Major Nations
Eagle Union (Destroyers (DD) | Light Cruisers (CL) | Heavy Cruisers (CA) | Large/Battlecruisers (CB/BC) | Battleships (BB) | Light Aircraft Carriers (CVL) | Aircraft Carriers (CV) | Submarines (SS) | Repair Ships (AR))
Royal Navy (Destroyers (DD) | Light Cruisers (CL) | Heavy Cruisers (CA) | Battleships (BB) | Light Aircraft Carriers (CVL) | Aircraft Carriers (CV))
Sakura Empire (Destroyers (DD) | Light Cruisers (CL) | Heavy Cruisers (CA) | Battlecruisers and Battleships (BB and BC) | Aircraft Carriers (CV/L))
Ironblood (Vanguard Ships (Destroyers, Light & Heavy Cruisers) | Main Fleet ships (Battlecruisers, Battleships, Light & Fleet Carriers) | Submarines)
Other Nations
Dragon Empery | North Union | Iris Libre | Vichya Dominion | Sardegna Empire
Other Characters
META | Ashes | Others | Sirens
A list of Eagle Union Light Cruisers from Azur Lane. Click here to return to the Eagle Union character page.
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The Omaha-class
Class-wide Tropes
- More Dakka: Except for Richmond, all of them have the "Quick Reload" skill that gives a chance to lower reload time. However, they're the only Eagle light cruiser family besides the Atlanta class to have torpedoes.
- Older Than They Look: The Omaha class were the oldest class of cruisers still in service with the United States Navy at the outbreak of World War 2, being built post World War One. You would not know this by looking at any of these ships however as none of them reflect this age in game.
Omaha (CL-4)
Voiced by: Juri Kimura
- ID: No. 029Rarity: NormalArtist:"Omaha-class cruiser —— Omaha! Greetings, Commander~ You could say I’m the elder of the fleet, hoho~ Shoudn’t you give me something as a gift for our first meeting?"
- Weight Woe: Many of her lines express concern about her figure, arising from the many refits the original ship experienced.
Milwaukee (CL-5)
Appears in the game as Murmansk, her new name after being transferred to the Soviet navy. For tropes related to her, please see Azur Lane North Union.
Raleigh (CL-7)
Voiced by: Juri Kimura
- ID: No. 030Rarity: NormalArtist:"I’m the Omaha-class light cruiser Raleigh, please sign here on this contract……from now on, I’ll be relying on you, Commander."
- Sensei-chan: Despite her youthful appearance many of her lines make reference to doing training.
Richmond (CL-9)
Voiced by: Riko Kohara
- ID: No. 303Rarity: NormalArtist: MayaG"Hi, are you the Commander? Aha, that's great - I'm Richmond, please look after me."
- Catgirl: Wears a pair of headphones with fake cat ears on them.
- Support Party Member: Instead of "Quick Reload", she has "Artillery Command - Cruiser" that increases the damage of all cruisers.
Concord (CL-10)
Voiced by: Kana Yuuki
- ID: No. 366Rarity: RareArtist: oouso"Light cruiser Concord, reporting in. Do I like lollipops and ice cream-- huh? Does the Commander always like to gaze at people's feet? Hehe."
- Animation Bump: One of the first few ships to have multiple expressions in her splash art, and she has them for both her base skin and her festival skin.
- Catgirl: Like Richmond, she wears a pair of cat ear headphones. While she takes them off for her festival skin, she does still have them with her.
- Cordon Bleugh Chef: Her personal quest culminates in attempting to avert this. In part six, she can cook, but her food is neither appealing looking nor well-balanced in flavor—she always puts too much sugar.
- Exotic Eye Designs: Star-shaped pupils.
- Girlish Pigtails: Her hair emphasizes her childish love of sweets.
- Gyaru Girl: Of the Kogal variety, though more on the mild side.
- Oral Fixation: Always seen licking something.
- Sweet Tooth: Always has some kind of sugary foodstuff on her, and frequently talks about sweets.
Marblehead (CL-12)
Voiced by: Larissa Tago Takeda
- ID: No. 448Rarity: RareArtist: SilverRoid"Sup. Name's Marblehead. Are you the Commander? Ahah☆ I dig your style. Hehehe, let's hang out sometime!"
- Gyaru Girl: She appears to be a mix of both Kogal and Ganguro type with a lighter skin than what you'd normally associate with ganguro, but darker than her original skin tone as seen in her old photo ID that is attached to her jacket. And pre-oath, she very much acts the part.
- Has a Type: Tells the Commander that she has a thing for overachievers.
- Hidden Depths: Despite her appearance and her attitude, she shows herself to be quite perceptive in combat. She also enjoys baking. It's best seen post oath where her lines involve wanting to see a Museum. An artwork by her artist
even has her imagining herself, pre-image change in a traditional wedding dress. - Shout-Out: Not intentional, but the style of breast tattoo and her pre-image change look brings to mind the tragic Emergence/Metamorphosis (177013) eromanga by ShindoL. And while her artist has decried the associations of her with that eromanga, it's worth pointing out that same creator also posted concept designs with one Marblehead looking like Saki before her image change.
- Furthermore, in her boxing skin, the silhouette of the man on her clothing's logo brings to mind one of the memetic "Gachimuchi" guys.
- The Tease: Enjoys teasing the Commander by asking if he's into her.
Memphis (CL-13)
Voiced by: Hekiru Shiina
- ID: No. 360Rarity: RareArtist: SilverRoid"I am Omaha-class light cruiser Memphis. Many esteemed individuals have been aboard me and I've served as the flagship of the US Naval Forces in Europe… You should etch my past service into your memory."
- Fanservice Pack: Her Halloween skin shows her with a noticeably larger bust compared to her regular and casual skins. This was actually foreshadowed with this artwork by her artist with a similar if not bigger upgrade.
- Hot Witch: Her Halloween skin leaves very little of her bust to the imagination, rather surprising as her normal skin and casual skin are rather conservative.
- Insufferable Genius: She's got shades of this on account of her storied history as an escort ship, telling you to keep up with her, and she does prove it as a dutiful secretary and in-story.
