Maine - American Super Battleship 1958

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, however, 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. In order to activate it, the player needs to continuously score hits on an enemy ship. 
• 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:

Ship Name:   Maine

Level: 11

Paper ship: Yes

Class:  Project Battleship 

WG introduction: June 17, 2023

Status when final:   Researchable ship

Status during tests and early access:   Special Ship

Estimated Ship release: Unknown

Nation:   USA

Current development status: Work in progress

 

It seems to be the norm now that Superships will first be released in early access as an auction ship, and usually 2 months before before final release as a researchable ship.

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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Hit Points: 115,100 hp

Armour: 19-541 mm

Side plating fore/mid/aft: 32/32-38/32 mm

Deck plating fore/mid/aft: 32/38/32 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

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

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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Secondaries:

10×2 127-мм HE Mk41

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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Combat Instructions:

Activation condition:

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

Bonus to continuous AA damage: +25.0 %.

Damage received from fires: -65.0 %.

Damage received from flooding: -65.0 %.

Action Time: 45.0 s.

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 %.

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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 (DC)

Reload time: 30 s

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AA Defence:

Long Range:

10x2 127 mm:

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:

Firing range:  4.0 km

Damage by mid-range AA guns:  333

Hit Probability:  75%

Short Range:

20x4 20.0 mm:
16x1 20.0 mm:

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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Visibility:

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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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.

 

Please note! that all information in this post is preliminary. Announced adjustments and features may change multiple times during testing. The final information will be published stated as Released on our WGB website.