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United States Navy

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.

  • Animal Theme Naming: 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).
  • Cast Herd: 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), 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.
  • Eagleland: Beautiful variety. They're depicted in a sympathetic and very patriotic manner, not to mention being on the side of the good guys.
  • Gender-Blender Name: 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.
  • Gratuitous English: 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, it's not actually very good. Some have speculated that her speech pattern is modeled after 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.
  • The Gunslinger: 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.
  • In-Series Nickname: Averted. For some reason, the US has Odd Name Out 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.
  • Location Theme Naming: 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 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.
  • Must Have Caffeine: 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 Serious Business 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 Serious Business for the British military.
  • Named After Someone Famous: Mostly applied to the destroyers and destroyer escorts, which by tradition at the time were named for USN and USMC heroes.
  • Phenotype Stereotype: 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.
  • Theme Naming: 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.
  • You Are Number 6: Their hull numbers, specifically, which are used by the US Navy in Real Life 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.

Destroyers (DD) & Destroyer Escorts (DE)

    The Fletcher-class 
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 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 Anti-Air 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.
  • Rare Random Drop: Both ships in this class are currently available only as event drops during limited time events.

Fletcher (DD-445) (1st)

Artist: ZECO

Voiced by: Yuki Utami

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"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!"

Fletcher is the personification of the US destroyer USS Fletcher. She's introduced as a drop in E-4 of the Spring 2019 Event.
  • 13 Is Unlucky: While some consider the number "13" to be unlucky, she is the 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.
  • Black Bra and Panties: Her damaged Mk. II art reveals that her underwear is black instead of the whites worn in previous versions.
  • Born Lucky: 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 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal to the 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.
  • Historical In-Joke: The nets references how her crew used cargo nets to save USS Northampton's survivors after the Battle of Tassafaronga.
  • Master of All: 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.
  • Named After Somebody Famous: She's named after WW1 Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, who was a Medal of Honor recipient and the uncle of WW2 Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, who was in command of the carrier task force for the battles of Coral Sea and Midway.
  • Shown Their Work:
    • 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 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.
    • According to artist ZECO, the flower lei on Fletcher Mk.II's Summer 2020 CG is based on a historical photo of her having what looks like a lei draped on her bow.
  • Took a Level in Badass: 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).

Johnston (DD-557) (74th)

Artist: ZECO

Voiced by: Nao Shiraki

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"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!"

Johnston is the personification of the US destroyer USS Johnston. She's introduced in the Winter 2019 Event as a drop in E-3.
  • Born Lucky: 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 , and managed to eventually win even when sunk.
  • Blowing a Raspberry: Her Summer CGs have her sticking her tongue out at the viewer.
  • Declaration of Protection: 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.
  • 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 5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai + GFCS Mk.37, the 533mm Quintuple Torpedo Mount (Initial Model), and the SG Radar (Initial Model).
  • Girlish Pigtails: Tied up by hair ribbons bearing her flag hoist/radio call sign, "NIKZ".
  • The Gunslinger: Her 5-inch/38 caliber gun is combined with the trigger, receiver, and magazine of the M1 carbine rifle that was issued to US soldiers during WW2.
  • More Dakka: Her night battle lines invoke this with "More shells!" note 
  • Named After Somebody Famous: In her case, John V. Johnston, a Union navy officer.
  • Necessary Drawback: 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  and, with right gear, having AACI that's among the strongest in the game, at least rivaling the Akizuki-class.
  • Overrated and Underleveled: Despite her historical showing where she unambiguously pulling of 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.
  • Only Sane Man: Johnston has some moments of this in her hourly lines, like askng Yukikaze if she's cold running around without pants. This is more prominent in fanworks.
  • Pint Sized Power House: A destroyer who considers heavy cruisers to be suitable sparring partners.
  • Shown Their Work: 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 Ernest E. Evans took massive damage to his left hand (including losing 2 fingers) during the Battle off Samar. She also wears the Navy 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 Evans had said on her commissioning day in 1943.
    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."

Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663)/Ariake (135th)

Artist:ZECO

Voiced By: Unknown

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"My name is Heywood L. Edwards. I've arrived. Admiral, let's work together."

Heywood L. Edwards is the personification of the Fletcher-class destroyer USS 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.
  • Bespectacled Cutie: As adorable as any destroyer and rocking a nice set of glasses.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Gratuitous English: 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.
  • The Gunslinger: 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.
  • Legacy Character: When Japan got her, they renamed her Ariake after one of the Hatsuharu-class ships.
  • Must Have Caffeine: Several times in her early morning hourlies, she'll mention serving coffee to the admiral.
  • Named After Somebody Famous: Her namesake was Heywood L. Edwards, captain of destroyer USS Reuben James, the first USN vessel sunk in WW2.
  • Odd Friendship: 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.
  • Smug Super: A minor example in a few of her lines. Of course she can fight well; she's a Fletcher-class.
  • This Cannot Be!: Her response to sinking is "It's unbelievable!"

    The John C. Butler-class 
A Destroyer Escort class originating from World War II. 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.

Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) (46th)

Artist: ZECO

Voiced by: Nao Shiraki

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"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!"

Samuel B. Roberts is the personification of the US destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts, the Destroyer Escort that Fought like a Battleship. She's introduced as a limited-time quest reward for the game's 5th Year Anniversary Patch.
  • Anachronism Stew: Her 5-inch/38-caliber gun having the trigger, receiver, and magazine of Fabrique Nationale P90 is one as the P90 din't exist until after World War II.
  • Badass Boast: 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)
  • Born Lucky: 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  This is probably because destroyer escorts weren't supposed to ever see major combat operations,note  but Sam managed to go toe-to-toe with the Center Force and heavily damage Chikuma and Chokai, both heavy cruisers.
  • Cute Little Fangs: It's barely noticeable in the game art, but the June 2018 issue of Comptiq features a much larger image of her base art that shows it.
  • The Determinator: Thanks to her real-life counterpart's stellar Last Stand, her damaged lines portray her as this.
    (Minor Damage line): Haaa! You~! / L-Like I'd lose!
    (Major Damage line:) Huaaa! I... I can still go on. One more attack!
  • Declaration of Protection: Makes several in her lines, much like fellow Taffy 3 ship Johnston.
  • Do Not Go Gentle: As a Historical In-Joke to her epic Last Stand 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.
  • Foreshadowing: She's foreshadowed by the appearance of the 5-inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 as monthly reward, with the equipment fairy looking like her eventual reveal.
  • The Gunslinger: Her 5-inch/38-caliber gun is mixed with the trigger, receiver, and magazine of the Fabrique Nationale P90.
  • Historical In-Joke: 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.
  • I'm Cold... So Cold...: Her Sinking line.
    Sam: If I get shot this much... I... it hurts... it's cold. Everyone... Admiral... bye... bye...
  • Named After Somebody Famous: In her case, Coxswain Samuel B. Roberts who made a Heroic Sacrifice at the Battle of Guadalcanal to protect landing American Marines.
  • Necessary Drawback: 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.
  • The Nicknamer: Calls Gambier Bay "Gamby" in her post-remodel idle line, and in one of her hourlies:
    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.
    Sam: (14:00 line) It is two- ah, hi, Gamby! Gambier Bay! What's up? Ah, really? Me too, me too! Ehehe.
  • Red Baron: The Destroyer Escort that Fought like a Battleship.
  • Shown Their Work: Her hairband has a battle star, and she wears a Navy Cross medal on her left arm, signifying her single battle star and that her namesake received a Navy Cross posthumously, respectively.

