Massachusetts(艦隊これくしょん) マサチューセッツ(艦隊これくしょん) Massachusetts(艦これ) マサチューセッツ(艦これ) Massachusetts マサチューセッツ
Third ship of the US Navy's [i]South Dakota[/i]-class battleships, [[USS Massachusetts (BB-59)]], in [i][[Kantai Collection]][/i]. 
Character design by [[Zeco|]].

h4. Appearance
[tn]See post #5665309 for base form and post #5661307 for Kai form.[/tn]

She is portrayed with [[long hair|long]] [[blonde hair]] with a [[red hair|red]] [[streaked hair|streak]], [[red eyes]], and [[large breasts]], albeit just like her sister [i]South Dakota[/i], looks slim relative to the large [[rigging]] she wears. 

Her rigging is the same as her sister's, sporting her three historical 406 mm triple gun mounts and 10 12.7 cm twin [[anti-air|DP]] gun mounts on a hull that is painted in Measure 22, her real-life camouflage scheme in the Naval Battle of Casablanca. She also carries her real-life mainmast with SG and SC-1 [[radar]]s on top.

h4. History
In real life, [i]Massachusetts[/i] was the only one of the class to have initially seen frontline service in the Atlantic/Mediterranean theaters, bombarding Casablanca in November 1942 (the setting of the 2022 Summer event, including her gunnery exchange with [i][[Jean Bart (Kancolle)|]][/i], in anchor at that time). She was only transferred to the Pacific in early 1943 to replace her sister [i]South Dakota[/i] (then headed stateside for repairs), seeing action escorting the carrier forces.

Post-war, she was decommissioned in 1947, but it took until 1965 for her to become a museum ship.

h4. [i]South Dakota[/i]-class battleships
* [[South Dakota (Kancolle)|]] (BB-57)
* [b]Massachusetts[/b] (BB-59)

h4. See also
* [[Jean Bart (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Massachusetts (Azur Lane)]]

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia: USS [i]Massachusetts[/i] (BB-59)":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Massachusetts_%28BB-59%29]
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