Iowa

Info
Note: The listed data and stock equipment are from Kancolle Kai, and may change in the browser version of the game.

Quotes
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Appearance

 * Artist: Shizuma Yoshinori
 * Iowa has long blonde hair, with star-shaped pupils. She wears an outfit reminiscent of women featured on World War II American Navy pin-up posters and a pair of American flag-patterned leggings. The coloration of her costume also closely resembles the paint scheme of the real Iowa's deck.

Personality

 * Seiyuu: Chinami Hashimoto
 * Iowa is portrayed as a playful American girl who uses a bilingual pattern of speech, similar to Kongou, albeit with much heavier inclusion of English words and expressions.
 * Takes great pride in being an American battleship and is not at all shy about demonstrating her firepower, as evident in her quotes.

Trivia

 * Iowa is the first US Navy ship introduced in Kantai Collection, initially appearing in the PS Vita game Kancolle Kai. She is slated to be introduced in the original browser game on or after Spring 2016.
 * Her introduction was preceded by the appearance of the 16inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.7 in the December 2015 Ranking Rewards.
 * Compared to other ships who were either sunk, scuttled, shipwrecked, or sold for scrap, Iowa is the first personification of a "still floating ship" in the game. (Kikuzuki is not afloat despite part of it still remain above sea surface) Her historical counterpart was dismissed from active service in 1990 and is currently docked in the Port of Los Angeles as a museum ship.
 * During Operation Hailstone on February 19th, 1944, USS Iowa (BB-61) along with her sister ship USS New Jersey (BB-62) fired upon and sank the Japanese training cruiser Katori.