Light Cruisers (CL)

     The Brooklyn-class 
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 .

Brooklyn (CL-40) (1st)

Artist: Ugume

Voiced by: Maya Enoyoshi

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"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?"

Brooklyn is the personification of the light cruiser USS Brooklyn, introduced as a drop in the E-4 and E-5 Maps of the Summer 2022 Event.
  • Born Lucky: 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 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.
  • Shown Their Work: 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.
  • Supreme Chef: Many of her hourlies mention serving the admiral a variety of dishes, such as New York cheesecake, hot dog with salsa, and pizza.

Honolulu (CL-48) (7th)

Artist: Ugume

Voiced by: Yuki Yagi

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"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!"

Honolulu is the personification of the light cruiser USS Honolulu. She was introduced as the completion reward for the E-5 map of the Spring 2021 Event.
  • The Alcoholic: Tying in with her outgoing personality, almost every other line of her hourlies has her mentioning taking a drink.
  • Gratuitous Foreign Language: She peppers her speech with basic Hawaiian phrases.
  • Hard-Drinking Party Girl: 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.
  • Oral Fixation: Her default art has her chewing and popping bubble gum. In her secretary lines, she even offers some to the admiral.

St. Louis-subclass

Helena (CL-50) (9th under the Brooklyn-class, 2nd under the St. Louis-subclass)

Artist: acea4

Voiced by: Yurika Moriyama

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"My name is Helena. I'm the third of the St. Louis-class light cruisers, USS CL-50 Helena. Pleasure to work with you!"

The personfication of the light cruiser USS Helena. She's introduced as a drop in the E-5 and E-6 maps of the Rainy-Summer 2020 Event.
  • Armor Is Useless: She wears a chestplate in her base form and removes it at Kai, but her Armor stat nevertheless increases.
  • Born Unlucky: 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.
  • The Gunslinger: The stock and grip of her 6-inch/47 caliber gun resembles that of the Remington Model 11 riot gun.
  • Must Have Caffeine: Several of her hourlies mention serving coffee to the admiral.
    Married: "How about you take a break? If pushing doesn't work, try pulling! Here, coffee! Don't push yourself too hard."
    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?"
    05:00: "It's 5 o'clock now. Do you need more coffee? Roger, here you go. Oh! Look, Admiral, the sun's rising!"
    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."
    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."
  • Pintsized Powerhouse: Helena is a petitely-built woman with some of the highest Firepower and Armor of any light cruiser.
  • Sitcom Archnemesis: Helena hates Japanese destroyers, due to being fatally damaged by torpedoes from the IJN's 3rd Destroyer Squadron during the Battle of Kula Gulf.
  • Worthy Opponent: In contrast to her attitude towards destroyers, Helena actually has a lot of respect towards Kinugasa.

    The Atlanta-class 
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.

Atlanta (CL-51) (1st)

Artist: Shizuma Yoshinori

Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka

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"How is everything? I am the Atlanta-class air defense cruiser, Atlanta. I'm from Brooklyn. You're the admiral? Nice to meet you."

The personfication of the light cruiser USS Atlanta. She's introduced as the E-6 Map rewards in the Autumn 2019 Event.
  • Anti-Air: 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.
  • Bizarre Taste in Food: Subverted. Her 20:00 line has her accepting curry cooked by 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.
  • Necessary Drawback: 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.
  • Shown Their Work: 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.
  • Girlish Pigtails: Not as large as Gambier Bay's, though.

Heavy Cruisers (CA)

    The Northampton-class 
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.

Northampton (CA-26) (1st)

Artist: ZECO

Voiced by: Satomi Sato

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"Nice meeting you. First of the Northampton-class, Northampton, here. You're the Admiral? Shall we?"

The personification of the heavy cruiser USS Northampton. She's introduced in the Spring 2021 Event as a reward in the E-3 Map.
  • Character Development: She's far more comfortable with the Japanese destroyers after her remodel.
  • Curtains Match the Window: Her yellow eyes just about matches her blonde hair. (See sidepic)
  • Must Have Caffeine: Mentioned in her married secretary line and several times during her hourlies on serving the admiral coffee.
  • Of Corsets Sexy: Emphasizes her "displacement," given that her firepower was about equal to her sister-ship Houston.
  • Shown Their Work: 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 PT 109, who had picked up 40 of her crewmembers the following morning of her sinking.
  • Shrinking Violet: Northampton is soft-spoken and tends to shrink from confrontation, even if it's just talking to her compatriots about their unsatisfactory paperwork.

Houston (CA-30) (5th)

Artist: ZECO

Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka

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"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."

The personification of the heavy cruiser USS Houston. She's introduced in the Fall 2019 Event as a drop in the E-4 Map.
  • Curtains Match the Window: Has a pair of dark yellow eyes and hair. (See sidepic)
  • Foreshadowing: The 8inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.9 introduced as one of the August 2019 Ranking Rewards, and the 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 8"/55 caliber guns, as well the 5"/25 caliber guns.
  • Must Have Caffeine: Her hourlies have her serving multiple cups of coffee to the Admiral.
    (7:00) It's 7 o'clock. Come, Admiral, I've made my special breakfast for you. Is coffee fine with you?
    (8:00) It's 8 o'clock. Admiral, would you like another cup of coffee? Here!
    (12:00) It's noon. Here, my special sandwich. Would you like some coffee? Here, enjoy!
    (13:00) It's 1 o'clock. Admiral, I'm glad you liked it. Would you like another cup of coffee?
  • Of Corsets Sexy: Modeled after her bridge and emphasizes her "displacement".
  • Supreme Chef: is capable of cooking for the Admiral, from her special breakfast to a steak dinner.

     The New Orleans-class 
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.

Tuscaloosa (CA-37) (4th)

Artist: Hoshi Akari

Voiced by:

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"Hi, good to see you. I'm, that's right, CA Tuscaloosa. Hmm? I'm a New Orleans-class. Pleased to meet you."

Tuscaloosa is the personification of the heavy cruiser USS Tuscaloosa, introduced as the E-5 Reward of the Early Spring 2023 Event.
  • Anti-Air: Fairly high on maxing out to 60 and 79 at Kai, in part due to participating Operation Leader with the RN on being under fire by the Luftwaffe off the coast of Norway while escorting Ranger.
  • Born Lucky: 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 Columbus as rescued seamen back into New York City in December 1939 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.
  • Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: To Ranger, though Ranger is less ditzy and more drunk.
  • Sleepy Head: 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.

Battleships (BB)

    The Nevada-class 
The USN's dreadnought battleships - Nevada and Oklahoma - built during World War I, taking lessons learned from the Battle of Jutland that the RN had went through, namely in developing 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 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.

Nevada (BB-36) (1st)

Artist: Hoshi Akari

Voiced by: Yuka Iwahashi

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"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."

Nevada is the personification of USS Nevada, introduced as the E-5 Map Reward for the Summer 2023 event, later available as a drop in the E-7 map.


