Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 10 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier VI
Aircraft Carrier
U.S.A.
Independence
A set of speedy light aircraft carriers, converted from several incomplete Cleveland-class cruisers, emerged as a result of the U.S. urgency to acquire new aircraft carriers swiftly amid the war. The primary advantage of Independence-class ships lay in their remarkable speed, allowing them to play an active role alongside strike aircraft carriers in all major U.S. Navy operations in the Pacific.
- Credits
- 2,000,000
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 38,800
- Maximum speed
- 31.6 knots
- Surface detection
- 9.9 km
Damage comparison
Published maximum per hit
Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview
Handling
- Maximum speed
- 31.6 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 820 m
- Rudder shift time
- 10.0 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 9.9 km
- Air detection
- 9.0 km
- Submarine detection
- 9.0 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 38,800
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 0 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 6–127 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Anti-aircraft defence
- Aura
- 20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.4 mount
- Calibre
- 20 mm
- Mounts
- 14
- Aura
- 40 mm/56 Bofors on a Mk.1 mount
- Calibre
- 40 mm
- Mounts
- 11
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.
Dive bombers
Torpedo bombers
TBD Devastator
- Aircraft tier
- 6
- Squadrons
- 3
- Cruise speed
- 112 knots
- Aircraft health
- 1,700
- Maximum damage per torpedo
- 3,767
- Torpedo range
- 3.0 km
- Torpedo speed
- 43 knots
Attack aircraft (legacy API field)
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 38,800
- AA mounts
- 25
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 31.6 knots
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
F4F Wildcat
Default- Type
- Fighter
- Purchase
- 120,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
F4F Wildcat
- Type
- Fighter
- Research
- 7,000 XP
- Purchase
- 750,000 credits
Independence (A)
Default- Type
- Hull
- Purchase
- 200,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Independence (B)
- Type
- Hull
- Research
- 7,000 XP
- Purchase
- 800,000 credits
- Next ships
- 1
TBD Devastator
Default- Type
- TorpedoBomber
- Purchase
- 120,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
TBF-1C Avenger
- Type
- TorpedoBomber
- Research
- 7,000 XP
- Purchase
- 750,000 credits
Douglas SBD-4
Default- Type
- DiveBomber
- Purchase
- 120,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Douglas SBD-4
- Type
- DiveBomber
- Research
- 7,000 XP
- Purchase
- 750,000 credits
Propulsion: 53,500 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
- Purchase
- 100,000 credits
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Damage Control System Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 1,000,000
Air Groups Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Damage Control System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 250,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Next ships
Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.
- Ship
- Yorktown
- Research cost
- 120,000 XP
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 4
- Researchable next ships
- 1
- Upgrade slots
- 4
- Published battle levels
- 6–8
Cross-nation comparison
Ships that fill a similar slot
Closest same-tier, same-class matches from other nations, ranked by published base statistics.
