneMan: Johnston has some moments of this in her hourly lines, like asking Yukikaze if she's cold running around without pants. This is more prominent in fanworks. |
| 80 | * PintSizedPowerHouse: A destroyer who considers heavy cruisers to be suitable sparring partners. |
| 81 | * 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. Her "I’m going to be a fighting ship!" line in her intro is a reference to what [[https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/ships/modern-ships/johnston.html Evans had said]] on her commissioning day in 1943. |
| 82 | --> '''Commander Ernest E. Evans:''' "This is going to be a fighting ship. I intend to go in harm’s way, and anyone who doesn’t want to go along had better get off right now." |
| 83 | |
| 84 | !!Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663)/Ariake (135th) |
| 85 | !!!'''Artist''':ZECO |
| 86 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Unknown |
| 87 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/394px_ship_full_heywood_l_edwards.png]] |
| 88 | [[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_heywood_l_edwards_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 89 | |
| 90 | -->''"My name is Heywood L. Edwards. I've arrived. Admiral, let's work together."''\ |
| 91 | |
| 92 | Heywood L. Edwards is the personification of the ''Fletcher''-class destroyer USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Heywood_L._Edwards Heywood L. Edwards]]''. 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. |
| 93 | ------ |
| 94 | * BespectacledCutie: As adorable as any destroyer and rocking a nice set of glasses. |
| 95 | * BornLucky: Her luck reaches up to 77 base, 100 in Kai, due to her participation in Surigao Strait and surviving the war to become the core of the newly-formed JMSDF before her scrapping in 1976. |
| 96 | * GratuitousEnglish: Like most American shipgirls - although it's a little more justified in her case as she served in both the USN and the JMSDF, so being bilingual in English and Japanese isn't surprising. |
| 97 | * TheGunslinger: Her 5-inch/38 caliber gun is mixed with the trigger, receiver, and magazine of the M1 carbine rifle that was issued to US soldiers during [=WW2=]. |
| 98 | * LegacyCharacter: When Japan got her, they renamed her ''Ariake'' after one of the ''Hatsuharu''-class ships. |
| 99 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Several times in her early morning hourlies, she'll mention serving coffee to the admiral. |
| 100 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Her namesake was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heywood_L._Edwards 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=]. |
| 101 | * OddFriendship: Several of her hourlies show that despite some uncertainty, she's made friends with Yamashiro, the ship she made a torpedo run against in Surigao Strait, and Shigure, the sole Japanese survivor of the same battle. |
| 102 | * SmugSuper: A minor example in a few of her lines. Of course she can fight well; she's a ''Fletcher''-class. |
| 103 | * ThisCannotBe: Her response to sinking is "It's unbelievable!" |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[/folder]] |
| 106 | |
| 107 | [[folder:The ''John C. Butler''-class]] |
| 108 | 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. |
| 109 | |
| 110 | !!Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) (46th) |
| 111 | !!!'''Artist:''' ZECO |
| 112 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Nao Shiraki |
| 113 | [[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_samuel_b_roberts.png]] |
| 114 | [[caption-width-right:230:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Mk. II art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_samuel_b_roberts_mk_2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 115 | |
| 116 | --> ''"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!"''\ |
| 117 | |
| 118 | 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]]'', the Destroyer Escort that Fought like a Battleship. She's introduced as a limited-time quest reward for the game's [[MilestoneCelebration 5th Year Anniversary Patch]]. |
| 119 | ---- |
| 120 | * AnachronismStew: Her 5-inch/38-caliber gun having the trigger, receiver, and magazine of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_P90 Fabrique Nationale P90]] is one as the P90 din't exist until after World War II. |
| 121 | * BadassBoast: Declares that she isn't going to fight like a cruiser, but a battleship- referencing her nickname and the fact that the Japanese mistook the destroyers of Taffy 3 for cruisers (though Sam herself was mistaken for a regular destroyer) |
| 122 | * 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 destroyer escorts weren't supposed to ever ''see'' major combat operations,[[note]]Destroyer escorts are for convoy escorts, antisubmarine duty, and such, not surface combat.[[/note]] but Sam managed to go toe-to-toe with the Center Force and heavily damage ''Chikuma'' and ''Chokai'', both heavy cruisers. |
| 123 | * 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. |
| 124 | * TheDeterminator: Thanks to her real-life counterpart's stellar LastStand, her damaged lines portray her as this. |
| 125 | -->''(Minor Damage line):'' Haaa! You~! / L-Like I'd lose!\ |
| 126 | ''(Major Damage line:)'' Huaaa! I... I can still go on. One more attack! |
| 127 | * DeclarationOfProtection: Makes several in her lines, much like fellow Taffy 3 ship Johnston. |
| 128 | * 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. |
| 129 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: She's foreshadowed by the appearance of the [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/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. |
| 130 | * TheGunslinger: Her 5-inch/38-caliber gun is mixed with the trigger, receiver, and magazine of the Fabrique Nationale P90. |
| 131 | * 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. Her damaged art also references how the real ship used up all her ammunition, eventually resorting to firing star shells (glorified flares) at the Center Forcee. |
| 132 | * ImColdSoCold: Her Sinking line. |
| 133 | -->'''Sam:''' If I get shot this much... I... it hurts... it's cold. Everyone... Admiral... bye... bye... |
| 134 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: In her case, Coxswain [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_B._Roberts Samuel B. Roberts]] who made a HeroicSacrifice at the Battle of Guadalcanal to protect landing American Marines. |
| 135 | * 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. |
| 136 | * TheNicknamer: Calls Gambier Bay "Gamby" in her post-remodel idle line, and in one of her hourlies: |
| 137 | -->'''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.\ |
| 138 | '''Sam:''' ''(14:00 line)'' It is two- ah, hi, Gamby! Gambier Bay! What's up? Ah, really? Me too, me too! Ehehe. |
| 139 | * RedBaron: The Destroyer Escort that Fought like a Battleship. |
| 140 | * 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. |
| 141 | [[/folder]] |
| 142 | |
| 143 | !!Light Cruisers (CL) |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[folder: The ''Brooklyn''-class]] |
| 146 | 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]]. |
| 147 | |
| 148 | !!Brooklyn (CL-40) (1st) |
| 149 | !!!'''Artist:''' Ugume |
| 150 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Maya Enoyoshi |
| 151 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_brooklyn.png]] |
| 152 | |
| 153 | --> ''"It's lovely to meet you! I'm Brooklyn, the name ship of the ''Brooklyn''-class. What? You don't have a problem with me, do you?"''\ |
| 154 | |
| 155 | Brooklyn is the personification of the light cruiser USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Brooklyn_(CL-40) Brooklyn]]'', introduced as a drop in the E-4 and E-5 Maps of the Summer 2022 Event. |
| 156 | ---- |
| 157 | * BornLucky: Maxing out to 77 at base and 97 at Kai, Brooklyn was able to sink French destroyer ''Brestois'' and French cruiser ''Primauguet'' during Operation Torch, as well escaping French submarine ''Amazone''[='=]s torpedoes in the process. Brooklyn would also later provide support fire during [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio Operation Shingle]] as Allied forces pushed into southern France. Post-war, she was sold to the Chilean Navy under the name ''O'Higgins'' before being sold for scrap in 1992. |
| 158 | * ShownTheirWork: Her idle line references how she and several of her sisters were transferred to other navies post-WWII, and her time spent with the Chilean Navy. |
| 159 | * SupremeChef: Many of her hourlies mention serving the admiral a variety of dishes, such as New York cheesecake, hot dog with salsa, and pizza. |
| 160 | |
| 161 | !!Honolulu (CL-48) (7th) |
| 162 | !!!'''Artist:''' Ugume |
| 163 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuki Yagi |
| 164 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ship_full_honolulu.png]] |
| 165 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_honolulu_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 166 | |
| 167 | --> ''"Aloha, Admiral! I am Honolulu, born in New York, raised in Hawaii! Ah, North is here too...! I see, that's great! I'll be in your care as well!"''\ |
| 168 | |
| 169 | Honolulu is the personification of the light cruiser USS ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Honolulu_(CL-48) Honolulu]]''. She was introduced as the completion reward for the E-5 map of the Spring 2021 Event. |
| 170 | ---- |
| 171 | * TheAlcoholic: Tying in with her outgoing personality, almost every other line of her hourlies has her mentioning taking a drink. |
| 172 | * GratuitousForeignLanguage: She peppers her speech with basic Hawaiian phrases. |
| 173 | * HardDrinkingPartyGirl: She has a rather outgoing, enthusiastic personality, and over the course of her late night and early morning hourly lines, has enough drinks to give herself a hangover. |
| 174 | * OralFixation: Her default art has her chewing and popping bubble gum. In her secretary lines, she even offers some to the admiral. |
| 175 | |
| 176 | ! ''St. Louis''-subclass |
| 177 | !!Helena (CL-50) (9th under the ''Brooklyn''-class, 2nd under the ''St. Louis''-subclass) |
| 178 | !!!'''Artist:''' acea4 |
| 179 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yurika Moriyama |
| 180 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_helena_kai.png]] |
| 181 | [[caption-width-right:225:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_helena_8.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | -->''"My name is Helena. I'm the third of the ''St. Louis''-class light cruisers, USS CL-50 Helena. Pleasure to work with you!"''\ |
| 184 | |
| 185 | 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. |
| 186 | ---- |
| 187 | * ArmorIsUseless: She wears a chestplate in her base form and removes it at Kai, but her Armor stat nevertheless increases. |
| 188 | * BornUnlucky: Starts with 9 at base and 13 at Kai. She was present for the attack on Pearl Harbor and torpedoed by an aircraft that mistook her for a battleship, and her crew wasn't familiar with the advanced SG surface search radar installed during repairs, which lead to chaos during the Battle of Cape Esperance. |
| 189 | * TheGunslinger: The stock and grip of her [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-inch/47-caliber_gun 6-inch/47 caliber gun]] resembles that of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Auto-5 Remington Model 11]] riot gun. |
| 190 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Several of her hourlies mention serving coffee to the admiral. |
| 191 | --> '''Married:''' "How about you take a break? If pushing doesn't work, try pulling! Here, coffee! Don't push yourself too hard."\ |
| 192 | '''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?"\ |
| 193 | '''05:00:''' "It's 5 o'clock now. Do you need more coffee? Roger, here you go. Oh! Look, Admiral, the sun's rising!"\ |
| 194 | '''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."\ |
| 195 | '''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." |
| 196 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: Helena is a petitely-built woman with some of the highest Firepower and Armor of any light cruiser. |
| 197 | * SitcomArchnemesis: Helena ''hates'' Japanese destroyers, due to being fatally damaged by torpedoes from the IJN's 3rd Destroyer Squadron during the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kula_Gulf Battle of Kula Gulf]]. |
| 198 | * WorthyOpponent: In contrast to her attitude towards destroyers, Helena actually has a lot of respect towards Kinugasa. |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:The ''Atlanta''-class]] |
| 203 | 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. |
| 204 | |
| 205 | !!Atlanta (CL-51) (1st) |
| 206 | !!!'''Artist:''' Shizuma Yoshinori |
| 207 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriNazuka |
| 208 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_atlanta.png]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | --> ''"How is everything? I am the ''Atlanta''-class air defense cruiser, Atlanta. I'm from Brooklyn. You're the admiral? Nice to meet you."''\ |
| 211 | |
| 212 | 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. |
| 213 | ---- |
| 214 | * 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. |
| 215 | * BizarreTasteInFood: Subverted. 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. |
| 216 | * 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. |
| 217 | * 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. |
| 218 | * GirlishPigtails: Not as large as Gambier Bay's, though. |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | !!Heavy Cruisers (CA) |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[folder:The ''Northampton''-class]] |