  • Badass Boast: Befitting of an American battleship.
    Secretary 2: Of course I can, I'm a standard-type battleship! Just you watch!
    Secondary Attack: Looking down on me now is asking to die!
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Braids of Action: Wears her hair in a neat red braid, though it gets undone in Mod.2.
  • Determinator: Major damage just makes her majorly mad.
    Major Damage, after remodel: You'll pay for underestimating me! I'm not sinking!
  • Fiery Redhead: Which does have historical reason, as shown under the Shown Their Work trope.
  • Foreshadowing: A fairy version of her shows up on the 14inch/45 Twin Gun Mount and the 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 full body artwork also showed up at the con event C102 prior to the Summer 2023 event.
  • Lethal Chef: She burns the Admiral's bacon, and they get sick after lunch despite not eating too much.
  • Mighty Glacier: 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.
  • Must Have Caffeine: Asks the Admiral for coffee in one of her early-morning hourlies.
  • Odd Friendship: She's made friends with Nagato and Sakawa over them both participating in Operation Crosroads.
  • Older Than They Look: 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 
    Introducion after remodel: "Old," you say? Don't joke around. I can absolutely still serve on the main battle line, depending on the operation!
  • Shown Their Work:
    • 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 tripod masts. The goat with a life preserver ring around it references 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.
    • Her damaged portraits is based off her post-Pearl Harbor damage report, namely the holes in her forecastle decks towards her bow and damage to No. 1 Turret.
    • Her idle line mentions a bit of her history, such as her being originally from Masachusetts note , Las Vegas, and amusingly a military base where no one is allowed entry. note 
      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!
    • Instead of more modern underwear like other shipgirls, Nevada is shown wearing Edwardian-era lace-frill knickers in her base and Kai damage art, which was the type of underwear around the time of her launch.
  • Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: 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.
    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?
  • Supreme Chef: 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 Chateaubriand.

    The Colorado-class 
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.
  • Limit Break: 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.

Colorado (BB-45) (1st)

Artist: Parsley

Voiced by: Haruna Asami

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"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 

Colorado is the personification of the US battleship USS Colorado. She's introduced as the E-5 Reward of the Spring 2019 Event.
  • Aloof Big Sister: Maryland's voice lines show Colorado brushing off Maryland's desire for affection.
  • Awesome, but Impractical: Like the other Big Seven ships, Colorado has a group shelling attack. Her is also objectively the worst, with the strictest requirementsnote  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.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Foreshadowing: The 16inch Mk.I 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.
  • High-Class Gloves: Gray ones covered by normal black gloves.
  • Must Have Caffeine: Her married secretary line and two of her hourlies note about bringing coffee to the admiral.
  • Pintsized Powerhouse: 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  Colorado nonetheless boasts a respectable Firepower and a group shelling attack.
  • Precision F-Strike: Lets out a random "shit" when she gets slightly damaged.
  • Supreme Chef: 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.
  • Tsundere: Not as blatant as most examples in the game, but there are hints of it in her hourlies.
    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!

Maryland (BB-46) (2nd)

Artist: Parsley

Voiced by: Misato Matsuoka

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"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."

Maryland is the personification of the US battleship USS Maryland. She's introduced in the Spring 2022 Event as the E-5 map reward.
  • Annoying Younger Sibling: Maryland's attempt to get Colorado's attention in her hourly lines only results in making Colorado mad.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Foreshadowing: The fairy version of her was shown off in No. 456 SG Radar (Late Model) from the March 2022 Ranking Rewards, alongside the fairy version of Fletcher.
  • Shown Their Work: 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 Operation Magic Carpet on repatriating soldiers, which was her last mission that didn't involve combat.

     The North Carolina-class 
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.

Washington (BB-56) (2nd)

Artist: ZECO

Voiced by: Yuka Ootsubo

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"North Carolina-class USS battleship Washington, reporting for duty. You must be my Admiral, then? Please be sure to provide sound command."

Washington is the personification of the US battleship USS Washington. She's introduced in the Fall 2020 Event as the E-3 map reward.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Curtains Match the Window: She has gray hair and gray eyes.
  • Foreshadowing: The 30 September 2020 update had introduced the 16inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.6 + GFCS gun that Washington used, featuring fairies resembling South Dakota and Washington ready for a throw-down. note 
  • More Dakka: Artwise on showing off her dual purpose 5-inch guns compared to her fellow battleships Colorado and Iowa, similar to South Dakota.
  • Older Alter Ego: One distinctive thing about Washington is that she looks about ten years older than her Abyssal counterpart.
  • Shown Their Work: 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.
  • Supreme Chef: 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.
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: 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.

    The South Dakota-class 
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 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.
  • Shown Their Work: 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.

South Dakota (BB-57) (1st)

Artist: ZECO

Voiced by: Misato Matsuoka

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"Nice meeting you! My name is South Dakota! Admiral, glad to work with you."

South Dakota is the personification of the US battleship USS South Dakota. She's introduced in the Rainy-Summer 2020 Event as the E-6 map reward.
  • Black Bra and Panties: Her Autumn Festival Damaged Art reveals a black bra underneath her Yukata.
  • Blowing a Raspberry: Her Kai Autumn Festival Damaged CG has her sticking her tongue out.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Flipping the Bird: Her raised right finger in her Autumn Festival Damaged CG.
  • Foreshadowing: She resembles the fairy on the 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.
  • The Jinx: She references herself as such in dialogue, and considering her real-life counterpart's service history, it's well fitting.
  • Made of Iron: 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.
  • More Dakka: Well, artwise when compared to her fellow battleships Colorado and Iowa on displaying more of her dual purpose 5-inch guns.
  • Must Have Caffeine: A lot of her hourlies mention serving the admiral her "special coffee."
  • Odd Friendship: For two ships that did their best to sink each other, she gets along remarkably well with Kirishima.
  • Pintsized Powerhouse: Like Colorado, South Dakota's one of the shorter battleships at 680 feet long (210 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.
  • Shown Their Work: 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 Women's Army Corps, whereas her Kai form's jacket is the more traditional navy blue. Her hat is also based off of her conning tower.
  • Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Her hair is the coloration of the American flag, even having stars on it.

Massachusetts (BB-59) (3rd)

Artist: ZECO

Voiced by: Maya Enoyoshi

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"Nice to meet you, my name is Massachusetts. It's a pleasure, Admiral."

Massachusetts is the personification of USS Massachusetts, introduced as the drop in the E-5 and E-6 Maps of the Summer 2022 Event.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • The Dreaded: To Jean Bart, going by Jean Bart's 14:00 line.
  • 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.
  • Made of Iron: 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 Typhoon Cobra during the 1944-1945 Philippines campaign.
  • Pintsized Powerhouse: 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.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: Averted as her eyes are red by default, but her damage art gives off this vibe as she takes on a more menacing pose.
  • Shown Their Work:
    • Her hat is based off of her conning tower, and the star hair clip could be a reference to the 11 battle stars she's earned.
    • A number of her lines references Operation Torch, mentioning Tuscaloosa, Ranger, and Jean Bart.
      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.
  • Supreme Chef: 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.
  • Worthy Opponent: Sees Jean Bart as one; unsurprising, given the fight Jean Bart put up even incomplete.