- When the Commander engages her in a mock battle in Parallel Superimposition, she turns out to have a knack for being The Strategist, being able to direct a huge mass-produced ship fleet without fail while anticipating many of the Commander's moves; it took the Commander using himself as bait to win, predicting her luring his shipgirls away with a reserve fleet to let her personally come out of her submarine flagship to take his flagship—but leaving it vulnerable to a pre-planned air bombing by Yorktown. Despite how close she came to winning, she admits the Commander was her better. It's revealed that it was actually her META self, but that Memphis was her base form at least shows her potential.
- Proud Beauty: Oh, does she know the Commander likes it.Affinity (Friendly): "Who can blame you for being so captivated by me? Very well, I'll allow you to gawk a bit longer."
- Talented, but Trained: To the point of sounding like The Perfectionist—she toots her own horn a lot, but that doesn't mean she rests on her laurels. Setting her as your secretary has her competently do her duties, chiding you to finish your missions, as well as her idle lines mentioning having a "hectic schedule" and dazzling everyone with her performance in Naval Reviews.
- This Cannot Be!: Her defeat line:"To think that I would lose... how unsightly!"
The Brooklyn-class
Class-wide Tropes
- Jack of All Stats: Overall, they all have a balanced stat distribution for a Rare light cruiser — average HP, evasion, and anti-air defensively, but a high amount of Firepower (the tie-highest for a Rare CL, equaling the Glass Cannon Achilles and Ajax cruisers) to make use of their trade-off of a secondary gun mount instead of a torpedo slot. All three sisters have a way of buffing their Firepower through their singular but different skill — Brookyln's support skill, Phoenix's defensive one, and Honolulu's purely offensive one.
Brooklyn (CL-40)
Voiced by: Lynn
- ID: No. 031Rarity: RareArtist: realmbw"I'm Brooklyn. Commander, I'm an elite cruiser so leave the foreign affairs to me."
- Being Personal Isn't Professional: Subscribes to this. Once she hits maximum affection, she notes that she may not be suited to act as the entire fleet's diplomat, as she wishes to fight only for you.
- Gunboat Diplomacy: Essentially qualifies as a personification of this, herself being both a gunboat and a diplomat. Though she never quotes the line directly, she certainly takes "Speak softly and carry a big stick" to heart.
- Support Party Member: Her main skill increases the damage dealt by all cruisers in the party.
- Sexy Secretary: Despite her looks, she's very serious about her position as secretary ship, a nod to being a diplomatic ship. This has caused her to be given glasses in various pieces of fanart to complete the look. However, if touched inappropriately, she will complain that a diplomat is different from a secretary.
Phoenix (CL-46)
Voiced by: Lynn
- ID: No. 032Rarity: RareArtist: realmbw"Are you the Commander? I'm Phoenix. That's right, the legendary Phoenix! Do you have what it takes to lead me?"
- Blood Knight: She is always looking for strong opponents.
- Born Lucky: Her Luck stat of 88 reflects her unusually fortunate wartime service record — despite serving in some of the hottest war zones of the Pacific Theater (including the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the recapture of the Philippines) her crew only suffered one fatality from enemy fire.
- Fiery Redhead: Flaming red hair, and very Hot-Blooded.
- Genki Girl: Whether it is battle or in the dorm, she is always excitable.
- Last Chance Hit Point: Once per battle, her main skill heals her and briefly boosts her damage output when her HP drops to 20%
- Shout-Out: Is a fountain of Mobile Fighter G Gundam references.Phoenix (Low HP): "My hand is calling out to seize victory!"
Honolulu (CL-48)
Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa
- ID: No. 304Rarity: RareArtist: Yunsang"Honolulu, Brooklyn-class cruiser, reporting in. Hey, could you please stop staring? I-it's not like my breasts are big just because I want them to be…"
- Covert Pervert:
- While it seems like her fanservice is all the result of the universe conspiring to embarrass her as much as possible, a closer inspection reveals that Honolulu is not completely free of fault. The most damning evidence is her Christmas skin, in which she mentions "special Christmas lingerie" note and being very reluctant to explain to the Commander just what she was planning to do with those ribbons while partially undressed...
- She (eventually) doesn't get mad if the Commander gropes her chest (highly unusual for a tsundere) and even comes to like having big breasts upon realizing the Commander might like them big. Her swimsuit of choice is a pretty bold black bikini (similar to what the les restrained Zara wears). Upon marriage she tells the Commander he can do whatever he wants to her when they're alone.
- D-Cup Distress: Right in the introduction. She's actually quite insecure about them; since everyone is always admiring them or being jealous of them, she sometimes feels they are more important than who she is as a person, and that they are the only attractive thing about her.
- As her affection increases, she doesn't mind them as much, mainly because the Commander likes them.
- Besides the social insecurity, she also complains about shoulder pain during "Sakura School Festival".
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Her summer skin is basically a reference to paizuri, except with a water hose.
- Foil:
- To St. Louis. St. Louis is blue-themed, while Honolulu is red-themed, and in an inversion of Red Oni, Blue Oni, St. Lou is a friendly and outgoing woman, while Honolulu is shy and reserved. St. Louis doesn't have any problem with her body figure, while it is a major concern for Honolulu, unless her affection for her Commander is high enough.
- To a degree, she is one to Zara. Both are red-haired, both are designed by the same artist, both have great body figures. However, Zara is a tanky heavy cruiser, and Honolulu is a bit of DPM light cruiser due to her skills. Zara, just like St. Louis, has no problem with her body figure, is quite confident in herself and is friendly towards Command. The opposite is true for Honolulu.
- Girls Love Stuffed Animals: In her school skin, she has a teddy bear. In "Sakura School Festival", she talks to "Teddy" and is embarrassed when the Commander discovers its existence. The commander also gifts her one in her personal story.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold:
- Despite her somewhat prickly personality, she will sometimes remark about how Helena always looks so sad, and tell the Commander that they should try to make her laugh. Both ships took part in the Battle of Kula Gulf, where the USS Helena sunk, and survivors from the Helena's crew were transferred to the Honolulu.