| 224 | 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. |
| 225 | |
| 226 | !!Northampton (CA-26) (1st) |
| 227 | !!!'''Artist:''' ZECO |
| 228 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatomiSato |
| 229 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/539px_ship_full_northampton.png]] |
| 230 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/539px_ship_full_northampton_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | --> ''"Nice meeting you. First of the ''Northampton''-class, Northampton, here. You're the Admiral? Shall we?"''\ |
| 233 | |
| 234 | The personification of the heavy cruiser USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Northampton_(CA-26) Northampton]]''. She's introduced in the Spring 2021 Event as a reward in the E-3 Map. |
| 235 | ---- |
| 236 | * CharacterDevelopment: She's far more comfortable with the Japanese destroyers after her remodel. |
| 237 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Her yellow eyes just about matches her blonde hair. (See sidepic) |
| 238 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Mentioned in her married secretary line and several times during her hourlies on serving the admiral coffee. |
| 239 | * OfCorsetsSexy: Emphasizes her "displacement," given that her firepower was about equal to her sister-ship Houston. |
| 240 | * ShownTheirWork: Both of her damage art shows off her left side. During the Battle of Tassafaronga, her historical counterpart's port side had been struck by two torpedoes before sinking. The torpedo boat next to her is likely a reference to ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrol_torpedo_boat_PT-109 PT 109]]'', who had picked up 40 of her crewmembers the following morning of her sinking. |
| 241 | * ShrinkingViolet: Northampton is soft-spoken and tends to shrink from confrontation, even if it's just talking to her compatriots about their unsatisfactory paperwork. |
| 242 | |
| 243 | !!Houston (CA-30) (5th) |
| 244 | !!!'''Artist:''' ZECO |
| 245 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriNazuka |
| 246 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/houston_full.png]] |
| 247 | [[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/houston_kai_full.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 248 | |
| 249 | --> ''"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."''\ |
| 250 | |
| 251 | 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. |
| 252 | ---- |
| 253 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Has a pair of dark yellow eyes and hair. (See sidepic) |
| 254 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/8inch_Triple_Gun_Mount_Mk.9 8inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.9]] introduced as one of the August 2019 Ranking Rewards, and the [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/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]]. |
| 255 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Her hourlies have her serving multiple cups of coffee to the Admiral. |
| 256 | -->'''(7:00)''' It's 7 o'clock. Come, Admiral, I've made my special breakfast for you. Is coffee fine with you?\ |
| 257 | '''(8:00)''' It's 8 o'clock. Admiral, would you like another cup of coffee? Here!\ |
| 258 | '''(12:00)''' It's noon. Here, my special sandwich. Would you like some coffee? Here, enjoy!\ |
| 259 | '''(13:00)''' It's 1 o'clock. Admiral, I'm glad you liked it. Would you like another cup of coffee? |
| 260 | * OfCorsetsSexy: Modeled after her bridge and emphasizes her "displacement". |
| 261 | * SupremeChef: is capable of cooking for the Admiral, from her special breakfast to a steak dinner. |
| 262 | |
| 263 | [[/folder]] |
| 264 | |
| 265 | [[folder: The ''New Orleans''-class]] |
| 266 | Succeeding the ''Portland''-class heavy cruisers, the ''New Orleans''-class heavy cruisers were test beds on innovating several designs while still observing the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. Of the seven total ships, ''Astoria'', ''Quincy'', and ''Vincennes'' were all sunk during the Battle of Savo Island in 1942; while the rest - ''New Orleans'', ''Minneapolis'', ''Tuscaloosa'', and ''San Francisco'' - were all sold for scrap post-war in 1959. |
| 267 | |
| 268 | !! Tuscaloosa (CA-37) (4th) |
| 269 | !!!'''Artist:''' Hoshi Akari |
| 270 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' |
| 271 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_tuscaloosa.png]] |
| 272 | [[caption-width-right:280:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_tuscaloosa_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | --> ''"Hi, good to see you. I'm, that's right, CA Tuscaloosa. Hmm? I'm a ''New Orleans''-class. Pleased to meet you."''\ |
| 275 | |
| 276 | Tuscaloosa is the personification of the heavy cruiser USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tuscaloosa_(CA-37) Tuscaloosa]]'', introduced as the E-5 Reward of the Early Spring 2023 Event. |
| 277 | ----- |
| 278 | * AntiAir: Fairly high on maxing out to 60 and 79 at Kai, in part due to participating [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Leader Operation Leader]] with the RN on being under fire by the Luftwaffe off the coast of Norway while escorting Ranger. |
| 279 | * BornLucky: Has relatively high luck due to avoiding damage in the war and surviving after, demonstrated by maxing out to 77 at base and 90 at Kai, compared to her fellow USN heavy cruisers Northampton and Houston. After the outbreak of war in Europe but prior to Pearl Harbor, she performed various patrol cruises in the Atlantic, took on survivors of the liner SS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Columbus_(1922) Columbus]]'' as rescued seamen back into New York City in December 1939 [[note]]As the UK was at war with Nazi Germany and the US still a neutral party at the time, HMS ''Hyperion'' would've taken the ''Columbus'' survivors as prisoners of war if they had had the room[[/note]], particpated in several operations such as Operation Torch and D-Day, and later joined the fight in the Pacific. Post-war, Tuscaloosa would be put into reserve until her eventual scrapping in June 1959. |
| 280 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To Ranger, though Ranger is less ditzy and more drunk. |
| 281 | * SleepyHead: Some of her hourlies mention her feeling sleepy and taking a nap. Of course, said lines are for the very early morning, but most other fleet girls don't mention sleeping at all. |
| 282 | |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | !!Battleships (BB) |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[folder:The ''Nevada''-class]] |
| 288 | 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. |
| 289 | |
| 290 | !!Nevada (BB-36) (1st) |
| 291 | !!!'''Artist:''' Hoshi Akari |
| 292 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuka Iwahashi |
| 293 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_nevada.png]] |
| 294 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_nevada_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 295 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Mod.2 art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_nevada_mod_2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | --> ''"Nice to meet you! I'm the name ship of the ''Nevada''-class battleships, Nevada. So you're the Admiral, huh? Hmm, well, you'll do! Nice to meet you."''\ |
| 298 | |
| 299 | 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, later available as a drop in the E-7 map. |
| 300 | |
| 301 | ---- |
| 302 | * BadassBoast: Befitting of an American battleship. |
| 303 | -->'''Secretary 2:''' Of course I can, I'm a standard-type battleship! Just you watch!\ |
| 304 | '''Secondary Attack:''' Looking down on me now is asking to die! |
| 305 | * 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. |
| 306 | * BraidsOfAction: Wears her hair in a neat red braid, though it gets undone in Mod.2. |
| 307 | * {{Determinator}}: Major damage just makes her majorly mad. |
| 308 | -->'''Major Damage, after remodel:''' You'll pay for underestimating me! I'm not sinking! |
| 309 | * FieryRedhead: Which does have historical reason, as shown under the ShownTheirWork trope. |
| 310 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: A fairy version of her shows up on the [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/14inch/45_Twin_Gun_Mount 14inch/45 Twin Gun Mount]] and the [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/14inch/45_Triple_Gun_Mount 14inch/45 Triple Gun Mount]] that were released as part of the May 2023 Ranking Rewards, their descriptions mentioning her ship-class name, which she historically also used. Merchandise of her [[https://old.reddit.com/r/kancolle/comments/15osqmb/media_nevada_revealed_at_c102/ full body artwork also showed up at the con event C102]] prior to the Summer 2023 event. |
| 311 | * LethalChef: She burns the Admiral's bacon, and they get sick after lunch despite not eating too much. |
| 312 | * 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. This is reflected in Nevada's speed of "Slow" for all three of her forms. |
| 313 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Asks the Admiral for coffee in one of her early-morning hourlies. |
| 314 | * OddFriendship: She's made friends with Nagato and Sakawa over them both participating in Operation Crosroads. |
| 315 | * OlderThanTheyLook: She was actually the oldest active USN battleship in Pearl Harbor (with the older ''Utah'' having been demilitarized and serving as a training/target ship in 1931) 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. [[note]]''Nevada'' was laid down on November 4, 1912, launched on July 11, 1914, and commissioned on March 11, 1916. Whereas ''Iowa'' was laid down on June 27, 1940, launched on August 27, 1942, and originally commissioned on February 22, 1943.[[/note]] |
| 316 | -->'''Introducion after remodel:''' "Old," you say? Don't joke around. I can absolutely still serve on the main battle line, depending on the operation! |
| 317 | * ShownTheirWork: |
| 318 | ** 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. |
| 319 | ** Her damaged portraits is based off her [[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/archives/digital-exhibits-highlights/action-reports/wwii-pearl-harbor-attack/ships-m-r/uss-nevada-bb-36-action-report.html post-Pearl Harbor damage report]], namely the holes in her forecastle decks towards her bow and damage to No. 1 Turret. |
| 320 | ** Her idle line mentions a bit of her history, such as her being originally from Masachusetts [[note]]her builders was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fore_River_Shipyard Fore River Shipbuilding Company]] based in Quincy, Massachusetts[[/note]], Las Vegas, and amusingly a military base where no one is allowed entry. [[note]]The more obvious answer would be Area51, which she does state, but it could also be the manga ''Manga/Area88'' that Tanaka is a fan of.[[/note]] |
| 321 | ---> '''Idle:''' Good parts of Nevada? O-Oh, the state, not me? Well uh, I was actually born in Massachusetts... Oh right, there's one that goes without saying these days, Vegas, right? Plus, you know, that military facility nobody's allowed to enter... No, no, not that one. You know, Area 51! Eh? How do I know about it? Everyone knows about it, whaddya mean! |
| 322 | ** 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 base and Kai damage art, which was the type of underwear around the time of her launch. |
| 323 | * SitcomArchNemesis: She gets very catty about the Nagumo Task Force in her 1 PM hourly, which is understandable, given that they sunk her in a sneak attack despite the US being at peace with Japan. She even insults Akagi's appetite. |
| 324 | --> '''13:00 line:''' 1 o'clock now. What's with that face, Admiral? Upset stomach? Ah well, you didn't eat much at lunch, did you? Look at them, those Nagumo Task Force girls. They came by without an invite and they're gobbling up everything. How big are their bellies, seriously? |
| 325 | * SupremeChef: Some of her hourlies mentions her serving the Admiral a somewhat elaborate breakfast (other than burning the bacon) and steak dishes several times, one in particular [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chateaubriand_(dish) Chateaubriand]]. |
| 326 | [[/folder]] |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[folder:The ''Colorado''-class]] |
| 329 | 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. |
| 330 | ---- |
| 331 | * LimitBreak: If you have either as flagship, not damaged down to orange health or lower, more than 6 surface ships and no submarines (alternatively, in 7-ship fleets, only 1 sub allowed), a battleship in the 2nd and 3rd psotions who aren't heavily damaged, and no surface ship or sunk, you can activate their special attack by choosing the Echelon (diagonal to right) formation if in single fleet, whereas in a combined fleet the formation needs to be in Cruising Formation 2 for Forward Alert (3 in front, 1 center, 8 behind). This can only be activated once per sortie. |
| 332 | |
| 333 | !!Colorado (BB-45) (1st) |
| 334 | !!!'''Artist:''' Parsley |
| 335 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Haruna Asami |
| 336 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_colorado.png]] |
