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==Notes==
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*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 were no "Kansas"-class battleships, or any sea-capable battleships or even modern cruisers, in the US navy in the 1880s. The ship looks more like an [[wikipedia:USS Olympia (C-6)|"Olympia"-class]] protected cruiser, comissioned in 1895.
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Revision as of 16:23, 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

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