USS Miskatonic
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- 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.
- 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.
