Congress - Premium American Tier VIII Heavy Cruiser 1944

 Congress American Tier VIII Heavy Cruiser 1944

A variant of the "large cruiser" project with seven 305 mm guns as her main battery. She was similar to the Alaska-class ships in terms of her other characteristics.

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Congress left her mark in history as one of six sailing frigates built according to the Naval Act of 1794. The frigates laid the foundation for the modern U.S. Navy. Today, the name Congress is given to the second of the newest Constellation-class frigates. She is planned to be laid down in the coming years.

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SHIP DETAILS:

Ship Name:  VIII Congress

Tier: VIII (8)

Paper ship: Yes

Class: Heavy Cruiser

WG introduction: April 6th, 2021

Status: Premium Ship

Ship Release: ~0.10.6 (August 6th 2021)

Doubloon Base Value:  11,000  Doubloons

Resource purchase: 11,300  Doubloons

Nation:   USA

Permaflage:   Type 10 Free

Current development status: Released

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HULL:

Health:  51,150

Overall: 16~325 mm

Superstructure:  16 mm

Armor Belt:  28~229 mm

Fore Athwartships:  21~260 mm

Aft Athwartships:  21~260 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships:  51~260 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships:  51~260 mm

Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 26 mm

Citadel Deck:  19 mm

Citadel Bottom:  40 mm

Turret Plating:  127~325 mm

Torpedo Protection (damage reduction) 13%

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MAIN BATTERY:

1 x 3, 2 x 2 305 mm/50 Mk.8 in a turret:

Firing Range:  17.5 km

Reload Time:  22.0 s

180 Degree Turn Time:  30.0 s

Maximum Dispersion:  195 m

Sigma Value:  2.05σ

SHELL TYPES:

HE SHELLS:

7 x 305 mm HE Mk17 mod. 1:

Maximum HE shell damage:  4300

Alpha Piercing HE:  51.0 mm

Shell Air Drag:  0.3433

Shell Always Ricochet At:  60.0°

Normalization:  68.0°

Shell Detonator:  0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold:  2.0

Shell Diameter:  305 mm

Shell Krupp:  1.0

Shell Mass:  462.3

Shell Ricochet At:  91.0°

HE Shell initial velocity:  808.0 m/s

Chance of causing fire:  27.0%

AP SHELLS:

7 x 305 mm AP Mk18 mod. 1:

Maximum AP shell damage: 8900

Shell Air Drag:    0.3343

Shell Always Ricochet At: 67.5°

Normalization:  6.0°

Shell Detonator:  0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 51.0 mm

Shell Diametr: 305 mm

Shell Krupp:   2470.0

Shell Mass: 517.0

Shell Ricochet At: 60.0°

AP Shell initial velocity: 762.0 m/s

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SECONDARIES:

6 X 2 127 mm HE Mk32:

Maximum HE shell damage:  1800

Range: 6.6 km

Reload: 6 s

Alpha Piercing HE:  21.0 mm

Ammo Type:  HE

Shell Air Drag:  0.347

Shell Always Ricochet At:  60.0°

Normalization:  68.0°

Shell Detonator:  0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold:  2.0

Shell Diameter:  127 mm

Shell Krupp:  1350.0

Shell Mass:  24.5

Shell Ricochet At:  91.0°

HE Shell initial velocity:  792.0 m/s

Chance of causing fire:  5.0%

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AA DEFENCE:

LONG RANGE:

6 x 2 127.0 mm:

Action Zone:  0.1~5.8 km

Hit Probability:  90 %

Continuous Damage Per Second:  109

Damage within an explosion:  1540

Number of explosions in a salvo:  5

Continuous damage:  291

Action zone:  3.5 - 5.8 km.

MID RANGE:

14 x 2 40.0 mm:

Action Zone:  0.1~3.5 km

Hit Probability:  90 %

Continuous Damage Per Second:  273

SHORT RANGE:

20 x 1 20.0 mm:

Action Zone:  0.1~2.0 km

Hit Probability:  85 %

Continuous Damage Per Second:  151

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MOBILITY:

Maximum Speed:   33.0 kts

Turning Circle Radius:   850 m

Rudder Shift Time:   13.0 s

Propulsion:  180,000

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VISIBILTY:

Surface Detectability:   15.5 km

Air Detectability:  9.7 km

Detectability by enemy submarines:   0~15.5 km

Detectability after Firing Main Guns in Smoke:   12.1 km

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CONSUMABLES:

Slot 1:   Damage Control Party:

Work time:  5 s

Reload time:  60 s

Slot 2:   Hydroacoustic Search:

Charges:  3

Action time:  100 s

Reload time:  120 s

Detection of torpedoes:  3.5 km

Detection of ships:  5.0 km

Slot 2:   Defensive AA:

Charges:  4

Action time:  40 s

Reload time:  80 s

Slot 3:   Fighter:

Charges:  3

Action Time:  60 s

Reload Time:  90 s

Radius :  +3.0 km

Fighters:  x3

Slot 3:   Spotting Aircraft:

Charges:  4

Action Time:  100 s

Reload Time:  240 s

Added Firing Range :  +20%

Slot 3:   Surveillance Radar:

Charges:  3

Action Time:  35 s

Reload Time:  120 s

Detection of ships:  10.0 km

Slot 4:   Repair Party:

Charges:  2

Action time:  28 s

Reload time:  80 s

HP per second:  +255 hp/s

WG Recommended Upgrades:

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