| 337 | [[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_colorado_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | --> ''"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?"'' [[note]]While USS ''Colorado'' was always the designated lead ship of the class and was given a lower hull number, her "younger" sister ''Maryland'' was both laid down and completed a full ''two years'' ahead of her. This resulted in some contemporary media referring to them as the ''Maryland''-class. Particularly since at the time of ''Maryland''[='=]s completion all three other ships of the class were on the chopping block for cancellation under the Washington Naval Treaty. It was only because of Japan's refusal to scrap ''Mutsu'' (maliciously included by the US negotiators on the list of "incomplete" battleship that would need to be cancelled even though she'd actually been completed and entered active service months before the Washington Naval Conference began) that allowed ''Colorado'' (and ''West Virginia'') to be saved in exchange for dropping the demand that ''Mutsu'' be scrapped.[[/note]]\ |
| 340 | |
| 341 | 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. |
| 342 | ---- |
| 343 | * AloofBigSister: Maryland's voice lines show Colorado brushing off Maryland's desire for affection. |
| 344 | * 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 other Big 7 ships. |
| 345 | * 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. |
| 346 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16%22/45_caliber_gun 16inch Mk.I]] [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/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. |
| 347 | * HighClassGloves: Gray ones covered by normal black gloves. |
| 348 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Her married secretary line and two of her hourlies note about bringing coffee to the admiral. |
| 349 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: The ''Colorado''-class battleships were significantly shorter than the other Big Seven ships of the ''Nagato''- and ''Nelson''-class battleships, and are shorter than any other battleship built after World War I. [[note]]As of August 2021, the only battleships shorter than Colorado in the game are Gangut and Conte di Cavour - Colorado's historical self was 190.27 meters long (624 feet and 3 inches).[[/note]] Colorado nonetheless boasts a respectable Firepower and a group shelling attack. |
| 350 | * PrecisionFStrike: Lets out a random "shit" when she gets slightly damaged. |
| 351 | * 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. |
| 352 | * {{Tsundere}}: Not as blatant as most examples in the game, but there are hints of it in her hourlies. |
| 353 | -->'''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! |
| 354 | |
| 355 | !!Maryland (BB-46) (2nd) |
| 356 | !!!'''Artist:''' Parsley |
| 357 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Misato Matsuoka |
| 358 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_maryland.png]] |
| 359 | [[caption-width-right:260:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_maryland_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | --> ''"Hi, I'm the second ship of the ''Colorado''-class battleships, USS Maryland. That's right, I'm one of the Big Seven. So you're the Admiral? Hmm, I see."''\ |
| 362 | |
| 363 | Maryland is the personification of the US battleship USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maryland_(BB-46) Maryland]]''. She's introduced in the Spring 2022 Event as the E-5 map reward. |
| 364 | ---- |
| 365 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Maryland's attempt to get Colorado's attention in her hourly lines only results in making Colorado mad. |
| 366 | * BornLucky: Like her sister-ship Colorado, Maryland maxes out at 99 in default and 110 at Kai, but unlike Colorado who was away from Pearl Harbor when the attack happened, Maryland was present and survived. Because she was partly protected by ''Oklahoma'', Maryland was able to fire her anti-air guns, and survived two armor-piercing bombs, despite being pronounced sunk by the IJN. After the attack, Maryland would be repaired and upgraded before fully entering the war in 1942, her final fate on being scrapped in 1959. |
| 367 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The fairy version of her was shown off in [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/SG_Radar_(Late_Model) No. 456 SG Radar (Late Model)]] from the March 2022 Ranking Rewards, alongside the fairy version of Fletcher. |
| 368 | * ShownTheirWork: Her default artwork has a clock on her conning tower, while her Kai lacks it, matching how her historical self didn't had the clock after Pearl Harbor. Her library line references her participating in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Magic_Carpet Operation Magic Carpet]] on repatriating soldiers, which was her last mission that didn't involve combat. |
| 369 | |
| 370 | [[/folder]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | [[folder: The ''North Carolina''-class]] |
| 373 | 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. |
| 374 | |
| 375 | !!Washington (BB-56) (2nd) |
| 376 | !!!'''Artist:''' ZECO |
| 377 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukaOotsubo |
| 378 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_washington_8.png]] |
| 379 | [[caption-width-right:270:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_washington_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | --> ''"''North Carolina''-class USS battleship Washington, reporting for duty. You must be my Admiral, then? Please be sure to provide sound command."''\ |
| 382 | |
| 383 | 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. |
| 384 | ---- |
| 385 | * 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. |
| 386 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: She has gray hair and gray eyes. |
| 387 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The 30 September 2020 update had introduced the [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/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 historical ''South Dakota'' and ''Washington'' had a rivalry caused mostly by the second night of the Battle of Guadalcanal, wherein both ships participated. They were separated early on, after which ''South Dakota'' suffered a power failure that left her the next best thing to dead in the water. The Japanese ships all attacked the helpless ''South Dakota'', which distracted them to the point where they didn't notice ''Washington'' approaching, allowing ''Washington'' to deal heavy damage to ''Kirishima'' and ''Ayanami''. ''South Dakota'' got most of the credit, which pissed off ''Washington's'' crew as their ship had done most of the work while ''South Dakota's'' only achievement was being an inadvertent distraction due to her electrical problems, and ''South Dakota's'' crew were mad at ''Washington'' for wandering off into the night and leaving them a sitting duck.[[/note]] |
| 388 | * MoreDakka: Artwise on showing off her dual purpose 5-inch guns compared to her fellow battleships Colorado and Iowa, similar to South Dakota. |
| 389 | * OlderAlterEgo: One distinctive thing about Washington is that [[spoiler:she looks about ten years older than her Abyssal counterpart]]. |
| 390 | * 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. |
| 391 | * 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. |
| 392 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: She doesn't particularly like Kirishima (who she sank at Guadalcanal), and she seems to like South Dakota even less. This is rather true to history, as Washington's crew tended to resent South Dakota for screwing up at Guadalcanal (she had a complete power failure and was a sitting duck for most of the night, forcing Washington to save her) and stealing the credit. South Dakota's crew was no more pleased with Washington, blaming them for running off and leaving them to face Kirishima alone. This animosity allegedly led to standing orders that the two ships were not permitted to be in the same port at the same time, on the grounds that their crews would start fighting with each other. |
| 393 | [[/folder]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | [[folder:The ''South Dakota''-class]] |
| 396 | 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. |
| 397 | ---- |
| 398 | * ShownTheirWork: South Dakota's rigging has a total of eight secondary mounts, four on each side, whereas Massachusetts has a total of ten. South Dakota was built with more space for command facilities compared to her sisters, at the expense of losing one secondary mount on each side. |
| 399 | |
| 400 | !!South Dakota (BB-57) (1st) |
| 401 | !!!'''Artist:''' ZECO |
| 402 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Misato Matsuoka |
| 403 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_south_dakota_5.png]] |
| 404 | [[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]]]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | --> ''"Nice meeting you! My name is South Dakota! Admiral, glad to work with you."''\ |
| 407 | |
| 408 | 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. |
| 409 | ---- |
| 410 | * BlackBraAndPanties: Her [[https://yksk.kancollewiki.net/File:South_Dakota_Full_Autumn_2020_Damaged.png Autumn Festival Damaged Art]] reveals a black bra underneath her Yukata. |
| 411 | * BlowingARaspberry: Her [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/File:South_Dakota_Kai_Full_Autumn_2020_Damaged.png Kai Autumn Festival Damaged CG]] has her sticking her tongue out. |
| 412 | * 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. |
| 413 | * FlippingTheBird: Her raised right finger in her Autumn Festival Damaged CG. |
| 414 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: She resembles the fairy on the [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/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. |
| 415 | * TheJinx: She references herself as such in dialogue, and considering her real-life counterpart's service history, it's well fitting. |
| 416 | ** A miscommunication of steering control during the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands 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''. |
| 417 | ** Her most famous example was during the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]]: [[EpicFail a mistake by her chief electrician]] caused a [[CutTheJuice cascading power failure]] to run through the entire ship, taking the ship's fire control, radars, and ''main battery'' offline, [[OhCrap just as a Japanese battleship fleet emerged around a nearby island]]. This left her as a sitting duck to be pummeled by ''Kirishima'' and the fleet with her almost unopposed (her secondaries could and did return fire on local control, but her main battery could not be trained without power). Luckily none of the dozens of torpedoes sent her way connected, and ''Washington'' was able to separate her out from the Japanese ships around her and open fire. |
| 418 | * 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. |
| 419 | * MoreDakka: Well, artwise when compared to her fellow battleships Colorado and Iowa on displaying more of her dual purpose 5-inch guns. |
| 420 | * MustHaveCaffeine: A lot of her hourlies mention serving the admiral her "special coffee." |
| 421 | * OddFriendship: For two ships that did their best to sink each other, she gets along remarkably well with Kirishima. |
| 422 | * 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. |
| 423 | * 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. Her hat is also based off of her [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conning_tower conning tower]]. |
| 424 | * WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Her hair is the coloration of the American flag, even having stars on it. |
| 425 | |
| 426 | !!Massachusetts (BB-59) (3rd) |
| 427 | !!!'''Artist:''' ZECO |
| 428 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Maya Enoyoshi |
| 429 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_massachusetts_1.png]] |
| 430 | [[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_massachusetts_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 431 | |
| 432 | -->''"Nice to meet you, my name is Massachusetts. It's a pleasure, Admiral."''\ |
| 433 | |
| 434 | Massachusetts is the personification of USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Massachusetts_(BB-59) Massachusetts]]'', introduced as the drop in the E-5 and E-6 Maps of the Summer 2022 Event. |
| 435 | ---- |
| 436 | * BornLucky: Maxing out to 88 at base isn't unusual, it's that she reaches ''125'' in Kai. Other than scoring direct hits on ''Jean Bart'' during Operation Torch that disabled ''Jean Bart''[='=]s turrets, Massachusetts participated in numerous operations after being sent to the Pacific, such as being part of the raid on Truk (it was the primary staging area for the IJN), and the Philippines campaign of expelling the IJN. She also achieved the distinction of never losing a crew member, much like ''Jervis''. She's a museum ship in Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts, at the time of her introduction. |
| 437 | * TheDreaded: To Jean Bart, going by Jean Bart's 14:00 line. |
| 438 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Just prior to opening the Summer 2022 Event, the official C2 Staff Twitter account tweeted hints about a new battleship and had changed their profile picture twice on teasing Massachusetts. |
| 439 | * MadeOfIron: Like South Dakota, Massachusetts maxes out to 109 at Kai. One reason for such a high amount of armor is that Massachusetts had gone through two typhoons and came out with little damages, the first one being [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Cobra Typhoon Cobra]] during the 1944-1945 Philippines campaign. |
| 440 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: She's one of the shorter battleships, while her firepower isn't anything to sneeze at, maxing to 108 at Kai due to the number of ships she's fired at over her career. |
| 441 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Averted as her eyes are red by default, but her damage art gives off this vibe as she takes on a more menacing pose. |
