USS Winfall

## Lore Overview

The **USS *Winfall* (HM-56)** is the lead ship of the *Potomac*-class heavy monitors. The Winfall laid down her keel in 2083 and would exit Brooklyn Naval Harbor and earn her commission in 2084. The *Winfall*'s main task in the Reconstruction Era was protecting the Chesapeake Bay from pirates and raider groups. The Potomac-class of heavy monitors are fitted with large guns, the *Winfall* being no exception, of which has led to the *Winfall* and other ships being called "pocket battleships." Currently, the USS *Winfall* operates in the Halfmoon alongside the United States Military's 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Marine Division to maintain security at Fort Shad and Whitman Bay.

## History

In the earlier days of the Reconstruction Era, the United States Civilization Protection Force (USCPF) needed large and powerful ships to defend important ports, harbors, and major cities along coasts and large rivers. The answer to this problem came with the *Potomac*-class, alongside a new ship classification; the heavy monitor. Being one of eight ships, the USS *Winfall* would first enter construction in 2083 in Brooklyn Naval Harbor and would exit port the following year under the leadership of Commander Vanessa M. Doughtry and Lieutenant Commander Jackson Visconti.

The *Winfall* would be attached to the 3rd Naval Security Group alongside several other ships stationed in the Chesapeake Bay. Due to the nature of the Bay, the *Winfall* would see quite a bit of action against various pirate and raider groups in the Chesapeake. After the Battle of Algonquin Fort, the *Winfall* would earn a reputation of being a bunker buster due to her three 12-inch guns that could level and uproot most underground shelters and bunkers. After the battle, Lt. Cmdr. Visconti would take over commanding the *Winfall* with Artem Shevchenko becoming the new XO of the ship. Sometime in 2094, the *Winfall* would be moved to support the USCPF in the West, more over she would see service in Hawaii. Her main priorities swapped to providing aid to Fort Outlook and the United States' 15th Preservation Brigade. During her tour in Hawaii, she'd encounter different factions such as the Tourists and Sandsharks.

In 2096, the Atlanta Crisis would occur with the subsequent start of the 2nd American Civil War between the United States of America versus the Brazilian Republic and newly created People's Republic of Tidewater. In 2097, the *Winfall* would be recalled to the Eastern Seaboard as she now had the objective of defending any major US installation in Florida. Sometime in early 2098, the *Winfall* would garner her first major victory in the 2ACW during the Battle of Cape Canaveral. The battle would see an outnumbered *Winfall* standing on her own against a much larger, albeit less powerful, fleet of Tidewaterite and Brazilian warships. After the last shots had rung out and American reinforcements arrived, the *Winfall* had sunken 5 Tidewaterite and Brazilian ships with numerous other ships being damaged. The *Winfall* would be heavily damaged in the battle but would return to Wilmington Bay for repairs.

By the events of *Tidewater*, the USS *Winfall* had seen multiple other battles, although not as grand as Cape Canaveral, and in 2115 would find herself with the new objective of providing protection to the border town of Whitman Bay and aiding the United States Military's 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Marine Division at Fort Shad.