open/close all folders
Destroyers (DD)
A comprehensive list of the American Destroyers appearing in Pacific. Compared to their IJN counterparts, the American destroyers' torpedoes are faulty (at first), but their fire control and guns exceed those used by their opponents, not to mention having the advantage of radar. In addition, the American destroyers are depicted as older and more mature than their Japanese rivals.- Badass Adorable: Portrayed at high-school to college level rather than in middle to elementary-level, but nevertheless play the trope straight, both in day and night battles. note
- Due to the Dead: They're all named after fallen US servicemen.
- Fragile Speedster: Comes with being a Destroyer, they're all portrayed as having a thing for speed, but don't have the armor to match.
- Gender-Blender Name: The most obvious examples as a group, considering they're all named after men.
- Macross Missile Massacre: All of them come equipped with torpedo tubes, and are very much capable of doing this against any Abyssal they come up against.
- Nice Girl: A fair number of them are this, but most notably Edsall.
- Theme Naming: See Due to the Dead above.
Clemson-class Destroyer
Edsall (DD-219)
- "Goodbyes are not forever. They simply mean 'I'll miss you until we meet again'."
Named after Norman Edsall
, USS Edsall is one of 156 Clemson-class destroyers. She is depicted as a young blonde-haired girl.
- BFS: Carries around a broadsword that's almost as big as she is.
- Classified Information: A lot of information regarding her weapons is kept top-secret.
- Dying Moment of Awesome: Her historical counterpart's Last Stand in early 1942 required the use of entire carrier plane squadrons for her to be taken down. And this was after the Japanese brought in Kongou, Hiei and several Heavy Cruisers and Destroyers in order to try and hit her.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Played straight to a "T".
- Idiot Hair: Much more noticeable than Mahan's.
- Last Stand: One that pretty much humiliated a portion of the Japanese fleet.
- Patriotic Fervor: Her costume puts Maury's to shame.
- Power of Friendship: Credits for the early WWII era fleet historical successes. And seeks to live up to that ideal as a ship girl.
- Proper Tights with a Skirt: White stockings instead of the black stockings used by Mahan and West Virginia.
- Purple Is Powerful:She has purple eyes and is powerful enough to humiliate several opponents bigger than her before dying.
- Sexy Backless Outfit: Not quite obvious in the above image, but the art shown on the main characters page reveals her dress to be this.
- Team Mom: To the other American destroyers, partly due to being the oldest.
- Weak, but Skilled: Edsall is based on an outdated destroyer, but has an impressive combat record.
- If the Classified Information entry has anything to say regarding her fighting style against the Abyssals, it's most likely a form of this trope.
Mahan-class Destroyer
- Idiot Hair: Though interestingly it's not always seen in the art they're depicted in.
- Sailor Fuku: Their costumes closely resemble this.
Mahan (DD-364)
- "The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military operations."
Mahan, named after Alfred Thayer Mahan, is the personification of USS Mahan. She is depicted as a pink-haired girl with glasses holding what looks like a history book in her hands.
- Dreadful Musician: Never ever let her near a guitar.◊
- Genius Bruiser: More on the genius side than the bruiser side, but it's still there.
- Perpetual Frowner: Her artwork to the right depicts her with a slight frown.
- Proper Tights with a Skirt: A break from the more commonly seen Zettai Ryouiki seen on most US Navy ship girls.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie
- The Smart Guy: For the US Navy ship girls.
- The Strategist: Her specialty.
Shaw (DD-373)
- "Mahan-class destroyer, Shaw, gallantly steaming, away!"
Named after John Shaw, Shaw is based on the American destroyer USS Shaw, of Pearl Harbor fame. She is depicted as a young girl with freckles carrying a small handbag, with a dove as a companion.
- Boyish Short Hair: In contrast to her older sister's long hair.
- Color-Coded Eyes: Her green eyes signify her Friend to All Living Things status above.g
- The Cutie: For the American ship girls.
- Friend to All Living Things: Known for taking care of injured sailors as well as seabirds.
- Healing Potion: Can use chicken soup, Play-Doh, and glitter in a “med-kit” that she can use to nurse birds and people back to perfect health. R&D has yet replicate it.
- The Heart: The closest thing to one among the US Navy ships.
- The Medic: Does this job with improvised methods that nevertheless work.
- Youthful Freckles: Similar to Lousiana's.
Gridley-class Destroyer
Maury (DD-401)
Maury, named after Matthew Maury, is the personification of the Gridley-class destroyer USS Maury. She is depicted as something akin to an Olympic athlete with a quest for speed. Her signature weapons include a shield which has her torpedo tubes and 5-inch gun mount, as well as a flag of the United States.
- The Ace: Given that her historical counterpart was one of the most decorated ships of World War II (alongside Enterprise and Narwhal), a lot of it rubs off on her.
- Back-to-Back Badasses: With O'Bannon.
- Badass Cape: A black one.
- Blue Oni: To O'Bannon's Red Oni.
