Gender-Blender Name: The most obvious examples as a group, considering they're all named after men.
Fragile Speedster: Comes with being a Destroyer, they're all portrayed as having a thing for speed, but don't have the armor to match.Due to the Dead: They're all named after fallen US servicemen.note By 1943, American destroyers were already beginning to best their Japanese rivals in night-fighting around the Solomons thanks to new tactics, radar, and torpedoes that actually worked. Badass Adorable: Portrayed at high-school to college level rather than in middle to elementary-level, but nevertheless play the trope straight, both in day and night battles.In addition, the American destroyers are depicted as older and more mature than their Japanese rivals. Compared to their IJN counterparts, the American destroyers' torpedoes are faulty (at first), but their fire control and guns exceed those used by their opponents, not to mention having the advantage of radar. Destroyers (DD)A comprehensive list of the American Destroyers appearing in Pacific.
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