USS Rochester American Tier VIII Heavy Cruiser 1946 

An Oregon City-class heavy cruiser with more advanced AA weaponry and a different arrangement for her AA defences as compared to her direct predecessors, the Baltimore-class ships.

USS Rochester Flag

The cruiser was named after the city of Rochester, New York, which was one of the leading centers of science, technology, and education in the United States. The city's flag, which was adopted in 1934, depicts the coat of arms of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, who founded the settlement in the early 19th century.

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Key Features
> Nine (9) 203-mm guns in Three (3) turrets.
> Powerful AP shells
> Good concealment,
Packed with equipment:
> "Smoke generator", "Hydroacoustic Search" and "Defensive AA Fire"
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Ship Name:   VIII Rochester
Tier: VIII (8)
Paper ship: No
Class: Oregon City-Class Heavy Cruiser
WoWs introduction: June 12th 2021
Status when final:  Premium Ship

Base value: 11,000  Doubloons

Ship Release: 0.10.8
Nation:   USA
Current development status: Released

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Hull:

Hit points:  41,900
Plating:  16~203 mm
Fires Duration: 30 s
Superstructure: 16 mm
Armor Belt: 27 mm
Fore Athwartships: 27~160 mm
Aft Athwartships: 27 mm
Citadel Armour Belt: 76~152 mm

Citadel Plating: 27 mm
Citadel Fore Athwartships: 27~152 mm
Citadel Aft Athwartships: 27~127 mm
Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 26 mm
Citadel Deck: 64 mm
Citadel Bottom: 40 mm
Turret Plating: 38~203 mm

Torpedo protection, damage reduction:  13%  

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Main Battery:

3 x 3 203 mm/55 Mk.15 on a triple mount:
Firing Range: 15.9 km
Reload Time: 12.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time: 30 s
Maximum Dispersion: 142 m
Sigma Value: 2.0σ

Shell Types:

HE Shells:
9 x 203 mm HE/HC Mk25:

Alpha Damage: 2800

Alpha Piercing HE: 34 mm

Ammo Type: HE

Air Drag: 0.333

Always Ricochet at: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Detonator: 0.001 s

Detonator Threshold: 2.0 mm

Diameter: 0.203 m

Krupp: 630.0

Mass: 118.0 kg

Start Ricochet: 91.0°

Velocity: 823 m/s

Chance of causing fire: 14%

AP Shells:
9 x 203 mm AP Mk21:

Alpha Damage: 5000

Ammo Type: AP

Air Drag: 0.356

Always Ricochet at: 67.5°

Normalization: 7.0°

Detonator: 0.033 s

Detonator Threshold: 34.0 mm

Krupp: 2919.0

Mass: 152.0 kg

Start Ricochet: 60.0°

Velocity: 762 m/s

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Secondaries:

6 x 2 127.0 mm:
Maximum HE shell damage: 1800
Range: 6.6 km
Reload: 6 s
Alpha Piercing HE: 21 mm
HE initial velocity: 792 m/s
COF: 5%
Air Drag: 0.347

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AA Defence:

Long Range:
6 x 2 127.0 mm:
Firing Range: 5.8 km
Hit Probability: 90 %
Damage by Zone Area AA: 109
Damage Caused by Shell Explosions: 1540
Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 5
Action Zone: 3.5-5.8 km
Mid Range:
10 x 2 76.2 mm:
Firing Range: 4.0 km
Hit Probability: 90 %
Damage by Zone Area AA: 354

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Mobility:

Maximum speed: 33.0 kt
Turning circle radius: 750 m
Rudder shift time: 10.5 s
Propulsion: 120,000 hp

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Visibility:

Surface Detectability: 11.7 km
Air Detectability: 7.2 km
Detectability after Firing Main Guns in Smoke: 6.8 km

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Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Work Time: 5 s

Reload Time: 60 s

Slot 2: Defensive AA Fire:

Charges: 4

Action time: 40 s

Reload time: 80 s

Average AA damage: +50%;

Damage within the explosion radius of shells fired from medium- and long- range AA defenses: 300%

Slot 3: Hydroacoustic Search:

Charges: 2

Action Time: 100 s

Reload Time: 120 s

Torpedo Detection Range: 3.5 km

Ship Detection Range: 5.0 km

Slot 4: Smoke Generator:

Charges: 2

Reload time: 160 s

Action time: 30 s

Speed limit: 15 knots

Lifetime: 104 s

Radius:  450 m

 

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