| 442 | * ShownTheirWork: |
| 443 | ** 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. |
| 444 | ** A number of her lines references Operation Torch, mentioning Tuscaloosa, Ranger, and Jean Bart. |
| 445 | ---> '''Library:''' I'm the ''South Dakota''-class USN battleship, Massachusetts. Shortly after being commissioned, I went to the Atlantic and participated in Operation Torch. I fought with a battleship that was on the Axis side at the time. I hope... I hope to see her again one day. Come see me. |
| 446 | * SupremeChef: Several of her hourlies mention about serving a variety of dishes to the admiral, like breakfast consisting scrambled eggs, toast, and bacon, to New England clam chowder. |
| 447 | * WorthyOpponent: Sees Jean Bart as one; unsurprising, given the fight Jean Bart put up even incomplete. |
| 448 | [[/folder]] |
| 449 | |
| 450 | [[folder:The ''Iowa''-class]] |
| 451 | 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. |
| 452 | ---- |
| 453 | * PenultimateWeapon: |
| 454 | ** The [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/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 [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/16inch_Triple_Gun_Mount_Mk.7_%2B_GFCS 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]]. |
| 455 | ** 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. |
| 456 | |
| 457 | !!Iowa (BB-61) (1st) |
| 458 | !!!'''Artist:''' Shizuma Yoshinori |
| 459 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChinamiHashimoto |
| 460 | [[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fbb_iowa_440_full.png]] |
| 461 | |
| 462 | -->''"Hi! It's me of the ''Iowa''-class battleships, Iowa. You are the Admiral of this fleet? Not bad! Take care of us!"''\ |
| 463 | |
| 464 | 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 Platform/PlayStationVita. She's a reward for clearing the final stage on ''Kai'' hard difficulty of the Vita version, and was the E7 reward in the Spring 2016 Event on the browser version. |
| 465 | ---- |
| 466 | * AntiAir: |
| 467 | ** 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. |
| 468 | ** 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. |
| 469 | * BadassBoast: Her night battle line is this, referencing how her class was the last class of battleships active in the entire world. |
| 470 | -->'''Iowa''': If you think battleships are outdated, watch this. Fire! |
| 471 | * BigOMG: In her sunken line. |
| 472 | -->'''Iowa:''' Oh my god... I lost...? The water is... My consciousness is... Admiral... |
| 473 | * BoisterousBruiser: As seen by her attack line: |
| 474 | -->'''Iowa''': Fire! Fire! Ahahaha! Let's go! Yeah! |
| 475 | * BornLucky: |
| 476 | ** She's still around as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_Museum museum ship]] when she was first introduced in 2016. 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. |
| 477 | ** 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. |
| 478 | * 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. |
| 479 | * CleavageWindow: Her knotted shirt-corset combo makes for quite an "impressive" view of her "displacement". |
| 480 | * CutenessOverload: She has this reaction upon seeing the Kongou sisters in her 16:00 hourly line, being shocked at how pretty they are. |
| 481 | * 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. |
| 482 | * ExoticEyeDesigns: Stars as her pupils. |
| 483 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 484 | ** 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. |
| 485 | ** 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). |
| 486 | * {{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. |
| 487 | * FriendlyRivalry: How she sees her relationship with Yamato. She has nothing against the Japanese battleship and readily compliments her, but Iowa historically missed her chance to fight Yamato because Admiral Halsey didn't detach her to go after the Center Force until it was too late, and she'd like to rectify that. |
| 488 | * 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. |
| 489 | * GoingCommando: Her damaged art seems to show her not wearing any panties underneath her already short skirt. 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. |
| 490 | * 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. |
| 491 | * HighClassGloves: White ones that are combined with navy blue fingerless gloves that have large cuffs. |
| 492 | * 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. |
| 493 | * IdiotHair: Right in front of her cap, although it's more noticeable in official art featuring her shaking hands with Yamato. |
| 494 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: In some of her hourlies, she refers to Yamato as the Yamato Hotel while complimenting her cooking and gets surprised when Yamato doesn't take it well. In the 4-koma, this seems to stem from her misunderstanding ''why'' Yamato has that nickname; Iowa sees it as similar to her own epithet 'Iowa Museum' and a sign of how well-built she was (and ''Iowa'' also had a few hotel-like amenities built in to accommodate the disabled President Roosevelt, who she ferried to the Tehran Conference), but it was actually making fun of the fact that Yamato was rarely used as a warship because she was just too expensive to sortie, a problem that Iowa never experienced as the US easily had enough resources to consistently sortie her and her sisters. |
| 495 | * InterfaceSpoiler: Her existence was spoiled by the ''Kancolle Kai'' Platinum trophy listing, as the trophy for acquiring her is simply called "Iowa". |
| 496 | * IUhYouToo: [[spoiler:Evoked with her marriage line]] |
| 497 | -->'''Iowa:''' [[spoiler:Admiral, what's this ring? An engagement ring? For me...? Thank you... me too...]] |
| 498 | * LightningBruiser: Even moreso than any other fast battleships, as her base stats are 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. |
| 499 | * 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. |
| 500 | * 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..." |
| 501 | * NecessaryDrawback: |
| 502 | ** 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]] |
| 503 | ** 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. |
| 504 | ** She also has lowest evasion among all remodeled fast battleships, at 70. |
| 505 | * NiceGirl: Most of her hourly lines involve complimenting her fellow shipgirls, though she accidentally pisses off Yamato by calling her 'Yamato Hotel' (which Iowa meant in context of saying she's a good cook). |
| 506 | * OfCorsetsSexy: Which emphasizes her breasts and bears her hull number, 61. |
| 507 | * 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. |
| 508 | * PerpetualSmiler: Most of her art shows her smiling or having a happy expression. Ever in her damaged art, she's still not frowning. |
| 509 | * PrettyInMink: Her [[https://yksk.kancollewiki.net/File:Iowa_New_Year_2017.png New Year 2017 CG]] has her wear a fur scarf over her ''very'' America-themed Kimono. |
| 510 | * PrimaryColorChampion: Notably has reds and blues on her costume, particularly her leggings, and is firmly on the side of the good guys. |
| 511 | * RareRandomDrop: Her remodeled version has the same rarity level as the ''Yamato'' class, i.e 8. |
| 512 | * ShownTheirWork: |
| 513 | ** The placement of the anti-aircraft guns on Iowa's rigging is a nod to a design choice that separated Iowa from her sisters: Iowa had three 20mm Oerlikon mounts atop Turret Two instead of the quad 40mm Bofors mount the other three had, so as to preserve the sight lines out of the Admiral's Bridge. Hence Iowa having three 20mm's atop her Turret Two, and a quad 40mm atop her Turret Three. |
| 514 | ** Her [[{{Engrish}} bad Japanese]] is another, possibly unintentional, example: Iowa's last stop in Japan was in 1952 and the battleship spent the rest of her career in the Atlantic. Given the game takes place in modern times, Iowa's Japanese would be rusty at best, especially if she was sent over without much prep time to relearn the language. |
| 515 | * SillyMeGesture: She does this in her damaged portrait. |
| 516 | * 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, Massachusetts, and Drum, all four also museum ships upon their introductions. |
| 517 | * 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]] |
| 518 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: |
| 519 | ** 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. |
| 520 | ** Averted by her New Year's art, where she wears a modest [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead American Flag-patterned kimono]] instead. |
| 521 | * TheTease: Her equipment lines border on flirty and outright sexually suggestive, due to how the lines are pronounced. |
| 522 | * 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 of Iowa's lookouts spotted the warhead and called down to the bridge, "Torpedo to starboard. This is not a drill."[[/note]] |
| 523 | -->''"This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill! Hey, Admiral?!"'' |
| 524 | * WearingAFlagOnYourHead: |
| 525 | ** Her leggings feature American flag colorings. Fanartists even sometimes portray her undergarments as an actual American flag. |
| 526 | ** Her New Year's kimono is also patterned after an American flag. |
| 527 | |
| 528 | [[/folder]] |
| 529 | |
| 530 | !!Standard Aircraft Carriers (CV) |
| 531 | |
| 532 | [[folder:The ''Lexington''-class]] |
| 533 | 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. |
| 534 | ---- |
| 535 | * SuperPrototype: At the time of their commissioning, they were the biggest and fastest aircraft carriers in the world. [[note]]The Washington 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. |
| 536 | |
| 537 | !!Saratoga (CV-3) (2nd) |
| 538 | !!!'''Artist:''' Shizuma Yoshinori |
| 539 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShizukaIto |
| 540 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saratoga.png]] |
| 541 | [[caption-width-right:270:[[labelnote:Click here to see Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_saratoga_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 542 | [[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]]]] |
| 543 | [[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]]]] |
| 544 | |
| 545 | --> ''"Hello! I am Saratoga, an aircraft carrier. Admiral, please call me Sara. Pleased to meet you."''\ |
| 546 | |
| 547 | 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. |
| 548 | ---- |
| 549 | * 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. |
| 550 | * BigOMG: Exclaims this at times. |
| 551 | * BoobsAndButtPose: She does this whenever she suffers medium or heavy damage. |
| 552 | * 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. |
| 553 | * 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]] |
| 554 | * {{Foil}}: On both sides of the US. |
| 555 | ** To Akagi and Kaga. All three were originally built as battleships 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. |
| 556 | ** To Ark Royal. Both of them are the first representative carrier girls for their respective navies. 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. |
| 557 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: She was mentioned by nickname ("Sara-chi") in I-26's 1400-hour line months before she was introduced. |
| 558 | * TheGunslinger: 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, which 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. |
| 559 | * InSeriesNickname: I-26 calls her Sara-chi. Saratoga refers to herself with diminutive form of her name: Sara. |
| 560 | * JackOfAllStats: |
| 561 | ** 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. |
| 562 | ** 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. |
| 563 | * 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. |
| 564 | * 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. |
| 565 | * 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. |
| 566 | * 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. |
| 567 | * SignatureHeadgear: Uses her distinctive smokestack as a scrunchy to form her hair into a side ponytail. |
| 568 | * ShownTheirWork: |
| 569 | ** 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. |
| 570 | ** 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. |
| 571 | * 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]]. |
| 572 | * TrouserSpace: A female variation, with her planes stored in stacked and drum magazines ''underneath her dress''. |
| 573 | [[/folder]] |
| 574 | |
| 575 | [[folder:The ''Ranger''-class]] |
| 576 | The only ship of the class, USS ''Ranger'' was the first purpose-built American aircraft carrier and due to budgetary reasons was designed and laid down before the USN had gained much experience with the ''Lexington''-class. As a result ''Ranger'' was found to be too slow to operate with the main fleet and too small to carry a decent compliment of aircraft, so upon the outbreak of the war ''Ranger'' was kept in the Atlantic where the Kriegsmarine fleet was a weaker opponent, and participated in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Torch Operation Torch]], which the Summer 2022 Event is based on. |
| 577 | |
| 578 | !! Ranger (CV-4) |
| 579 | !!!'''Artist:''' Hoshi Akari |
| 580 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Natsuko Abe |
| 581 | [[quoteright:265:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_ranger.png]] |
| 582 | |
| 583 | --> "''Nice to meet you, Admiral. It is an honor to meet you. My name is CV-4, USS Ranger."''\ |
| 584 | |
| 585 | Ranger is the personification of US carrier USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-4) Ranger]]'', introduced in the Summer 2022 Event as the EO E-5 Map reward. |
| 586 | ---- |
