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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*The ''Miskatonic'' is named after [[wikipedia:Miskatonic University|Miskatonic University]], a recurring setting from the [[wikipedia:Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu Mythos]]. | *The ''Miskatonic'' is named after [[wikipedia:Miskatonic University|Miskatonic University]], a recurring setting from the [[wikipedia:Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu Mythos]]. | ||
* There was no "Kansas"-class battleships or any sea-capable battleships or modern cruisers at all in US navy by 1880th. The ship looks more like "Olympia"-class protected cruiser. | * Or, more likely in spite of US navy naming traditions in XIX century - after the Miskatonic river, which gave name also to the well-known University. | ||
* There was no "Kansas"-class battleships, or any sea-capable battleships or even modern cruisers at all in US navy by 1880th. The ship looks more like [[wikipedia:USS Olympia (C-6)|"Olympia"-class]] protected cruiser, comissioned in 1895. | |||
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Revision as of 14:52, 11 December 2014
- The USS Miskatonic is a ship from the Generation 1 continuity family.
The USS Miskatonic is a Kansas-class battleship serving in the United States Navy in the year 1888.
Fiction
Hearts of Steel
The Miskatonic was traveling to Ireland when it was suddenly attacked by an Elder God rising from beneath the waves. The Autobot Ironhide, who was disguised as one of the ship's gun turrets, managed to escape before it was ripped to shreds and sunk by the monster's tentacles. Infestation 2: The Transformers #1 Some of the crew got on a lifeboat, but had died of fear by the time they were found by the HMS Indomitable. Infestation 2: The Transformers #2
Notes
- The Miskatonic is named after Miskatonic University, a recurring setting from the Cthulhu Mythos.
- Or, more likely in spite of US navy naming traditions in XIX century - after the Miskatonic river, which gave name also to the well-known University.
- There was no "Kansas"-class battleships, or any sea-capable battleships or even modern cruisers at all in US navy by 1880th. The ship looks more like "Olympia"-class protected cruiser, comissioned in 1895.
