Newport News

**Heavy Cruiser, *Des Moines*-class, CA-148, USS Newport News**

No. 9 Newport News

## **Character**

### **Appearance**

Noticeably shorter and flatter than her sisters, with blue eyes. Her hair is blue, with hair flaps, a long ahoge, and a gold hairpin. She wears a sleeveless camo shirt that exposes her midriff, and a blue and white skirt, held by a black belt with a gold star buckle. She wears thigh highs; the left is colored blue while the right is striped red and white. She has red shoes.

Her rigging is a split hull design; the right side mounts two main turrets while the left contains the third turret and her funnel. Both sides mount an AA gun at the front and have her hull number painted on the side. Her turrets are belt fed via ammo drums mounted to her thighs. A dual purpose gun and fire director are held in her right hand.

When upgraded, her hair gets longer and her ahoge sticks up higher. Her uniform changes to a long hooded jacket. The jacket’s midsection is colored in her standard camo scheme, while the tails, hood, and sleeves are a solid navy blue with white stripes. Its inside is white. The jacket also depicts her name and hull number in multiple locations. Her leggings are similar to her previous pair, but are worn on the opposite legs and have slightly different designs: the blue one now has white stars, while the stripes of the red and white one are now horizontal rather than vertical. She also has new black and red shoes and white gloves. She retains the hair clip and skirt of her previous form. Finally, she wears a headset with tall protrusions, emphasizing her role as a command ship.

Her upgraded rigging is symmetrical, consisting of two long hull segments stemming from a center section attached around her waist. The middle section mounts her funnel and mainmast with a radar array, while the two side sections mount her weapons: on the right half are two main turrets, and on the left are her third turret, a secondary mount, and an AA mount. Both segments depict her hull number, and much of her rigging is painted in a three-tone blue and gray camo pattern. Finally, an American flag is painted on the roof of her B turret.

## **Skills**

**Rapid Loader**

Autoloader increases main gun rate of fire by 20%.

**Flagship's Presence**

When set as flagship, decreases fleet’s damage taken by 15%.

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## **Trivia**

* Named for the city of Newport News, Virginia.
	+ The second US Navy ship to bear the name.
	+ Her current incarnation is as a *Los Angeles*-class submarine.
* Launched on 6 March 1948 and commissioned on 29 January 1949.
* Her early career was spent on exercises and cruiser with her sisters.
* While her sisters were decommissioned before 1960, *Newport News* remained in service, becoming the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet.
	+ This is referenced by her skill "Flagship's Presence".
* She was escorted by *Leary* during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
	+ While on patrol on 22 October 1962, *Leary*'s radar picked up the Soviet cargo ship *Labinsk*.
	+ The two intercepted *Labinsk*, and found two ICBM missiles without payloads.
	+ *Newport News* left *Leary* to escort *Labinsk* out of Cuban waters, and returned to the main fleet.
* She participated in bombardment missions during the Vietnam War.
* She was decommissioned on 27 June 1975, and would be scrapped in 1993.

* She has a strong sense of breast envy thanks to her sisters.
	+ The nicknames given to her by the more teasing destroyers don't help.

## **CG**

**Base**

**A2**