| 587 | * TheAlcoholic: Several of her hourlies have her sharing alcohol with the Admiral, and fellow Operation Torch member Tuscaloosa has multiple lines admonishing her for being drunk and encouraging the Admiral to share her bad habits. |
| 588 | * BornLucky: Maxes out to 72 at base and 92 at Kai. Part of that high luck is from during Operation Torch in North Africa, where some of her planes were able to damage ''Jean Bart''. She was also one of the three survivors out of America's seven[[note]]USS ''Langley'', CV-1, had been converted into a seaplane tender before the outbreak of the war and would be sunk off of Java in 1942.[[/note]] active aircraft carriers at the beginning of the war, being scrapped in 1947. |
| 589 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair F4U-2]] [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/F4U-2_Night_Corsair Night Corsair]] was introduced as one of the new equipment at the start of the event, with a fairy version of Ranger before her eventual reveal. |
| 590 | * ShownTheirWork: |
| 591 | ** Her button-up [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaiters gaiters]] - also known as spatterdashes - would be a reference to her ship's badge where the silhouette is that of a minuteman during the American Revolutionary War, where gaiters were commonly worn by the European military forces during the 1700s. |
| 592 | ** 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 larger island seen in later carriers, which is referenced in her idle line and several of her hourlies. |
| 593 | |
| 594 | [[/folder]] |
| 595 | |
| 596 | [[folder:The ''Yorktown''-class]] |
| 597 | 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. |
| 598 | |
| 599 | !! Hornet (CV-8) (3rd) |
| 600 | !!!'''Artist:''' Konishi |
| 601 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FairouzAi |
| 602 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_hornet.png]] |
| 603 | |
| 604 | -->''"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."''\ |
| 605 | |
| 606 | 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. |
| 607 | ---- |
| 608 | * FiringOneHanded: How Hornet's shown launching her planes in the [[https://youtu.be/vxoeF8vS4gY?t=56 Arcade game]]. |
| 609 | * TheGunslinger: 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. |
| 610 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Her married secretary line and several of her hourlies mention serving coffee to the admiral. |
| 611 | * OfficeLady: What her overall design brings to mind, although her jacket resembles more of the flight jackets worn by naval aviators, that of the 1st Model Deck jacket. |
| 612 | * ProperTightsWithASkirt: Wears pantyhose, unlike the garters or thigh-highs of her fellow USN carriers Saratoga and Gambier Bay. |
| 613 | |
| 614 | [[/folder]] |
| 615 | |
| 616 | [[folder:The ''Essex''-class]] |
| 617 | |
| 618 | 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 survive as museums throughout the United States, the aforementioned ''Lexington'' in Corpus Christi, Texas, ''Yorktown'' (CV-10) in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, ''Intrepid'' (CV-11) in New York City, New York, and ''Hornet'' (CV-12) in Alameda, California. |
| 619 | |
| 620 | !! Intrepid (CV-11) (3rd) |
| 621 | !!!'''Artist:''' Shibafu |
| 622 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' [[Series/KamenRiderAmazons Hikari Kubota]] |
| 623 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_intrepid_cv11.png]] |
| 624 | [[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]]]] |
| 625 | [[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]]]] |
| 626 | |
| 627 | --> ''"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?"''\ |
| 628 | |
| 629 | 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. |
| 630 | ---- |
| 631 | * AffectionateNickname: Refers to the Admiral as "Honey". |
| 632 | * 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. |
| 633 | * {{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. |
| 634 | * TheGunslinger: 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. |
| 635 | * 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 hangar size with ''112'' aircraft total ''and'' having medium range right from the start that doesn't get downgraded partway unlike Saratoga. |
| 636 | * LivingMuseumExhibit: Intrepid is much more open about her museum-ship status than Iowa who proceeded her, and whose status as a museum was only referenced in the official 4koma. In contrast, Intrepid proudly references herself as the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum in several of her lines. |
| 637 | --> '''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!\ |
| 638 | '''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.\ |
| 639 | '''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! |
| 640 | * NecessaryDrawback: Her great stat comes with great resource consumption, with second highest fuel and the highest ammo consumption among the carriers. |
| 641 | * ShownTheirWork: Her wedding line not just references her being a museum ship and having been in several films, but also anti-terrorism duties. [[note]]Soon after the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror September 11, 2001]] attacks, [[https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/LatestNews/September-2012/Intrepid-Reflects the FBI used her temporarily as an emergency operations center]].[[/note]] |
| 642 | --> [[spoiler:"How's being a Sea, Air & Space Museum? Well, I've been used for films, for anti-terrorism... Eh? That's not what you're here to talk about? Is this, for me? I'm opening it! Ah! Eh? Is this, for real? No way! Thank you for everything, honey!"]] |
| 643 | * YouWannaGetSued: An artfully-timed cough interrupts her saying ''Manga/{{Area 88}}''. |
| 644 | [[/folder]] |
| 645 | |
| 646 | !!Light (CVL) & Escort Aircraft Carriers (CVE) |
| 647 | |
| 648 | [[folder:The ''Independence''-class]] |
| 649 | The ''Independence''-class light aircraft carriers didn't start out as carriers - they originally started out as part of the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland-class_cruiser Cleveland]]''-class light cruisers before being converted into carriers due to President UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt becoming interested in airpower. None have survived to present day: ''Independence'' (CVL-22) was used as a target during Operation Crossroads before being scuttled in 1951; ''Princeton'' (CVL-23) was the only one lost during the war in 1944; ''Langley'' (CVL-27) and ''Belleau Wood'' (CVL-24) were tranferred to the French Navy before their scrapping in 1963 and 1960, respectively; ''Cowpens'' (CVL-25), ''Monterey'' (CVL-26), ''Bataan'' (CVL-29), and ''San Jacinto'' (CVL-30) were all broken up post-war; and ''Cabot'' (CVL-28) was transferred to the Spanish Navy and the last to be scrapped in 2002. |
| 650 | * LocationThemeNaming: As the ''Independence''-class carriers were originally cruisers, most of them kept their location names, although not all names are American-based. Langley and Cabot are the sole exceptions after their conversions - Langley was named in honor of the first American aircraft carrier USS ''Langley'', with Cabot named after explorer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot John Cabot]]. |
| 651 | |
| 652 | !!Langley (CVL-27) (6th) |
| 653 | !!!'''Artist:''' ZECO |
| 654 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Natsumi Kawaida |
| 655 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_langley_cvl27_6.png]] |
| 656 | [[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_langley_cvl27_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 657 | |
| 658 | --> ''"I'm the ''Independence''-class carrier Langley. Hmph, not that Langley. I'm no collier! My base was an advanced light cruiser."''\ |
| 659 | |
| 660 | Langley is the personification of US light aircraft carrier ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Langley_(CVL-27) Langley]]''. She's introduced in the Summer 2022 Event as the E-3 Map reward. |
| 661 | ---- |
| 662 | * BornLucky: Maxes out to 87 at base, 97 at Kai. For example, during a raid on Truk in spring of 1944, her aircraft shot down 35 opposing aircraft, losing one herself. Post-war, she was transferred to the French Navy under the name ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_aircraft_carrier_La_Fayette La Fayette]]'' before her decommissioning in 1963 and eventual scrapping. |
| 663 | * TheGunslinger: 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. |
| 664 | * IHaveManyNames: Her original cruiser name as ordered was ''Fargo'', then laid down as ''Crown Point'' during the conversion process to carrier, commissioned into the USN as ''Langley'', and finally renamed ''La Fayette'' when she was transferred to the French Navy. |
| 665 | * NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: |
| 666 | ** Simultaneously Downplayed and played straight with her commissioning name: the original USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Langley_(CV-1) Langley]]'' (CV-1) was named in honor of aviation pioneer, astronomer, and physicist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Langley Samuel Pierpont Langley]]. The Independence-class ''Langley'' was named in honor of America's first aircraft carrier after the original ''Langley'' was sunk off the coast of Java in 1942. |
| 667 | ** After her transfer to the French Navy, her namesake is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette Marquis de Lafayette]], who had fought in the American Revolutionary War alongside the Americans. |
| 668 | * ShownTheirWork: |
| 669 | ** She objects that she's not a collier in her introduction line, (USS ''Langley'' (CV-1) was converted from the coal ship USS ''Jupiter''), and that she was originally a light cruiser. |
| 670 | ** The crown-like marking on her hairband references one of her many names, in this case, ''Crown Point.'' |
| 671 | |
| 672 | [[/folder]] |
| 673 | |
| 674 | [[folder:The ''Casablanca''-class]] |
| 675 | 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. |
| 676 | |
| 677 | !!Gambier Bay (CVE-73) (19th) |
| 678 | !!!'''Artist:''' Akira |
| 679 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuuUchida |
| 680 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_gambier_bay.png]] |
| 681 | [[caption-width-right:225:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Mk. II form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_gambier_bay_mk_2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 682 | |
| 683 | --> ''"It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Gambier Bay... Eek! Do-don't shoot! Phew... Th-that's a relief!"''\ |
| 684 | |
| 685 | 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. |
| 686 | |
| 687 | She is one of the focus characters, alongside Commandant Teste and Tashkent, in the [=KanColle=] spin-off comic ''Tonight, Another Salute!'' |
| 688 | |
| 689 | ---- |
| 690 | * BreakoutCharacter: She's just another ship in the game, but the main character in one of the spin-off manga, ''Tonight, Another Salute!'' alongside Tashkent and Teste. |
| 691 | * CommonalityConnection: ''Tonight, Another Salute'' later highlights Gambier Bay's similarity to Haguro, another ShrinkingViolet but who was on the other side at Samar. Both bond together after a sortie when Haguro defends Gambier from an Abyssal attack, and later a cooking competition. |
| 692 | * FanservicePack: Her Mark II outfit shows off her navel and replaces her shorts with half of a skirt. |
| 693 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: She's foreshadowed by December 2017 ranking reward [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/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. |
| 694 | * TheGunslinger: 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. |
| 695 | * 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. |
| 696 | --> '''Gambier Bay:''' ''"I'm... not good..."'' |
| 697 | * 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. |
| 698 | * JokeCharacter: Gambier Bay is overall the worst light carrier in the game, with the lowest Max HP, Armor, and Evasion of any CVL, the smallest air wing, and low Anti-Air and Line of Sight. Her only stats that aren't low are her Firepower, ASW[[labelnote:*]]Since she's one of five light carriers that has an Anti-Submarine stat at all[[/labelnote]], and her surprisingly average Luck. Her Mark II averts this, with far better survivability, some of the best Firepower of any CVL, and a fourth equipment slot. |
| 699 | * LovableCoward: She's terrified of her enemies and most of her current allies, but she'll still fight. |
| 700 | * MagikarpPower: Her strength jumps considerably after her Mark II remodel, which requires her to be at least level 73. |
| 701 | * 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]] Her Mark II form changes this, with better anti-ship and anti-installation capabilities. |
| 702 | * 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. |
| 703 | * ShownTheirWork: A hairband in her Measure 32 dazzle camo and her radar as a sort of hairpin. |
| 704 | * ShrinkingViolet: Rather timid and tends to stutter. Her remodels make her slightly more confident and less panicky, but this never stops being part of her character. |
| 705 | * 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. |
| 706 | * TookALevelInBadass: Her Mark II form makes her far stronger than her Base and Kai forms. |
| 707 | * UnusualWeaponMounting: Gambier Bay Mark II moves her flight deck from a hand-held gun to a rig mounted on her left shoulder. |
| 708 | * 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. |
| 709 | --> '''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..."'' |
| 710 | [[/folder]] |
| 711 | |
| 712 | !!Submarines (SS) |
| 713 | |
| 714 | [[folder:The ''Salmon''-class]] |
| 715 | |
| 716 | 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, though all survived the war. |
