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Albany

Also called: 奥尔巴尼 Beta
U.S.A. · Tier I · CL Cruiser · Tech Tree: Early U.S. Cruisers
Tutorial-tier shipLearn the fundamentals: movement, aim, shell travel, and reading the minimap.
Playstyle
  • Stay near your team; do not push ahead alone
  • Avoid: Sailing in a straight line
Key characteristics
Fast turret traverseTight pattern at max rangeFlat arc HE shellsPattern widens fast with range
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Playstyle

Overview

Albany is a Tier I American cruiser - a tutorial-tier ship. The kit is for learning basic mechanics: movement, aiming, shell travel time, gun rotation, and reading the minimap. Match impact comes from making fewer mistakes than the other Tier I players, not from gear advantages. Notable: top-decile tight pattern at max range in T1 CAs (86.5 m) and top-decile flat arc HE shells in T1 CAs (853).

Positioning

Stay near your team; do not push ahead alone. At Tier I the goal is practicing the basics, so pick a teammate to follow and learn how to lead your shots while their ship is in your field of vision.

Potato Avoidance

Sailing in a straight line

Even Tier I players will lead a predictable target; learn to make small course changes between salvos to break enemy aim. This is the single highest-impact habit to build at this tier.

Signature Traits

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗
  • Fast turret traverse · 10°
  • Tight pattern at max range · 86.5 m
  • Flat arc HE shells · 853 m
Pattern widens fast with range ↗

Shell pattern widens about 9.1 m per km of range, worst of T1 CAs. Salvos spread more at any given distance than peers', so bracketing matters (this is range-normalized, so out-ranging peers does not count against her).

Sluggish rudder ↗

7.1 s rudder shift, worst of T1 CAs. Hard to dodge incoming AP; lean on island cover.

Acquisition

How to get Albany

Albany is available in the Early U.S. Cruisers branch of the U.S. Tech Tree as an early line ship.

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U.S. Tech Tree

Albany sits in the Early U.S. Cruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S. tree.

The early U.S. cruisers focus on providing a powerful broadside from their rapid-firing guns, and they are your starting point to the U.S. Tech Trees. From Tier III, you gain access to a useful self-defense tool: Sonar.
Advantages
High rate of fire, Sonar consumable starting at Tier III
Disadvantages
Limited main battery firing angles, Low-velocity shells
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Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship Norman ScottThomas KinkaidAL Baltimore

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Cohort position

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Where Albany sits among Tier I CAs (11 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.

BestMain dispersion86.5 m (1/12) Top 25%Turning circle350 m (4/12) Top 25%Main battery caliber152 mm (3/12) Top 25%HE shell damage2,100 (3/11) Top 25%HE velocity853 m/s (3/11) Bottom 25%Hit points11,500 HP (11/12) Bottom 25%Max speed20 kt (10/12) Bottom 25%Smoke fire bloom3.6 km (10/12) Bottom 25%Engine power7,500 hp (10/12) Bottom 25%Turn-speed retention21.4 hp/m (10/12) WorstRudder shift7.1 s (12/12) WorstMain battery range9.54 km (12/12) WorstAcceleration26 s (12/12) WorstPower-to-weight1.88 hp/t (12/12)
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Not standouts for Albany -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.

Concealment8.32 km(6/12) Air detection4.99 km(7/12) Traverse-to-turn ratio5.94 ×(6/12) Main battery reload7 s(7/12) HE fire chance7%(6/11) Fires per minute2.4(8/11) HE DPM72,000(5/11) Displacement4,000 t(5/12) AA threat38(6/12) Max armor76 mm(7/12) Citadel belt38 mm(7/12) Deck armor16 mm(7/12) NormTurn speed retained81%(11 of 12 tied at this value)