- She also repeatedly assures the Commander that she doesn't hate them, and takes offence at the notion that she can't be nice.
- Her festival skin has her openly enjoy her time with the Commander, and attempt to win a goldfish to give to Helena.
- Reluctant Fanservice Girl: Most of her skins are of this nature as the fanservice is at her expense, and she frequently tells the commander to turn away while wearing them. And in the remarks of her school outfit has her choosing a spot so no one stares at her.
- Tsundere: Played With. She claims she was born with that attitude. Ironically, despite being a Reluctant Fanservice Girl, she doesn't actually get mad if the Commander touches her breasts, simply because they're being so direct she doesn't even feel like getting angry. She has numerous lines where she makes it clear that she doesn't hate the Commander, and no lines where she says anything like the stereotypical "It's not like I like you", and both her mail line and her Return to Port line have her do or say nice things to the Commander, only to get upset that he's surprised she can be nice (which is completely understandable). Her introduction tweet on the JP twitter brings up a "Sasebo personality" (Gets prickly when in awkward situations), that may describe her better.
Boise (CL-47)
Voiced by: Yū Sasahara
- ID: No. 514Rarity: EliteArtist: 羽織イオ"Huff... Puff... I'm Boise of the Brooklyn class... Umm... Is there something I can help you with?"
- Animal Motifs: Sports fake bunny ears on her head, similarly to another ship from the same event, New Jersey. She does say herself that they're supposed to be antennas, however.
- Cool Mask: Subverted, in that Boise absolutely does not think of herself as cool, and wears the mask due to social anxiety. She definitely has the actions and ability to count as cool, though.
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Creepy Cute: Her 2021 Halloween skin has this in spades. You wouldn't think it possible for a witch wearing a plague doctor's mask to look cute, but Boise pulls it off - No Mouth: Possibly her defining feature is the gas mask covering her nose and mouth, considering going without covering the bottom of her face to be extremely stressful. Even in her skin without her mask, she covers her mouth with her hair.
- Playboy Bunny: Her Sheepish Sapphire skin is this.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Some of her secretary lines indicate she feels this way with her sister Phoenix. Design and attitude wise, it makes sense, with Phoenix being a Hot-Blooded Fiery Redhead, while Boise is a blue-haired Shrinking Violet whose design invokes Makinga Splash (with her scuba attire and all).
- Shout-Out: Her secretary questline title is called "Me and the Boise".
- Vader Breath: Played with. It's obvious that she's in no way evil, considering she's a playable character, and quite a cute one at that. It is true, though, that the combination of a gas mask covering her mouth and the quite noisy deep breaths she takes in some of her lines can be a bit unsettling.
The St. Louis-class
A class of ships that are practically a subclass of the Brooklyn Class, thus they share many similarities.
Class-wide Tropes
- Strong Family Resemblance: The two resemble each other quite a lot, especially when you compare them to their Brooklyn-class sisters and Wichitanote .
St. Louis (CL-49)
Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa
- ID: No. 305Rarity: EliteArtist: Yunsang"Hello, I'm St. Louis. People used to call me Lucky Lou. Don't you think this is your lucky day, finding me like this, Commander?♪"
- Anti-Air: Her anti-air stat is exceptional, like most USN cruisers. One of her skills increases her anti-air stat at the cost of her firepower, which can be mitigated if her Lucky Lou skill is also activated.
- Badass Boast: Boasting that her luck is second to none (only when her HP is low). A bit ironically in-game, as her luck stat is just above-average at 65, not sky-high like Enterprise or Yukikaze. This makes her a lot tankier than her little sister Helena, but not to the point of Cleveland-class or Belfast. Still, coupled with her skill, it is more than enough to ensure that she will not only be able to deal damage reliably, but she will also have enough sustainability to dish out her firepower.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: A special chapter of the Slow Ahead has her selling Official dakimakuras of herself and others at YoStar's booth at Comiket, much to Unicorn's chagrin, given she's one of the subjects of such merchandise.
- Cool Big Sis: To Helena. It is unknown, however, how much Helena acknowledges this (her younger self idolizes her). Still, as an older sister, Louis does care and worry about Helena's well-being. In one instance when her affection towards you reach "Upset", she will tell you to at least spare Helena.
- Helena reveals that she also taught Helena to dance, and had a lot of fun dressing Helena up for her New Years skin. She also says St.Louis has repeatedly commented on how much Helena had grown following her retrofit, which Helena finds embarrassing.
- Cool Car: A Mclaren P1 in her Luxurious Wheels skin.
- Cute Little Fangs: She shows her fangs in her chibi form when bathing or "dancing" on stage furniture.
- Fanservice Pack: Her "Luxrious Wheels" skin ups her already sizable bust to close to Taihou levels if not also emphasizes/lengthens her legs.
- Foil: To Honolulu. St. Louis is blue-themed, while Honolulu is red-themed, and in an inversion of Red Oni, Blue Oni, St. Lou is a friendly and outgoing woman, while Honolulu is shy and reserved. St. Louis doesn't have any problem with her body figure, while it is a major concern for Honolulu, unless her affection for her Commander is high enough.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Downplayed, but her acquisition line makes a remark about being lucky. The player would have to be lucky to land her as she's either in light construction (which is crowded with ships of her rather high rarity) or a drop in 10-3.
- Leg Focus: Her Luxurious Wheels skin places a massive emphasis on her legs. The developers also made one of the loading screens◊ St. Louis in her Luxurious Wheels skin sitting and posing in a way to highlight her long legs.
- Lightning Bruiser: If her skill "Lucky Lou" is activated, she is this, as her skill greatly increased both her evasion and firepower at the same time.
- Malaproper: One of her secretary lines has her reminding the Commander that "the feud chair is unpredictable", possibly meaning the Fed(eral) Reserve chair, as her namesake is home to the headquarters of the 8th Federal Reserve District. And, of course, a joke on the saying "the future is unpredictable".
- Ms. Fanservice: Shapely, clad in a way that emphasizes her curves regardless of skin, teases nip slips and panty shots in her Live 2D skins.