    The Iowa-class 
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 World War II as carrier escort ships and in the shore bombardment role, and would continue to do so in The Korean War, The Vietnam War note , and well into The Gulf War, 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.
  • Penultimate Weapon:
    • The 16inch Triple Gun Mount Mark 7 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  and accuracy note , making it a very practical armament to be equipped on virtually any battleship in Kancolle should the player manage to obtain it note .
    • 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  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 Broke the Rating Scale 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.

Iowa (BB-61) (1st)

Artist: Shizuma Yoshinori

Voiced by: Chinami Hashimoto

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"Hi! It's me of the Iowa-class battleships, Iowa. You are the Admiral of this fleet? Not bad! Take care of us!"

Iowa is the personification of the US battleship USS Iowa. Introduced in Kancolle Kai, the spinoff game on Play Station Vita. 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.
  • Anti-Air:
    • 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 Bofors 40 mm cannons and Oerlikon 20 mm cannons mounted on top of Turrets 2 and 3.
    • 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.
  • Badass Boast: Her night battle line is this, referencing how her class was the last class of battleships active in the entire world.
    Iowa: If you think battleships are outdated, watch this. Fire!
  • Big "OMG!": In her sunken line.
    Iowa: Oh my god... I lost...? The water is... My consciousness is... Admiral...
  • Boisterous Bruiser: As seen by her attack line:
    Iowa: Fire! Fire! Ahahaha! Let's go! Yeah!
  • Born Lucky:
    • She's still around as a museum ship when she was first introduced in 2016. She even managed to survive being accidentally fired on (twice) by one of her own escorting destroyers during her time as the personal transport for Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as a a turret explosion, unlike Mutsu.
    • Notably, despite having outlived most of the ships from World War II, she still has lower base luck stat than a couple other Born Lucky 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 Battles.
  • Bragging Rights Reward: Being the completion reward for clearing hard mode on KanColle Kai, and later the last stage of the browser version's 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.
  • Cleavage Window: Her knotted shirt-corset combo makes for quite an "impressive" view of her "displacement".
  • Cuteness Overload: She has this reaction upon seeing the Kongou sisters in her 16:00 hourly line, being shocked at how pretty they are.
  • The Dreaded: 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 . 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.
  • Exotic Eye Designs: Stars as her pupils.
  • Foil: On both sides of the US.
    • To Yamato. A Boisterous Bruiser 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt to Tehran, while Yamato's nickname of "Hotel Yamato" was because she had better living conditions compared to other IJN ships.
    • 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).
  • 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.
  • Friendly Rivalry: 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.
  • Game-Breaking Bug: 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 , 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.
  • Going Commando: Her damaged art seems to show her not wearing any panties underneath her already short skirt. Her 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.
  • Gorgeous Gaijin: Her outfit invokes this, due in part to being based on pin-up girls found on Nose Art of American planes, American propaganda posters, and in war bond drives during World War II.
  • High-Class Gloves: White ones that are combined with navy blue fingerless gloves that have large cuffs.
  • Historical In-Joke: 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.
  • Idiot Hair: Right in front of her cap, although it's more noticeable in official art featuring her shaking hands with Yamato.
  • Innocently Insensitive: 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 equating the 'Yamato Hotel' epithet with 'Iowa Museum' (something Iowa doesn't have a problem with), and not quite understanding how resource-strapped Imperial Japan was in comparison to the States (which could afford to sortie Iowa and her sisters regularly).
  • Interface Spoiler: Her existence was spoiled by the Kancolle Kai Platinum trophy listing, as the trophy for acquiring her is simply called "Iowa".
  • I "Uh" You, Too: Evoked with her marriage line
    Iowa: Admiral, what's this ring? An engagement ring? For me...? Thank you... me too...
  • Lightning Bruiser: Even moreso than any other fast battleships, as her base stats are second only to Yamato-class in the game, and her real-life maximum speed was approximately 33 knots (38mph/61kmph). To put it simply, she's the Infinity +1 Sword of fast battleships.
  • Logical Weakness: 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.
  • Marshmallow Hell: 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..."
  • Necessary Drawback:
    • 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 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 
    • Her gun range is limited to plain "Long" as well, unlike the "Very Long" range of the Yamato and Vittorio Veneto-class battleships note , meaning her shelling commences after both battleship classes during the first shelling phase.
    • She also has lowest evasion among all remodeled fast battleships, at 70.
  • Nice Girl: 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).
  • Of Corsets Sexy: Which emphasizes her breasts and bears her hull number, 61.
  • Patriotic Fervor: Her outfit comes off as this, in part due to being based on pinup girls from World War II-era Nose Art and war bond drives.
  • Perpetual Smiler: Most of her art shows her smiling or having a happy expression. Ever in her damaged art, she's still not frowning.
  • Pretty in Mink: Her New Year 2017 CG has her wear a fur scarf over her very America-themed Kimono.
  • Primary-Color Champion: Notably has reds and blues on her costume, particularly her leggings, and is firmly on the side of the good guys.
  • Rare Random Drop: Her remodeled version has the same rarity level as the Yamato class, i.e 8.
  • Shown Their Work:
    • 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.
    • Her 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.
  • "Silly Me" Gesture: She does this in her damaged portrait.
  • Sole Survivor: 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.
  • Statuesque Stunner: 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 
  • Stripperiffic:
    • Her outfit is already highly revealing by the game's standards, with only Musashi beating her in this department. 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 "all-or-nothing" armor layout, where the armor only covers the important parts of a battleship, such as the magazine or ship's citadel.
    • Averted by her New Year's art, where she wears a modest American Flag-patterned kimono instead.
  • The Tease: Her equipment lines border on flirty and outright sexually suggestive, due to how the lines are pronounced.
  • This Is Not a Drill: Says this word for word in one of her secretary lines. note 
    "This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill! Hey, Admiral?!"
  • Wearing a Flag on Your Head:
    • Her leggings feature American flag colorings. Fanartists even sometimes portray her undergarments as an actual American flag.
    • Her New Year's kimono is also patterned after an American flag.

Standard Aircraft Carriers (CV)

    The Lexington-class 
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.
  • Super Prototype: At the time of their commissioning, they were the biggest and fastest aircraft carriers in the world. 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.

Saratoga (CV-3) (2nd)

Artist: Shizuma Yoshinori

Voiced by: Shizuka Itō

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"Hello! I am Saratoga, an aircraft carrier. Admiral, please call me Sara. Pleased to meet you."

