Aki: Tier X Japanese Premium Hybrid Battleship 1945

A large hybrid battleship and a hypothetical option considered for converting a Yamato-class battleship into an aircraft-carrying ship. After the loss of four aircraft carriers at Midway in 1942, Japan found itself in desperate need of new ships of this type. At the same time, the prospect of a classic major engagement between battle fleets was becoming increasingly unlikely. In these circumstances, following the 1944 conversion of the Ise-class ships into hybrid battleships, it was conceivable that more powerful and modern battleships might also have been converted.

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Key Features

• Six 460mm guns in two forward triple turrets
• Forward gun placement minimizes exposure of vulnerable areas
• More accurate main guns than Yamato with 28-second reload time
• Access to HE dive bomber squadron for targeting beyond main gun range
• Bomber squadron drops large number of bombs with decent damage and penetration
• Solid armor and Repair Party consumable
• Battleship-like playstyle among hybrid ships

Battle Tips

• Use your forward-placed guns to fire without exposing vulnerable cheek armor
• Play at a safe distance due to your weak citadel protection
• Utilize your dive bombers to attack targets beyond your main gun range
• Account for the long fall time of bombs when aiming aircraft attacks
• Be aware of your main guns' shorter range and slow turret traverse
• Use a bow-in pushing strategy only when absolutely necessary
• Position carefully as you may struggle to react to surprise developments
• Leverage your accurate guns to deliver devastating salvos against targets

Aki Info:

Ship Name: X Aki

Level: 10

Rarity Level: Soon

Paper ship: Yes

Estimated ship release: 14.11

Base value: 31,000

Nation: Japan

Current development status: Work in Progress

Armor:

Health points: 102,300

Armour: 19-650 mm

Fires duration: 60 s

Side plating fore/mid/aft: 32/32-410/32 mm

Deck plating fore/mid/aft end deck: 32/50-57/50 mm

Fore Athwartships: 25 mm

Aft Athwartships: 25 mm

Citadel fore athwartships: 100-350 mm

Citadel aft athwartships: 100-350 mm

Citadel armoured deck slopes: 230-340 mm

Superstructure: 19 mm

Citadel Armor belt: 32-410 mm

Citadel deck: 200 mm

Citadel bottom: 50-80 mm

Turret plating: 190-650 mm

Torpedo Damage Reduction: 55%

Main Battery Armament:

2x3 460 mm/45 Type 94 in a triple turret:

Firing Range: 26.1 km.

Reload Time: 28 s

180 Degree Turn Time: 60 s

Maximum Dispersion: 246 m

Sigma Value: 2.10σ

Shell Types

HE Shells:

HE Shells: 9x 460 mm HE Type0:

Alpha Damage: 7,300

Alpha Piercing HE: 77.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.543

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 460 mm

Shell Krupp: 240.0

Shell Mass: 1360.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 805.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 35%

AP Shells

AP Shells: 9x 460 mm AP/APC Type91:

Alpha Damage: 14,800

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.292

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 77.0

Shell Diameter: 460 mm

Shell Krupp: 2574.0

Shell Mass: 1460.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 780.0 m/s

Aircraft:

Dive Bombers

Hit points: 1,550

Cruising speed: 133.0 knots

Maximum speed: 173 knots

Engine boost time: 10 s

Engine boost reload time: 20 s

Aircraft preparation: 8/200 s

Size of attacking flight: 8

Aircraft per squadron: 8

Aircraft on deck: 8

Aircraft restoration time: 200 s

Detectability range: 10 km

Number of aircraft on deck: .

HE Bombs

Bombs in payload: 2x Type 99 No. 80 Mk. 11

Bomb type: HE

Maximum bomb damage: 5,500

Armor penetration: 41 mm

Chance to cause fire: 24 %

Depth Charges Airstrike:

Kawanishi H6K

Plane HP: 2000 s

Available Flights: 2

No of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: 1

Bombs per payload: 2x Type 1 No. 25 Mk 2 mod. 1

Max Bomb Damage: 4900

Max Range: 11 km

Reload: 30 s

Chance of fire: 28%

Secondary Armament:

2x3 155 mm HE Type0:

Max HE Shell Damage: 2,600

Range: 7.3 km

Reload: 12.0 s

Alpha Piercing HE: 26.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Speed: 925.0 m/s

Chance of causing fire: 10%

6x2 127 mm HE Type0:

Max HE Shell Damage: 2,100

Range: 7.3 km

Reload: 5.0 s

Alpha Piercing HE: 21.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Speed: 725.0 m/s

Chance of causing fire: 8%

6x2 127 mm HE Type0:

Max HE Shell Damage: 2,100

Range: 7.3 km

Reload: 7.5 s

Alpha Piercing HE: 21.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Speed: 725.0 m/s

Chance of causing fire: 8%

AA Defence:

Long Range:

6x2 127 mm/:
6x2 127 mm:

Firing range: 5.8 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage Within an Explosion: 1610

Damage by long range AA guns: 140

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 8

Continuous damage: 329

Action Zone: 3.5-5.8 km

Mid Range:

14x2 40.0 mm:

Firing Range: 3.5 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage by Zone Area AA: 256

Short Range

14x1 25 mm:
36x3 25 mm:
2x2 13.2 mm:

Firing range: 2.5 km

Hit Probability: 85 %

Damage by Zone Area AA: 295

Mobility:

Maximum speed: 27.0 kt.

Turning circle radius: 920 m.

Rudder shift time: 18.7 s.

Propulsion: 158,000 hp.

Detection:

Surface Detectability: 17.6 km

Air Detectability: 10.0 km

Detectability after Firing Main Guns in Smoke: 19.4 km

Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Charges: Unlimited

Work Time: 10 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Slot 2: Repair Party:

Charges: 4

Action Time: 28 s

Reload Time: 80 s

HP per Second: +511 hp/sec

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.