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  Valparaiso: Tier IX Pan-American (Chile) Premium Battleship

In the late 1950s, the British and Chilean governments discussed the possibility of selling the last British battleship, HMS Vanguard, to Chile. If the deal had gone through, the Chilean Navy would have been replenished with the most powerful ship in its history.

 

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Key Features

• Equipped with a modernized main battery with improved AP ricochet angles and a high rate of fire, though lacking HE shells and with limited accuracy.
• Secondary battery is reworked with rapid-firing 127mm turrets, offering sustained damage despite a lower number of barrels.
• Thicker deck and side plating provide better protection against HE shells.
• Enhanced acceleration improves handling and mobility in close-range engagements.
• Unique combat instructions charge through secondary hits or by sinking opponents, offering faster consumable cooldowns and improved survivability.

Gameplay Advice

• Engage in close-quarters combat during the mid to late stages of the battle to capitalize on secondary firepower.
• Approach isolated or distracted enemies to safely utilize your secondaries and charge combat instructions.
• Secure a kill early to instantly activate combat instructions, or use secondary hits to build up charge gradually.
• Avoid prolonged long-range engagements due to limited gun accuracy and firepower.
• Use terrain and concealment to approach secondary range while minimizing exposure to enemy fire.
• Target lightly armored ships like cruisers or destroyers to maximize AP effectiveness and secondary output.
• Rely on your enhanced acceleration to evade threats or reposition effectively in dynamic battles.

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Valparaiso Info

Ship Name:   IX Valparaiso

Level: 9

WG introduction: November 21, 2024

Status during testing:  IX Valparaiso

Estimate ship release: 14.1

Base Value:  19,000

Nation:   Pan-American (Chile)

Current development status: Work in Progress

Armor

Hit points: 71,600

Plating: 32 mm

Torpedo protection damage reduction: 25%

Main Battery

Configuration: 4x2 381 mm/42 Mk.I on a Mk.I mount

Firing range: 18.7 km

Reload time: 25 s

180-degree turn time: 30 s

Maximum dispersion: 247 m

Sigma: 1.70

Shell Types

AP Shells

8x 381 mm AP Mk XXIIc SC:

Max AP Shell Damage: 11,750

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.3163

Shell Always Ricochet At: 65.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.015

Shell Detonator Threshold: 64.0 mm

Shell Diameter: 381 mm

Shell Krupp: 2400.0

Shell Mass: 879.0 kg

Ricochet At: 50.0°

Shell Speed: 804.0 m/s

Airstrike Armament (Depth Charges)

Reload time: 30 s

Available flights: 2

Aircraft per attacking flight: 1

Maximum range: 10 km

Bombs per payload: 2

Maximum bomb damage: 4,200

Combat Instructions

Progress per secondary hit: 4%

Progress per destroyed ship: 100%

Inactivity threshold: 50 s

Progress loss per second of inactivity: 5%

Activation effect: Consumable preparation and reload time reduced by 95%

Duration: 5 s

Secondary Armament

Configuration: 8x2 127 mm

Range: 8 km

Maximum HE shell damage: 1,800

Fire chance: 9%

HE initial velocity: 808 m/s

HE shell armor penetration: 21 mm

Reload time: 4 s

Anti-Aircraft Defense

Mid-Range

1x2 40.0 mm guns (dual mount).

11x1 40.0 mm guns (single mounts).

10x2 76.2 mm guns (dual mounts).

Continuous damage per second: 515 DPS.

Hit probability: 75%.

Action zone: 4.0 km radius.

Long-Range

8x2 127.0 mm guns (dual mounts).

Continuous damage per second: 144 DPS.

Hit probability: 75%.

Action zone: 6.0 km radius.

Explosions per salvo: 6.

Damage per explosion: 1610.

Explosion action zone: 3.5–6.0 km radius.

Mobility

Maximum speed: 30 knots

Turning circle radius: 850 m

Rudder shift time: 9.7 s

Propulsion: 130,000

Detectability

Surface detectability: 15.6 km

Air detectability: 11 km

Detectability after firing in smoke: 14.7 km

Available Consumables

Slot 1 - Damage Control Party

Duration: 15 seconds.

Reload time: 80 seconds.

Usage: Unlimited.

Slot 2 - Repair Party

Duration: 7 seconds.

HP restored per second: 1432.0 s

Reload time: 80 seconds.

Charges: 6.

 

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