- Nice Girl: Despite her somewhat flirtatious attitude, she is clearly one. She loves and care much her little sister, is quite nice towards the commander and others, and tries to encourage Arizona to not let what happened at Pearl Harbor wear her down.
- Red Baron: Lucky Lou, which is the name of one of her skills, which buffs various stats.
- Shameless Fanservice Girl: While not on Atago's level, she isn't shy about her looks and her reaction to being inappropriately touched is being mildly upset that it was done in public. Honolulu calls her "Bold".
- Stance System: Her Anti-Air Mode, which increases her AA stats at the cost of her firepower, although this is somewhat negated by her Lucky Lou skill, which has a chance to increase her firepower.
Helena (CL-50)
Voiced by: Tomoyo Chuujou (Japanese), Samantha Herek (English), Georgina Sánchez (Latin American Spanish)
Helena (Retrofit)
- ID: No. 033Rarity: EliteArtist: realmbw"Nice to meet you Commander. I'm Helena. My strong suit is enemy reconnaissance. Please... guide us towards victory."
- Cool Big Sis: To a number of destroyers, particularly those that served along side her. Laffey is one example, as shown in some promotional material.
- Companion Cube: Plenty of her lines have her referring to her SG radar set as if it were alive.
- Grew a Spine: Her initial reaction to being groped is to say that, if it makes the commander happy, she's fine with it. Her New Year skin has her nervously ask the Commander not to, her Party skin has her be startled and accidentally step on the Commander's foot, and her retrofit has her, with complete confidence, tell the Commander he can't go around doing stuff like that.
- Please, Don't Leave Me: Her defeat line, which is a reference to her fate as USS Nicholas and USS Radford had to abandon the rescue operation of her crew, after sinking at Kula Gulf, in order to pursue the enemy.note
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: The main reason she's always sad and quiet is due to having taken part in some of the worst battles of the Pacific War, including Pearl Harbour, the Guadalcanal Campaign, and Kula Gulf. Combined with the fate of her crew, it's taken a bit of a toll on her mental health.
- Supreme Chef: Appears to be this.
- One of Honolulu's lines for her school skin has her ask if the Commander wants to eat lunch with her because he likes her, or because he really just wants to eat the food Helena made for her, while Cleveland asks if the Commander wants some of Helena's pumpkin pie in her Halloween skin.
- One loading screen has her prepare some cake for Laffey.
- Target Spotter: Her Radar Scan skill gives a Damage-Increasing Debuff on all enemies on the screen.note
- In the anime, it doesn't debuff, but it does let her know if enemies are nearby.
- Third-Person Person: Downplayed. While completely absent in her base skin, her other three skins have her refer to herself as Helena, or say things like "You did a great job, me", especially in her victory quotes. However, most of her other lines are in first person in all of her skins.
- Took a Level in Cheerfulness: Her New Year skin has some lines of her being notably more cheerful than before. Her Party Skin takes this to its max, with the help of the Commander and her friends, all of her original sadness has been wiped out and replaced with genuine happiness. By the time of her retrofit, she's even talking about how she feels people would be happier if they lived in the present, rather than worrying about the future. All three of her skins even have her encourage herself if she loses, as opposed to begging others not to abandon her like she does in her normal skin.
Lena/Little Helena
Voiced by: Tomoyo Chuujou
- ID: No. 390Rarity: EliteArtist: Alisa"How should I do my hair today~? Huh? Wh-who are you? Why are you in my room? Huh? This isn't my room...? Eh? Ehhhh...?!"
A younger version of Helena added by complete surprise in June 2019.
- Big Sister Worship: Her admiration of St. Louis is clear in her lines and her desire to be a lady just like her.
- The Cutie: Despite her Shrinking Violet tendencies, several of her lines revolve around her cuteness.
- Head Pet: Has a Manjuu sleeping on her head, both in her character art and her chibi form.
- Shrinking Violet: It's clear she's a rather shy sort from lines like her introduction line.
- Ship Tease: To Clevelad, possibly to mirror increasing amount of Ship Tease between Helena and Cleveland. The English version of her line has her going even a bit Tsundere-ish when asking about Clevelad.
- Support Party Member: Her Youthful Light skill can debuff a number of enemy stats.
The Atlanta-class
Class-wide Tropes
- Crippling Overspecialization: The entire class is very good at swatting planes out of the air at the cost of having low firepower and torpedo, despite being some of the rare few torpedo cruisers from the Eagle Union.
- Stance System: Like their cousins in the Cleveland-class, Atlanta and Juneau possess the Anti-Air Mode skill, which sharply increases their own Anti-Air stat at the cost of lowering their Firepower for a short duration. Since they already have high anti-air stats and low firepower note , this lends to their overspecialization.
- Support Party Member: Atlanta and San Diego have skills that buff friendly ships' anti-air; Atlanta's affects only cruisers passively, while Sandy's affects the entire fleet for a limited time when its chance to activate occurs. Juneau trades in an anti-air buff for a sacrificial heal when she's sunk.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Girly Girl to the Cleveland-class ships' Tomboy.
Atlanta (CL-51)
Voiced by: Kazusa Aranami
- ID: No. 034Rarity: RareArtist: Yumesaki Kaede"I'm the anti-aircraft cruiser Atlanta. Kept you waiting, huh, Commander? But from now on, you can rest easy and let me handle everything!"
- Cool Big Sis: Tries to be one to the Commander (emphasis on TRIES). She is more successful in being one to her little sisters, even giving her share of any mission rewards to them.
- Zigzagged in The Solomon Ranger event, where she tells Portland that one of her little sisters is a dork (San Diego, who is a dork) and the other is a crybaby (Juneau, who hasn't been sunk yet). However, she does admit that she does think they're cute, and while she does somewhat like being away from San Diego, because it means she's able to hear herself think for once, she admits that she prefers to be with them, though she is nowhere near as obsessed with them as Portland is with Indy.
- If sortied together, San Juan will actually call her out for trying so hard to be one and putting too much emphasis on being a big sister.
