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Tier IX Battleship Premium

Pan-Asia

Yimeng

A Soviet "Project A" battleship featuring radically redesigned armament, intended to increase the number of guns per salvo by reducing their caliber. Around the early 1950s, the ship would have likely undergone modernization based on the experience of the previous war. The battleship could have hypothetically been transferred to the People's Republic of China in 1954 or 1955.

Doubloons
21,500
Official profile image of Yimeng

At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points
73,500
Maximum speed
29.0 knots
Surface detection
16.7 km
Main battery range
18.6 km
Main battery reload
27.0 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 detection16.7 km
  • Main battery18.6 km
  • Secondary battery7.5 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.

  • HE · 356 mm HE Model 1938 4,950
  • AP · 356 mm AP Model 1938 9,800
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed
29.0 knots
Turning circle radius
880 m
Rudder shift time
13.3 s
Maneuverability API rating 41

Concealment

Surface detection
16.7 km
Air detection
10.0 km
Submarine detection
10.0 km
Concealment API rating 30

Survivability

Hit points
73,500
Torpedo damage reduction
21 %
Survivability API rating 91

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range
19–425 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 84
Maximum range
18.6 km
Reload time
27.0 s
Rate of fire
2.2 rounds/min
180° turn time
40.0 s
Maximum dispersion
245 m

Shells

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

356 mm HE Model 1938
HE
Maximum damage per hit
4,950
Fire chance
30.0 %
Muzzle velocity
895 m/s
Shell mass
570 kg
356 mm AP Model 1938
AP
Maximum damage per hit
9,800
Muzzle velocity
895 m/s
Shell mass
570 kg
Gun layout
Mount
356 mm/54 Model 1938 in a turret
Mounts
3
Barrels each
4

Automatic armament

Secondary battery

Maximum range
7.5 km
Mount
OFU-35
Maximum damage per hit
2,200
Fire chance
12.0 %
Rate of fire
10.5 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity
950 m/s

Anti-aircraft defence

AA defence API rating 81
Aura
45 mm SM-20-ZIF mount
Calibre
45 mm
Mounts
10
Aura
152 mm/57 in a triple-gun turret
Calibre
152 mm
Mounts
10
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points
73,500
Main-battery barrels
3
Secondary barrels
10
AA mounts
20

Engine

Published maximum speed
29.0 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

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

Yimeng

Default
Type
Hull

356 mm/54 Model 1938 in a turret

Default
Type
Artillery

Propulsion: 201,000 hp

Default
Type
Engine

Mk9 mod. 1

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

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HP
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Speed
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Guns
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HP
71,600
Speed
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Guns
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Open comparison

Japan

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HP
75,900
Speed
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Guns
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