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

Added for testing: 14.2

Estimated Release during: 14.5

Base Value: 19,000

Nation:  USA

Current development status: Work in Progress

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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%

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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

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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%

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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%

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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%

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Mobility:

Maximum speed: 33.0 knots

Turning circle radius: 750 m

Rudder shift time: 8.7 s

Propulsion: 120,000 hp

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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

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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.