- Little Big Sister: The oldest of her class, but smaller than San Diego in certain areas. She is aware and not exactly happy to be reminded of it.
- Ludicrous Precision: During The Solomon Ranger event, she states that Portland has stared at Indy's photo 105 times and sighed 115 times since they started the mission.
Juneau (CL-52)
Voiced by: Juri Kimura
- ID: No. 035Rarity: RareArtist: Yumesaki Kaede"I-I'm Juneau... I'm a cruiser... I'm scared of pain... *Sob* And I'm scared of you, Commander...!"
The personification of the light cruiser Juneau. The most timid of the sisters.
- Cowardly Lion: In the Ashen Simulacrum event, despite her crying out of fear when faced with the Sirens, she refuses to back down from a fight against Purifier, and even manages to score the winning shots on her. This trait of hers becomes more pronounced with her retrofit.
- Hates Being Alone: Likes to sleep in with the commander as a way to cope with her nightmares.
- Heroic Sacrifice: In a sense as she has a skill (War Martyr) that heals everyone else upon her defeat in battle.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: In Ashen Simulacrum, not only does she hold the line against Purifier, she's the one who cripples and forces the Siren to retreat.
- Love Redeems: Pledging her helps her come to terms with the loss of her crew and the trauma around it.
- Past Experience Nightmare: Has a recurring nightmare involving five shadowy figures.note Fortunately for her, this dream will change as you build her affection, until she can see who they are and that they're all brothers, which instead makes her sad. But if the commander pledges her, she'll see them one last time where they offer their congratulations.
- Prone to Tears: Gives Spence a run for her money as the most scared Eagle Union ship. Given the events around her sinking, it's no wonder. note
- However, during The Solomon Ranger, which recreates the Battle of the Eastern Solomons which took place about three months before Juneau was sunk, Atlanta refers to her as a crybaby, meaning that she may have already been like this to some degree before her sinking, though the sinking obviously made it far worse.
- However, during The Solomon Ranger, which recreates the Battle of the Eastern Solomons
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: As mentioned in the Prone to Tears notes, she has some serious trauma due to the circumstances of her sinking, probably even beating Yorktown. note
- Shout-Out: Definitely does not look like Ilyasviel von Einzbern.
- Took a Level in Cheerfulness: After her retrofit, she becomes less timid and more friendly toward the Commander, and is more willing to look for ways to help out. She's also more proactive about going out on missions, though still expresses relief at the end of battles. This is reinforced in her party skin, where she actually smiles and is decently cheerful and friendly, enjoying her time on a date with the Commander.
San Diego (CL-53)
Voiced by: Asuka Itou (Japanese), Bryn Apprill (English), Gaby Ugarte (Latin American Spanish)
San Diego (Retrofit)
- ID: No. 036Rarity: Super RareArtist: Yumesaki Kaede"Hello, I'm San Diego! I'm the cruiser who received the most stars in the Second World War! (Giggles), self intro done!! I'm great, aren't I!"
The personification of the light cruiser San Diego. Easily the most popular of the three Atlanta sisters both in-gamenote and in real lifenote .
- Ace Custom: On remodel her normal barrage goes from "Full Barrage - Atlanta class II" to "Barrage - San Diego", replacing the shots with stars with slight homing and raises the shot requirement to 16 (this is to account for the significantly increased volume of fire she'll have)
- Annoying Younger Sibling: While Atlanta does prefer to be with her sisters, she also likes being able to hear herself think, which she can't do when Sandy's constantly orbiting around her.
- Ascended Meme:
- Her memetic status was actually recognized by the devs who made a video with a legion of her clones complete with a stage with her copies of back up dancers. That same stage was given to players in the mail so they too can give any shipgirl a legion of San Diego back up dancers when put on the front of it.
- The English version's third server is aptly named Sandy, although other versions have servers using her full name.
- The sheer amount of Memetic Mutation around her led the devs to give her a remodel, making her the first ever playable ship beyond SSR rarity - Ultra Rare.
- Butt-Monkey: In the anime, she is this, with terrible luck at every turn. However, it has been a bit nice to her from Episode 4, and even gave her a genuine battle moment alongside Helena, who was also easily taken out in her first appearance.
- Com Mon: She's the SSR Com Mon of construction pool. This, combining with her Idol Singer status, makes her very comparable to KanColle 's Naka, and shares the same timer (1:10:00) and VA as Girls' Frontline 's IDW (but shares it with no highly desired units unlike said Catgun). She is generally received better due to her high medal value (and after her remodel, her effectiveness as a unit). And if you plan on going for said remodel, you'll need a lot of her — four extra copies for limit breaks, and three extra copies for the retrofit process. note
- Crippling Overspecialization
- Has the highest Anti-Air stat in the game, and her I Am No. 1! skill increases the party's Anti-Air stat, which means she can increase her own even further, all at the cost of terrible stats in all other attacking areas. This is in a game where plane nodes are rare up to the last few levels, and even then other ships can also swat planes out of the air without sacrificing firepower and torpedo.
- Her post-remodel Song of the Stars skill increases her Anti-Air stat even further, but also has a high chance (capped at 100%) to fire a barrage of star-shaped ammo on the screen. This ends up subverting the trope since her remodel raises her firepower stat so that it's only outdone by certain other refitted ships.
- Cute, but Cacophonic: While she is definitely cute, her singing is so terrible that it knocks Gridley out, and Atlanta comments that one of the benefits of being deployed away from Sandy is that she can finally hear herself think.
- The Ditz: She is not the brightest bulb in the pack; an example would be the Christmas skin having her be unaware of how she was wrapping herself in microphone cord. Her biography reveals that she has no idea what stars are... or America, despite the Commander knowing what it is (in fairness to her, this is actually reference to a Chinese meme and company with over-the-top commercials).
- Dreadful Musician: Despite her aspirations, she is such a horrible singer that Gridley outright faints from her attempts in "The Holy Night of Love and Peace" mini-event.
- Everyone Has Standards: Even her dimness doesn't diminish her dislike of the Commander should you upset her:"Don't come any closer, Commander! Stupidity is contagious!"
