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Connecticut

Also called: 康涅狄格 Beta

U.S.A. · Tier VI · Battleship · Tech Tree: Aviation Battleships

Airstrike battleshipOpen with no-LoS airstrike pressure, then punish exposed sides with the main battery.

Playstyle

Park 12-15 km from a contested cap with island cover within one rotation of your bow
The airstrike line wants to cross the cap and the predictable retreat lane
Avoid: Launching airstrikes at maneuvering targets

Key characteristics

Stealthy (14.2 km)Spotter planeLong DCP windowLong fighter loiterLong spotter loiterSoft superstructure

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Playstyle

Overview

Connecticut is the Tier VI American airstrike battleship. Her alt-armament fires a torpedo-bomber airstrike in place of shipborne torpedoes: the planes drop a spread of aerial torpedoes on the marked lane, a damage source that does not need line of sight on top of her main battery. Standout traits: best DCP duration in T6 BBs (20 s) and best Catapult Fighter duration in T6 BBs (150 s).

Positioning

Park 12-15 km from a contested cap with island cover within one rotation of your bow. The airstrike line wants to cross the cap and the predictable retreat lane, both of which favor positions a little further back than a brawler would take. Open-water lanes are pure downside; you do not need line of sight to score with the airstrike, so cover is free upside. With 16.2 s on the rudder she starts turning late, so the angle has to be set before you are shot at.

Potato Avoidance

Launching airstrikes at maneuvering targets

The squadron's travel time is long enough that a healthy DD or cruiser with engine boost simply turns out of the cone. Reserve strikes for capping destroyers, island-huggers, and anyone already tying up with a teammate.

Signature Traits

Airstrike alt-armament

The alt-armament fires a bomber line in place of torpedoes. Rewards behind-cover positioning with the cap in range.

Long DCP window ↗

20 s Damage Control duration, best of T6 BBs. Stays fire / flood immune longer per activation.

Long fighter loiter ↗

150 s Catapult Fighter active time, best of T6 BBs.

Long spotter loiter ↗

40 s Observation Seaplane duration, best of T6 BBs. Spotting + tighter shell grouping stays up longer.

Soft superstructure ↗

6 mm superstructure, bottom decile of T6 BBs. HE farms harder.

Low AP DPM ↗

152000 AP DPM, bottom decile of T6 BBs. Citadel windows matter more than spam.

Acquisition

How to get Connecticut

Connecticut is available in the Aviation Battleships branch of the U.S. Tech Tree for 9,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 1,800,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.

Early AccessOfficial WG line/source notes indicate a temporary Early Access window before normal acquisition.

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U.S. Tech Tree

Connecticut sits in the Aviation Battleships branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S. tree.

U.S. hybrid battleships offer unique torpedo airstrike capabilities compared to conventional battleships, but they make large targets and have more limited gunnery abilities as a trade-off.

Advantages: Torpedo Airstrike, Large HP pool
Disadvantages: Low-velocity shells, Limited main battery firing angles, Large target

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Carrier

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Best listed chance for this ship

USN Hybrid Battleships Big Crate 11% Connecticut Archived · USN Hybrid Battleships Big Crate
USN Hybrid Battleships Crate 5% Connecticut Archived · USN Hybrid Battleships Crate

Official WG availability sources

Strike From the Skies: U.S. Hybrids in Early Access and Our July 4th Event Early Access Start: 2024-06-30 · End: 2024-07-31 Official early-access or tech-tree-line article. Tech-tree ships are temporary crate drops during Early Access, then move to the Tech Tree.
Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
July Update: Skyward Endeavors 10,000 Doubloons 2024-06-27 Tier VI default; exact price not in source

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USN Hybrid Battleships Big Crate 11% · Connecticut
USN Hybrid Battleships Crate 5% · Connecticut

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Builds

Pair with a commander whose unique skill complements her main armament; check the build tool for current recommendations.

Joseph Reeves

Airstrike specialist

InspirationsJonathan Hawke · Commander Worf

Reeves carries the full airstrike skill suite (Bird's Eye View range, Sea Wings cruise speed, Naval Aviator torpedo speed + damage, Iron Feathers plane HP). Hawke's Big Game Hunter trait stacks more damage onto airstrikes against BB / CA / CV targets; Worf's Sky Attack trait adds damage to every projectile your aircraft drop (no target restriction). Main battery still does the heavy lifting at range; treat the airstrike as a bonus damage window against committed targets or anyone behind cover.

