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Tier IX Battleship

U.S.A.

Minnesota

A possible upgraded design of one of the never-built battleships of the South Dakota class. From 1941 to 1944, all conventional battleships of the U.S. Navy underwent significant modernization, including the addition of massive bulges that increased the ships' displacement. Those improvements included an expanded array of AA guns, seaplane catapults, and...

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A possible upgraded design of one of the never-built battleships of the South Dakota class. From 1941 to 1944, all conventional battleships of the U.S. Navy underwent significant modernization, including the addition of massive bulges that increased the ships' displacement. Those improvements included an expanded array of AA guns, seaplane catapults, and horizontal protection enhancements. Had South Dakota-class battleships been built and in service by the start of World War II, they would likely have undergone a comparable upgrade.

Credits
15,500,000
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At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points
69,500
Maximum speed
23.0 knots
Surface detection
15.9 km
Main battery range
21.2 km
Main battery reload
40.0 s

Combat envelope

Range and detection

Scale: 25 km

Every bar uses the same 25 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.

  • Surface detection15.9 km
  • Main battery21.2 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 mod. 1 12,800
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed
23.0 knots
Turning circle radius
700 m
Rudder shift time
23.4 s
Maneuverability API rating 23

Concealment

Surface detection
15.9 km
Air detection
10.0 km
Submarine detection
10.0 km
Concealment API rating 34

Survivability

Hit points
69,500
Torpedo damage reduction
40 %
Survivability API rating 87

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range
19–457 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 83
Maximum range
21.2 km
Reload time
40.0 s
Rate of fire
1.5 rounds/min
180° turn time
45.0 s
Maximum dispersion
271 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 mod. 1
AP
Maximum damage per hit
12,800
Muzzle velocity
762 m/s
Shell mass
1,100 kg
Gun layout
Mount
406 mm/45 Mk.7 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 77
Aura
20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.4 mount
Calibre
20 mm
Mounts
37
Aura
40 mm/56 Bofors on a Mk.1 mount
Calibre
40 mm
Mounts
16
Aura
127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.32 mount
Calibre
127 mm
Mounts
8
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points
69,500
Main-battery barrels
4
Secondary barrels
8
AA mounts
61

Engine

Published maximum speed
23.0 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

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

Mk9 mod. 1

Default
Type
Suo
Purchase
1,200,000 credits
Next modules
1

Mk9 mod. 2

Type
Suo
Research
40,000 XP
Purchase
3,400,000 credits

Propulsion: 72,000 hp

Default
Type
Engine
Purchase
1,200,000 credits

406 mm/45 Mk.7 in a turret

Default
Type
Artillery
Purchase
1,200,000 credits

Minnesota (A)

Default
Type
Hull
Purchase
1,800,000 credits
Next modules
1

Minnesota (B)

Type
Hull
Research
60,000 XP
Purchase
5,100,000 credits
Next ships
1

Compatible upgrades

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

Concealment System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
2,000,000

Main Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
125,000

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

Next ships

Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.

Ship
Vermont
Research cost
255,000 XP
Available module groups
10
Compatible upgrades
13
Researchable next ships
1
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.

U.S.S.R.

Mahtaga

HP
69,400
Speed
27.5 kn
Guns
20.8 km
Open comparison

Japan

Hotaka

HP
71,100
Speed
30 kn
Guns
21.8 km
Open comparison

Germany

Friedrich der Grosse

HP
72,500
Speed
27.3 kn
Guns
18.5 km
Open comparison