Saratoga is the personification of US carrier USS Saratoga. She's introduced in the Fall 2016 Event as the E-5 reward.
  • All There in the Manual: 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.
  • Big "OMG!": Exclaims this at times.
  • Boobs-and-Butt Pose: She does this whenever she suffers medium or heavy damage.
  • Born Lucky: She's one of three pre-war USN carriers 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.
  • Cryptic Background Reference: 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.Note
  • Foil: On both sides of the US.
    • 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.
    • To Ark Royal. Both of them are the first representative carrier girls for their respective navies. But while Ark Royal is a Flawed Prototype who was lost early in the war, Saratoga is a Super Prototype who served throughout and survived the war. Heck, their bust sizes and choice of weaponry both contrast.
  • Foreshadowing: She was mentioned by nickname ("Sara-chi") in I-26's 1400-hour line months before she was introduced.
  • The Gunslinger: Her flight deck looks like it is designed after the Thompson submachine gun. Aside of having the signature grips of one, she has both regular magazines and drum magazines what presumably hold her planes. But due to the size of her flight deck (and how she wields it) it goes well into BFG-tier.
  • In-Series Nickname: I-26 calls her Sara-chi. Saratoga refers to herself with diminutive form of her name: Sara.
  • Jack of All Stats:
    • 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 Master of All 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.
    • 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.
  • Joke Item: 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 standard issue Zero fighter, much less a 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.
  • Marilyn Maneuver: 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.
  • Necessary Drawback: 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.
  • Power-Up Letdown: 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 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.
  • Signature Headgear: Uses her distinctive smokestack as a scrunchy to form her hair into a side ponytail.
  • Shown Their Work:
    • 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.
    • 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.
  • Took a Level in Badass: Downplayed. 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 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  She still has horrible evasion, however.
  • Trouser Space: A female variation, with her planes stored in stacked and drum magazines underneath her dress.

    The Ranger-class 
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 Operation Torch, which the Summer 2022 Event is based on.

Ranger (CV-4)

Artist: Hoshi Akari

Voiced by: Natsuko Abe

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"Nice to meet you, Admiral. It is an honor to meet you. My name is CV-4, USS Ranger."

Ranger is the personification of US carrier USS Ranger, introduced in the Summer 2022 Event as the EO E-5 Map reward.
  • The Alcoholic: 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.
  • Born Lucky: 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 sevennote  active aircraft carriers at the beginning of the war, being scrapped in 1947.
  • Foreshadowing: The F4U-2 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.
  • Shown Their Work:
    • Her button-up 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.
    • 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.

    The Yorktown-class 
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.

Hornet (CV-8) (3rd)

Artist: Konishi

Voiced by: Fairouz Ai

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"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."

Hornet is the personification of US carrier USS Hornet, introduced in the Rainy-Summer 2020 Event as the E-7 map reward.
  • Firing One-Handed: How Hornet's shown launching her planes in the Arcade game.
  • The Gunslinger: Like Saratoga and Gambier Bay, she gets a US firearm for a launcher, in this case the 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.
  • Must Have Caffeine: Her married secretary line and several of her hourlies mention serving coffee to the admiral.
  • Office Lady: 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.
  • Proper Tights with a Skirt: Wears pantyhose, unlike the garters or thigh-highs of her fellow USN carriers Saratoga and Gambier Bay.

    The Essex-class 

The most numerous class of fleet carriers built during World War II 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 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 The Korean War and The Vietnam War following repeated modernization, and would also play a role in The Space Race 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.

Intrepid (CV-11) (3rd)

Artist: Shibafu

Voiced by: Hikari Kubota

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"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?"

Intrepid is the personification of US carrier USS Intrepid, introduced as the E-7 Map reward of the Winter 2018 Event.
  • Affectionate Nickname: Refers to the Admiral as "Honey".
  • Born Lucky: Still around today as a 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.
  • 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.
  • The Gunslinger: Like Saratoga and Gambier Bay, she gets a US firearm for a launcher, in this case the 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.
  • Jack of All Stats: 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.
  • Living Museum Exhibit: 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.
    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!
    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.
    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!
  • Necessary Drawback: Her great stat comes with great resource consumption, with second highest fuel and the highest ammo consumption among the carriers.
  • Shown Their Work: Her wedding line not just references her being a museum ship and having been in several films, but also anti-terrorism duties. note 
    "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!"
  • You Wanna Get Sued?: An artfully-timed cough interrupts her saying Area 88.

Light (CVL) & Escort Aircraft Carriers (CVE)

    The Independence-class 
The Independence-class light aircraft carriers didn't start out as carriers - they originally started out as part of the Cleveland-class light cruisers before being converted into carriers due to President Franklin D. Roosevelt 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.
  • Location Theme Naming: 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 John Cabot.

Langley (CVL-27) (6th)

Artist: ZECO

Voiced by: Natsumi Kawaida

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"I'm the Independence-class carrier Langley. Hmph, not that Langley. I'm no collier! My base was an advanced light cruiser."

Langley is the personification of US light aircraft carrier Langley. She's introduced in the Summer 2022 Event as the E-3 Map reward.
  • Born Lucky: 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 La Fayette before her decommissioning in 1963 and eventual scrapping.
  • The Gunslinger: A pump-action shotgun resembling the Winchester Model 1897 shotgun in trench format with a heat shield. Her Kai includes the bayonet attached.
  • I Have Many Names: 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.
  • Named After Someone Famous:
    • Simultaneously Downplayed and played straight with her commissioning name: the original USS Langley (CV-1) was named in honor of aviation pioneer, astronomer, and physicist 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.
    • After her transfer to the French Navy, her namesake is Marquis de Lafayette, who had fought in the American Revolutionary War alongside the Americans.
  • Shown Their Work:
    • 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.
    • The crown-like marking on her hairband references one of her many names, in this case, Crown Point.

    The Casablanca-class 
The most numerous class of aircraft carriers built during World War II for any nation, at a whopping 50 ships. Of interesting note is that all ships of this class were built by one manufacturer: the 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 mass production type ships, they were called "jeep carriers" or "Kaiser jeeps", with varying degrees of affection.

Gambier Bay (CVE-73) (19th)

Artist: Akira

Voiced by: Shuu Uchida

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"It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Gambier Bay... Eek! Do-don't shoot! Phew... Th-that's a relief!"

Gambier Bay is the personification of US escort carrier USS Gambier Bay. She's introduced in the Winter 2018 Event as the E-4 reward.

She is one of the focus characters, alongside Commandant Teste and Tashkent, in the KanColle spin-off comic Tonight, Another Salute!


  • Breakout Character: 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.
  • Commonality Connection: Tonight, Another Salute later highlights Gambier Bay's similarity to Haguro, another Shrinking Violet 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.
  • Fanservice Pack: Her Mark II outfit shows off her navel and replaces her shorts with half of a skirt.
  • Foreshadowing: She's foreshadowed by December 2017 ranking reward FM-2 which bears Gambier Bay's VC-10 squadron tail marking during Battle of Leyte Gulf, and thus her subsequent sinking off Samar.
  • The Gunslinger: 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.
  • Heroic Self-Deprecation: 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.
    Gambier Bay: "I'm... not good..."
  • Iconic Item: 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.
  • Joke Character: 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*, 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.
  • Lovable Coward: She's terrified of her enemies and most of her current allies, but she'll still fight.
  • Magikarp Power: Her strength jumps considerably after her Mark II remodel, which requires her to be at least level 73.
  • Master of None: 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.* Her Mark II form changes this, with better anti-ship and anti-installation capabilities.
  • No Sense of Direction: 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.
  • Shown Their Work: A hairband in her Measure 32 dazzle camo and her radar as a sort of hairpin.
  • Shrinking Violet: 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.
  • Stereotype Flip: 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.
  • Took a Level in Badass: Her Mark II form makes her far stronger than her Base and Kai forms.
  • Unusual Weapon Mounting: Gambier Bay Mark II moves her flight deck from a hand-held gun to a rig mounted on her left shoulder.
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: As she was sunk in Leyte by The Kurita fleet*, she's downright scared of them.
    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..."