Joseph Reeves

Cooldown spam

InspirationsCommander Riker · Jonathan Hawke

Same Reeves skill spine. Riker's Number One trait shaves airstrike cooldown so the squadron is up more often; Hawke's Big Game Hunter trait stacks damage onto the more-frequent strikes against BB / CA / CV targets. Trade a bit of per-strike specialization for more strikes per match. Pairs well when you can park behind island cover with main guns up.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship Joseph Reeves Jonathan Hawke Commander Riker

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Cohort position

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Where Connecticut sits among Tier VI BBs (31 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.

BestCitadel belt406 mm (1/32) Top 10%Stealth profile14.25 km / 11.4 km (3/32 / 4/32) Top 10%Turn-speed retention210.5 hp/m (3/32) Top 25%Hit points64,500 HP (5/32) Top 25%Max speed30 kt (7/32) Top 25%Smoke fire bloom12.34 km (8/32) Top 25%Main dispersion203.7 m (8/32) Top 25%HE velocity861 m/s (7/31) Top 25%AP arming threshold59 mm (7/32) Top 25%Engine power160,000 hp (5/32) Top 25%AA DPS485 (8/32) Top 25%AA threat1,592 (8/32) Top 25%Flak per wave (expected)1,418 (5/32) Top 25%Max armor406 mm (5/32) Bottom 25%Rudder shift16.2 s (28/32) Bottom 25%Main battery caliber356 mm (25/32) Bottom 25%Fires per minute4.8 (26/31) Bottom 25%HE DPM80,000 (27/31) Bottom 25%Secondary HE pen21 mm (26/31) Bottom 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)115,895 (27/31) Bottom 25%Deck armor32 mm (26/32) Bottom 10%Traverse-to-turn ratio3.44 × (30/32) Bottom 10%AP DPM152,000 (31/32) WorstSecondary fire chance5% (1 of 6 tied) WorstDisplacement50,897 t (32/32) WorstNo torpedoes (26 of 32 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Connecticut -- 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.

Turning circle760 m(13/32) Main battery range15.97 km(17/32) Main battery reload30 s(19/32) Sigma1.9(11/32) HE shell damage5,000(23/31) HE fire chance30%(23/31) Secondary DPM (per side)180,000(20/32) Secondary HE alpha1,800(23/31) AP velocity823 m/s(11/32) Acceleration35.7 s(19/32) Power-to-weight3.14 hp/t(10/32) AP pen at 10 km489 mm(19/32) Secondary range5 km(16/32) AA range5 km(14/32) Repair charges3(15/32) Bow armor26 mm(12/32) Stern armor26 mm(13/32) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(25 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(22 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(31 of 32 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(19 of 32 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 58,900 → 64,500

Displacement50,897 t

Hull dimensions

Length 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.

225.6 x 37.14 m

Armor range6–406 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 16, 19, 26, 32, 40, 43, 49, 50, 100, 120, 140, 152, 165, 235, 282, 305, 378, 406 mm

Armor material/layer entries66

Fire resistance

Does 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.

Initial: 26.6% → 30%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

Each fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 60 s, so one unattended fire burns 18% of the pool (11,610 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

A flood ticks 0.5% of max HP per second for the 40 s duration, so one unattended flood costs 20% of the pool (12,900 HP on this ship). Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

Reduces 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.

23%

Magazine HP

Per-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.

35,600

Steering gear HP

Durability 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.

19,400

Effective HP

Base 64,500 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 9,030 HP per charge, x3 charges = 27,090 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. Across 1,826 players in our replay corpus the median ship realized about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent — when Repair Party IS pressed it returns ~97% of the per-charge figure above.

91,590

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 356 mm Mk.11

Mounts / barrels2 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time30 s

Firing range (base)14.5 km

Firing range (top fire control)16 km

Turret traverse4 °/s

Turret armor406 mm

Turret traverse arcs

How 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.

2x ±140°

Guns to bear

How 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.

all guns bear at the bow

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

AP pen max range397 mm

HE fire DPM vs T6 BB35895

Effective HE DPM vs T6 BB115895

Shell Grouping (σ)1.9

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{15966.5}{30} \cdot \frac{11 - 2}{1000} + 2) \cdot 30 = 203.7 m

203.7 m at 16 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 203.7 \cdot 0.6 = 122.2 m

122.2 m at 16 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 203.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 64.3 m

64.3 m at 16 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 122.2 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 38.6 m

38.6 m at 16 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

45 s

Shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 16.

HE shells

HE Damage5,000

HE Velocity861 m/s

Fire Chance30%

HE penetration

59 mm ≈ 356 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

59 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

5,000 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 40,000.

40,000

HE DPM

40,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 80,000.

80,000

Fires/min

16 shells/min x 30% fire chance = 4.8.

