AL Azuma - Azur Lane Japanese Tier IX Premium Heavy Cruiser 1940

Azuma is one of the most powerful cruisers of the Sakura Empire. She belongs to the so-called "large cruiser" type. From the Azur Lane game.

 

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AL Azuma Flag From the Azur Lane game

I am Large Cruiser Azuma. I was designed to lead torpedo squadrons into night battles, but I never saw any actual combat. I'm quite good at commanding night battles, but torpedoes are another story... Ahahaha...

 

AL Azuma Info:

Ship Name:  IX AL Azuma

Tier:  IX (9)

Paper ship: Yes

Class:  Heavy Cruiser

WG introduction:  April 20, 2022

Status: Premium Ship

Ship release:  0.11.4

Nation:   Japan

Current development status: Released

Base value:  19,000  Doubloons

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AL Azuma Armor:

Health Points: 58 350 hp

Overall: 13~305 mm

Superstructure: 16 mm

Fore Athwartships: 21 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 101-195 mm

Aft Athwartships: 21 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 101-195 mm

Armor Belt: 27 mm

Citadel Armor Belt: 96-178 mm

Citadel Deck: 125 mm

Citadel Armored Deck Slopes: 125 mm

Citadel Bottom: 40 mm

Turret Plating: 102-305 mm

Conning Tower: 215 mm

Torpedo Protection: 22%

Tonnage: 34,689 t

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Main Battery Armament:

3 × 3 310 mm/50 Type 0 in a triple turret:

Max Range: 19.1 km

Reload: 20.0 s

180° Turn Time: 36.0 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 196 m

Sigma: 2.05σ

Shell Types:

HE Shells: 9x 310 mm HE Type92:

Alpha Damage: 5100

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Alpha Piercing HE: 52.0 mm

Shell Air Drag: 0.337

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 310 mm

Shell Krupp: 1.0

Shell Mass: 448.8 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Velocity: 836.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 27%

 

AP Shells: 9x 310 mm AP Type92:

Alpha Damage: 8650

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.244

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 52.0 mm

Shell Diameter: 310 mm

Shell Krupp: 2365.0

Shell Mass: 448.8 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Velocity: 836.0 m/s

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Secondaries:

8× 2: 100 mm HE Type98:

Max HE Shell Damage: 1700

Range: 7.0 km

Reload: 3.0 s

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Alpha Piercing HE: 30.0 mm

Shell Air Drag: 0.331

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 68.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 100 mm

Shell Krupp: 480.0

Shell Mass: 13.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Velocity: 1000.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 6%

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AA Defence:

Long Range:

8× 2: 100 mm/65 Type 98 on a Model A mount:

Firing range:  ~5.8 km

Hit Probability:  90 %

Damage Within an Explosion:  1470

Damage by long range AA guns:  207

Continuous Damage:  261

Number of Explosions Per Salvo:  8

Action Zone:  3.5 - 5.8 km

Short Range:

24× 3: 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a triple mount:
6× 2: 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a twin mount:

Firing range:  2.5 km

Hit Probability:  85 %

Damage by Zone Area AA:  203

Action Zone:  0.1 - 2.5 km

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Depth Charges Airstrike:

Aircraft HP: 2000

Available Flights: 2

No of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: 1

Bombs Type: 100 lb Depth Bomb Mk 52

Bombs in Payload: 3

Max Bomb Damage: 1600

Max Range: 7 km

Reload: 37 s

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Mobility:

Maximum Speed: 34.0 kts

Turning Circle Radius: 920 m

Rudder Shift Time: 13.9 s

Propulsion: 170,000 hp

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Visibility:

Surface Detectability:  15.1 km

Detectability by depths:  0~10.7 km

Air Detectability:  10.7 km

Detectability after Firing Main Guns in Smoke: 11.8 km

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Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Work Time: 5 s

Reload Time: 60 s

Slot 2: Defensive AA:

Charges: 3

Action Time: 40 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search:

Charges: 3.

Action time: 100 s.

Reload time: 120 s.

Torpedo detection range: 3.0 km.

Ship detection range: 5.0 km.

Submarine spotting range max depth: 5.0 km.

Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft:

Charges: 4.

Action Time: 100 s.

Reload time: 240 s.

Range: +20%.

Slot 4: Repair Party:

Charges: 4

Action time: 28 s

Reload Time: 40 s

HP Per sec: +291 hp/s

 

All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change during the testing.