Stats & specs

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Survivability
Hit Points11,500
Displacement4,000 t
Hull dimensions
ƒLength x beam at the waterline, with the hull's draft where the client carries one. Ships whose client entry holds only the 260 x 20 m placeholder use a curated real-world figure instead, and any ship we have no trustworthy size for omits this row rather than print the placeholder. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.
107.8 x 13.6 m (measured from the ship model)
Armor range6–76 mm
Plate armor thicknesses6, 10, 13, 16, 19, 25, 32, 38, 76 mm
Armor material/layer entries38
Fire resistance
ƒDoes not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second: replay-measured burn ticks run at the full rate on every ship. By elimination it lowers how often hits set you on fire; ignition-rate replay data is consistent with that but too confounded by attacker mix to measure the reduction directly.
0%
Fire duration30 s
Fire damage
ƒEach fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 30 s, so one unattended fire burns 9% of the pool (1,035 HP on this ship). 4 fire points can burn at once. Verified against measured burn ticks in replay data.
0.3% of HP per second
Flood duration40 s
Flood damage
ƒA flood ticks 0.25% of max HP per second for the 40 s duration, so one unattended flood costs 10% of the pool (1,150 HP on this ship). Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.
0.25% of HP per second
Torp Reduction
ƒReduces torpedo hit damage. Replay data shows no effect on floods: flood ticks run at the full rate and flood frequency does not decline with protection.
0%
Magazine HP
ƒPer-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.
5,900
Steering gear HP
ƒDurability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.
5,000
Repairable: penetration50%
Repairable: citadel10%
Repairable: steering gear50%
Main Battery
ModuleArtillery: 152 mm/50 Mk6
Mounts / barrels6 mounts / 6 barrels
Reload time7 s
Firing range (base)8.7 km
Firing range (top fire control)9.5 km
Turret traverse10 °/s
Turret armor51 mm
Turret traverse arcs
ƒHow far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing, read from in-game data. A rear turret with ±150° leaves a 60° blind wedge over the bow; one-sided arcs are wing mounts that cover a single side. The data does not say which way each mount faces, so the arcs are listed per mount without bow/stern angles.
±150°, 2x 157° arc, 2x 156° arc, ±143°
Guns to bear
ƒHow far off the bow (or stern) the ship must angle before every main turret can fire: the widest blind wedge among the rear-facing (or forward-facing) mounts, from each mount's trainable arc. Mount facing is inferred from turret stations and verified against known layouts, including Izumo's aft-facing forward turret.
37° off bow / 30° off stern
Shell Grouping (σ)2
Max Horiz Disp
ƒHorizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: σH=(R30·idealRadius−minRadiusidealDistance+minRadius)·30 =(953730·8−0.51000+0.5)·30=86.5m
86.5 m at 9.5 km
Max Vert Disp
ƒVertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =86.5·0.6=51.9m
51.9 m at 9.5 km
Med Horiz Disp
ƒ50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·0.6σ =86.5·0.62=26m
26 m at 9.5 km
Med Vert Disp
ƒ50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·0.6σ =51.9·0.62=15.6m
15.6 m at 9.5 km
Turret turn time
ƒ180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.
18 s
Shells/min
ƒ4 broadside guns x 60 / 7 s base reload = 34.3.
34.3
HE shells
HE Damage2,100
HE Velocity853 m/s
Fire Chance7%
HE penetration
ƒ25 mm ≈ 152 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).
25 mm
HE full-salvo alpha
ƒ2,100 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 8,400.
8,400
HE DPM
ƒ8,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 72,000.
72,000
Fires/min
ƒ34.3 shells/min x 7% fire chance = 2.4.
2.4
AA Defense
AA mount points4
Maximum AA range
ƒLongest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 2 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.
2 km
37 mm Maxim4×1 37mm
Medium aura
Guns37 mm Maxim
Continuous DPS
ƒEffective DPS: 6 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 19 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.
19
Range2 km
See the AA layers diagram ↓
Maneuverability
Engine power7,500 hp
Maximum speed20 kt
Turning circle radius350 m
Rudder shift time7.1 s
Engine power-boost threshold7 kt
Engine spool-up time15.3 s
Reverse spool-up time7.7 s
Reverse speed
ƒtop speed / 4 + 4.9 = 20 / 4 + 4.9 = 9.9 kt. The community reverse-speed model from the WoWs ShipBuilder project, the same source as the acceleration model on this card. Base value; speed modifiers scale it. Not shown on the in-game card.
9.9 kt
Crash stop
ƒSeconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking. Same community-model simulation as the acceleration times, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio from in-game data. The full curve is on the acceleration chart.
29.1 s
Engine boost threshold (reverse)
ƒSpeed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse. Matches the in-game maneuverability card's reverse threshold (Vampire II reads 10.5 here and the card shows 11; the card rounds half up).
7 kt
Acceleration 0-90%
ƒTime to reach 90% of top speed (18.0 kt of 20 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.
26 s
Acceleration 0-99%
ƒTime to reach 99% of top speed (19.8 kt of 20 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.
44 s
Traverse-to-turn ratio
ƒHow many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate ωhull=180π·Vmax(m/s)Rturn=180π·20.0·0.5144350=1.68°/s, so ratio=ωturretωhull=101.68=5.9×. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.
5.9× slow
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Concealment
Detectability by sea8.32 km
Detectability by air4.99 km
Smoke firing penalty3.6 km
Detect when firing (sea)
ƒEqual to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach. Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Sea' value on all 8 unmodified captures, and range-modified captures track the modified range.
9.54 km
Detect when firing (air)
ƒAir detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (3.04 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.
8.03 km
Detect when on fire (sea)
ƒBase sea detectability + 2.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Sea' value on every captured ship.
10.32 km
Detect when on fire (air)
ƒBase air detectability + 3.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Air' value on every captured ship.
7.99 km
Guaranteed Detect2 km
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Consumables
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active
Module options (1)