4.8

AP shells

AP Damage9,500

AP Velocity823 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold59 mm

AP overmatch

floor(356 mm caliber / 14.3) = 24 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

24 mm

AP Pen Close

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}

= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2545 \cdot {680.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot 823^{1.38} = 730.3 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

730.3 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (16 km), where the shell has slowed to 528.2 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2545 \cdot {680.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot {528.2}^{1.38} = 396 mm

396 mm at 16 km

AP full-salvo alpha

9,500 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 76,000.

76,000

AP DPM

76,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 152,000.

152,000

AP AOE Radius

AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

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Squadrons

Plane HP3,000

Plane max speed180 kn

Planes per strike4

Ordnancetorpedo, 6,600 dmg

Flooding chance21%

Charges1

Range12 km

ReloadInitial: 100 s → 90 s

Launch arc-60° to 60°

Plane HP3,500

Plane max speed180 kn

Planes per strike4

Ordnancetorpedo, 6,600 dmg

Flooding chance21%

Charges1

Range12.5 km

Reload90 s

Launch arc-60° to 60°

AA Defense

AA mount points46

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

5 km

40 mm Bofors Mk2 (upgraded hull only)8×4 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk438×1 20mm

28 mm Mk2 mod. 2 (stock hull only)8×4 28mm

127 mm Mk30 mod. 0 (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

4×1 127mm

127 mm Mk32 (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

6×2 127mm

Guns127 mm Mk30 mod. 0 (DP) + 127 mm Mk32 (DP)

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 126 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

126

Range5 km

Guns40 mm Bofors Mk2

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 62 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 163 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

163

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 126 + Medium 163 = 289

289

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk4

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 80 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 196 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 206 → 196

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 126 + Medium 163 + Near 196 = 485

485

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between waves - up to 9 clouds per wave × 210 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next wave lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the salvo repeats within each wave.

2 salvos × 4 clouds + 1 outer

Cloud damage

Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.

210

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so waves average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

75%

Wave rate

A flak wave spawns roughly every 2 s - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every other AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so bursts can land short of 2.5 km or past 5 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts10

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Secondary dispersion type

This ship's secondary families don't share one dispersion bracket. Each family is listed below with its own slope; max dispersion = secondary range (km) × that family's slope + 30 m.

Improved (50%) + Standard

Caliber127 mm

Reload time3 s

HE Damage1,800

Muzzle Velocity792 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Armor Pen21 mm

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Caliber127 mm

Reload time6 s

HE Damage1,800

Muzzle Velocity792 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Armor Pen21 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power160,000 hp

Maximum speed30 kt

Turning circle radius760 m

Rudder shift time16.2 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 30 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.4 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.

12.4 kt

Crash stop

Seconds 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.

42.6 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed 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).

11 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (27.0 kt of 30 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

35.7 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (29.7 kt of 30 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.

57.5 s

Traverse-to-turn ratio

How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate

ω_{hull} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{V_{max} (m/s)}{R_{turn}} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{30.0 \cdot 0.5144}{760} = 1.16 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{4}{1.16} = 3.4 \times

. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.

3.4× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea14.25 km

Detectability by air11.4 km

Smoke firing penalty12.34 km

Detect when firing (sea)

Equal 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.

15.97 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (8.12 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

19.52 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Base sea detectability + 2.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Sea' value on every captured ship.

16.25 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Base air detectability + 3.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Air' value on every captured ship.

14.4 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 20 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 9,030 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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Heal per second (0.5%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 27,090 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 3 charges = up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 322 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (64,500 HP) per second = 322 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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Catapult Fighter3 charges · 70 s reload · 150 s active · 5 km patrol radius
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{167 \times 30}{1000} = 5 km$
· 2 squadron size

Observation Seaplane3 charges · 200 s reload · 40 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping

Module options (2)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points58,900 → 64,500
Rudder shift29.6 → 21.1 s
Close-range AA DPS112 → 142
Maximum AA range3.1 → 3.5 km

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range14,515 → 15966.5 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)1.9

Max Horiz Disp203.7 m at 16 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{15966.5}{30} \cdot \frac{11 - 2}{1000} + 2) \cdot 30 = 203.7 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km105 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.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km150 m

How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.

Shell scatter width @ 15 km195 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same verified dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Max Vert Disp122.2 m at 16 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 203.7 \cdot 0.6 = 122.2 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km78.8 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15966.5 = 7983$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15966.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7983}{15966.5 - 7983} = 0.5253$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 150 \cdot 0.5253 = 78.8 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp64.3 m at 16 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 203.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 64.3 m$

Med Vert Disp38.6 m at 16 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 122.2 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 38.6 m$

Dispersion familyUS/UK BB Disp.

2.5% overall improvement compared to EU BB Disp.