- Idol Singer: One of the most glaring examples.
- Leitmotif: I Am No. 1!, befitting her status as the game's Joke Character (who turns into an outright Lethal Joke Character post remodel).
- Lost in Translation: The joke about her not knowing what America is. In the English and Japanese versions, it seems like it's just her being a ditz. In the original Chinese version, it's a reference to a Chinese company called American Shengdiyage, known in China for a hilariously over-the-top commercial for a brand of fertilizer, which San Diego's chibi will occasionally pull out a package of while in the Dorm. Shengdiyage is the Chinese name for San Diego, both the ship and the citynote .
- Magikarp Power: It can't be emphasized enough how mediocre she is for an alleged Super Rare ship due to her Crippling Overspecialization before her retrofit; her only argued use was on the very small number of extremely plane-heavy maps, and even then there's other ships with more well-rounded stats so she wasn't a first-choice for most players. After her retrofit, she becomes one of the strongest light cruisers in the entire game for general usage in addition to vaporizing planes. Among Anti-Air Light Cruisers, it takes the release of Seattle (a prototype ship) to have a ship comparable to her post-refit self.
- More Dakka: Post-refit the combination of being able to use Destroyer guns, having an additional main gun mount, and a high reload stat make for a lot of shots coming from her. And this is before her two barrages come into play.
San Juan (CL-54)
Voiced by: Yuki Shion
- ID: No. 404Rarity: RareArtist:"I am San Juan, Atlanta-class anti-aircraft cruiser number four. I've served as a support unit for the Eagle Union's carrier fleets. You seem like a person up to your ears in work, Commander... so I now offer to support you!"
- Bilingual Bonus: Being the boat that represents Puerto Rico, her English lines are sprinkled with some Spanish, as Boricuas often do, including her special touch line, where she tells you to keep your hands to yourself in Spanish. However, these lines where eventually removed, and now her lines are only in English.
- Nice Girl: While she can be strict at times, she's extremely supportive of the Commander, doing her best to help them with their work and keep them on track. If the fleet she's in is defeated, she tells the others to retreat while she stays behind to cover them. And while she's critical of San Diego and Atlanta's tendencies, her line with Juneau has her kindly supporting her little sister.
- Only Sane Man: Is the most normal of the sisters seen thus far, though it causes her to worry about standing out. She's quick to address her sisters' quirks if in the same fleet with them, and worries that they may be causing the commander trouble.
- Support Party Member: Her Air Navigation warning skill has a chance of boosting the anti-air stat of all eagle union ships in the fleet.
Li'l Sandy/Little San Diego
Voiced by: Asuka Itou
- ID: No. 392Rarity: EliteArtist:"San Diego, making her shining debut! She shoots, she scores~ Yaay! Hehe, only a genius like me could come up with a one-of-a-kind intro like that!"
The second surprise Eagle Union "child" ship released in June 2019. She aspires to be an idol.
- Big Sister Worship: Maybe not worship level, but if she sorties with Atlanta, she will insist on getting attention from her.
- The Ditz: More so than regular Sandy as she'd wonder what to do next after asking.
- I Hate Past Me: Inverted on both counts; when with her older self, she calls them both the strongest.
The Oakland-class
An updated version of the Atlanta-class cruisers, with an even heavier focus on anti-air warfare.
Reno (CL-96)
Voiced by: Meiko Kawasaki
- ID: No. 445Rarity: Super RareArtist: Pandea"You're the Commander? Ahh, I've always wanted to meet you! I mean, aren't people like you basically heroes trying to save the world? Which kind of makes me your sidekick, right? Oh, I'm Reno, part of the Oakland class! It's a pleasure!"
- Ascended Fangirl: A fan of superhero comics who absolutely Jumped at the Call when given the opportunity to fight against the Sirens.
- Balance Buff: The December 22, 2020 patch significantly improved her skills - Vigilant Supporter had its crit rate buff when in a fleet with a CV/L increased from 15% to 35%, its damage to enemy destroyers and light cruisers per CV/L in the same fleet boosted from 6% to 10%, and its 10% damage reduction for CV/Ls in the same fleet extened from the first 2 battles to the first 4. Meanwhile, Reno Reactor was changed to proc ever second time the main fleet takes damage instead of every third. She also got a 5% Boost to both Main Gun and Torpedo efficiencies.
- Bland-Name Product: According to her, her gadgets include an "Ibranium shield", a "Chiropterang", and a "Worpher Belt".
- D-Cup Distress:
- One of her lines refers to "huge things" getting in the way of her dreams and her envy of the flat girls. Her Special Touch reiterates their getting in the way.
- Her "Summer Spin-off" skin has an idle line complaining about others playing in a volleyball tournament, what with her breasts making it hard to move around.
- Hero-Worshipper: Her acquisition line has her greet the Commander enthusiastically as her hero.
- Kid Sidekick: Invoked; she has a youthful appearance and boundless enthusiasm, and she explicitly calls herself the Commander's sidekick in her introductory lines.
- Science Hero: She builds her own superhero gadgets, which she can't wait to show off to the Commander in her Stranger line.
- Shout-Out: Almost everything about her, from her Tricked-Out Gloves to the names of her skills to most of her lines reference Marvel superheroes.
- Underboobs: Subtly visible through her translucent top.
The Cleveland-class
Class-wide Tropes
- Boring, but Practical: While their skills aren't really flashy or amazing, their very solid statlines make them very dependable frontliners.
- Foil: To the Atlanta-class light cruisers. They're gun light cruisers with very well rounded stats with very few weaknesses. The Atlanta-class are torpedo light cruisers who heavily focus in anti-air at the cost of their other offensive stats.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: Though their numbers don't quite reach the same dizzying heights as the Fletcher-class destroyers, the Cleveland-class is rather large for a family of cruisers, with 27 total members (of which six unique ships are represented in game thus far).
- Stance System: The Cleveland-class ships possess the Anti-Air Mode skill, which sharply increases their own Anti-Air stat at the cost of lowering their Firepower for a short duration, a drawback which can be mitigated or negated completely by their other skills or that of their allies as well as leveling the skill.