| 717 | |
| 718 | !!Salmon (SS-182) (1st) |
| 719 | !!!'''Artist:''' |
| 720 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Kawaida Natsumi |
| 721 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_salmon.png]] |
| 722 | [[caption-width-right:225:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_salmon_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 723 | |
| 724 | --> ''"I'm the ''Salmon''-class name ship, Salmon! We're a bit dated compared to the ''Gato''-class, but we actually made a big impact! Admiral, I'm counting on you!"''\ |
| 725 | |
| 726 | 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 a drop in the E-2, E-3, and E-6 maps. |
| 727 | ---- |
| 728 | * BornLucky: Maxes out to 86 at base and 96 at Kai, as Salmon was able to torpedo and sink several ships, Asahi among them, as well escaping from No. 22's depth charges by slipping away in a squall. Salmon would later survive past the war as a training vessel until her scrapping in 1946. |
| 729 | * LethalChef: Admits that she can't cook and instead offers hot dogs to the Admiral. |
| 730 | * PluckyGirl: Admits that her class is older and less capable than the ''Gato''s, but strives at every turn to prove herself capable. |
| 731 | * ShownTheirWork: Her Equipment 2 line has her happy with properly working torpedoes. This references the notoriously 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]] |
| 732 | [[/folder]] |
| 733 | |
| 734 | [[folder:The ''Gato''-class]] |
| 735 | 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 originally 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. Luckily, 'big fast long-range submarine' is a fairly easy concept to work with, and the ''Gato''s did good work in the vast expanses of the Pacific Ocean. One of the most distinguishing features of the ''Gato''-class subs were the accommodations 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). |
| 736 | |
| 737 | !!Drum (SS-228) (17th) |
| 738 | !!!'''Artist:''' Shizuma Yoshinori |
| 739 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' |
| 740 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_drum.png]] |
| 741 | ->''"Are you the rumored Admiral? I'm honored! I'm Drum, of the Gato-''class''. I came all his way to see you."''\ |
| 742 | |
| 743 | Personification of the submarine USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Drum_(SS-228) Drum]]'', introduced in the Early Spring 2024 Event as the reward for the E-3 Map. |
| 744 | ------ |
| 745 | * 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 (something she mentions herself) and survived until the present as a museum ship in Mobile, Alabama. She's credited with sinking 15 ships, among them ''Mizuho'' and almost sank ''Ryuuhou''. |
| 746 | * GratuitousEnglish: Several of her lines are partially or wholly in English. In her introductory quote, "Are you the rumored Admiral? I'm honored!" is in English. |
| 747 | * LivingMuseumExhibit: Another museum ship like ''Iowa'', ''Intrepid'', ''Massachusetts'', and ''Souya''. Drum is even more upfront about her modern-day museum status than Intrepid, with multiple voice lines inviting the Admiral to visit her museum in Alabama. |
| 748 | * MusicalThemeNaming: Discussed. She clarifies to the Admiral that she was named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciaenidae fish]], not the musical instrument, but she notes that the drum fish was named because it sounded like a drum. |
| 749 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Mentions about having coffee in her secretary line and several of her hourlies. |
| 750 | * ShownTheirWork: |
| 751 | ** 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. |
| 752 | ** One of her lines references the fact that although she is technically the 17th ''Gato''-class submarine, she was the first to actually enter service. |
| 753 | |
| 754 | !!Scamp (SS-277) (66th) |
| 755 | !!!'''Artist:''' Shizuma Yoshinori |
| 756 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Maya Enoyoshi |
| 757 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_scamp.png]] |
| 758 | |
| 759 | -->''"So you're the Admiral? Hmmm, I see. I'm the ''Gato''-class submarine, Scamp. I'm quite capable. Well, nice to meet you."''\ |
| 760 | |
| 761 | Scamp is the personification of US submarine USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Scamp_(SS-277) Scamp]]'', introduced as the E3 Map reward in the Fall 2021 Event. |
| 762 | ---- |
| 763 | * BornLucky: With her maxing out to a respective 55 at base and 72 at Kai, she did had quite the career, sinking the opposing subs - Imuya among them - during escort missions. |
| 764 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Many of her hourly lines mention about coffee being brewed up. |
| 765 | * ShownTheirWork: |
| 766 | ** Her library line mentions how she was caught by a Japanese coastal defense ship, referencing the hypothesis that she was alledgedly sunk by Yotsu in November 1944, but there has been very little evidence. Both of her Secretary 3 lines has her saying how her torpedoes weren't so good, referencing the many problems of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_14_torpedo Mark 14 torpedoes]] she had been armed with, and then later how they're in "tip-top shape" once the issues had been ironed out. The various stars decorating her hair ribbons reference the seven battle stars she was awarded with. |
| 767 | ** At first glance, Scamp's denim shorts would seem to be a case of AnachronismStew, as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorts Daisy Dukes]] wouldn't appear until about the 1980s. However, Scamp's shorts are in fact a reference to her historical emblem, except Scamp herself wears her swimsuit underneath instead of going topless like the girl in her emblem. |
| 768 | * SuperSwimmingSkills: As befitting of a submarine, she wears a one-piece swimsuit. |
| 769 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Her 13:00 line has her briefly fearing Yotsu, the one who alledgedly had sunk her. |
| 770 | --> '''Scamp:''' ''"It's o- hm? That's... those're... Japanese coastal defense ships!? Don't tell me that Number 4 is here too! I gotta run!"'' |
| 771 | |
| 772 | [[/folder]] |
| 773 | |
| 774 | ![[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]] |
| 775 | |
| 776 | 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. |
| 777 | |
| 778 | * BritsLoveTea: 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. |
| 779 | * 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. |
| 780 | * InSeriesNickname: "Country of black tea" is used as UK's nickname in various equipment descriptions. |
| 781 | * NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: A number of ships were named after either famous naval admirals and officers (Jervis, Nelson, Rodney), or royalty who had participated in past wars. |
| 782 | * 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. |
| 783 | * 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]]. |
| 784 | * 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. |
| 785 | |
| 786 | !!Destroyers (DD) |
| 787 | * 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). |
| 788 | |
| 789 | [[folder:The ''J''-class]] |
| 790 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: In a fashion, as the [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/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. |
| 791 | |
| 792 | !!Jervis (F00 from 1937-1940, G00 from 1940-1946) (1st) |
| 793 | !!!'''Artis:''' Konishi |
| 794 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NaoTouyama |
| 795 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_jervis.png]] |
| 796 | |
| 797 | --> ''"Nice to meet you! Lucky Jervis has arrived! Yup, that's right! Leave it to me!"''\ |
| 798 | |
| 799 | 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. |
| 800 | ---- |
| 801 | * AffectionateNickname: Refers to the Admiral as "Darling". |
| 802 | * 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". |
| 803 | * GenkiGirl: Her default emotional state seems to be exuberance, with most of her lines sounding excited. |
| 804 | * 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. |
| 805 | * 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. |
| 806 | |
| 807 | !!Janus (F53) (5th) |
| 808 | !!!'''Artis:''' Konishi |
| 809 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Ari Ozawa |
| 810 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_janus.png]] |
| 811 | |
| 812 | --> ''"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"''\ |
| 813 | |
| 814 | 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. |
| 815 | ---- |
| 816 | * AlwaysSecondBest: Towards Jervis. Janus' MVP line has her excitedly showing Jervis her new award, only to find out that Jervis has even more. |
| 817 | * NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: After the Roman god [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus Janus]]. |
| 818 | * 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. |
| 819 | * ThisIsNotADrill: Says this word for word in her 06:00 line. |
| 820 | |
| 821 | !!Javelin (F61) (6th) |
| 822 | !!!'''Artis:''' Konishi |
| 823 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NaoTouyama |
| 824 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_javelin.png]] |
| 825 | [[caption-width-right:225:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_javelin_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 826 | |
| 827 | --> ''"Are you alright? That's right. I'm the ''J''-class destroyer's nameship, Javelin. Remember that. Hmph. Very well."'' [[note]]Many archives and official sources tend to conflict on which ship is the nameship of the ''J''-class destroyers, ''Jervis'' or ''Javelin''.[[/note]]\ |
| 828 | |
| 829 | Javelin is the personification of the British destroyer HMS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Javelin Javelin]]'', introduced as a drop in the E-6 map of the Summer 2023 Event. |
| 830 | ---- |
| 831 | * BornLucky: 80 points at base with 91 at Kai. She survived gunfire and torpedoes after losing both her bow and stern from German destroyers, and then post-war before her scrapping in 1949. |
| 832 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The developers had [[https://twitter.com/KanColle_STAFF/status/1695043335122284870/ teased her appearance]] right before her appearance. |
| 833 | [[/folder]] |
| 834 | |
| 835 | !!Light Cruisers (CL) |
| 836 | * 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. |
| 837 | |
| 838 | [[folder:The ''Town''-class]] |
| 839 | 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. |
| 840 | * LocationThemeNaming: All of the cruisers are named after various UK cities. |
| 841 | |
| 842 | !''Southampton''-subclass |
| 843 | !!Sheffield (C24) (3rd) |
| 844 | !!!'''Artist:''' Konishi |
| 845 | !!!'''voiced by:''' Creator/KanonTakao |
| 846 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_sheffield.png]] |
| 847 | |
| 848 | --> ''"HMS Sheffield, reporting for duty. You're the Admiral? Hmmm... I guess you'll do. Nice to meet you."''\ |
| 849 | |
| 850 | 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. |
| 851 | ---- |
| 852 | * 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. |
| 853 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The 26 November 2020 update had introduced the [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/6inch_Mk.XXIII_Triple_Gun_Mount 6inch Mk.XXIII Triple Gun Mount]] that had a fairy resembling her on top of it. |
| 854 | * 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. |
| 855 | |
| 856 | [[/folder]] |
| 857 | |
| 858 | !!Battleships (BB) |
| 859 | |
| 860 | [[folder:The ''Queen Elizabeth''-class]] |
| 861 | |
| 862 | The very first warship class to be designated as Fast Battleships, and has served heavily both in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. |
| 863 | |
| 864 | !!Warspite (03) (2nd) |
| 865 | !!!'''Artist:''' Konishi |
| 866 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuuUchida |
| 867 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_warspite.png]] |
| 868 | |
| 869 | -->''"My name is Battleship Warspite, of the ''Queen Elizabeth''-class. Admiral, thanks for having me."''\ |
| 870 | |
| 871 | 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. |
| 872 | ---- |
| 873 | * 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. |
| 874 | * BigOMG: One of her minor damage quotes has her exclaim this. |
| 875 | * BornLucky: Even more so than Yukikaze. Her base luck is 55, but goes up to a whopping ''117'' in Kai. 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]] |
| 876 | * 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. |
| 877 | * CoolChair: Her rigging is based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_Chair Coronation Chair]]. |
| 878 | * CoolCrown: Keeping with the royal theme, she wears a tiny crown off-center on her head, attached to a hairband. |
| 879 | * 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. |
| 880 | * {{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. |
| 881 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Warspite was mentioned in Libeccio's 1700-hour line. |
| 882 | * HandicappedBadass: It's common {{Fanon}} that she is disabled and uses her rigging as a wheelchair to move around, hence why she's portrayed sitting instead of standing. It does make historical sense as the real Warspite took a hit to the stern during the Battle of Jutland that gave her rudder issues for the rest of her career, but some animations make it clear that she can at least stand up on her own. 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. |
| 883 | * LadyOfWar: Conducts herself in a dignified and composed manner, in keeping with her nickname, the "Grand Old Lady." |
| 884 | * 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]]. |
