USS Indiana: Tier IX Premium Battleship 1942

The second ship in a series of four South Dakota-class battleships. She was designed to comply with treaty restrictions, combining substantial firepower and protection with moderate speed and a tightly packed layout. She arrived in the Pacific Theater in late 1942 and went on to participate in most of the U.S. Navy's major operations, including the Solomon Islands campaign, the battles of the Marshalls and Marianas, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. In July 1945, Indiana became the first battleship to shell the Japanese home islands. She was placed in reserve shortly after the war and scrapped in the early 1960s.

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USS Indiana Commemorative Flag

The flag includes 19 stars: an outer circle of 13 stars for the original states, an inner semicircle of 5 stars for the next five states admitted to the Union, and a larger star above the torch representing Indiana as the 19th state (Not a WG in-game flag).

Key Features

In battle, Indiana plays the role of a front-line pusher and brawler, taking advantage of her good agility—made possible by her improved acceleration—and impressive torpedo protection system to wade into battle. She is the first US battleship to feature the Hydroacoustic Search consumable, making aggressive pushes much safer and more informed. That said, Indiana has a small HP pool for her tier and mediocre speed. That can be negated, though, by the improved Damage Control Party and a relatively strong Repair Party with a comfortable cooldown. Also compared to her sisters, Indiana has an improved main battery reload time.

Gaming Tips

While her shell ballistics are not that great, with an average accuracy, when combined with her Spotting Aircraft, Indiana can take advantage of elevation to "lob" shells over islands and surprise enemies who think they’re safely in cover.

Indiana Info:

Ship Name:   IX Indiana

Level: 9

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

Class: South Dakota-class battleship

WG Introduction: July 2nd, 2025

Status During Tests:  Indiana

Estimate Releas: 14.9

Base Value: 28,500

Nation: USA

Current development status: Work in Progress

Armor:

Health Points: 64,700 hp

Overall Plating: 6-457 mm

Hull Plating fore/mid/aft: 32/38/32 mm

Deck Plating fore/mid/aft: 32/38/32 mm

Fore Athwartship: 22-287 mm

Aft Athwartship: 22-287 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartship: 156 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartship: 16 mm

Superstructure: 19 mm

Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 60-274 mm

Armor Belt: 38-310 mm

Turret Armor: 184-457 mm

Citadel Deck: 16-38 mm

Citadel Bottom: 50 mm

Torpedo Protection Damage Reduction: 49%

Tonnage: 45,610 tn

Main Battery Armament:

3x3 406 mm/45 Mk.6 in a turret:

Max Range: 18.8 km

Reload: 25.0 s

Minimum Shell Type Switching Time: 25.0 s

180° Turn Time: 40.0 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 248 m

Sigma: 1.90σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

9x 406 mm HE/HC Mk13:

Alpha Damage: 5,700

Alpha Piercing HE: 68.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.3452

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 406 mm

Shell Krupp: 1.0

Shell Mass: 862.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 803.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 36%

AP Shells:

9x 406 mm AP Mk8:

Alpha Damage: 13,100

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.352

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 68.0

Shell Diameter: 406 mm

Shell Krupp: 2598.0

Shell Mass: 1225.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 701.0 m/s

Depth Charge Airstrike:

Aircraft: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer (Level 6)

Aircraft HP: 2000

Bombs per payload: 2x 650 lb Depth Bomb

Maximum bomb damage: 4200

Reload time: 30 s

Available flights: 2

Attack aircraft per flight: 1

Range: 10 km

Secondaries:

10×2 127 mm HE Mk32

Max HE Shell Damage: 1,800

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:

10x2 127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.32 mount:

Firing range:  5.8 km

Hit Probability:  75 %

Damage Within an Explosion:  1540

Damage by long-range AA guns:  175

Number of Explosions Per Salvo:  8

Continuous Damage: 361

Action Zone:  3.5 - 5.8 km

Mid Range:

12x4 40 mm/56 Bofors on a Mk.2 mount:

Firing range:  3.5 km

Damage by mid-range AA guns:  312

Hit Probability:  75%

Short Range:

52×1 20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.4 mount:

Firing range:  2.0 km

Damage by short-range AA guns:  368

Hit Probability:  70%

Mobility:

Maximum speed: 27.5 knots

Turning circle radius: 710 m

Rudder shift time: 15.3 s

Propulsion: 130,000 hp

Detection:

Surface Detectability: 15.3 km

Air Detectability: 9.5 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-9.5 km

Detectability whilst firing in smoke: 15.2 km

Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Charges: infinity

Work Time: 30 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Slot 2: Repair Party:

Charges: 4

Action Time: 28 s

Reload Time: 60 s

Regeneration: +472 hp/s

Slot 3: Hydroacoustic Search:

Charges: 3

Action Time: 100 s

Reload Time: 120 s

Torpedo Detection Range: 3.5 km

Ship Detection Range: 5.0 km

Slot 4: Spotting Aircraft:

Charges: 4

Action Time: 100 s

Reload time: 240 s

Main Battery Firing Range: +20%

Slot 4: Fighter:

Charges: 3

Action Time: 60 s

Reload Time: 90 s

Radius: +3.0 km

Fighters: x3

Slot 4: 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%

Note: All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change at any time.

Important: 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.