The wolf of SolomonBright and full of curiosityAoba is constructed on Febuary 4th Taishou 13 (1924).
The main difference with Furutaka class is that the main gun is replaced with three twin turrets.
Her name Aoba is from Mount Aoba, located between Kyoto and Fukui.
A navy author named Umino Juuzou is also part of her crew, so KanColle's Aoba became a character who loves to do reportage.Aoba is a lucky ship who still get to fight to the last even after getting heavily damaged thrice.
Because she always came back after being damaged, she got nickname Wolf of Solomon (note: there's various opinion regarding this).
Showa 15: Aoba is a part of the 6th Cruiser Division operating in attack on Rabaul. During the Battle of Cape Esperance, she mistaken the enemy fleet as friendly, she gave light signal saying "I am Aoba" and got heavily damaged by radar assisted fires. She's returned to Kure for repairs.
Second time is when she's attacked by dive bombers near Kavieng. She received emergency repair and returned to Japan again for repair.
Third time is when doing logistic shipment for the Battle of Leyte Gulf in Showa 19. She's heavily damaged and it took 50 days for her to return to Kure.
But because of the extensive damage, she can't be repaired and instead she fought to her last as a floating AA gun platform. She sunk to the bottom during air raid and finally scrapped at the end of the war.
Her chrysanthemum crest and main gun is still preserved up to this day.Lead ship of the Aoba class heavy cruisersAnyway, the cute thing of Aoba is how she's active, cheerful and easily pushed her luck.
Being curious and enjoys doing interviews are also interesting building part of her character.
Just by having her in your fleet, it feels like the light would shine even in the harshest battles.
I also like her medium damage line, "Maybe my firepower is not enough...", it shows the weak side of that girl who's always so spirited.
Of course, I'll send her to dock as soon as she returned.
