BA Hovercraft: Tier IX Soviet Blue Archive Battleship 1936

BA Hovercraft's look is inspired by Wakamo's Hovercraft, commanded by Wakamo, the infamous Fox of Calamity. Part of the collaboration with Blue Archive.

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Ship Info

Ship Name:   IX BA Hovercraft (Zarya Svobody)

Level: 9

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

Collaboration: Blue Archive: © NEXON Korea NEXON Games

WG Introduction: June, 2025

Estimated Released: 14.6

Base Value:  21,500

Nation:  Russia

Current Development Status: Work in Progress

Armor

Hit points: 73,500

Overall Plating: 19-425 mm

Hull Plating (fore/mid/aft): 32-254/38-406/32-254 mm

Deck Plating (fore/mid/aft): 32/50-60/32 mm

Fore Athwartships: 200 mm

Aft Athwartships: 200 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 250 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 250 mm

Turret Plating: 270-425 mm

Superstructure: 19 mm

Armor Belt: 254-406 mm

Torpedo Bulkhead: 30 mm

Citadel Deck: 135-180 mm

Citadel Bottom: 50 mm

Tonnage: 53,000

Torpedo Protection: 46%

Main Battery Armament:

3x3 406 mm/45 Model 1915 in a turret:

Max Range: 18.9 km

Reload: 31.0 s

Minimum Shell Type Switching Time: 31.0 s

180° Turn Time: 45.0 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 258 m

Sigma: 1.70σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

9x 406 mm HE Model 1929:

Alpha Damage: 5,850

Maximum Damage per Salvo: 52,650

Maximum Damage Per Minute (DPM): 101,903

Alpha Piercing HE: 68.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.289

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 406 mm

Shell Krupp: 250.0

Shell Mass: 1196.4 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 793.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 41%

AP Shells

9x 406 mm AP Model 1929:

Alpha Damage: 13,500

Maximum Damage per Salvo: 121,500

Maximum Damage Per Minute (DPM): 235,161

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.289

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 68.0

Shell Diameter: 406 mm

Shell Krupp: 2430.0

Shell Mass: 1196.4 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 793.0 m/s

Depth Charge Airstrike:

Aircraft: Beriyev Be-6

Aircraft HP: 2000

Max Range: 10 km

Reload: 30 s

Available Flights: 2

No of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: 1

Bombs in Payload: 2x PLAB-160

Max Bomb Damage: 4200

Burn Probability: 24%

Secondaries:

6x2 152 mm OFU-35:

Damage: 2,200 hp

Range: 7.0 km

Reload: 8.0 s

Chance of Fire: 12%

HE Armour Penetration: 25 mm

Shell Velocity: 950 m/s

 

6x2 100 mm HE-56:

Damage: 1,400 hp

Range: 7.0 km

Reload: 3.8 s

Chance of Fire: 6%

HE Armour Penetration: 17 mm

Shell Velocity: 895 m/s

AA Defence:

Long Range:

6x2 100 mm/56 B-54 on an MZ-14 mount:

Firing Range: 5.8 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage Within an Explosion: 1330

Continuous Damage Per Second: 109

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 5

Continuous Damage: soon

Action Zone: 3.5-5.8 km

Medium Range:

10x4 37 mm 46-K mount:
6x2 37 mm V-11 mount:

Firing Range: 3.5 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage by Zone Area AA: 312

Action Zone: 3.5 km

Mobility:

Maximum speed: 29.0 knots

Turning circle radius: 950 m

Rudder shift time: 17.1 s

Propulsion: 201,000 hp

Visibility:

Surface Detectability: 15.0 km

Air Detectability: 11.1 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-11.1 km

Detectability whilst firing in smoke: 14.9 km

Consumables:

Slot 1: Fast Damage Control Team:

Charges: 4

Action Time: 20 s

Reload Time: 40 s

Slot 2: Repair Party:

Charges: 3

Action Time: 28 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Regeneration: +367.5 hp/s

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%

Slot 4: Fighter:

Charges: 3

Action time: 60 s

Reload time: 90 s

Fighters: x4

© NEXON Korea NEXON Games

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.