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Tier IX Battleship Premium

U.S.A.

Kearsarge B

In the 1930s, several variants of large artillery ships were designed to reinforce the Soviet fleet. The U.S.S.R also studied the American experience of building such ships. Three hybrid battleship-carrier projects were developed in the U.S. on commercial orders issued by the U.S.S.R. One of them was armed with twelve 406 mm guns in four turrets....

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In the 1930s, several variants of large artillery ships were designed to reinforce the Soviet fleet. The U.S.S.R also studied the American experience of building such ships. Three hybrid battleship-carrier projects were developed in the U.S. on commercial orders issued by the U.S.S.R. One of them was armed with twelve 406 mm guns in four turrets. However, the Soviet side later recognized the inexpediency of building such large and expensive ships, and the project was halted.

Doubloons
18,000
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At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points
84,300
Maximum speed
30.0 knots
Surface detection
16.4 km
Main battery range
19.6 km
Main battery reload
36.0 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 detection16.4 km
  • Main battery19.6 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.

  • HE · 406 mm HE/HC Mk13 5,700
  • AP · 406 mm AP Mk8 13,100
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed
30.0 knots
Turning circle radius
1,050 m
Rudder shift time
18.4 s
Maneuverability API rating 37

Concealment

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

Survivability

Hit points
84,300
Torpedo damage reduction
24 %
Survivability API rating 98

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range
19–406 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 85
Maximum range
19.6 km
Reload time
36.0 s
Rate of fire
1.7 rounds/min
180° turn time
45.0 s
Maximum dispersion
255 m

Shells

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

406 mm HE/HC Mk13
HE
Maximum damage per hit
5,700
Fire chance
36.0 %
Muzzle velocity
820 m/s
Shell mass
862 kg
406 mm AP Mk8
AP
Maximum damage per hit
13,100
Muzzle velocity
701 m/s
Shell mass
1,225 kg
Gun layout
Mount
406 mm/45 Mk.6 in a turret
Mounts
4
Barrels each
3

Automatic armament

Secondary battery

Maximum range
7.0 km
Mount
127 mm HE Mk32
Maximum damage per hit
1,800
Fire chance
5.0 %
Rate of fire
10.0 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity
792 m/s

Anti-aircraft defence

AA defence API rating 80
Aura
20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.4 mount
Calibre
20 mm
Mounts
20
Aura
40 mm/56 Bofors on a Mk.2 mount
Calibre
40 mm
Mounts
10
Aura
127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.32 mount
Calibre
127 mm
Mounts
14
Carrier aviationClass system

The public API still uses legacy aircraft categories and does not expose every modern carrier payload mechanic. Only fields returned by Wargaming are shown.

Attack aircraft (legacy API field)

F8F Bearcat

Aircraft tier
9
Squadrons
1
Cruise speed
176 knots
Aircraft health
1,840
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points
84,300
Main-battery barrels
4
Secondary barrels
14
AA mounts
44

Engine

Published maximum speed
30.0 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

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

406 mm/45 Mk.6 in a turret

Default
Type
Artillery

Mk9 mod. 1

Default
Type
Suo

Kearsarge B.

Default
Type
Hull

Propulsion: 300,000 hp

Default
Type
Engine

F8F Bearcat

Default
Type
Fighter

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

Air Groups Modification 3

Modernization

Credits
1,000,000

Damage Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits
1,000,000

Torpedo Lookout System

Modernization

Credits
2,000,000

Artillery Plotting Room Modification 2

Modernization

Credits
3,000,000

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

Artillery Plotting Room Modification 1

Modernization

Extends the firing range of the main battery and secondary battery

Credits
500,000

Secondary Battery Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
500,000

Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
125,000

AA Guns Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
500,000
Available module groups
10
Compatible upgrades
15
Upgrade slots
6
Published battle levels
9–11

Cross-nation comparison

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

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HP
80,900
Speed
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Guns
19.4 km
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Pan-Asia

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HP
80,900
Speed
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Guns
19.2 km
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Germany

Pommern

HP
81,900
Speed
31 kn
Guns
21.3 km
Torps
6 km
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