Submarines (SS)

    The Salmon-class 

The Salmon-class submarines of the USN were part of the "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 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.

Salmon (SS-182) (1st)

Artist:

Voiced by: Kawaida Natsumi

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"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!"

Salmon is the personfication of US submarine USS Salmon, introduced in the Summer 2023 Event as a drop in the E-2, E-3, and E-6 maps.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Lethal Chef: Admits that she can't cook and instead offers hot dogs to the Admiral.
  • Plucky Girl: Admits that her class is older and less capable than the Gatos, but strives at every turn to prove herself capable.
  • Shown Their Work: Her Equipment 2 line has her happy with properly working torpedoes. This references the notoriously problematic Mark 14 torpedoes a number of USN subs were equipped with in the early years of the war. note 

    The Gato-class 
The Gato-class submarines of the USN were the first mass-produced subs during the war, at an incredible 77 submarines in service. 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 Gatos 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).

Drum (SS-228) (17th)

Artist: Shizuma Yoshinori

Voiced by:

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"Are you the rumored Admiral? I'm honored! I'm Drum, of the Gato-class. I came all his way to see you."

Personification of the submarine USS Drum, introduced in the Early Spring 2024 Event as the reward for the E-3 Map.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Gratuitous English: 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.
  • Living Museum Exhibit: 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.
  • Musical Theme Naming: Discussed. She clarifies to the Admiral that she was named after the fish, not the musical instrument, but she notes that the drum fish was named because it sounded like a drum.
  • Must Have Caffeine: Mentions about having coffee in her secretary line and several of her hourlies.
  • Shown Their Work:
    • Her curling hair matches the tentacle arms of the octopus mascot on her 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 battle flag; the stars on her left thigh and the one attached to one Idiot Hair references the 12 battle stars she was awarded with; and she's wearing her ship's bell as a choker.
    • 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.

Scamp (SS-277) (66th)

Artist: Shizuma Yoshinori

Voiced by: Maya Enoyoshi

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"So you're the Admiral? Hmmm, I see. I'm the Gato-class submarine, Scamp. I'm quite capable. Well, nice to meet you."

Scamp is the personification of US submarine USS Scamp, introduced as the E3 Map reward in the Fall 2021 Event.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Must Have Caffeine: Many of her hourly lines mention about coffee being brewed up.
  • Shown Their Work:
    • 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 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.
    • At first glance, Scamp's denim shorts would seem to be a case of Anachronism Stew, as 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.
  • Super Swimming Skills: As befitting of a submarine, she wears a one-piece swimsuit.
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Her 13:00 line has her briefly fearing Yotsu, the one who alledgedly had sunk her.
    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!"

Royal Navy

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 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.

  • Brits Love Tea: Much like how coffee is Serious Business for the USN, tea is just as serious for the RN, and many of their hourlies mention on serving it to the admiral.
  • Gratuitous English: 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  While Nelson has a smattering here and there in her lines, it's not to the level of Warspite or Ark Royal's diction.
  • In-Series Nickname: "Country of black tea" is used as UK's nickname in various equipment descriptions.
  • Named After Someone Famous: A number of ships were named after either famous naval admirals and officers (Jervis, Nelson, Rodney), or royalty who had participated in past wars.
  • Phenotype Stereotype: 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.
  • Theme Naming: 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. For example, this is for destroyers.
  • You Are Number 6: Pennant numbers, which are used by the Royal Navy to identify their ships, much like how the US Navy uses their hull numbers.

Destroyers (DD)

  • Theme Naming: Royal Navy destroyer classes during the war can be divided in two naming styles: "Letter" and "Concept". "Letter" classes like the J-class use Alphabetical Theme Naming, 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).

    The J-class 
  • Foreshadowing: In a fashion, as the HF/DF + Type144/147 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.

Jervis (F00 from 1937-1940, G00 from 1940-1946) (1st)

Artis: Konishi

Voiced by: Nao Tōyama

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"Nice to meet you! Lucky Jervis has arrived! Yup, that's right! Leave it to me!"

Jervis is the personification of the British destroyer HMS Jervis, introduced in the Winter 2018 Event as a E-4 drop.
  • Affectionate Nickname: Refers to the Admiral as "Darling".
  • Born Lucky: 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".
  • Genki Girl: Her default emotional state seems to be exuberance, with most of her lines sounding excited.
  • Named After Someone Famous: Her namesake is RN Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, who was also a patron of RN Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson.
  • Rare Random Drop: 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. * She is also available as E5 drop, albeit with lower drop rate.

Janus (F53) (5th)

Artis: Konishi

Voiced by: Ari Ozawa

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"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"

Janus is the personification of the British destroyer HMS Janus, introduced as the E-3 Map reward in the Summer 2019 Event.

Javelin (F61) (6th)

Artis: Konishi

Voiced by: Nao Tōyama

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"Are you alright? That's right. I'm the J-class destroyer's nameship, Javelin. Remember that. Hmph. Very well." note 

Javelin is the personification of the British destroyer HMS Javelin, introduced as a drop in the E-6 map of the Summer 2023 Event.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Foreshadowing: The developers had teased her appearance right before her appearance.

Light Cruisers (CL)

  • Theme Naming: 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 Fiji-class - aka the Crown Colony-class - after various places that were once under British control, and then the Arethusa-class named after several Greek mythological figures. However, then there's the letter-themed naming, like the C-class cruisers with seven subclasses, all the names starting with the letter "C" (similar to the destroyers); and then mixed names, like the 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.

    The Town-class 
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.

Southampton-subclass

Sheffield (C24) (3rd)

Artist: Konishi

voiced by: Kanon Takao

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"HMS Sheffield, reporting for duty. You're the Admiral? Hmmm... I guess you'll do. Nice to meet you."

Sheffield is the personification of the British light cruier HMS Sheffield. She's introduced in the Fall 2020 Event as a drop in the E-2 map.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Foreshadowing: The 26 November 2020 update had introduced the 6inch Mk.XXIII Triple Gun Mount that had a fairy resembling her on top of it.
  • Supreme Chef: 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.

Battleships (BB)

    The Queen Elizabeth-class 

The very first warship class to be designated as Fast Battleships, and has served heavily both in World War I and World War II.

Warspite (03) (2nd)

Artist: Konishi

Voiced by: Shuu Uchida

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"My name is Battleship Warspite, of the Queen Elizabeth-class. Admiral, thanks for having me."

Warspite is the personification of the British battleship HMS Warspite. She was introduced as the E-4 map clear reward in the Summer 2016 Event.
  • All There in the Manual: Official supplemental material and the arcade version show that Warspite's rigging has a battle mode where she stands up.
  • Big "OMG!": One of her minor damage quotes has her exclaim this.
  • Born Lucky: 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 
  • Clothing Damage: 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 Born Lucky is one possible reason for this.
  • Cool Chair: Her rigging is based on the Coronation Chair.
  • Cool Crown: Keeping with the royal theme, she wears a tiny crown off-center on her head, attached to a hairband.
  • The Dreaded: Zara and Pola run from her in her 2100-hour line, due to her involvement in sinking them in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
  • 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.
  • Foreshadowing: Warspite was mentioned in Libeccio's 1700-hour line.
  • Handicapped Badass: 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 special animation where she stands up before firing.
  • Lady of War: Conducts herself in a dignified and composed manner, in keeping with her nickname, the "Grand Old Lady."
  • Necessary Drawback: To compensate for her excellent firepower, her ludicrously high luck and one of the lowest resource consumption amongst battleships, her speed is listed as "slow" 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 .
  • Of Corsets Sexy: Although it doesn't emphasize her "displacement" as much as Iowa's does.
  • Older Than They Look: 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 
  • Shown Their Work: 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".
  • Staff of Authority: Her sceptre, based off of her mast, and her orb, which has a sword in lieu of the cross.

