Illinois - Tier IX American Battleship 1953

A re-equiped Iowa-class battleship with more powerful AA guns and 203 mm main battery artillery housed in quadruple-gun turrets.

 

{tocify} $title={Table of Contents}

 

 

Flip your mobile device to landscape for better viewing.

 

Illinois Commemorative Flag

In 1912, the Illinois branch of the daughters of the American Revolution, led by Ella Park Lawrence, announced a competition to create the state flag. The flag concept that won the competition is still used today, and Ella Park Lawrence is still considered the mother of the Illinois state flag.

 

Key Features

Illinois, unusual in its gameplay, has the highest rate of fire among the battleships in the game, at the cost of its small gun calibre. Improved ricochet angles for AP shells, as well as a significant number of main guns, will help you deal a lot of damage and constantly keep the enemy under fire. The battleship is most effective at medium range but can prove itself in close combat due to her secondary armament with improved accuracy. Illinois can gain quite high speed but has poor manoeuvrability in combat.

The ship can also have powerful air defense and an improved “Repair Party” consumable that restores more HP.

---

Illinois Info:

Ship Name:   IX Illinois

Level: Battleship (9)

Paper ship: Yes

Class: Iowa class project

WG introduction:  December 7, 2022

Status when final:  Premium Ship

Release: 0.12.2

Base Value:  19,000 doubloons

Resource Cost: 51,000Research Points

Nation:   USA

Current development status: Released

---

Illinois in the 12.2 Armory:

With the release of Update 12.2,  IX Illinois will become available in the Armory. The ship is a variant of an Iowa-class battleship that is reequipped with more powerful AA guns and 203 mm main battery artillery housed in quadruple-gun turrets.

The ship combines the armor of a battleship and the main battery of a cruiser. She has a high firing rate and accuracy, but low armor penetration and damage per salvo. Her AP shells have enhanced ricochet angles. The battleship has a small HP pool but has access to enhanced Damage Control Party and Repair Party. The ship enjoys strong AA defenses and high speed.

 IX Illinois is available in exchange for51,000 Research Points.

Armory

---

Illinois Armor:

Hit Points: 68,100 hp

Armour: 16-439 mm

Turret Plating: 51-203 mm

Superstructure: 19 mm

Armor Belt: 38-307 mm

Torpedo Bulkhead: 58 mm

Fore Athwartships: 16-287 mm

Aft Athwartships: 16-287 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 216 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 16 mm

Citadel Deck: 16-25 mm

Citadel Bottom: 50 mm

Conning Tower: 184-439 mm

Tonnage: 59,331

Torpedo Protection, Damage Reduction: 25%

---

Main Battery Armament:

Main Battery

3 x 4 203 mm/55 RF Mk.16 in a turret:

Max Range: 18.5 km

Reload: 9.0 s

Minimum Shell Type Switching Time: 9.0 s

180° Turn Time: 30.0 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 203 m

Sigma: 1.8σ

 

Shell Types

HE Shells 12x 203 mm HE/HC Mk25:

Max HE Shell Damage: 2,800

Salvo: 33,600

DPM: 224,000

Alpha Piercing HE: 34.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.333

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Krupp: 630.0

Shell Mass: 118.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91°

Shell Velocity: 823.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 14%

 

AP Shells: 12x 203 mm AP Mk19:

Max AP Shell Damage: 5,000

Salvo: 60,000

DPM: 400,000

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.356

Shell Always Ricochet At: 67.5°

Normalization: 7.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 34.0 mm

Shell Krupp: 2919.0

Shell Mass: 152.0 kg

Ricochet At: 60.0°

Shell Speed: 762.0 m/s

---

Secondaries:

10 × 2 127 mm HE Mk32

Max HE Shell Damage: 1800

Range: 7.0 km

Reload: 6.0 s

Alpha Piercing HE: 21.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.347

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 68.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Krupp: 1350.0

Shell Mass: 24.5 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 792.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 5%

---

Depth Charge Airstrike:

Maximum bomb damage: 4200

Available flights: 2

Attack aircraft per flight: 1

Aircraft HP: 2000

Range: 10 km

Bombs per payload: 2 x 650-Pound Depth Bomb

Reload time: 30 s

---

AA Defence:

Long Range:

10x2 127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.32 mount:

Firing range:  5.8 km

Hit Probability:  75 %

Damage Within an Explosion:  1610

Damage by long-range AA guns:  168

Number of Explosions Per Salvo:  8

Continuous Damage: 467

Action Zone:  3.5 - 5.8 km

Mid Range:

16x2 76.2 mm/50 Mk.22 on a Mk.33 mount:

Firing range:  4.0 km

Damage by mid-range AA guns:  529

Hit Probability:  75%

Short Range:

24x2 20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.24 mount:

Firing range:  2.0 km

Damage by short-range AA guns:  280

Hit Probability:  70%

---

Mobility:

Maximum speed: 33.0 knots

Turning circle radius: 930 m

Rudder shift time: 7.2 s

Propulsion: 212,000 hp

---

Visibility:

Surface Detectability: 15.9 km

Air Detectability: 11.7 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-11.7 km

Detectability whilst firing in smoke: 10.5 km

---

Consumables:

Slot 1: Fast Damage Control Team:

Charges: infinity

Work Time: 20 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Slot 2: Repair Party:

Charges: 4

Action Time: 28 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Regeneration: +449 hp/s

 

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