Cleveland (CL-55)
Voiced by: Saya Horigome (Japanese), Kristen McGuire (English), Xóchitl Ugarte (Latin American Spanish)
- ID: No. 037Rarity: EliteArtist: Hao"Pleasure meeting you, Commander! I'm Cleveland, a knight of the sea! Come on, time is money! We can't afford to take a break!"
The personification of the light cruiser USS Cleveland
, and the eldest of the five Cleveland sisters.- Ascended Meme: Her "Clevedad" fan nickname from Asian World of Warships has become one in the game.
- Badass Cape: She's a highly skilled kansen, leader of the Knights of the Sea, and wears a white cape on her regular skin, and a black one on her Halloween skin.
- Bifauxnen: In addition to her usual tomboyish charm, her Gentry Knight skin really leans into this.
- Canine Companion: Gains a pet dog named Knight in her Gentry Knight skin.
- Cool Big Sis: As far as her sisters are concerned, she's very much this. Montpelier takes it a bit further as seen below. If paired with Fletcher or Z1, she will comment on them sharing this status with her for their classes/ship types. However, this is downplayed with Biloxi, who respects her and views her as a sister, but not an older sister, with one of Biloxi's lines having her be confused over who the Commander is talking about when they mention an older sister.
- Cool Shades: Will sport the "Deal With It" shades upon victory.
- Covert Pervert: Downplayed, but her main objection to the commander groping her is that they shouldn't do it in public. She also welcomes the commander back from sorties by offering him a massage.
- Embarrassing Nickname: The commander himself calls her "Clevebro" if she's set as secretary, much to her chagrin. She also hates being called "Clevedad".
- Even the Girls Want Her: During the anniversary, Helena mentions a rumor going around that "[Cleveland] can wrap any girl around [her] little finger", implying that many of the other shipgirls are attracted to her. There's also Ship Tease between Helena and her.
- Grin of Audacity: Sports one constantly, even when sleeping in chibi form.
- Historical In-Joke: Mentions in one of her idle lines that she likes trees. This references the fact that she spent almost the entire war providing coastal support for ground forces, and saw very little combat against other ships.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She's even more of a tomboy than her sisters, to the point of having masculine nicknames such as "Clevedad" or "Clevebro". However, she's not a big fan of those nicknames, and in her oath skin, expresses joy over wearing a frilly wedding dress. She's also rather upset that her formal wear is a suit while everyone else gets dresses.
- Utility Party Member: Her Raid Order skill increases the damage dealt by the entire party on top of her awesome anti-air with the Anti-Air Mode skill.
- Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Has very patriotic socks, with red and white stripes at the top and a star-strewn field of blue below. Her New Year's Kimono is also patriotic with five-point flowers in place of stars on a field of deep blue and white with red stripes on the sleeves and hem.
- Wingding Eyes: Her base skin's idle animation has her pupils change to dollar signs. Unlike most uses of this trope, this seems to be simply a joke and there's not much (if any) of the usual association with greed, since her only real mention of money is her introduction of "time is money!" In her promise skin, she even throws money away in her idle animation in the dorm. Perhaps it's referencing that she's a good farming ship (as she is in World of Warships before she was bumped up to Tier 8 after CA/CL line split).
Columbia (CL-56)
Voiced by: Saya Horigome (Japanese), Victoria Michelli-Vitti (English), Annie Rojas (Latin American Spanish)
- ID: No. 038Rarity: EliteArtist: Hao"I'm the Cleveland-class light cruiser, 2nd ship, Columbia~ Not the capital city, the Columbia in South Carolina! Jeez~ Like I said, it's not the Columbia with Bogotá!"
The personification of the light cruiser USS Columbia
, and the second of the five Cleveland sisters.- Bubblegum Popping: Shown popping bubblegum in her artwork, and she mentions her gum in several lines.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Before being added to the game proper, art of her sans rigging could be seen at screen where you select which level of a daily raid/challenge you wanted to do, giving her the nickname of "daily raid girl".
- Fashionable Asymmetry: Only wears one thigh-high sock. According to her, the reason why is classified.
- The Tease: While not constant, her reaction to a special touch is if he's interested in the star on her shirt or "something else"/"what's underneath it" in a teasing tone.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Despite her interest in things like football, she apparently also likes ballet
- Uniformity Exception: Is the only sister not to refer to herself as a knight of the seanote , and the only one not wearing a cape or something similar overtop of her shirt.
- You Shall Not Pass!: Her Flagship Protection skill reduces the damage taken by the flagship.
Montpelier (CL-57)
Voiced by: Rie Takahashi (Japanese), Anastasia Muñoz (English), Verania Ortiz (Latin American Spanish)
- ID: No. 329Rarity: Super RareArtist:"You're the Commander? You... don't seem too reliable. But Big Sis is here.. guess it can't be helped. Montpelier, has arrived. I'll be fine without guidance."
The personification of the light cruiser USS Montpelier
, and is the most powerful (at least rarity-wise) of the five Cleveland sisters.- Badass Cape: Just like big sis Cleveland, she's a highly skilled and deadly Knight of the Sea who wears a cape, and is the only Super-Rare Cleveland class.
- Big Sister Worship: Adores Cleveland a little bit too much, but nowhere near as bad as how Portland acts towards Indianapolis, never taking it into the realm of Big Sister Attraction.
- Red Baron: Earned the nickname "Legend of the Solomons" for her service on Leyte Gulf, and by the end of the war, had earned 13 stars.
- Utility Party Member: Her Legend of the Solomons skill is basically a souped-up version of Cleveland's Raid Order.
Denver (CL-58)
Voiced by: Ari Ozawa (Japanese), Caitlin Glass (English), Lupita Leal (Latin American Spanish)
- ID: No. 330Rarity: EliteArtist:"Hello! I am Cleveland class's Denver, the fourth knight of the sea. Before I formally join your forces, will you tell me what kind of future do you wish for?"
- Badass Longcoat: Wears one instead of a cape. As for "badass"... well, she's a cruiser.
