Kearsarge - American Tier IX Hybrid Battleship 1938

Kearsarge is a unique project of a powerful battleship aircraft carrier that was developed in the United States in the second half of the 1930s (Project 1058.1).

 

Kearsarge Flag

The tradition of decorating ship stems with beautiful sculptures stayed in the U.S. Navy up until the era of armoured ships. The commemorative flag features the bow decoration of battleship Kearsarge—a ship which was in service from 1900 to 1923.

 

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Ship Name:   IX Kearsarge
Tier: IX (9)
Paper ship: Yes
Class: Battleship (Hybrid)
WG introduction: June 12th, 2021
Status:  Premium Ship
Ship release: 0.10.9
Resource Purchase:  228 000  Coal or 19300  Doubloons
Nation:   USA
Current development status: Released

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Hull:

Hit points:  84,300
Plating:  19~406 mm

Superstructure: 19 mm
Armour Belt: 38~330 mm
Citadel Armour Belt: 356~381 mm
Fore Athwartships: 32~279 mm
Aft Athwartships: 32~279 mm
Citadel Fore Athwartships: 32~279 mm
Citadel Aft Athwartships: 32~279 mm
Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 38 mm
Citadel Deck: 32~44 mm
Citadel Bottom: 50 mm
Conning Tower: 381 mm
Turret Plating: 190~406 mm

Torpedo protection. Damage reduction:  24%

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Main Battery:

4 x 3 406 mm/45 Mk.6 in a turret:
Firing Range: 19.6 km
Reload Time: 36.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time: 45 s
Maximum Dispersion: 256 m
Sigma Value: 1.90σ

Shell Types:

HE SHELLS:

12 x 406 mm HE/HC Mk13:
Alpha Damage: 5700
Alpha Piercing HE: 68 mm
Ammo Type: HE
Air Drag Coefficient: 0.346
Always Ricochet at: 60.0°
Normalization: 8°
Fusetime: 0.001 s
Detonator Threshold: 2.0 mm
Shell Diameter: 0.406 m
Krupp: 250.0
Mass: 862.0 kg
Start Ricochet: 91.0°
Muzzle Velocity: 820 m/s
Burn Probability: 36%

AP SHELLS:

12 x 406 mm AP Mk8:
Alpha Damage: 13100
Ammo Type: AP
Air Drag Coefficient: 0.352
Always Ricochet at: 60.0°
Normalization: 6.0°
Fusetime: 0.033 s
Detonator Threshold: 68.0 mm
Shell Diameter: 0.406 m
Krupp: 2598.0
Mass: 1225.0 kg
Start Ricochet: 45.0°
Muzzle Velocity: 701 m/s

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Attack Aircraft:

Aircraft:  F8F Bearcat

Hit Points: 1840
Cruising Speed: 176.0 knots
Max Speed: 216.0 knots

Engine boost: 5 s
Engine boost reload time: 10 s
Size of Attacking Flight: 5
Aircraft per Squadron: 5
Aircraft Restoration Time: 120 s
Detectability Range: 10.0 km
Number of Aircraft on Deck: 5

Rockets:

HE Tiny Tim:

Rockets in Payload: 3
Alpha Damage: 5,400
Alpha Piercing HE: 68.5 mm
Ammo Type: HE
Air Drag Coefficient: 0.35
Always Ricochet at: 60.0°
Normalization: 45.0°
Detonator: 0.03 s
Detonator Threshold: 25.0 mm
Diameter: 0.04 m
Krupp: 3.0
Mass: 36.29 kg
Start Ricochet: 45.0°
Velocity: 217 m/s
Chance of causing fire: 33%

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Secondaries:

14 x 2 127.0 mm:
Maximum HE shell damage: 1800
Range: 7 km
Reload: 6 s
Alpha Piercing HE: 21 mm
HE initial velocity: 792 m/s
Chance of causing fire: 5%
Air Drag: 0.347

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Depth Charge Airstrike:

Maximum bomb damage: 4200

Available flights: 1

Attack aircraft per flight: 1

Range: 10 km

Bombs per payload: 2 x 650-Pound Depth Bomb

Reload time: 30 s

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AA Defence:

Long Range:
14 x 2 127.0 mm:
Firing range: ~5.8 km
Hit Probability: 75 %
Damage by Zone Area AA: 245
Damage Caused by Shell Explosions: 1610
Continuous damage: 338

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 10
Action Zone: 3.5-5.8 km
Mid Range:
10 x 4 40.0 mm:
Firing range: ~3.5 km
Hit Probability: 75 %
Damage by Zone Area AA: 263
Short Range:
20 x 1 20.0 mm:
Firing range: ~2.0 km
Hit Probability: 70 %
Damage by Zone Area AA: 144

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Mobility:

Maximum speed: 30.0 kt
Turning circle radius: 1050 m
Rudder shift time: 18.4 s
Propulsion: 300,000 hp

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Visibility:

Surface Detectability: 16.9 km
Detectability by depths:  0-14.0 km

Air Detectability: 14.0 km
Detectability after Firing Main Guns in Smoke: 16.4 km

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Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Action Time:  20 s

Reload Time:  80 s

Slot 2: Repair Party:

Charges:  4

Action Time:  28 s

Reload Time:  80 s

Regen per second: +421 hp p/s

All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change at any time.{alertSuccess}