I always found weird and completely random that Ark Royal in AL is a lolicon.
There was a fan theory that the weird and wacky behaviors of AL shipgirls are a way of coping from their traumas back when they were still steel hulls.
Good examples are San Diego being a silly ditz is a way of dealing with her combat PTSD (she's only second to Enterprise in terms of combat awards and participation), and Ark Royal being a Destroyercon. Ark being hype fixated to DDs is a way to deal with her fear of Submarines because she sank to one. What's the natural counter to Subs IRL? DDs.