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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. note The Alaska -class cruisers fell under the cruiser naming nomenclature as during WWII, both Alaska and Hawai'i were still considered territories of the US and hadn't gained statehood yet. 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.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. 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.

Roberts doesn't have as much English in her lines compared to her earlier shipmates. Saratoga, Gambier Bay, and Intrepid are similar to Iowa, sprinkling English in their lines, though less frequently and with much better diction. Some have speculated that her speech pattern is modeled after Bonin English.

Of course, when read in Japanese, it's not actually very good. Iowa is an even bigger user of this than Kongou, judging from how many English words are in her introduction quote alone.

Gratuitous English: Of varying degrees.

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.

They're depicted in a sympathetic and very patriotic manner, not to mention being on the side of the good guys. American ships generally only interact with members of their group and certain Japanese ships. 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).

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.

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).

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. The naval branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the largest naval forces in the world.