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: IX Cambridge

Level: 9

Rarity Level: Rare Ship. Requires dedicated or focused effort via challenging events or long-term commitment.

Estimated Release during: 14.5

Base value: 21,500

Nation:  USA

Current development status: Released

Cambridge 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 Damage Per Minute (DPM): 256,320

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.