On her left hand she wears a singleblack glove, an oblique reference to the injuries to the left hand sustained by her captain, Lieutenant Commander Ernest E. Evans, including losing two fingers. Draped on her left upper arm is the Medal of Honor, presumably similar to the one posthumously awarded to Lieutenant Commander Evans for his actions in the Battle off Samar.
Her machinery consists of two smokestacks and two 5-inch cannonturrets with one set on each side of her rigging, with a third handheld turret on her right hand. Her hull number is emblazoned on each side of her lower rigs.
Personality
She is often compared to Amatsukaze due to both having similar two side up hairstyles and sailor outfits with gartered thighhighs as well as apparently sharing similar tsundere personalities.
History
The historical destroyer was part of the Taffy 3 party (which included Samuel B. Roberts and Gambier Bay) and was sunk during the Battle off Samar by successive firings from Kurita Takeo's forces, but not before scoring hits of her own, including those to Kumano. For her actions, she was given a Presidential Unit Citation and six battle stars, which shipgirl Johnston displays as one bronze star and one silver star (equivalent to five bronzes) on her collar.
Trivia
She's voiced by Shiraki Nao and was designed by Zeco. Her namesake is Navy Lieutenant John V. Johnston, who fought for the Union from 1862 to 1864 during the American Civil War. She is the game's first bona fide American destroyer, despite the fact that destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts was already classified as a destroyer in the game.