| 885 | * OfCorsetsSexy: Although it doesn't emphasize her "displacement" as much as Iowa's does. |
| 886 | * 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. With Asahi's introduction in the Summer 2023 Event, Warspite is 14 years younger than her. [[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'' was laid down on June 16, 1909, launched October 20, 1911, and commissioned on January 11, 1915. ''Asahi'' was laid down on August 1, 1898, launched March 13, 1899, and commissioned on April 28, 1900. This makes Warspite ''103'' years old when she was added to the game.[[/note]] |
| 887 | * 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 (and Japanese, thanks to the influence of the US occupation period) "Merry Christmas". |
| 888 | * 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. |
| 889 | [[/folder]] |
| 890 | |
| 891 | [[folder:The ''Nelson''-class]] |
| 892 | The ''Nelson''-class battleships were built just as the terms of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty Washington Naval Treaty of 1922]] was impelemented, referred to as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_battleship first treaty battleships]]. Other than having to following the restrictions and taking lessons learned from the Battle of Jutland on focusing speed and manuevarbility over firepower and armor, they're the only unique RN battleships where all of their turrets were placed in front of the bridge as well using nine 16-inch (406 mm) guns. |
| 893 | ---- |
| 894 | * FashionableAsymmetry: To reflect the asymmetrical placement of the main guns on their real-life counterparts (all of their main gun turrets were lined up in front of the bridge tower), their main art has them wielding their main guns on one side (the starboard side for Nelson, the port side for Rodney). This also mirrors their closest contemporary in the Marine Nationale, Richelieu. However, both of their rigging is designed to be able to avert this by docking their gun rigging in front of them, resembling the original ship at the same time. This is their "Nelson[=/=]Rodney's Touch" form. |
| 895 | * LimitBreak: If you have either 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 their special attack by choosing double line formation where either one and ships in 3rd and 5th position will attack 3 targets with their 1 shelling attempt. This can only be activated once per sortie. |
| 896 | * SignatureHeadgear: Their head gear references their real-life radar spires. |
| 897 | |
| 898 | !!Nelson (28) (1st) |
| 899 | !!!'''Artist:''' Konishi |
| 900 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IoriNomizu |
| 901 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_nelson_7.png]] |
| 902 | [[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to see her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_nelson_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 903 | |
| 904 | -->''"I am Nelson. So you're my Admiral? Humph, I see. Good. Show me how you command. I have high expectations."''\ |
| 905 | |
| 906 | 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. |
| 907 | ---- |
| 908 | * 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. |
| 909 | * AntiquatedLinguistics: The "I" - 余 ''yo'' - she uses throughout her lines is an archaic-formal way of saying "I" in Japanese. |
| 910 | * 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. |
| 911 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the July 2018 Ranking rewards was the [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/16inch_Mk.I_Triple_Gun_Mount_Kai_%2B_FCR_Type_284 16inch Mk.I Triple Gun Mount + FCR Type 284]] gun with a fairy wearing similarly horned-headgear and the white sailor suit of the [=RN=]. |
| 912 | * 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. |
| 913 | |
| 914 | !!Rodney (29) (2nd) |
| 915 | !!!'''Artist:''' Konishi |
| 916 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HisakoKanemoto |
| 917 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kancolle_rodney.png]] |
| 918 | [[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to see her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_rodney_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 919 | |
| 920 | -->''"I'm Rodney. Admiral, kept you waiting, huh? It seems like my sister has been taking care of you a lot? But, now that I'm here, it's all fine."''\ |
| 921 | |
| 922 | Rodney is the personification the British battleship HMS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rodney_(29) Rodney]]''. She's introduced as the E-7 reward of the Summer 2023 event. |
| 923 | ----- |
| 924 | * BadassLongcoat: The main difference in clothing between her and her sister is that Rodney wears one over her dress. |
| 925 | * 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. She was eventually scrapped in 1946. |
| 926 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus seaplane]] [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/Walrus Walrus]] that she had historically used was part of the June 2023 ranking rewards, which included a fairy version of her. |
| 927 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Apologizes for making the Admiral wait so long after Nelson for her. Rodney was implemented five years after Nelson. |
| 928 | * MightyGlacier: Not a fast battleship by any means with her speed as "Slow"; she had to push her engines past their limit to catch up with ''Bismarck''. |
| 929 | * NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Her namesake was [[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. |
| 930 | * OnlyAFleshWound: Subverted. While minor damage is brushed off as "just a scratch", she's forced to admit that major damage is "heavy, I guess." |
| 931 | |
| 932 | [[/folder]] |
| 933 | |
| 934 | !!Standard Aircraft Carriers (CV) |
| 935 | |
| 936 | [[folder:The ''Ark Royal''-class]] |
| 937 | The first purpose-built aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, serving as a prototype for future British carriers such as the ''Illustrious''-class. |
| 938 | |
| 939 | !!Ark Royal (91) (1st) |
| 940 | !!!'''Artist:''' Konishi |
| 941 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuuUchida |
| 942 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ark_royal.png]] |
| 943 | |
| 944 | -->''"I am Her Majesty's Ship, Ark Royal. Are you the Admiral? Take care of me."''\ |
| 945 | |
| 946 | 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. |
| 947 | ---- |
| 948 | * AnachronismStew: She uses a compound bow as her launcher, which was developed in the 1960s, long past World War II. |
| 949 | * 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/ElizabethII, the then monarch of the UK at the time of Ark Royal's introduction in Kancolle. |
| 950 | * BigEater: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Her 20:00 and 21:00 hourly line even asks if Hiryuu was eating too much. |
| 951 | * 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. |
| 952 | * CoolCrown: A tiara. |
| 953 | * TheDreaded: Bismarck runs away fast upon seeing Ark Royal. |
| 954 | * 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. |
| 955 | * {{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. |
| 956 | * 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]]. |
| 957 | -->'''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! |
| 958 | * NecessaryDrawback: Ark Royal is capable of launching aircraft during night battles, but only when she is equipped with her signature Swordfish aircraft. |
| 959 | * ObliviousToLove: Surprisingly enough in her marriage line: |
| 960 | -->'''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. |
| 961 | * OfCorsetsSexy: Designed after her bridge. |
| 962 | * [[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. |
| 963 | -->'''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? |
| 964 | |
| 965 | [[/folder]] |
| 966 | |
| 967 | [[folder:The ''Illustrious''-class]] |
| 968 | The ''Illustrious''-class aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy succeeded the ''Ark Royal''-class carriers, laid down in the 1930s in response to the growing threat of the Axis powers. Four were built, that of ''Illustrious'' (R87), ''Formidable'' (67), ''Victorious'' (R38), and ''Indomitable'' (R92), with their eventual fates of being scrapped between 1953 and 1969. |
| 969 | |
| 970 | !!Victorious (38) (3rd) |
| 971 | !!!'''Artist:''' Konishi |
| 972 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Misuzu Yamada |
| 973 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_victorious.png]] |
| 974 | |
| 975 | -->''"I am the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious. So you're the Admiral. Pleased to meet you. Let's be victorious together upon these seas!"''\ |
| 976 | |
| 977 | Victorious is the personification of the British aircraft carrier HMS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victorious_(R38) Victorious]]'', introduced in the Summer 2021 Event as a reward for the E-3 Map. |
| 978 | ---- |
| 979 | * AnachronismStew: She uses a much larger compound bow as her launcher, which was developed in the 1960s, long past World War II. |
| 980 | * BornLucky: While she starts out at a low 10 in base and average 20 at Kai, she seriously maxes out to 90 in base and 110 at Kai. This could be due to various events, such as her participating in chasing ''Bismarck'', participation in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pedestal Operation Pedestal]] on supplying Malta, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Torch Operation Torch]] as part of the Northern Africa campaigns, attacking ''Tirpitz'', and several tours in the Pacific on assisting the USN while continuing to serve post-war. Victorious was eventually scrapped in 1969 in part because of reduction to the UK's defense budget. |
| 981 | * CoolCrown: A very understated tiara. |
| 982 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The Barracuda Mk. II that was introduced as part of the June 2021 Ranking Rewards mentioned her by name, and the fairy resembles the later revealed Victorious, even under the flight cap. |
| 983 | * ShownTheirWork: The two pins on the corners of the lapels is that of her ship's badge, while the rose bow references that the rose is the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_symbols_of_England UK's national flower]]. |
| 984 | |
| 985 | [[/folder]] |
| 986 | |
| 987 | ![[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades Marine Nationale]] |
| 988 | |
| 989 | 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]]. |
| 990 | |
| 991 | * EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Seeing as they are {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s of the Marine Nationale's ships, this trope is in full effect. |
| 992 | * 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. |
| 993 | * GratuitousFrench: Oddly enough, Richeliu's 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). Commandant Teste speaks broken Japanese with French mixed in, while Jean Bart speaks a far smoother Japanese with some French sprinkled in. |
| 994 | * InSeriesNickname: "Tricolore country" is used as France's nickname in various equipment descriptions. |
| 995 | |
| 996 | !Battleships (BB) |
| 997 | [[folder:The ''Richelieu''-class]] |
| 998 | !!Richelieu (1st) |
| 999 | !!!'''Artist:''' Akira |
| 1000 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yumi Tanibe |
| 1001 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fbb_richelieu_492_full.png]] |
| 1002 | |
| 1003 | --> ''"A pleasure to meet you, Admiral. It really is. Battleship Richelieu, reporting for duty."''\ |
| 1004 | |
| 1005 | 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. |
| 1006 | ---- |
| 1007 | * ArtisticLicenseShips: |
| 1008 | ** Her 38cm Quadruple Gun Mount 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. |
| 1009 | ** Her main guns is measured in the centimeter metrics system (similar to the Kriegsmarine) in-game and as such, was referred to as [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/38cm_Quadruple_Gun_Mount 38cm Quadruple Gun Mount]] in accordance to the Japanese sources, even though historically, the French had used the same millimeter metrics system as the Italians. |
| 1010 | ** 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. |
| 1011 | * 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. |
| 1012 | -->'''Richelieu:''' You're facing battleship Richelieu. Out of my way! |
| 1013 | * BornLucky: She has a luck of 22 in her base form due to surviving the war. |
| 1014 | * {{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. |
| 1015 | * 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. |
| 1016 | --> '''Richelieu:''' That's right, I had to fight against friends during that battle. Well, things just happen. [[GratuitousFrench That's life.]] |
| 1017 | * 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. |
| 1018 | * NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: She is named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu Cardinal Richelieu]]. |
| 1019 | * 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. |
| 1020 | * PhenotypeStereotype: Blonde hair and a light eye color, following the trend of many other Allied ships. |
| 1021 | * PunctuatedForEmphasis: She does that in her third secretary line and battle start one. |
| 1022 | --> '''Richelieu:''' Admiral? Stop. Screwing. Around. Are you crazy? |
| 1023 | * ThisCannotBe: If she gets sunk. |
| 1024 | --> '''Richelieu:''' Eh, I'm... sinking? Farewell... my Admiral... |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 | !!Jean Bart (2nd) |
| 1027 | !!!'''Artist:''' Akira |
| 1028 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yumi Tanibe |
| 1029 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_jean_bart.png]] |