AP Pen Close730.3 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2545 \cdot {680.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot 823^{1.38} = 730.3 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far396 mm at 16 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (16 km), where the shell has slowed to 528.2 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2545 \cdot {680.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot {528.2}^{1.38} = 396 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km595 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km489 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 15 km409 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.11 s

How long an AP shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.331 \cdot {0.356}^{2}}{8 \cdot 680.4} = 2.42 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 823 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.01 s

How long an HE shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.325 \cdot {0.356}^{2}}{8 \cdot 578.34} = 2.8 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 861 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE penetration59 mm

59 mm ≈ 356 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch24 mm

floor(356 mm caliber / 14.3) = 24 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius60

AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

Broadside guns used for alpha8

All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time45 s

180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

HE full-salvo alpha40,000

5,000 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 40,000.

AP full-salvo alpha76,000

9,500 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 76,000.

HE DPM80,000

40,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 80,000.

AP DPM152,000

76,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 152,000.

Shells/min16

8 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 16.

Fires/min4.8

16 shells/min x 30% fire chance = 4.8.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range126

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors Mk2 8x4 -> 163 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 38x1 -> 196 DPS @ 2 km; 5in38 Mk30 Mod0 4x1 -> 50 DPS @ 5 km; 5in38 Mk32 Mod12 6x2 -> 76 DPS @ 5 km.

Maximum AA range5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range126 DPS @ 5 km, 289 DPS @ 3.5 km, 485 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-blank485

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index1592

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.

Near aura range2 km

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeImproved (50%) + Standard

This ship's secondary families don't share one dispersion bracket. Each family is listed below with its own slope; max dispersion = secondary range (km) × that family's slope + 30 m.

127 mm × 4 dispersion typeImproved (50%, Massachusetts type)

Max dispersion = range (km) × 27 + 30 for this family. Slope is set per gun model.

127 mm × 4 max disp @ 5 km165 m

5 km × 27 + 30 = 165 m.

127 mm × 6 dispersion typeStandard

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30 for this family. Slope is set per gun model.

127 mm × 6 max disp @ 5 km315 m

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)180,000

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 4×1 127 mm (2/side) × 60/3 × 1800 = 72,000 + 6×2 127 mm (6/side) × 60/6 × 1800 = 108,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1800

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1800 from the 127 mm family.

Max HE fire chance5%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 5% from the 127 mm family.

Max HE pen21 mm

Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 21 mm from the 127 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 58,900 → 64,500 with hull upgrade, 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 & stern26 mm

Overmatched by 80+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel305 mm

Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.

Farming6 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 30%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	26 mm primary (range 26–40 mm)	2,000 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	32 mm primary (range 19–406 mm)	48,400 (75% of HP)	Overmatch not possible in its bracketAngle bounces 410mm32 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	26 mm primary (range 26–235 mm)	3,400 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	305 mm primary (range 16–406 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.
Superstructure	6 mm primary (range 6–406 mm)	1,200 (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 HP	35,600 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-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.
Secondary mount (127 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (40 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-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 HP	19,400 module HP	Incapacitated at 0 HP	When 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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Balance History

Balance updates affecting Connecticut. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×14Main Battery ×1

2025-10-30

Ministry of Balance: Preparing for Winter

In addition, a few other ships have received minor armor updates that won't affect gameplay:

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2025-06-26

Ministry of Balance: Declaration of Changes

Main battery maximum AP damage reduced from 10,500 to 9,500.

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2024-10-10

Ministry of Balance: Trick and Treat

U.S. hybrid battleships proved more survivable than intended and were problematic according to your feedback. While we aren't increasing the size of their citadels, this HP reduction will make them more vulnerable to all types of damage.
Stock hull total health reduced from 62,000 to 58,900.
Stock hull engine HP reduced from 71,100 to 64,500.
Stock hull bow HP reduced from 1,900 to 1,800.
Stock hull casemate HP reduced from 5,400 to 5,100.
Stock hull auxiliary room HP reduced from 6,900 to 6,500.
Stock hull stern HP reduced from 3,300 to 3,100.
Stock hull HP reduced from 46,500 to 44,200.
Stock hull steering gear HP reduced from 18,600 to 17,700.
Upgraded hull total health reduced from 71,100 to 64,500.
+4 more official change lines in the source post.

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Every custom exterior Connecticut can equip, from in-game data.

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2024-06-27 · Patch notes July Update: Skyward Endeavors Patch notes 2024-08-01 · Patch notes Anniversary Update: Champion's Journey Patch notes 2024-10-10 · Patch notes Halloween Update: Crimson Tale Patch notes 2025-06-26 · Patch notes July Update: Of Stars and Freedom Patch notes 2025-10-30 · Patch notes November Update: Into Black Waters Patch notes

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Ministry of Balance: Preparing for Winter

Ministry of Balance: Declaration of Changes

Ministry of Balance: Trick and Treat

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