USS Laffey: Tier X American Premium Destroyer 1944

USS Laffey, an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was commissioned in February 1944. Before the end of the year, she had already taken part in the Allied landings in Normandy, as well as in several amphibious operations in the Philippines. On April 16, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, USS Laffey came under massive attack by Japanese aircraft. Thanks to the incredible efforts of her crew, the destroyer survived six kamikaze hits—any one of which could have sent a larger ship to the bottom. After expensive repairs, Laffey continued her service in the U.S. Navy until the mid-1970s.

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During the latter, USS Laffey survived major damage from six kamikaze strikes and four bomb hits. She survived the onslaught and was returned to service. She continued in active United States Naval service until 1975, being the last of her class retired from the United States Navy.

In battle, Laffey is a Main Battery focused Destroyer. While her 127mm guns do not have the best ballistics, her toolkit will allow her to stay in the fight. She combines several powerful characteristics including good-for-her-tier concealment, Improved Defensive AA Fire, and an improved Specialized Repair Teams consumable. Crucially, Laffey has a variant of the Burst Fire mechanic—similar to Spanish cruisers—that fires 3 salvoes in a short period of time at the cost of increased reload, thereby allowing her to make quick hard-hitting attacks. Additionally, like the new Tech Tree branch of American destroyers, Laffey also has the Time-Based Smoke Generator Consumable, allowing the deployment of smoke almost on demand if used wisely.

As trade offs, her torpedoes are shorter in range and longer in reload compared to Gearing, and her smoke capacity is not very high. Combining this with low average speed as well as a small Hitpoint pool for a Tier X destroyer, Laffey will have to pick her battles but can survive an extended fight if the situation calls for one.

Laffey will excel in the hands of those players who can maximize the impact of their improved firepower through the use of her Burst Fire and Smoke Generator.

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Laffey Info

Ship Name:   X USS Laffey

Level: 10

Class: Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer

WG Introduction: May 8, 2023

Status During Tests:  Special Ship

Estimated Released: 14.7

Base value:  34 650

Nation:  USA

Current Development Status: Work in Progress

Armor

Hit points: 18,500

Overall Plating: 19 mm

Side Plating: 19 mm

Deck Plating: 19 mm

Bottom: 20 mm

Turret Plating: 20 mm

Superstructure: 13 mm

Tonnage: 3,218 t

Main Battery Armament:

3x2 127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.38 mount:

Max Range: 12.4 km

Reload: 2.8 s

Minimum Shell Type Switching Time: 2.8 s

180° Turn Time: 7.2 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 108 m

Sigma: 2.0σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

6x 127 mm HE Mk32:

Alpha Damage: 1,800

Max HE Damage per Salvo: 10,800

Max HE Damage per Minute: 231,429

Alpha Piercing HE: 21.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.347

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 68.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 127 mm

Shell Krupp: 1350.0

Shell Mass: 24.5 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 792.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 5%

AP Shells

6x 127 mm AP/SC Mk38:

Alpha Damage: 2,100

Max AP Damage per Salvo: 12,600

Max AP Damage per Minute: 270,000

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.347

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 10.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.01

Shell Detonator Threshold: 21.0

Shell Diameter: 127 mm

Shell Krupp: 2598.0

Shell Mass: 25.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 792.0 m/s

Alternative Fire Mode - Burst Fire

Press button to activate Burst fire

Increases main battery gun rate of fire by allowing you to shoot a series of quick salvos at short intervals.
Each salvo series is followed by a longer reload time.

Reload time: 25.0 s

Burst interval: 1.0 s

Shots in the series: 3

Depth Charges:

Maximum damage: 5100

Charges: 2

Bombs per charge: 14

Reload time: 40 s

Burn probability: 21%

Torpedoes:

2x5 533 mm Mk17:

Max Damage: 17,900

Range: 8.0 km

Reload: 140 s

Speed: 66 kts

180 degree turn time: 7.2 s

Torpedo detectability: 1.4 km

Chance of causing flood: 301%

AA Defence:

Long Range:

3x2 127 mm:

Firing range:  5.8 km

Hit Probability:  100 %

Damage by Zone Area AA:  63

Damage Caused by Shell Explosions:  1680

Number of Explosions Per Salvo:  3

Action Zone:  3.5 - 5.8 km

Continuous Damage: Soon

Mid Range:

2x4 40.0 mm:
2x2 40.0 mm:

Firing range:  3.5 km

Hit Probability:  100 %

Damage by Zone Area AA:  109

Short Range:

11x1 20 mm:

Firing range:  2.0 km

Hit Probability:  95 %

Damage by Zone Area AA:  95

Mobility:

Maximum speed: 36.5 knots

Turning circle radius: 620 m

Rudder shift time: 3.1 s

Propulsion: 60,000 hp

Visibility:

Surface Detectability: 7.2 km

Air Detectability: 3.4 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-3.4 km

Detectability whilst firing in smoke: 2.8 km

Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Charges: infinite

Action Time: 5 s

Reload Time: 40 s

Slot 2: Specialized Repair Teams:

Duration: 20s

HP restored per second: 277.5 s

Reload time: 80 s

Charges: 2

Slot 3: Smoke Generator:

Press key to activate or deactivate the consumable, or the key you have set for Smoke Generator

Total Usage Time: 60 s

Minimum Usage Time: 10 s

Cooldown After Use: 30 s

Dispersion Time: 5 s

Action Radius: 450 m

Slot 4: Defensive AA Fire:

Charges: 4

Action Time: 40 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Average AA Damage: +200%

Damage within the explosion radius of shells fired from medium and long-range AA defenses: 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.