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Florida

Also called: 佛罗里达 Beta

U.S.A. · Tier VI · Battleship · Premium

All-rounder battleshipA jack-of-all-trades battleship; read the comp and pick anchor, brawler, or sniper.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat
Avoid: Spending the spotter on a target that is already dodging

Key characteristics

Spotter planeLong DCP windowStrong torpedo beltLow fire chance

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Community Data

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Playstyle

Overview

Florida is a Tier VI American all-rounder battleship with 356mm guns at 16.1 km: she has no single dominant kit trait but is competent across the board. The role flexes by team comp - mid-range AP anchor by default, brawl support when the team commits, sniper when the line sits back. Versatility is the value, not specialization. Standout traits: best DCP duration in T6 BBs (20 s) and top-decile torpedo belt percent in T6 BBs (26).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat. Rotate one or two map cells with the team rather than holding solo; a battleship alone on a flank is a free focus target for the enemy. 63,800 HP is what a rotation started too late costs, and it is spent before the guns that punished it come off cooldown. With 15.4 s on the rudder she starts turning late, so the angle has to be set before you are shot at.

Potato Avoidance

Spending the spotter on a target that is already dodging

The extra range only converts if the shot was going to land: save it for the salvos that matter, an exposed broadside cruiser or a battleship committed to its angle, where the reach turns a maybe into a citadel. Popped over a jinking destroyer it buys you a longer look at your own shells missing.

Signature Traits

Long DCP window ↗

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

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Strong torpedo belt · 26%
Torpedo belt specialist

Low fire chance ↗

22% fire chance per HE shell, bottom decile of T6 BBs. AP carries more weight.

Low fire chance secondaries ↗

5% best HE fire chance per secondary shell, bottom quartile of T6 BBs. Lights fewer fires in a brawl than peers.

Acquisition

How to get Florida

Florida is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition paths: Containers and Doubloons. 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.

ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.
Doubloons10,000 Doubloons in the Legends Store (Jun 2024).

Best listed chance for this ship

Spectral Vault 5.0 0.448718% Tier VI Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 5.0 · 1 of 39 ships
Spectral Vault 4.0 0.195513% Tier VI Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 4.0 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 39 ships
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- Spectral Vault 4.00.128205%
- Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.067308%
Mega Santa '23 0.125% Tier VI Premium ship Archived · Mega Santa '23 · 1 of 32 ships

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Spectral Vault 3.0 0.111891% Tier VI Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 3.0 · 4 paths combined · 1 of 39 ships
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- Spectral Vault 3.00.076923%
- Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.014103%
- Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.013462%
- Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.007404%
Super Santa '22 0.111111% Tier VI Premium ship Archived · Super Santa '22 · 1 of 27 ships
Super Santa '23 0.109375% Tier VI Premium ship Archived · Super Santa '23 · 1 of 32 ships
Mystic Lantern 0.104651% Tier VI Premium ship Event · Mystic Lantern · 1 of 43 ships
Spectral Vault 2.0 0.04074% Tier VI Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 2.0 · 7 paths combined · 1 of 39 ships
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- Spectral Vault 2.00.025641%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.007692%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.002564%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.00141%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.001346%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.001346%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.00074%
Ultimate Crate 0.010938% Tier VI Premium ship Archived · Ultimate Crate → Super Santa '23 · 1 of 32 ships
Spectral Vault 1.0 0.004837% Tier VI Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 1.0 · 12 paths combined · 1 of 39 ships
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- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.00.002308%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.000769%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.000692%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000231%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000141%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000135%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000127%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000121%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000121%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000074%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000067%
- Spectral Vault 1.00.000051%
Mystic Box 0.002326% Tier VI Premium ship Event · Mystic Box · 1 of 43 ships
Secret Santa '23 0.000063% Tier VI Premium ship Archived · Secret Santa '23 · 1 of 32 ships

Official WG availability sources

Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
U.S.A. 250: History-Inspired Event & New Alternative Destroyers Event/store source Start: 2026-06-26 · End: open/unknown end Official ship/event post that can indicate store, collaboration, event, return, or limited availability.
July Update: Skyward Endeavors 10,000 Doubloons 2024-06-27 Tier VI default; exact price not in source
June-July Update: The Liberty Zeitgeist 10,000 Doubloons 2021-06-18 Tier VI default; exact price not in source

Show direct source rows

Mega Santa '23 0.125% · Tier VI Premium ship
Mystic Box 0.002326% · Tier VI Premium ship
Mystic Lantern 0.104651% · Tier VI Premium ship
Secret Santa '23 0.000063% · Tier VI Premium ship
Spectral Vault 1.0 0.000051% · Tier VI Premium ship

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Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Florida 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.

