Maine: American Super Battleship 1950

In this hypothetical development of the Montana-class battleships, the number of 406 mm guns could be increased to sixteen by replacing the three-gun turrets with four-gun ones. While four-gun turrets were initially proposed for battleships of the North Carolina class, they were equipped with 356 mm guns. If the goal were to enhance the firepower of the Montana-class battleships without utilizing a larger caliber, opting for four-gun turrets would be the most logical choice.

 

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Key Features

• Maine is armed with sixteen (16) 406mm main battery guns.
• Compared to Montana, Maine's guns have a higher salvo weight but a longer reload time and lower accuracy.
• She also has decent armor and good AA defenses, but a vulnerable citadel.
• The ship has combat instructions which, once activated, increase the damage of her AA defenses and reduce the damage taken from fire and flooding.
• Maine's main set of consumables are similar to Montana, but she has no Fighter or Spotting Aircraft consumables.

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Maine Info

Default Permanent Camouflages

Ship Name:    Maine

Level: 11

Paper ship: Yes

Class:  WG Project Battleship 

WG introduction: June 17, 2023

Status:   Researchable ship

Released: 13.4

Cost on final release:  57 000 000 Credits

Nation:   USA

Current development status: Released

 

How to obtain Maine on final release

  Maine, when released as a researchable ship, will cost  57 000 000 Credits.
To obtain   Maine, you must first have researched  X Montana of the corresponding branch.

Only players who own or have researched at least 3 (three) Tier X (10) ships will have access to Superships.

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Armor

Hit Points: 115,100 hp

Armour: 19-541 mm

Superstructure: 19 mm

Armor Belt: 38 mm

Citadel Armor Belt: 356-432 mm

Torpedo Bulkhead: 165 mm

Fore Athwartships: 32 mm

Aft Athwartships: 32 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 457 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 32-432 mm

Citadel Deck: 170 mm

Turret Plating: 184-505 mm

Conning tower: 406 mm

Citadel Bottom: 50 mm

Tonnage: 88,000

Torpedo Protection, Damage Reduction: 51%

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Main Battery Armament

Main Battery

4x4 406 mm/50 Mk.7 in a turret:

Max Range: 24.2 km

Reload: 35.0 s

Minimum Shell Type Switching Time: 35.0 s

180° Turn Time: 45.0 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 302 m

Sigma: 1.7σ

 

Shell Types

HE Shells

16x 406 mm HE/HC Mk13:

Max HE Shell Damage: 5,700

Max HE Shell Damage Per Minute: 156,343

Alpha Piercing HE: 68.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.346

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Krupp: 250.0

Shell Mass: 862.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91°

Shell Velocity: 820.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 36%

 

AP Shells

16x 406 mm AP Mk8:

Max AP Shell Damage: 13,500

Max AP Shell Damage Per Minute: 370,286

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.352

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 68.0 mm

Shell Krupp: 2520.0

Shell Mass: 1225.0 kg

Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 762.0 m/s

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Combat Instructions

Immediate Threat Elimination

Activation Conditions:

• Hit enemy ships with your main guns to increase your completion progress with each hit.
• If you are inactive, you will start losing your progress.
• When your progress reaches 100%, it cannot be lost.
• To activate Combat Instructions, Press  "F Key"

 

Progress per main battery shell hit: 6.0%.

Time of inactivity before progress loss: 50.0 s.

Progress loss per second of inactivity: 5.0 %.

 

Activation Effect:

Bonus to continuous AA damage: +25.0 %.

Damage received from fires: -65.0 %.

Damage received from flooding: -65.0 %.

Action Time: 45.0 s.

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Secondaries

10×2 127-мм HE Mk41 HE

Max HE Shell Damage: 1800

Range: 7.3 km

Reload: 4.0 s

Alpha Piercing HE: 21.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.279

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 68.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Krupp: 445.0

Shell Mass: 31.75 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 808.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 9%

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Depth Charge Airstrike:

Maximum bomb damage: 4900

Available flights: 2

Attack aircraft per flight: 1

Aircraft HP: 2000

Range: 11 km

Bombs per payload: 2x 650-lb Depth Bomb HE (DC)

Reload time: 30 s

Burn Probability: 28%

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AA Defence:

Long Range:

10x2 127 mm/54 Mk.16 on a Mk.42 mount:

Firing range:  6.0 km

Hit Probability:  75 %

Damage Within an Explosion:  1820

Damage by long-range AA guns:  382

Number of Explosions Per Salvo:  13

Continuous Damage: 554

Action Zone:  3.5 - 6.0 km

 

Mid Range:

6x2 76.2 mm/70 Mk.23 on a Mk.37 mod. 0 mount:

Firing range:  4.0 km

Damage by mid-range AA guns:  333

Hit Probability:  75%

 

Short Range:

20x4 20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.15 mount:
16x1 20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.4 mount:

Firing range:  2.0 km

Damage by short-range AA guns:  431

Hit Probability:  70%

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Mobility

Maximum speed: 30.4 knots

Turning circle radius: 1070 m

Rudder shift time: 20.1 s

Propulsion: 221,000 hp

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Detection

Surface Detectability: 17.6 km

Air Detectability: 15.5 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-15.5 km

Detectability whilst firing in smoke: 17.8 km

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Available Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control:

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: +759 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.