- Boisterous Bruiser: Surprisingly averted. Despite the looks, she is actually pretty reserved.
- Born Lucky: Based on a ship that survived the war while earning 16 battle stars for her service.
- Boyish Short Hair
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Yes, she may look kind of silly waving that American flag around, but don't ever forget that she's based on one of the most decorated ships of World War II, which says a lot about her already.
- Captain Patriotic: She even waves around an American flag, not to mention being based on one of the most famous examples of this trope.
- Close-Range Combatant: Is a master at CQC, and won't hesitate to use it against the Abyssals.
- Curtains Match the Window: Gold hair and eyes.
- Expy: Of Captain America. Even more so if you look at Action Report, where one of her shields is basically the one used by Rogers himself.
- Her hairstyle, tomboyish nature, and expertise in CQC would bring Meryl Silverburgh to mind.
- She also has elements of Wonder Woman, especially with regards to her costume.
- Foil: To Shimakaze. Both are exceptionally fast destroyers in their respective Navies with a thing for speed and racing. One of her quotes in the book even mentions wanting to have a race with the former some time.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Played with. She certainly has most of the traits present, barring the fact that she's actually not delicate and fragile.
- Hero Killer: Not to the same degree as Enterprise, but her historical counterpart did have a hand in destroying Kawakaze, Arashi, and Hagikaze during the Battle of Vella Gulf.
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: It even houses most of her weapons.
- Meaningful Appearance: A black headband resembling a Laurel wreath with a Hermes motif, fittingly enough.
- One-Woman Army: To the point that most US military commanders would personally recommend her to do Top Secret missions alone.
- Patriotic Fervor: As if the American flag she carries didn't indicate this.
- The Rival: Again, to Shimakaze with anything regarding speed and racing.
- She's also this to Shigure historically. note
- Super Prototype: Invoked by the layout of her equipment note in comparison to her peers. According to the authors, this layout is based on the Super Prototype mecha seen in anime such as those seen in Gundam.
- San Francisco: Her hometown (as in, where she was initially laid down). One of her lines notes this specifically, and further emphasizes it through use of the word 'hella'. note
- Technician vs. Performer: Inverted in this case with her and Shimakaze, thanks to the latter's more advanced torpedo tubes and engines.
- Tomboy: Very much so.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Well, she does go shopping for clothes with Tashkent, if that's any indicator.
Fletcher-class Destroyer
O'Bannon (DD-450)
- A REAL SHIPGIRL FIGHTS A BATTLESHIP AT CLOSE RANGE!
Named after Presley O'Bannon, USS O'Bannon is one of the 175 Fletcher-class destroyers, and the most decorated destroyer of World War Two. Pacific depicts her as a teenage girl throwing a potato.
- Ace Custom: Invoked in her equipment layout. While Maury is meant to invoke the Super Prototype trope ala the RX-78-2 Gundam or Gundam Gp01, O'Bannon is akin more to the likes of say, the GM Custom.
- The Ace: Based on the most decorated destroyer of the war, earning 1 battle star more than Maury above.note
- The All-Solving Hammer: Potatoes for every problem. Japanese ship? Potatoes. Abyssal threat? More potatoes.
- Back-to-Back Badasses: With Maury.
- Born Lucky: Hell yes! Comes with being the most decorated destroyer of World War II, and surviving the whole ordeal.
- Close-Range Combatant: Like Maury, she knows CQC, although with a different twist to it.
- Curtains Match the Window: Red hair and eyes.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: Her leggings, specifically.
- The Gadfly: Oh yeah.
- Improbable Weapon User: Potatoes, which is based on a Real Life incident involving her and a Japanese submarine. See here for more info.
- In addition to potatoes, she can basically weaponize pretty much anything around her.
- Edible Ammunition: She throws said potatoes like hand grenades.
- Improv Fu: As a classic comedy brawler her fighting style emphasizes weaponizing objects in her environment, potatoes may be her favorite, but she can use ladders, towels and half-coconuts just as well.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While she is The Prankster, she'll only target people she deems worthy of receiving it. And she's a genuinely nice person, to boot.
- Meaningful Appearance: A hairpin in the shape of a four-leaf clover with the caption "CAN DO" written on it. note
- Phenotype Stereotype: Freckles? Check. Redhead? Check. Loves Potatoes? Check. Yup, definitely someone of Irish descent.
- The Prankster: Loves pulling pranks on both the Japanese ships and those from her own side (Pennsylvania especially).
- Red Oni: To Maury's Blue Oni.
- Signature Move: Potatoes, as if it weren't obvious already.
- Stripperific: Her costume, though (fortunately) for her case it averts Vapor Wear.
- Tomboyish Ponytail.
Light Cruisers (CL)
A list of Light Cruisers appearing in Pacific. Unlike their Japanese counterparts (whose prime task is leading destroyers), the American Light Cruisers are simply cruisers armed with smaller (but faster firing) gun batteries and bristling with AAA batteries. In other words, this means that they're more heavily armed and armored than their IJN kanmusu rivals.- Anti-Air: Starting with the Brooklyn-class, they become more specialized towards taking down enemy aircraft, especially towards the later parts of the war.