Top 10%Main dispersion182.9 m (4/32) Top 25%Hit points63,800 HP (6/32) Top 25%Stealth profile14.38 km / 11.5 km (8/32 / 9/32) Top 25%AP DPM220,645 (9/32) Top 25%HE velocity861 m/s (7/31) Top 25%AP arming threshold59 mm (7/32) Top 25%AA DPS548 (6/32) Top 25%AA threat1,758 (5/32) Top 25%Flak per wave (expected)1,418 (5/32) Top 25%Repair heal rate0.66 %/s (9/32) Top 25%Max armor390 mm (8/32) Bottom 25%Rudder shift15.4 s (26/32) Bottom 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio3.82 × (25/32) Bottom 25%Main battery caliber356 mm (25/32) Bottom 25%HE shell damage4,750 (25/31) Bottom 25%Secondary HE pen21 mm (26/31) Bottom 25%Citadel belt285 mm (26/32) Bottom 25%End plates25 mm (27/32 / 27/32) Bottom 10%HE fire chance22% (30/31) WorstSecondary fire chance5% (1 of 6 tied) WorstNo torpedoes (26 of 32 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Florida -- 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.

Max speed27 kt(21/32) Smoke fire bloom12.45 km(10/32) Turning circle760 m(13/32) Main battery range16.06 km(13/32) Main battery reload31 s(23/32) Sigma1.75(23/32) Fires per minute5.11(23/31) HE DPM110,323(10/31) Secondary DPM (per side)180,000(20/32) Secondary HE alpha1,800(23/31) AP velocity823 m/s(11/32) Acceleration34.9 s(11/32) Engine power116,000 hp(11/32) Turn-speed retention152.6 hp/m(10/32) Displacement44,800 t(23/32) Power-to-weight2.59 hp/t(18/32) AP pen at 10 km515 mm(15/32) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)148,536(11/31) Secondary range5 km(16/32) AA range5 km(14/32) Repair charges3(15/32) Deck armor37 mm(23/32) 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)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points63,800

Displacement44,800 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.

221.7 x 33.3 m (measured from the ship model)

Armor range16–390 mm

Plate armor thicknesses16, 25, 26, 37, 38, 40, 49, 50, 56, 73, 96, 100, 127, 140, 152, 178, 211, 213, 282, 285, 370, 378, 390 mm

Armor material/layer entries64

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.

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 (11,484 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 (12,760 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.

26%

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.

31,900

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.

19,100

Effective HP

Base 63,800 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.66%/s x 28 s = 11,790 HP per charge, x3 charges = 35,371 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.

99,171

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 356 mm Mk.11

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 12 barrels

Reload time31 s

Firing range16.1 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 ±150°, ±147°

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.

33° off bow / 30° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

AP pen max range419 mm

HE fire DPM vs T6 BB38211

Effective HE DPM vs T6 BB148533

Shell Grouping (σ)1.75

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{16060}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 182.9 m

182.9 m at 16.1 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 182.9 \cdot 0.6 = 109.7 m

109.7 m at 16.1 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 182.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.75} = 62.7 m

62.7 m at 16.1 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 109.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.75} = 37.6 m

37.6 m at 16.1 km

Turret turn time

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

45 s

Shells/min

12 broadside guns x 60 / 31 s base reload = 23.2.

23.2

HE shells

HE Damage4,750

HE Velocity861 m/s

Fire Chance22%

HE penetration

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

59 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,750 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 57,000.

57,000

HE DPM

57,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 31 s base reload = 110,323.

110,323

Fires/min

23.2 shells/min x 22% fire chance = 5.11.

5.11

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 2945 \cdot 580^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot 823^{1.38} = 756.9 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

756.9 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (16.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 536.1 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2945 \cdot 580^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot {536.1}^{1.38} = 418.9 mm

418.9 mm at 16.1 km

AP full-salvo alpha

9,500 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 114,000.

114,000

AP DPM

114,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 31 s base reload = 220,645.

220,645

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.

