Anchorage — Tier VIII American Heavy Cruiser (1940)

Historically, U.S. Navy heavy cruisers were not armed with torpedo tubes—this put them in a vulnerable position, particularly when compared to Japanese cruisers equipped with 610 mm torpedoes. Had the CA-B heavy cruisers evolved to be equipped with torpedo armament, such a ship could have been armed with two 533 mm quadruple-tube torpedo launchers—one on each side.

Ship Details

• Ship Name: VIII Anchorage
• Tier: VIII (8)
• WG Introduction: June 5th, 2020
• Ship Release: ~0.9.8
• Base Value:  17,500
• Nation:  USA

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Ship Armour

• Hit Points: 41,800 hp
• Torpedo Protection: 16%
• Overall: 6–206 mm
• Citadel Fore Athwartship: 127–152 mm
• Citadel Aft Athwartship: 127–152 mm
• Citadel Armor Belt: 152 mm
• Citadel Plating: 102–127 mm
• Citadel Deck: 76 mm
• Citadel Bottom: 40 mm
• Superstructure: 16 mm
• Turrets: 38–203 mm
• Tonnage: 20,254 t

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Main Battery

4 x 3 203 mm/55 Mk15

• Max Range: 15.6 km
• Reload: 14.5 s
• 180° Turn Time: 30 s
• Dispersion at Max Range: 141 m
• Sigma: 2.0σ

Shell Types

HE Shells (12 x 203 mm HE/HC Mk25)

• Alpha Damage: 2800
• Arming Threshold: 34 mm
• Ammo Type: HE
• Drag Coefficient: 0.333
• Always Ricochet: 60.0°
• Normalisation: 8°
• Fusetime: 0.001 s
• Shell Diameter: 0.203 m
• Krupp: 630.0
• Mass: 118 kg
• Start Ricochet: 91.0°
• Muzzle Velocity: 823 m/s
• Burn Probability: 14%

AP Shells (12 x 203 mm AP Mk21)

• Alpha Damage: 4600
• Arming Threshold: 34 mm
• Ammo Type: AP
• Drag Coefficient: 0.321
• Always Ricochet: 67.5°
• Normalisation: 7°
• Fusetime: 0.033 s
• Shell Diameter: 0.203 m
• Krupp: 2846
• Mass: 118 kg
• Start Ricochet: 60.0°
• Muzzle Velocity: 853 m/s

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Secondaries

4 x 1 127 mm HE Mk32 / 2 x 2 127 mm HE Mk32

• Range: 5.0 km
• Damage: 1800
• Chance of Fire: 5%
• Reload: 6.0 s
• HE Armour Penetration: 21 mm
• Shell Velocity: 792 m/s
• Shell Mass: 24.5 kg
• Sigma: 1.0σ

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Torpedo Armament

2 x 4 533 mm Mk16 mod. 1 (Also used on Fletcher, Gearing)

• Reload: 85 s
• 180° Turn Time: 7.2 s
• Range: 10.5 km
• Damage: 19,033
• Speed: 66 kts
• Visibility Distance: 1.4 km
• Reaction Time: 8.158 s
• Chance of Flood: ~323%

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AA Defence

Long Range

2 x 2 127 mm/38 Mk29 mod. 0 & 4 x 1 127 mm/38 Mk24

• Action Zone: ~3.5–5.8 km
• Hit Probability: 90%
• Damage Within an Explosion: 1470
• Continuous Damage Per Second: 88
• Continuous Damage: 154
• Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 4

Short Range

14 x 4 28 mm/75 Mk2 mod. 2 & 16 x 1 20 mm Oerlikon Mk4

• Action Zone: ~2.4 km
• Hit Probability: 85%
• Continuous Damage Per Second: 214

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Manoeuvrability

• Maximum Speed: 33.0 kts
• Turning Circle Radius: 800 m
• Rudder Shift Time: 11.2 s
• Propulsion: 120,000 hp

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Concealment

• Surface Detectability: 13.6 km
• Detectability After Firing MB Guns: 15.6 km
• Detectability After Firing Secondary Guns: 13.6 km
• Detectability With Ship on Fire: 15.6 km
• Air Detectability: 8.0 km
• Detectability After Firing Secondary Guns (Air): 8.0 km
• Detectability With Ship on Fire (Air): 11.0 km
• Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke: 8.0 km

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Consumables

Slot 1: Damage Control Party

• Work Time: 5 s
• Reload Time: 60 s

Slot 2: Catapult Fighter

• Charges: 3
• Action Time: 60 s
• Reload Time: 90 s
• Fighter Radius: 3 km
• Fighters: x4

Slot 2: Spotting Aircraft

• Charges: 4
• Action Time: 100 s
• Reload Time: 240 s
• Added Spotting Radius: +20%

Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search

• Charges: 3
• Action Time: 100 s
• Reload Time: 120 s
• Torpedo Detection Range: 3.5 km
• Ship Detection Range: 5.0 km

Slot 3: Smoke Generator

• Charges: 2
• Action Time: 30 s
• Smoke Screen Dispersion Time: 104 s
• Reload Time: 160 s
• Radius: 0.45 km