Chikuma Shō-Gō - Tier IX Japanese Premium Hybrid Cruiser 1939

This version of the ship represents Chikuma II in her final moments.

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Key Features and Battle Tips

Key Features

• Her main battery is represented by eight 203mm guns in four twin turrets with slow traverse speed and limited firing angles, resulting in rather low damage per minute.
• In comparison to her sister ship, Chikuma II’s torpedo bombers will reload more quickly, have more damage potential, and can be stored as up to two charges.
• Additionally, her ship-mounted torpedoes will have long range, high damage, and improved launch angles due to the torpedoes’ ability to turn after hitting the water.
• Excellent concealment and access to the Smoke Generator consumable will be valuable tools, but her small HP pool and weak AA means captains should take care when detected.
• Chikuma II also has access to Hydroacoustic Search and Defensive AA Fire in the same slot.

Battle Tips

Chikuma II heavily relies on her squadrons and will be most effectively played by using her stealth to take advantageous fights. Enemy targets may be softened up by using her torpedo bombers and high-damage torpedoes, then followed up with main battery salvos from the cover of smoke. In direct confrontations, Chikuma II will fare poorly against her peers, so captains will want to avoid engagements in open water against enemy cruisers and battleships.

Ship Info

Ship Name:   IX Chikuma Sho-Go

Tier / Level: IX / 9

Rarity Level: Epic

WG Introduction: August 6th, 2026

Estimated Release: Update 15.8

Game Nation:  Japan

How to obtain:

Wishing Wharf

• Cost per roll: 50 Wharf Tokens
• Cashback: 10 Wharf Tokens per roll on base rewards
• NEW Tier IX JP CA Chikuma Shō-Gō

- Includes: Slot + Default commander with 10sp trained for Chikuma II + 1 Collection element
- Compensation: 14,250 doubloons
- Getting Chikuma Shō-Gō unlocks her historical collection (1 list, 4 elements)

Armor

Hit Points: 38,900 hp

Overall: 16-175 mm

Fires Duration: 30 s

Superstructure: 16 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 19-175 mm.

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 19-105 mm.

Citadel Armor Belt: 100-145 mm.

Citadel Armoured deck slopes: 67 mm.

Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 40-65 mm.

Citadel Deck: 31-56 mm.

Citadel Bottom: 40 mm.

Turret Plating: 25 mm.

Torpedo protection damage reduction: 13%.

Main Battery Armament

2 x 2 203 mm/50 3rd Year Type No.2 in a Model E turret;
2 x 2 203 mm/50 3rd Year Type No.2 in a Model E3 turret:

Max Range: 15.7 km

Reload: 16.0 s

180° Turn Time: 30.0 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 133 m

Sigma: 2.05σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

8x 203 mm HE Type0:

Alpha Damage: 3,300

Alpha Piercing HE: 34 mm

Air Drag Coefficient: 0.337

Fusetime: 0.001 s

Detonator Threshold: 2.0 mm

Shell Diameter: 0.203 m

Krupp: 560.0

Mass: 125.85 kg

Muzzle Velocity: 840 m/s

Burn Probability: 17%

AP Shells

8x 203 mm AP Type91:

Alpha Damage: 4,700

Max AP Shell Damage Per Minute: 141,000

Ammo Type: AP

Air Drag Coefficient: 0.337

Always Ricochet at: 60.0°

Normalization: 7.0°

Fusetime: 0.033 s

Detonator Threshold: 34.0 mm

Shell Diameter: 0.203 m

Krupp: 2468.0

Mass: 125.85 kg

Start Ricochet: 45.0°

Muzzle Velocity: 840 m/s

Air Wing - Torpedo Bombers

Aircraft: Aichi M6A2 Seiran

Aircraft Health: 1950 hp

Cruising Speed: 135 kts

Max Speed: 155 kts

Engine boost time: 15 s.

Engine boost reload time: 30 s.

Attacking Flight Size: 2

Squadron Flight Amount: 2

Detectability range: 7.5 km

Aircraft on Deck: 4

Plane Restoration: 120 s

Torpedoes: 1x Type 91 Mod. 4

Torpedoes in Payload: 1

Max Torpedo Damage: 8318

Aerial Torpedo Speed: 53 kts

Torpedo Range: 6.0 km

Torpedo Arming Distance: 705 m

Secondaries

4 x 2 127 mm HE Type0:

Range: 7.3 km

Reload: 3.0 s

Alpha Damage: 1,700

Alpha Piercing HE: 30.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.331

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 100 mm

Shell Krupp: 480.0

Shell Mass: 13.0 kg

Shell Speed: 1000.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 6%

Torpedoes

4 x 3 610 mm Type90 mod. 1:

Range: 15.0 km

Reload Time: 105 s

Maximum Damage: 23,767

Speed: 60 kt

Detectability Range: 1.7 km

180 Degree Turn Time: 7.2 s

Airstrike

Aircraft: Kawanishi H6K

Airstrike range: 7.0 km

Reload time: 30 s

Available flights: 2

Number of aircraft in attacking flight: 1

Aircraft HP: 2000

Bombs in payload: 2x Experimental 45 kg

Maximum bomb damage: 4,200

Chances of causing a fire on target: 24.0%

Anti Aircraft Armament

Continuous damage: 126

Long Range

4 x 2 127 mm/40 Type 89 on a Model A1 Mod.1 mount:

Firing range: 5.8 km

Hit probability: 90 %

Damage Within an Explosion: 1,540

Damage by long-range AA guns: 60

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 3

Priority sector reinforcement: 50%

Mid Range

None Available

Short Range

8 x 3 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a triple mount;
4 x 2 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a twin mount;
23 x 1 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a single mount:

Firing range: 2.5 km

Hit probability: 85 %

Damage by short-range AA guns: 196

Concentrated AA Fire

Long-Press Key or

Activated Effect

Continuous AA damage increase: 50 %

Instantaneous damage interval: 5.0 s

Action Time: 40.0 s

Cooldown time: 10.0 s

Progress Accumulation and Loss

Progress gain per second: 3 %

Time before you start losing progress: 130.0 s

Progress loss per second: 5 %

Mobility

Maximum speed: 35.0 kt

Turning circle radius: 780 m

Rudder shift time: 10.0 s

Propulsion: 152,000 hp

Detection

Detectability range by sea: 10.8 km

Detectability after firing a main gun shell: 16.8 km

Detectability range by depths: 0.0-7.16 km

Detectability range by air: 7.16 km

Available Consumables

Slot 1: Damage Control Party

Charges: Unlimited

Work time: 5 s

Reload time: 60 s

Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search

Charges: 3

Action time: 100 s

Reload time: 120 s

Detection of torpedoes: 3.0 km

Detection of ships: 4.0 km

Slot 2: Auxiliary and Torpedo Weaponry Coordination

Charges: 3

Concentrated AA Fire progress per second: +1.2%

Secondary shells damage: +10%

Torpedo reload time: -20%

Airstrike reload time: -20%

Duration time: 30 s

Reload time: 120 s

Slot 3: Smoke Generator

Charges: 3.

Action Time: 20 s.

Reload Time: 160 s.

Radius: 450 m .

Life time: 93 s.

Slot 4: Repair Party

Charges: 3

HP per second: +194

Duration time: 28 s

Reload time: 80 s

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