    The Nelson-class 
The Nelson-class battleships were built just as the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 was impelemented, referred to as the 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.
  • Fashionable Asymmetry: 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.
  • Limit Break: 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.
  • Signature Headgear: Their head gear references their real-life radar spires.

Nelson (28) (1st)

Artist: Konishi

Voiced by: Iori Nomizu

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"I am Nelson. So you're my Admiral? Humph, I see. Good. Show me how you command. I have high expectations."

Nelson is the personification of the British battleship HMS Nelson. She's introduced as the E-5 reward in the Early Fall 2018 Event.
  • The Alcoholic: Justified, as the RN used to give 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.
  • Antiquated Linguistics: The "I" - 余 yo - she uses throughout her lines is an archaic-formal way of saying "I" in Japanese.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Foreshadowing: One of the July 2018 Ranking rewards was the 16inch Mk.I Triple Gun Mount gun with a fairy wearing similarly horned-headgear and the white sailor suit of the RN.
  • Named After Someone Famous: Her namesake is RN Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, one of the British's most legendary naval heroes.

Rodney (29) (2nd)

Artist: Konishi

Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto

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"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."

Rodney is the personification the British battleship HMS Rodney. She's introduced as the E-7 reward of the Summer 2023 event.
  • Badass Longcoat: The main difference in clothing between her and her sister is that Rodney wears one over her dress.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Foreshadowing: The seaplane Walrus that she had historically used was part of the June 2023 ranking rewards, which included a fairy version of her.
  • Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Apologizes for making the Admiral wait so long after Nelson for her. Rodney was implemented five years after Nelson.
  • Mighty Glacier: 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.
  • Named After Someone Famous: Her namesake was 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 Worf Had the Flu — 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.
  • Only a Flesh Wound: Subverted. While minor damage is brushed off as "just a scratch", she's forced to admit that major damage is "heavy, I guess."

Standard Aircraft Carriers (CV)

    The Ark Royal-class 
The first purpose-built aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, serving as a prototype for future British carriers such as the Illustrious-class.

Ark Royal (91) (1st)

Artist: Konishi

Voiced by: Shuu Uchida

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"I am Her Majesty's Ship, Ark Royal. Are you the Admiral? Take care of me."

Ark Royal is the personification of the British carrier HMS Ark Royal, introduced as the E7 Map reward of the Summer 2017 Event.
  • Anachronism Stew: She uses a compound bow as her launcher, which was developed in the 1960s, long past World War II.
  • Artistic License – History: Her introduction line mentions "Her Majesty's Ship". However, at the time she was laid down in 1935, Edward VIII was the King of the United Kingdom. When she was launched in 1937 and sunk in 1941 , it was George VI. She's most likely instead referring to Elizabeth II, the then monarch of the UK at the time of Ark Royal's introduction in Kancolle.
  • Big Eater: Averted. Her 20:00 and 21:00 hourly line even asks if Hiryuu was eating too much.
  • Born Unlucky: 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.
  • Cool Crown: A tiara.
  • The Dreaded: Bismarck runs away fast upon seeing Ark Royal.
  • Flawed Prototype: 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.
  • Foil: To Saratoga. Both are the first representative carrier girls in their respective navies. But while the former is a Super Prototype whose historical counterpart served throughout and survived the war, Ark Royal is a Flawed Prototype 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.
  • History Repeats: 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, Bismarck escaped.
    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!
  • Necessary Drawback: Ark Royal is capable of launching aircraft during night battles, but only when she is equipped with her signature Swordfish aircraft.
  • Oblivious to Love: Surprisingly enough in her marriage line:
    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.
  • Of Corsets Sexy: Designed after her bridge.
  • 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.
    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?

    The Illustrious-class 
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.

Victorious (38) (3rd)

Artist: Konishi

Voiced by: Misuzu Yamada

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"I am the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious. So you're the Admiral. Pleased to meet you. Let's be victorious together upon these seas!"

Victorious is the personification of the British aircraft carrier HMS Victorious, introduced in the Summer 2021 Event as a reward for the E-3 Map.
  • Anachronism Stew: She uses a much larger compound bow as her launcher, which was developed in the 1960s, long past World War II.
  • Born Lucky: 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 Operation Pedestal on supplying Malta, 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.
  • Cool Crown: A very understated tiara.
  • 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.
  • Shown Their Work: 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 UK's national flower.

Marine Nationale

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 Eastern Fleet.

  • Everyone Looks Sexier if French: Seeing as they are Moe Anthropomorphisms of the Marine Nationale's ships, this trope is in full effect.
  • Gender Flip: 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.
  • Gratuitous French: 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.
  • In-Series Nickname: "Tricolore country" is used as France's nickname in various equipment descriptions.

Battleships (BB)

    The Richelieu-class 

Richelieu (1st)

Artist: Akira

Voiced by: Yumi Tanibe

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"A pleasure to meet you, Admiral. It really is. Battleship Richelieu, reporting for duty."

Richelieu is the personification of the French battleship Richelieu, introduced as the E-4 reward in the Summer 2017 Event.
  • Artistic License – Ships:
    • Her 38cm quadruple gun turret historically had very poor accuracy note  and serious design flaws, though these were later fixed after the war 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.
    • Her main guns is measured in centimeter metrics (similar to the Kriegsmarine) in-game, but historically the French had used the same millimeter metric as the Italians, and as such was referred as 38cm Quadruple Gun Mount in accordance to the Japanese sources.
    • 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.
  • Badass Boast: 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.
    Richelieu: You're facing battleship Richelieu. Out of my way!
  • Born Lucky: She has a luck of 22 in her base form due to surviving the war.
  • 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.
  • Fighting Your Friend: 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.
    Richelieu: That's right, I had to fight against friends during that battle. Well, things just happen. That's life.
  • Flawed Prototype: 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.
  • Named After Someone Famous: She is named after the Cardinal Richelieu.
  • Overrated and Underleveled: She has rather mediocre Anti-Air, 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.
  • Phenotype Stereotype: Blonde hair and a light eye color, following the trend of many other Allied ships.
  • Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: She does that in her third secretary line and battle start one.
    Richelieu: Admiral? Stop. Screwing. Around. Are you crazy?
  • This Cannot Be!: If she gets sunk.
    Richelieu: Eh, I'm... sinking? Farewell... my Admiral...

Jean Bart (2nd)

Artist: Akira

Voiced by: Yumi Tanibe

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"Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Richelieu's little sister, Jean Bart. Excuse me? Are you listening to me? Oh well."