AA Defense

AA mount points48

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

5 km

40 mm Bofors Mk13×2 40mm

40 mm Bofors Mk28×4 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk1037×1 20mm

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 118 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

118

Range5 km

Guns40 mm Bofors Mk1 + 40 mm Bofors Mk2

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 78 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 205 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

205

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 118 + Medium 205 = 323

323

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk10

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 92 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 225 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

225

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 118 + Medium 205 + Near 225 = 548

548

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 power116,000 hp

Maximum speed27 kt

Turning circle radius760 m

Rudder shift time15.4 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 27 / 4 + 4.9 = 11.7 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.

11.7 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.

34.8 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).

8.1 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (24.3 kt of 27 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

34.9 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (26.7 kt of 27 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.

56.1 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{27.0 \cdot 0.5144}{760} = 1.05 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{4}{1.05} = 3.8 \times

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

3.8× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea14.38 km

Detectability by air11.5 km

Smoke firing penalty12.45 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.

16.06 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (7.12 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

18.62 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.

16.38 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.

14.5 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 · 11,790 HP (18.5% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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Heal per second (0.66%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 18.5% of max HP restored per charge.
· 35,370 HP (55.5% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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18.5% per charge x 3 charges = up to 55.5% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 421 HP/s (0.66% of max HP) heal per second
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0.66% of max HP (63,800 HP) per second = 421 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 · 80 s reload · 90 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): $\frac{167 \times 30}{1000} = 5 km$
· 1 squadron size

Observation Seaplane3 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping

Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

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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)1.75

Max Horiz Disp182.9 m at 16.1 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{16060}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 182.9 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km90 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 km132 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 km174 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 Disp109.7 m at 16.1 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 182.9 \cdot 0.6 = 109.7 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km69.2 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16060 = 8030$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 16060 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8030}{16060 - 8030} = 0.5245$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 132 \cdot 0.5245 = 69.2 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp62.7 m at 16.1 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 182.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.75} = 62.7 m$

Med Vert Disp37.6 m at 16.1 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 109.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.75} = 37.6 m$

AP Pen Close756.9 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2945 \cdot 580^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot 823^{1.38} = 756.9 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far418.9 mm at 16.1 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (16.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 536.1 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2945 \cdot 580^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot {536.1}^{1.38} = 418.9 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km622 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 km515 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 km433 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.

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.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.08 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.271 \cdot {0.356}^{2}}{8 \cdot 580} = 2.33 \times 10^{- 5}$ . 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 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 Radius90

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 alpha12

All 12 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time45 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha57,000

4,750 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 57,000.

AP full-salvo alpha114,000

9,500 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 114,000.

HE DPM110,323

57,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 31 s base reload = 110,323.

AP DPM220,645

114,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 31 s base reload = 220,645.

Shells/min23.2

12 broadside guns x 60 / 31 s base reload = 23.2.

Fires/min5.11

23.2 shells/min x 22% fire chance = 5.11.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range118

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors Mk1 3x2 -> 56 DPS @ 3.5 km; 40mm Bofors 8x4 -> 149 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK10 37x1 -> 225 DPS @ 2 km; 5in38 Mk30 Mod0 4x1 -> 47 DPS @ 5 km; 5in38 Mk32 Mod12 6x2 -> 71 DPS @ 5 km.

Maximum AA range5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range118 DPS @ 5 km, 323 DPS @ 3.5 km, 548 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-blank548

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

AA threat index1758

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 63,800, 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 & stern25 mm

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

Belt / citadel285 mm

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

Farming16 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	25 mm primary (range 25–40 mm)	3,800 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	370 mm primary (range 25–370 mm)	47,900 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches370 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	25 mm primary (range 25–140 mm)	4,500 (7% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	285 mm primary (range 16–285 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	16 mm primary (range 16–37 mm)	3,300 (5% 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	31,900 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	19,100 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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Buff ×4Main Battery ×4

2024-09-05

Ministry of Balance: Season of Change

Main battery shell grouping increased by 2.9% (from 1.7 to 1.75 sigma).
Main battery dispersion improved by 11% (from an improved battleship dispersion curve to the battlecruiser dispersion curve).
AP shell mass increased from 555 kg to 580 kg (increasing AP shell penetration chance by 4.5%).
Main battery reload time reduced from 33.5 to 31.0 seconds.

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