Protector: Tier VIII American Heavy Cruiser 1944

Protector is an American heavy cruiser for an upcoming event as part of a new group of experimental ships with special unique gameplay mechanics. Protector is a clone of American heavy cruiser VIII Congress.

 

 

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Ship Info:

Ship Name:   VIII Protector

Tier: 8

Added for testing: 14.2

Nation:   USA

Current development status: Work in Progress

Protector will an event ship and will be removed after the event

Armor:

Health:  68,000

Overall: 16-330 mm

Fires duration:: 60 s

Superstructure: 16 mm

Armor Belt: 28-229 mm

Fore Athwartships: 21-66 mm

Aft Athwartships: 21-260 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 51-260 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 51-260 mm

Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 26 mm

Citadel Deck: 19 mm

Citadel Bottom: 40 mm

Turret Plating: 127-325 mm

Torpedo Protection (damage reduction) 13%

Tonnage: 34,250 tn.

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Fight or Flight

Your ship's characteristics gradually improve as she loses hit points, down to a minimum HP threshold 17,000. As you restore the HP, these modifiers become less effective.

• Secondary battery firing range: +16%
• Secondary battery reload time: -30%
• Minimum effective Ships Hit Point threshold: 17,000

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Main Battery Armament:

1 x 3 305 mm/50 Mk.8 in a turret
2 x 2 305 mm/50 Mk.8 in a turret

Firing Range:  17.9 km

Reload Time:  24.0 s

180 Degree Turn Time:  30.0 s

Maximum Dispersion:  ~195 m

Sigma Value:  1.95σ

Shell Types:

HE Shells:

7 x 305 mm HE Mk17 mod. 1:

Maximum HE shell damage: 4,300

Alpha Piercing HE: 51.0 mm

Shell Air Drag: 0.3433

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

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

HE Shell initial velocity: 808.0 m/s

Chance of causing fire: 27.0%

AP Shells:

7 x 305 mm AP Mk18 mod. 2:

Maximum AP Shell Damage: 7,600

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 Diametr: 305 mm

Shell Krupp:  2990.0

Shell Mass: 365.0

Shell Ricochet At: 60.0°

AP Shell initial velocity: 762.0 m/s

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Secondaries:

6 X 2 127 mm SC Mk39:

Maximum SAP shell damage:  2,500

Range: 7.7 km

Reload: 3.9 s

Ammo Type: Semi Armor Piercing

Alpha Piercing CS: 36.0 mm

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 127 mm

SAP Shell Velocity: 792.0 m/s

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Airstrike Depth Charge

Aircraft HP: 2000

Reload Time: 30.0 s

Available Flights: 2

Number of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: 1

Maximum Range: 7.0 km

Bombs per payload: 2x 650 lb Depth Bomb

Maximum Bomb Damage: 4,200

Chance of Causing Fire: 24%

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Anti Aircraft Defense:

Long Range:

6 x 2 127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.32 mount:

Action Zone:  5.8 km

Hit Probability:  90 %

Continuous Damage Per Second:  109

Damage within an explosion:  1540

Number of explosions in a salvo:  5

Continuous damage: 291

Action zone:  3.5-5.8 km.

Mid Range:

14 x 2 40 mm/56 Bofors on a Mk.1 mount:

Action Zone:  0.1-3.5 km

Hit Probability:  90 %

Continuous Damage Per Second:  273

Short Range:

20 x 1 20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.4 mount:

Action Zone:  0.1-2.0 km

Hit Probability:  85 %

Continuous Damage Per Second:  151

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Mobility:

Maximum Speed:   33.0 kts

Turning Circle Radius:   850 m

Rudder Shift Time:   13.0 s

Propulsion:  180,000

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Detection:

Surface Detectability:   15.0 km

Air Detectability:  9.7 km

Detectability by enemy submarines:   0-9.7 km

Detectability after Firing Main Guns in Smoke:   12.1 km

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Available Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party

Duration: 5 s

Reload Time: 60 s

Charges: Unlimited

Slot 2: Heavy Repair Teams

Duration: 45 s

HP per Second: 544.0

Reload Time: 60 s

Charges: 3

Slot 3: Hydroacoustic Search

Duration: 100 s

Reload Time: 120 s

Torpedo Detection Range: 3.5 km

Ship Detection Range: 5.0 km

Charges: 3

Slot 3: Defensive AA Fire

Duration: 40 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Average AA Damage: +50%

Flak Burst Damage: +300%

Charges: 4

Slot 4: Fighter

Duration: 60 s

Fighters: 3

Action Radius: 3.0 km

Reload Time: 90 s

Charges: 3

 

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.