Stats above use the fully-upgraded modules. These are the research-tree alternatives; trade-offs are flagged.

Fire controlUpgrade
  • Main battery range8,670 → 9,537 m

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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.

Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)2
Max Horiz Disp86.5 m at 9.5 km
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: σH=(R30·idealRadius−minRadiusidealDistance+minRadius)·30 =(953730·8−0.51000+0.5)·30=86.5m
Shell scatter width @ 5 km52.5 m
Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same verified dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.
Max Vert Disp51.9 m at 9.5 km
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =86.5·0.6=51.9m
Med Horiz Disp26 m at 9.5 km
50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·0.6σ =86.5·0.62=26m
Med Vert Disp15.6 m at 9.5 km
50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·0.6σ =51.9·0.62=15.6m
Dispersion familyCruiser Disp.
Standard cruiser dispersion baseline.
HE penetration25 mm
25 mm ≈ 152 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).
Broadside guns used for alpha4
Barrels that can bear on one beam (4 of 6); casemate/wing mounts only fire one side.
Turret turn time18 s
180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.
HE full-salvo alpha8,400
2,100 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 8,400.
HE DPM72,000
8,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 72,000.
Shells/min34.3
4 broadside guns x 60 / 7 s base reload = 34.3.
Fires/min2.4
34.3 shells/min x 7% fire chance = 2.4.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range19
Only families that reach 2 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 1pdr Mk6 Maxim 4x1 -> 19 DPS @ 2 km.
Maximum AA range2 km
Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 2 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.
AA DPS layered by range19 DPS @ 2 km
Cumulative AA DPS at each family range threshold. Inner ranges stack the outer families, so a target closing the distance hits stronger AA bubbles as it crosses each band.
AA DPS at point-blank19
Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).
AA threat index38
SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 11,500, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Bow & stern6 mm

Overmatched by 60+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel38 mm

Thin belt: battleship AP citadels straight through it broadside. Rely on angle, speed and concealment, never sit flat.

Farming6 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 0%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section Plates HP cap Threats Tactic
Bow6 mm primary (range 6–76 mm)1,100 (10% of HP)
Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)6 mm primary (range 6–13 mm)9,600 (83% of HP)
Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern6 mm primary (range 6–38 mm)900 (8% of HP)
Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel38 mm primary (range 10–38 mm)≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)
Citadel pen: full damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage
Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. An AP citadel penetration deals the shell's full damage, the biggest single hit available; only over-penetrations are damped, to ×0.10.
Superstructure6 mm primary (range 6–16 mm)200 (2% of HP)
Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage
Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP).
Turret (module, per magazine)separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP5,900 magazine HPTurret knocked outPer-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
AA mount (37 mm mount)separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP200 per-mount HPDestroyed at 0 HPPer-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP5,000 module HPIncapacitated at 0 HPWhen module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party.

Saturation cap = HP a section can absorb before further damage to it is reduced (the "bow-tank" effect). Citadel pool is ~165k on every ship (effectively no cap); damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead. Superstructure saturates fast but HE always pens regardless of the plate thickness. Rudder (and other module HPs) are a separate pool from ship HP: damaging a module doesn't drain ship HP. Incapacitated modules like the rudder and engine are restored by DCP, but secondary and AA mounts destroyed at 0 HP stay out for the rest of the battle.

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2020-04-09 · Patch notes Update: April 2020 Patch notes