USS Cambridge: Tier IX American Premium Heavy Cruiser 1955

USS Cambridge: Tier IX American Premium Heavy Cruiser 1955

flag shipicon USS Cambridge: Tier IX American Premium Heavy Cruiser 1955

A cruiser armed with 305 mm main battery guns, representing a hypothetical embodiment of the preliminary design "Heavy Cruiser Study. Scheme 3" (1940), incorporated into the hull of an Oregon City-class ship. By the end of World War II, USS Cambridge was still in the early stages of construction, making her a suitable platform for experiments with weaponry typical of large cruisers.

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Key Features

  • Main Armament: Equipped with three twin 305mm turrets, offering heavy caliber guns for a cruiser. Features include:
    • Standard cruiser dispersion
    • Fast reload for the caliber
    • Improved ricochet angles on AP shells
  • Concealment: Good concealment allows Cambridge to get in close, essential due to her mediocre main battery range.
  • Survivability:
    • Advantages:
      • Specialized Repair Teams consumable (similar to Salem) to tank significant damage
    • Drawbacks:
      • Vulnerable citadel
      • 60-second fire duration
  • Additional Consumables:
    • Standard cruiser Damage Control Party
    • Choice between Hydroacoustic Search and Defensive AA Fire

Cambridge Info:

Ship Name: flag shipicon IX Cambridge
Level: 9
Added for testing: 14.2
Estimated Release during: 14.5
Base Value: doubloon19,000
Nation: flag USA
Current development status: Work in Progress

Cambridge Armor:

USS Cambridge: Tier IX American Premium Heavy Cruiser 1955 Armor
Hit points: 42,700
Plating: 16-325 mm
Fires duration: 60 s
Superstructure: 16 mm
Fore/Mid/Aft Hull: 27/27-152/27 mm
Fore/Mid/Aft Deck: 27/27/27 mm
Armor Belt: 27 mm
Fore Athwartships: 27 mm
Aft Athwartships: 27 mm
Citadel Fore Athwartships: 27-152 mm
Citadel Aft Athwartships: 27-127 mm
Citadel Armor Belt: 76-152 mm
Citadel Bulkhead: 76 mm
Citadel Plating: 27 mm
Citadel Deck: 64 mm
Citadel Bottom: 40 mm
Turret Plating: 127-325 mm
Torpedo protection, Damage reduction: 13%

Main Battery Armament:

3x2 305 mm/50 Mk.8 in a turret:
Firing Range: 16.1 km
Reload Time: 12.5 s
180 Degree Turn Time: 22.5 s
Maximum Dispersion: 144 m
Sigma Value: 2.05σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

6x 305 mm HE Mk17 mod. 1:
Maximum shell damage: 4,300
Alpha Piercing HE: 51.0 mm
Shell Air Drag: 0.3343
Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°
Normalization: 68.0
Shell Detonator: 0.001
Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0
Shell Diameter: 305 mm
Shell Krupp: 1.0
Shell Mass: 462.3 kg
Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°
HE Shell initial velocity: 808.0 m/s
Chance of causing fire: 27.0%

AP Shells:

6x 305 mm AP Mk18 mod. 1:
Maximum shell damage: 8,900
Shell Air Drag: 0.3343
Shell Always Ricochet At: 67.5°
Normalization: 6.0°
Shell Detonator: 0.033
Shell Detonator Threshold: 51.0 mm
Shell Diameter: 305 mm
Shell Krupp: 2470.0
Shell Mass: 517.0 kg
Shell Ricochet At: 60.0°
AP Shell initial velocity: 762.0 m/s

Depth Charge Airstrike:

Maximum bomb damage: 4,200
Available flights: 2
Attack aircraft per flight: 1
Aircraft HP: 2000
Range: 7.0 km
Bombs per payload: 2x 650 LB Depth Bomb
Reload time: 30 s
Chance of Fire: 26%

Secondaries:

6x2 127 mm 38 Mk.12 on a Mk.32 mount
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 Speed: 792.0 m/s
Burn Probability: 5%

AA Defence:

Long Range:

6x2 127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.32 mount:
Firing range:  5.8 km
Hit Probability:  90 %
Damage Within an Explosion:  1610
Damage by long-range AA guns:  109
Number of Explosions Per Salvo:  5
Continuous Damage: 318
Action Zone:  3.5 - 5.8 km

Mid Range:

10x2 76.2 mm/50 Mk.22 on a Mk.33 mount:
Firing range:  4.0 km
Damage by mid-range AA guns:  354
Hit Probability:  90%

Mobility:

Maximum speed: 33.0 knots
Turning circle radius: 750 m
Rudder shift time: 8.7 s
Propulsion: 120,000 hp

Visibility:

Surface Detectability: 12.2 km
Air Detectability: 7.6 km
Detectability by enemy subs: 0-7.6 km
Detectability Firing in Smoke Screen: 9.6 km

Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Charges: infinity
Work Time: 5 s
Reload Time: 60 s

Slot 2: Specialized Repair Teams:

Charges: 3
Action Time: 20 s
Reload Time: 80 s
Regeneration: +854 hp/s

Slot 3: Hydroacoustic Search:

Charges: 3
Action time: 100 s
Reload time: 120 s
Detection of torpedoes: 3.5 km
Detection of ships: 5.0 km

Slot 3: Defensive AA Fire:

Charges: 3
Action time: 40 s
Reload time: 80 s
Average AA damage: +50%;
Damage within the explosion radius of shells fired from medium- and long- range AA defences: 300%

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

Please be aware that all information in this post is 'Work in Progress', the announced adjustments and features may undergo multiple changes during testing, all changes will be added to this post immediately after they become available, the final details will be officially published and labelled in the ship info as 'Released' on this post.

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