| 1030 | |
| 1031 | --> ''"Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Richelieu's little sister, Jean Bart. Excuse me? Are you listening to me? Oh well."''\ |
| 1032 | |
| 1033 | Jean Bart is the personification of the French battleship ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Jean_Bart_(1940) Jean Bart]]'', introduced as the E-6 Map reward in the Summer 2022 Event. |
| 1034 | ---- |
| 1035 | * BornLucky: Maxes out to 94 at Kai. She survived multiple hits by the USN while under [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy_France Vichy French]] control, in particular Operation Torch; and survived post-war as a training ship and test bed of future anti-aircraft guns and radars until her scrapping in 1970. Note that she went to sea ''incomplete'' (most notably, half of her guns had not yet been installed) to fight those battles and still came out intact. |
| 1036 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the June 2022 Ranking Rewards was the French [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loire_130 Loire]] [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/Loire_130M 130M]] flying boat that the historic ''Richelieu''-class ships used, featuring fairy versions of Richelieu and another fairy who resembled the later revealed Jean Bart. There were also hints from the C2 staff's official Twitter that the event would take place in Northern Africa, which hinted at Operation Torch. |
| 1037 | * MadeOfIron: A rather respective 96 at Kai, what with surviving a gunnery duel with ''Massachusetts'' and dive bombs from ''Ranger'' before her time under the Free French control, and surviving post-war. |
| 1038 | * NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Her namesake is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Bart Jean Bart]], French naval commander during the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Years%27_War Nine Years' War]], and later privateer. |
| 1039 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: How she views Massachusetts in her 14:00 line. |
| 1040 | --> '''Jean Bart:''' 2pm. Hmm? That mast belongs to... Massachusetts? H-how are you? Of course I'm doing well. I'll take you on anytime. |
| 1041 | [[/folder]] |
| 1042 | |
| 1043 | !!Seaplane Tenders (AV) |
| 1044 | [[folder:The ''Commandant Teste''-class]] |
| 1045 | |
| 1046 | !!Commandant Teste |
| 1047 | !!!'''Artist:''' Akira |
| 1048 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yumi Tanibe |
| 1049 | [[quoteright:276:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/commandant_teste.png]] |
| 1050 | |
| 1051 | --> ''"Hello. Nice to meet you. I'm Commandant Teste. Admiral, I'll be in your care."''\ |
| 1052 | |
| 1053 | 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.\ |
| 1054 | |
| 1055 | She is one of the focus characters, alongside Gambier Bay and Tashkent, in the [=KanColle=] spin-off comic ''Tonight, Another Salute!'' |
| 1056 | ---- |
| 1057 | * BreakoutCharacter: She's just another ship in the game, but a major character in one of the spin-off comics. |
| 1058 | * MeaningfulAppearance: 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." |
| 1059 | * 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. |
| 1060 | * 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. |
| 1061 | * PhenotypeStereotype: She has blonde hair and blue eyes, similar to the other Western nations' introductory ships Bismarck, Iowa and Warspite before her. |
| 1062 | |
| 1063 | [[/folder]] |
| 1064 | |
| 1065 | ![[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Voyenno-Morskoy Flot SSSR (VMF)]] |
| 1066 | 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". |
| 1067 | |
| 1068 | * GenderFlip: As with the case of German ships, Russians refer to their warships as "he", thus making their portrayal here this trope. |
| 1069 | * 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. |
| 1070 | |
| 1071 | !!Destroyers (DD) |
| 1072 | [[folder: The ''Akatsuki''-class]] |
| 1073 | |
| 1074 | !!Verniy (Ex-Hibiki) (2nd) |
| 1075 | |
| 1076 | She is listed along with [[Characters/KanColleOne 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. |
| 1077 | |
| 1078 | [[/folder]] |
| 1079 | |
| 1080 | [[folder: The ''Tashkent''-class]] |
| 1081 | |
| 1082 | !! Tashkent (1st) |
| 1083 | !!!'''Artist:''' Yadokari |
| 1084 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Wakana Miyagawa |
| 1085 | [[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_tashkent.png]] |
| 1086 | |
| 1087 | --> ''"Hello! I, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flotilla_leader destroyer leader]] Tashkent, have arrived from a long way! Comrade Admiral! Take care of me!"''\ |
| 1088 | |
| 1089 | 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. |
| 1090 | |
| 1091 | She is one of the focus characters, alongside Commandant Teste and Gambier Bay, in the [=KanColle=] spin-off comic ''Tonight, Another Salute!'' |
| 1092 | ---- |
| 1093 | * 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). |
| 1094 | * BreakoutCharacter: She's just another ship in the game, but a major character in one of the spin-off comics. |
| 1095 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: She's mentioned in Gangut Dva's 2200 line. |
| 1096 | * GratuitousRussian: Occasionally sprinkles some Russian in her lines. |
| 1097 | * HiddenBuxom: Her damaged art shows that she has a B-cup like chest. |
| 1098 | * 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". |
| 1099 | |
| 1100 | [[/folder]] |
| 1101 | |
| 1102 | !!Battleships (BB) |
| 1103 | [[folder:The ''Gangut''-class]] |
| 1104 | |
| 1105 | !!Gangut[=/=]Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya |
| 1106 | !!!'''Artist:''' Yadokari |
| 1107 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AsamiSeto |
| 1108 | [[quoteright:339:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gangut.png]] |
| 1109 | [[caption-width-right:339:[[labelnote:Click here to view her art as Gangut Dva]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lahlyt.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 1110 | |
| 1111 | --> ''"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."''\ |
| 1112 | |
| 1113 | 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. |
| 1114 | ---- |
| 1115 | * 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]] |
| 1116 | * BadassArmFold: Does this as Gangut Dva. |
| 1117 | * BoisterousBruiser: Is very loud and enthusiastic about getting into the thick of battle. |
| 1118 | * 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. |
| 1119 | * CoatCape: Wears her white coat as a cape in her Dva form. |
| 1120 | * DefrostingIceQueen: She's initially cold and hard to approach, but as you upgrade her more, she'll slowly open up to the Admiral. |
| 1121 | * DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: Holds one of these in her non-Dva form. |
| 1122 | * GratuitousRussian: She occasionally peppers some Russian into her speech. |
| 1123 | * HiddenBuxom: She looks flat at first glance, but her Dva damage art shows [[https://yksk.kancollewiki.net/File:KanMusu316CGDmg.png she does have breasts]]. |
| 1124 | * 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]] |
| 1125 | * 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. |
| 1126 | * OlderThanTheyLook: At the time of her original introduction in 2017, Gangut was ''the oldest'' shipgirl despite looking like a teenager (although she does have white hair). With Asahi's introduction in the Summer 2023 Event, Gangut is currently the second oldest shipgirl. [[note]]''Asahi'' was laid down on August 1, 1898, launched March 13, 1899, and commissioned on April 28, 1900. ''Gangut'' herself was laid down on June 16, 1909, launched October 20, 1911, and commissioned on January 11, 1915. ''Kongou'' was laid down on January 17, 1911, launched on May 18, 1912 and commissioned on August 16, 1913, and finally ''Warspite'' who was laid down on October 31, 1912, launched on November 26, 1913, and commissioned on March 8, 1915.[[/note]] |
| 1127 | * OverlyLongName: Her new name is noted to be very long and quite the mouthful to pronounce. She even has a line dedicated to that point. |
| 1128 | --> '''Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya:''' My name is too long!? Hmph! |
| 1129 | * PhenotypeStereotype: Has white hair that's stereotypically associated with Eastern Europeans in most other Japanese media. |
| 1130 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Considering her look, she's definitely this compared to her peers, what with her historical counterpart's length at 181.2 meters (594 feet). She's still a battleship after all. |
| 1131 | * 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. |
| 1132 | * RuggedScar: Has a visible scar below and behind her left eye. |
| 1133 | [[/folder]] |
| 1134 | |
| 1135 | ![[UsefulNotes/SwedesWithCoolPlanes Svenska Marinen]] |
| 1136 | 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... |
| 1137 | |
| 1138 | !!Light Cruiser (CL) |
| 1139 | |
| 1140 | [[folder:The ''Gotland''-class]] |
| 1141 | !!Gotland (1st) |
| 1142 | !!!'''Artist:''' drew |
| 1143 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanonTakao |
| 1144 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_gotland.png]] |
| 1145 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see her Kai form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_gotland_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 1146 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see her Andra form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_gotland_andra.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 1147 | |
| 1148 | --> ''"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!"''\ |
| 1149 | |
| 1150 | 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. |
| 1151 | ---- |
| 1152 | * BoobsAndButtPose: In both of her damaged art. |
| 1153 | * 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. |
| 1154 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Two of the July 2018 Ranking rewards foreshadowed Gotland's arrival. One was the [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/Bofors_15.2cm_Twin_Gun_Mount_Model_1930 Bofors 15.2cm Twin Gun Mount Model 1930]] with one of the fairies resembling her petting a sheep that references her badge, while the other reward was the [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/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]] |
| 1155 | * GratuitousForeignLanguage: A smattering of Swedish sprinkled throughout her lines. It's pronounced correctly, although with a clear Japanese accent. |
| 1156 | * TheGunslinger: 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. |
| 1157 | * 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. |
| 1158 | * MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Unlike the game's other light cruisers, Gotland can equip seaplane bombers. |
| 1159 | * NecessaryDrawback: |
| 1160 | ** 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. |
| 1161 | ** 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). |
| 1162 | * ShownTheirWork: The red toy horse that she's holding in her base 2024 New Year kimono is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalecarlian_horse Dalecarlian horse]] or Dala horse that is considered a symbol of Sweden. |
| 1163 | |
| 1164 | [[/folder]] |
| 1165 | |
| 1166 | ![[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Royal Australian Navy]] |
| 1167 | 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. |
| 1168 | |
| 1169 | !! Light Cruiser (CL) |
| 1170 | [[folder:The ''Perth''-class (modified ''Leander''-class or ''Amphion''-subclass)]] |
| 1171 | 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. |
| 1172 | |
| 1173 | !!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]] |
| 1174 | !!!'''Artist:''' Kusada Souta |
| 1175 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuuUchida |
| 1176 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_perth.png]] |
| 1177 | [[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to view her Kai art]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_perth_kai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 1178 | |
| 1179 | --> ''"How are you? I'm Perth of the ''Perth''-class light cruisers. HMAS Perth! I was born in England, raised in Australia."''\ |
| 1180 | |
| 1181 | 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. |
| 1182 | ---- |
| 1183 | * AwesomeAussie: As part of her Kai Introduction line. |
| 1184 | --> '''Perth:''' HMAS Perth is here. Don't underestimate my strength - I was raised in Australia. Well, shall we get started? |
| 1185 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/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]] |
| 1186 | [[/folder]] |
| 1187 | |
| 1188 | ![[UsefulNotes/DutchmenWithDestroyers Koninklijke Marine]] |
| 1189 | 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. |
| 1190 | |
| 1191 | !! Light Cruiser (CL) |
| 1192 | [[folder:The ''De Ruyter''-class]] |
| 1193 | !!De Ruyter |
| 1194 | !!!'''Artist:''' Sara |
| 1195 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yurika Moriyama |
| 1196 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kc_de_ruyter.png]] |
| 1197 | |
| 1198 | --> ''"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!"''\ |
| 1199 | |
| 1200 | 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. |
| 1201 | ---- |
| 1202 | * 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''. |
| 1203 | * {{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. |
| 1204 | * NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Named after Dutch Admiral [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_de_Ruyter Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter]]. |
| 1205 | |
| 1206 | [[/folder]] |
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