- Jack of All Stats: Compared to their IJN counterparts, they can pretty much do any job thanks to their heavier armament and armor.
- Theme Naming: Like the Heavy Cruisers, all are named after American cities.
Omaha-class Light Cruiser
Raleigh (CL-7)
- "Message from HQ, commander. Hope it's the orders you want to see."
Raleigh is named after city of Raleigh, North Carolina, and is also the personification of the light cruiser USS Raleigh. She is depicted as a braided brown-haired girl with fingerless gloves and boots.
- Braids of Action
- Friend to All Children: While not necessarily good at fighting Abyssals, she herself admits at being good "with the kids".
- Foil: To Tenryuu: Both are underpowered Light Cruisers, both are used mainly for expeditions and resource missions, and both have a rapport with the Destroyer kids. But while Tenryuu is boisterous, tomboyish, and aggressive, Raleigh is docile, waifish, and sickly.
- Incurable Cough of Death: Subverted. It's non-fatal, although it's a constant problem for her.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Marblehead's girly girl.
Marblehead (CL-12)
- "What more can I do to help us in winning this war?"
Named after the town of Marblehead, Massachusetts, she is the personification of USS Marblehead. Depicted as a young brunette wearing a dress and sunhat.
- Boring, but Practical: Her talent at writing, record-keeping and habit of documenting everything that interests her makes her a talented logistics officer.
- Boyish Short Hair: As opposed to Raleigh's Braids of Action.
- Cannot Tell a Joke: Marblehead sees her inability to tell a good joke as a result of historical design flaws. Still won’t stop her from trying.
- Cultured Warrior: Due to ship girls in this work being depicted as a cross between Military Superhero and Super-Soldier, she definitely falls under this category due to her extensive knowledge of books and art.
- Expy: She's essentially a ship girl version of Yukiko Amagi with regards to being a Proper Lady with a thing for weird humor.
- The Hyena: Loves telling bad puns and jokes to her peers.
- Innocent Blue Eyes
- Shout-Out: Quotes Lovecraft's writings.
- Sole Survivor: Of the ABDA force that fought in the Java Sea.
- The Story Teller: Thanks to her extensive knowledge of famous works, as well as her hobby of writing stories, this is her favorite past time aside from telling jokes.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Raleigh's tomboy.
Brooklyn-class Light Cruiser
Phoenix (CL-46)
Named after the Capital city of the state of Arizona, as well as the bird of Greek myth, Phoenix represents the light cruiser USS Phoenix, famous for its time as the Argentinian cruiser ARA General Belgrano, which sank during The Falk Lands War. She is depicted as a possibly Ax-Crazy young woman wielding a flamethrower.
- Ax-Crazy: A more anti-heroic take on this.
- Born Lucky: Survived the war unscathed.
- Her nickname During the War was in fact "Lucky Phoenix".
- Embarrassing Nickname: Phoo-Bird. Please don't call her that in public.
- Expy: Arguably one for The Pyro.
- Kill It with Fire: Her trademark weapon is an M2 flamethrower.
- Pyromaniac: Well, what did you expect with a name like that?
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Unlike Enterprise, played completely straight.
- Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: In this case, after the legendary bird in Greek myth.
- Slasher Smile: Not surprising there.
- Token Evil Teammate: Less evil, more on borderline Ax-Crazy. Otherwise she's still a pretty good ship girl.
- Vapor Wear: Similar to the Tone or St Louis sisters, there isn't any way she could be wearing panties.
St. Louis-class Light Cruiser
- Braids of Action: Both have them, but Helena's is more obvious.
- Going Commando: Both of them. See Vapor Wear below.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Helena is the red to St. Louis' blue. Their eye colors and color motifs make this pretty clear.
- Stripperific: Their costumes are clearly this and...
- Vapor Wear: It's pretty clear to anyone who looks carefully that they're not wearing anything under those thin dresses of theirs.
St. Louis (CL-49)
The lead ship of the two-ship St. Louis-class, named after the city of the same name and based on the USS St. Louis. Depicted with shorter hair than her younger sister, as well as an opposing color motif (blue to the latter's red).
- Badass Cape: A blue one in this case.
- Blue Oni
- Boyish Short Hair: Compared to her sister's long hair.
- Innocent Blue Eyes
Helena (CL-50)
Named after the Light Cruiser USS Helena (which sank some time in mid-1943), and the capital city of Montana, Helena is the second St. Louis class cruiser.
- Badass Boast: Just look at her quote above.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Doesen't wear underwear, to name a few quirks. Despite this, she is probably one of the most skilled fighters among the US navy ship girls. The real life ship had one heck of a war record, so this should rub off on her as well.
- Good Bad Girl: Loves showing off her... assets, but is a pretty nice girl at heart.
- I Will Only Slow You Down: Her "sunk" quote in the book draws heavily towards this.
- Red Oni
- The Tease: Very.