Jean Bart is the personification of the French battleship Jean Bart, introduced as the E-6 Map reward in the Summer 2022 Event.
  • Born Lucky: Maxes out to 94 at Kai. She survived multiple hits by the USN while under 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.
  • Foreshadowing: One of the June 2022 Ranking Rewards was the French Loire 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.
  • Made of Iron: 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.
  • Named After Someone Famous: Her namesake is Jean Bart, French naval commander during the Nine Years' War, and later privateer.
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: How she views Massachusetts in her 14:00 line.
    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.

Seaplane Tenders (AV)

    The Commandant Teste-class 

Commandant Teste

Artist: Akira

Voiced by: Yumi Tanibe

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"Hello. Nice to meet you. I'm Commandant Teste. Admiral, I'll be in your care."

Commandant Teste is the personification of the seaplane tender Commandant Teste, introduced as the E-3 reward in the Fall 2016 Event.
She is one of the focus characters, alongside Gambier Bay and Tashkent, in the KanColle spin-off comic Tonight, Another Salute!
  • Breakout Character: She's just another ship in the game, but a major character in one of the spin-off comics.
  • Meaningful Appearance: 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."
  • Named After Someone Famous: She's named in honor of French Navy officer aviator Paul Teste, who pioneered French efforts to design aircraft carriers.
  • Necessary Drawback: 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.
  • Phenotype Stereotype: She has blonde hair and blue eyes, similar to the other Western nations' introductory ships Bismarck, Iowa and Warspite before her.

Voyenno-Morskoy Flot SSSR (VMF)

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".

  • Gender Flip: As with the case of German ships, Russians refer to their warships as "he", thus making their portrayal here this trope.
  • In-Series Nickname: "Land in the North" is used as a nickname for Soviet Union / Russia in various equipment descriptions as well as in some official medias.

Destroyers (DD)

     The Akatsuki-class 

Verniy (Ex-Hibiki) (2nd)

She is listed along with 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.

     The Tashkent-class 

Tashkent (1st)

Artist: Yadokari

Voiced by: Wakana Miyagawa

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"Hello! I, destroyer leader Tashkent, have arrived from a long way! Comrade Admiral! Take care of me!"

Tashkent is the personification of the Russian destroyer Tashkent, introduced as a drop in the E-6 Map of the Winter 2018 Event.

She is one of the focus characters, alongside Commandant Teste and Gambier Bay, in the KanColle spin-off comic Tonight, Another Salute!


  • Born Lucky: 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).
  • Breakout Character: She's just another ship in the game, but a major character in one of the spin-off comics.
  • Foreshadowing: She's mentioned in Gangut Dva's 2200 line.
  • Gratuitous Russian: Occasionally sprinkles some Russian in her lines.
  • Hidden Buxom: Her damaged art shows that she has a B-cup like chest.
  • Necessary Drawback: 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".

Battleships (BB)

    The Gangut-class 

Gangut/Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya

Artist: Yadokari

Voiced by: Asami Seto

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Click here to view her art as Gangut Dva

"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."

Gangut is the personification of the Russian battleship Gangut, introduced as the E5 reward in the Spring 2017 Event.
  • Artistic License – History: 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 
  • Badass Arm-Fold: Does this as Gangut Dva.
  • Boisterous Bruiser: Is very loud and enthusiastic about getting into the thick of battle.
  • Born Lucky: 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.
  • Coat Cape: Wears her white coat as a cape in her Dva form.
  • Defrosting Ice Queen: She's initially cold and hard to approach, but as you upgrade her more, she'll slowly open up to the Admiral.
  • Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe: Holds one of these in her non-Dva form.
  • Gratuitous Russian: She occasionally peppers some Russian into her speech.
  • Hidden Buxom: She looks flat at first glance, but her Dva damage art shows she does have breasts.
  • Master of None: 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 
  • Meaningful Rename: 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.
  • Older Than They Look: 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 
  • Overly Long Name: Her new name is noted to be very long and quite the mouthful to pronounce. She even has a line dedicated to that point.
    Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya: My name is too long!? Hmph!
  • Phenotype Stereotype: Has white hair that's stereotypically associated with Eastern Europeans in most other Japanese media.
  • Pint-Sized Powerhouse: 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.
  • Power-Up Letdown: 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.
  • Rugged Scar: Has a visible scar below and behind her left eye.

Svenska Marinen

The 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...

Light Cruiser (CL)

    The Gotland-class 

Gotland (1st)

Artist: drew

Voiced by: Kanon Takao

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Click here to see her Kai form
Click here to see her Andra form

"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!"

Gotland is the personification of the Swedish cruiser HSwMS Gotland. She's introduced as a drop in E-4 and E-5 of the Early Fall 2018 Event.
  • Boobs-and-Butt Pose: In both of her damaged art.
  • Born Lucky: 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  This is because her historic counterpart was the first one who spotted Bismarck at the start of Operation 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.
  • Foreshadowing: Two of the July 2018 Ranking rewards foreshadowed Gotland's arrival. One was the Bofors 15.2cm Twin Gun Mount with one of the fairies resembling her petting a sheep that references her badge, while the other reward was the S9 Osprey that's based off the Hawker Osprey that she carried. The fairy in Osprey is also cuddling a sheep, which is on Gotland County's flag
  • Gratuitous Foreign Language: A smattering of Swedish sprinkled throughout her lines. It's pronounced correctly, although with a clear Japanese accent.
  • The Gunslinger: Her flight deck is designed upon the Swedish Carl Gustaf m/45 submachine gun, noted by the reciever, pistol grip, and folding stock.
  • Master of All: 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.
  • Mechanically Unusual Fighter: Unlike the game's other light cruisers, Gotland can equip seaplane bombers.
  • Necessary Drawback:
    • 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 Anti-Air capabilities upon her remodel, she loses her seaplane-carrying capacity, down to only one plane per slot.
    • 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).
  • Shown Their Work: The red toy horse that she's holding in her base 2024 New Year kimono is a Dalecarlian horse or Dala horse that is considered a symbol of Sweden.

Royal Australian Navy

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.

Light Cruiser (CL)

    The Perth-class (modified Leander-class or Amphion-subclass) 
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.

Perth (1st)*

Artist: Kusada Souta

Voiced by: Shuu Uchida

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Click here to view her Kai art

"How are you? I'm Perth of the Perth-class light cruisers. HMAS Perth! I was born in England, raised in Australia."

Perth is the personification of the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth. She's introduced as the E-3 Map Reward of the Fall 2019 Event.
  • Awesome Aussie: As part of her Kai Introduction line.
    Perth: HMAS Perth is here. Don't underestimate my strength - I was raised in Australia. Well, shall we get started?
  • Foreshadowing: The 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 

Koninklijke Marine

The naval arm of the Netherlands participated in both the Atlantic Ocean theater as well parts of the Pacific Ocean theater alongside Allied forces.

Light Cruiser (CL)

    The De Ruyter-class 

De Ruyter

Artist: Sara

Voiced by: Yurika Moriyama

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"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!"

De Ruyter is the personification of the Dutch light cruiser HNLMS De Ruyter. She's introduced as a E-3 Map drop in the Fall 2019 Event.
  • Born Unlucky: 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.
  • 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.
  • Named After Someone Famous: Named after Dutch Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter.


Alternative Title(s): Kantai Collection Seven

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