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Tier IX Battleship Premium

Italy

AL Marco Polo

A Sardegnian battleship of the fourth "special plan ship" series—an advanced version of Vittorio Veneto. She is ambitious and eager to improve herself. Although proud, Marco Polo is cheerful and friendly. She will do whatever it takes to achieve her own goals. From the Azur Lane game.

Doubloons
21,500
Official profile image of AL Marco Polo

At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points
69,100
Maximum speed
32.0 knots
Surface detection
16.3 km
Main battery range
19.0 km
Main battery reload
34.0 s

Combat envelope

Range and detection

Scale: 20 km

Every bar uses the same 20 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.

  • Surface detection16.3 km
  • Main battery19 km
  • Secondary battery7 km

Damage comparison

Published maximum per hit

Ship-relative

Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.

  • AP · 406 mm proiettili AP 1940 13,050
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed
32.0 knots
Turning circle radius
860 m
Rudder shift time
16.7 s
Maneuverability API rating 45

Concealment

Surface detection
16.3 km
Air detection
10.0 km
Submarine detection
10.0 km
Concealment API rating 32

Survivability

Hit points
69,100
Torpedo damage reduction
27 %
Survivability API rating 87

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range
19–410 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 93
Maximum range
19.0 km
Reload time
34.0 s
Rate of fire
1.7 rounds/min
180° turn time
36.0 s
Maximum dispersion
252 m

Shells

Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.

406 mm proiettili AP 1940
AP
Maximum damage per hit
13,050
Muzzle velocity
836 m/s
Shell mass
1,071 kg
Gun layout
Mount
406 mm/50 Model 1940 in a turret
Mounts
3
Barrels each
3

Automatic armament

Secondary battery

Maximum range
7.0 km
Mount
152 mm proiettili HE
Maximum damage per hit
2,100
Fire chance
7.0 %
Rate of fire
5.0 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity
950 m/s
Mount
90 mm proiettili HE
Maximum damage per hit
1,300
Fire chance
5.0 %
Rate of fire
15.0 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity
860 m/s

Anti-aircraft defence

AA defence API rating 71
Aura
20 mm/70 Scotti Model 1941 on a sextuple mount
Calibre
20 mm
Mounts
16
Aura
37 mm/54 Model 1938 on a Model 1938 mount
Calibre
37 mm
Mounts
10
Aura
90 mm/50 Model 1939 on a twin mount
Calibre
90 mm
Mounts
12
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points
69,100
Main-battery barrels
3
Secondary barrels
16
AA mounts
38

Engine

Published maximum speed
32.0 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.

AL Marco Polo

Default
Type
Hull

Propulsion: 191,000 hp

Default
Type
Engine

406 mm/50 Model 1940 in a turret

Default
Type
Artillery

SDT 9

Default
Type
Suo

Compatible upgrades

Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.

Propulsion Modification 1

Modernization

Reduces time to full speed

Credits
1,000,000

Concealment System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
2,000,000

Main Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
125,000

Aiming Systems Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
500,000

Damage Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits
1,000,000

Torpedo Lookout System

Modernization

Credits
2,000,000

Main Battery Modification 3

Modernization

Credits
3,000,000

Main Battery Modification 2

Modernization

Credits
500,000

Damage Control System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
250,000

Steering Gears Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
1,000,000

Secondary Battery Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
500,000

Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
125,000

Gun Fire Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits
3,000,000

AA Guns Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
500,000
Available module groups
10
Compatible upgrades
14
Upgrade slots
6
Published battle levels
9–11

Cross-nation comparison

Ships that fill a similar slot

Closest same-tier, same-class matches from other nations, ranked by published base statistics.

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Illinois

HP
68,100
Speed
32.5 kn
Guns
18.5 km
Open comparison

Pan-Asia

Wujing

HP
74,700
Speed
32 kn
Guns
20.3 km
Open comparison

Pan-America

Valparaíso

HP
71,600
Speed
30 kn
Guns
18.7 km
Open comparison