- Girlish Pigtails: The youngest looking member of the Cleveland class (not counting Clevelad), with several lines mentioning that she's not as experienced as her sisters. Fittingly, she wears her hair in pigtails, while most of her sisters wear their hair long, adding to her youthful appearance.
- Grin of Audacity: Just like her big sister, she almost always has a smile, even when sleeping in chibi form. The only time she isn't smiling is when she sinks.
- Historical In-Joke: One of her lines mention her would-be younger sisters were converted into light carriers. Cue Independence getting added to the roster.
- Status Buff: Her Full Firepower skill increases her Firepower for a short duration, negating the drawback of her Anti-Air Mode skill entirely.
- Uniformity Exception: She's the only one of the sisters who doesn't have red eyes. Taken further in that even their half-sister Independence has red eyes, although Bataan, their other half-sister, has blue eyes like Denver.
Birmingham (CL-62)
Voiced by: Sayumi Watabe
- ID: No. 405Rarity: EliteArtist:"Starting today, Cleveland-class light cruiser Birmingham is on active duty. I will not rest until the future of the sea is secure. Commander, grant me your guidance and support."
- I Work Alone: While she still works with the fleet, she usually keeps a distance from the other Cleveland sisters, although she does admire Cleveland.
- My Greatest Failure: She has a line referencing how she led the efforts to put out the fires on Princeton (and took considerable damage doing so) but was unable to save her."Princeton... please be okay. If I had fought harder back then, things wouldn't have..."
- Nigh-Invulnerable: Once per battle she can dodge all attacks for 5 seconds when her HP is 30% or lower.
- Support Party Member: She helps reduce the main fleet ships' burn duration with her Guardian of War skill.
- Uniformity Exception: The only one of the Cleveland sisters that isn't blonde. If you include the Independence-class, then she and Independence are the only non-blondes. With the addition of the blue-haired Biloxi though, this is no longer the case, though she is still the only non-blonde Knight of the Sea as Biloxi doesn't consider herself a member.
Biloxi (CL-80)
Voiced by: Kaoru Komatsu
- ID: No. 428Rarity: EliteArtist:"I'm Biloxi. I hope we can work together and seize victory as fellow fleet members. Anyway, that's all for introductions. Nice meeting you."
- Badass in a Nice Suit: Her "Dapper Gangstress" skin has her put on a Chinese gangster-themed suit, complete with wide-brimmed hat, though she wears the jacket as a Coat Cape, and as a Cleveland-class light cruiser, she can certainly kick some ass. Her "Empress in the Silk Chain" ballroom skin is equally themed.
- Badass Boast: In her "touch" dialog as secretary, she claims nobody has better anti-air than her. Unfortunately for her claim, she has the same AA as any other Elite-rarity Cleveland-class and isn't even close to San Diego's level.
- Stance System: Biloxi has a different stance system from most Cleveland-class cruisers - instead of Anti-Air Mode, she has Air-Surface Switch, which boosts her anti-air stat by 15% and reduces her firepower by 5% if she has the Twin 127mm (5"/38 Mk 38) gun equipped in her destroyer gun slot, OR boosts her firepower by 15% and reduces her anti-air stat by 5% if she has any other gun equipped in that slot.
Clevelad/Little Cleveland
Voiced by: Saya Horigome
- ID: No. 391Rarity: EliteArtist: Alisa"Hello, my name is Cleveland! My dream is to one day join the Solomon Knights! I'm working hard towards that goal every day!"
The third of the surprise Eagle Union "child" ships of June 2019.
- Big Eater: Seems very fond of chocolate and candy (and she seems a bit pudgier compared to her slender older self.) But it's in part the belief eating a lot will help her grow taller. Her chibi sleeping animation has her chewing snacks in her sleep.
- Ship Tease: To Lena, possibly to mirror increasing amounts of Ship Tease between Helena and Cleveland. It is downplayed on her end, coming off as purely friends.
- Support Party Member: Able to reduce the damage she, Lena and Lil Sandy take. Also inverted in that she gets buffed when with her sisters.
Cleveland (Muse)
Voiced by: Saya Horigome
- ID: No. 420Rarity: EliteArtist:"Light cruiser Cleveland, right here! I'm new to this whole idol biz, but I'll go with the flow and give it my all! Oh, and I'm counting on your support, Commander!"
The version of Cleveland augmented by Muse Weapon technology. She's Polaris' drummer.
- Hard Light: Unlike her other bandmates who gets physical instruments (although Sheffield's is built into her rigging unlike the others), her drum set seems to be made from this.
- Only Sane Man: Her twitter introduction paints her as this for the Polaris band, being the voice of reason to get everyone back on track.
- Status Buff: Both skills are buffs to her. The first, spiritual chasing has a chance of changing her shots to purple note shots (which has rather nice if a bit leaning towards Light and Medium armor modifiers, and pierces once). The other ups her anti-air when shooting planes down (but unlike her original version, there's no firepower penalty) This gives her better and more stable DPS than her normal version at the expense of being unable to buff teammates.
The Seattle-class
Seattle
Voiced by: Tomori Kusunoki
- ID: Plan 007Rarity: PriorityArtist: Nineo"Sup! You the one who woke me up? Alrighty then~ The name's Seattle! Nice meeting you!"
The personification of S-511-38 6" A.A. Cruiser Scheme "A"
◊ Seattle note , introduced as part of the second round of World of Warships collaboration.- Genki Girl: She's very high energy and loves throwing parties.
- Mechanically Unusual Fighter: Her secondary slot is unique in that she can equip either CL guns and AA guns in the slot. While the C-class cruisers are able to mount AA guns on their secondary slot, there's no other cruisers in the game that can mount CL guns on the secondary slot note . Also, due to her skill, mounting AA guns in the secondary slot will buff your main battery guns, and mounting CL guns will buff AA guns. This is to reflect that her design doesn't include any secondary guns.
- Nice Girl: While she likes making parties and people attend them, she'd never force someone to go and she'd try her best to have everyone enjoy the party.
- Superior Successor: To the Atlanta class (at base) with a better balance of stats while maintaining high A.A. abilities and with skills that match up well with it.
