Yimeng: Tier IX Pan-Asian (Chinese) Premium Battleship 1955

A Soviet "Project A" battleship featuring radically redesigned armament, intended to increase the number of guns per salvo by reducing their caliber. Around the early 1950s, the ship would likely have undergone modernization based on the experience of the previous war. The battleship could hypothetically have been transferred to the People’s Republic of China in 1954 or 1955.

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Key Features

• Main battery of twelve 356mm guns with improved AP ricochet angles.
• Strong, long-range, and accurate secondary battery.
• Good hull plating for weathering incoming fire.
• Access to an improved Repair Party with unlimited charges (but a long cooldown).
• First ship with the new Aerial & Torpedo Defense System to greatly reduce torpedo damage.

Battle Tips

• Use your survivability to lead pushes or anchor a flank for your team.
• Manage your Repair Party consumable carefully to avoid long periods without it.
• Activate the Aerial & Torpedo Defense System to withstand torpedo volleys when pushing or being focused.
• Be aware of your short main battery range and lack of stealth/agility.
• Once committed to an engagement, you cannot easily disengage, so choose your fights wisely.

Ship Info:

Ship Name:   IX Yimeng

Level: 9

WG Introduction: October 27th, 2025

Base Value:  21,500

Estimated Release: 15.0

Nation:  Pan-Asia -  China

Armor:

Health: 73,500

Overall: 19-425 mm

Hull Fore/Mid/Aft: 32-200/38-370/32-200 mm

Deck Fore/Mid/Aft: 25/40/26 mm

Superstructure: 19 mm

Fore Athwartships: 25-200 mm

Aft Athwartships: 200 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 250 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 250 mm

Armor Belt: 200-370 mm

Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 30 mm

Citadel Deck: 135-180 mm

Citadel Bottom: 50 mm

Turret Plating: 40 mm

Torpedo Damage Reduction: 21%

Tonnage: 53,000 tn

Main Battery Armament:

3 x 4 356 mm/54 Model 1938 in a turret

Firing Range: 18.6 km

Reload Time: 30.0 s

180-degree Turn Time: 40.0 s

Maximum Dispersion: 246 m

Sigma: 1.90σ

Shell Types:

HE Shells:

12x 356 mm HE Model 1938

Alpha Damage: 4,950

Alpha Piercing HE: 59.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.261

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 356 mm

Shell Krupp: 385.0

Shell Mass: 570.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 895.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 30%

AP Shells:

12x 356 mm AP Model 1938

Alpha Damage: 9,800

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.261

Shell Always Ricochet At: 65.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 59.0

Shell Diameter: 356 mm

Shell Krupp: 2900.0

Shell Mass: 570.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 50.0°

Shell Speed: 895.0 m/s

Depth Charge Airstrike:

Aircraft: Beriyev Be-6

Aircraft HP: 2000

Reload Time: 30.0 s

Available Flights: 2

Number of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: 1

Maximum Range: 10.0 km

Number of Bombs in Payload: 2x PLAB-160

Maximum Bomb Damage: 4200

Fire Chance: 24%

Secondary Armament:

10 x 3 152 mm/57 in a triple turret

Maximum Range: 7.5 km

Reload Time: 5.7 s

Maximum HE Shell Damage: 2,200

Chance to Cause Fire: 12%

HE initial Velocity: 950 m/s

HE shell Armor Penetration: 25 mm

AA Defense:

Long-Range:

10 x 3 152 mm/57 in a triple turret

Continuous Damage per Second: 252

Hit Probability: 75 %

Action Zone: 5.8 km

Number of Explosions in a Salvo: 10

Damage Within an Explosion: 1820

Contiuous Damage: 343

Action zone 3.5: 5.8 km

Mid-Range:

10 x 4 45 mm SM-20-ZIF mount

Continuous Damage per Second: 340

Hit Probability: 75 %

Action Zone: 3.5 km

Mobility:

Maximum Speed: 29.0 kt

Turning Circle Radius: 880 m

Rudder Shift Time: 13.3 s

Propulsion: 201,000

Detection:

Surface Detectability: 16.7 km

Air Detectability: 10.0 km

Detectability after Firing Main Guns in Smoke: 15.3 km

Available consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party

Duration time: 15 s

Reload time: 80 s

Equipment is unlimited

Slot 2: Heavy Repair Teams

Duration time: 45 s

HP per second: 367.5

Reload time: 100 s

Charges: 2

Slot 3: Aerial & Torpedo Defense System

Number of charges: 3

Action time: 10 s

Reload time: 150 s

Effects:

Damage taken from aircraft torpedoes: -70%

Torpedo damage taken: -70%

Slot 4: Fighter

Duration time: 60 s

Fighters: 4

Action radius: 3.0 km

Reload time: 90 s

Charges: 3

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.