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 II
Cruiser
U.S.A.
Chester
At the beginning of the 20th century, three "scout cruisers" with a high freeboard were built. These ships had a high speed for their time, were equipped with modern propulsion plants, and had an armor belt, but their armament was considered rather weak. Before the Omaha-class cruisers were built, these three ships had remained the most modern cruisers...
Read full ship history
At the beginning of the 20th century, three "scout cruisers" with a high freeboard were built. These ships had a high speed for their time, were equipped with modern propulsion plants, and had an armor belt, but their armament was considered rather weak. Before the Omaha-class cruisers were built, these three ships had remained the most modern cruisers in the U.S. Navy. USS Chester took part in the occupation of Veracruz and, following the United States' entry into World War I, served as an escort for convoys and transported troops.
- Credits
- 69,300
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 15,100
- Maximum speed
- 24.0 knots
- Surface detection
- 8.2 km
- Main battery range
- 9.2 km
- Main battery reload
- 6.0 s
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
- 24.0 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 460 m
- Rudder shift time
- 5.1 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 8.2 km
- Air detection
- 4.0 km
- Submarine detection
- 4.0 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 15,100
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 0 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 6–38 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Surface armament
Main battery
- Maximum range
- 9.2 km
- Reload time
- 6.0 s
- Rate of fire
- 9.4 rounds/min
- 180° turn time
- 12.0 s
- Maximum dispersion
- 96 m
Shells
Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.
127 mm HE Mk15
HE- Maximum damage per hit
- 1,450
- Fire chance
- 4.0 %
- Muzzle velocity
- 914 m/s
- Shell mass
- 23 kg
Gun layout
- Mount
- 127 mm/50 Mk.6 on a single mount
- Mounts
- 4
- Barrels each
- 1
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
- Maximum range
- 3.2 km
- Mount
- 76 mm HE
- Maximum damage per hit
- 1,100
- Fire chance
- 4.0 %
- Rate of fire
- 12.0 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 823 m/s
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 15,100
- Main-battery barrels
- 4
- Secondary barrels
- 4
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 24.0 knots
Fire control
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
Mk2 mod. 1
Default- Type
- Suo
- Purchase
- 5,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Mk2 mod. 2
- Type
- Suo
- Research
- 170 XP
- Purchase
- 17,800 credits
- Next ships
- 1
Chester (A)
Default- Type
- Hull
- Purchase
- 10,500 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Chester (B)
- Type
- Hull
- Research
- 280 XP
- Purchase
- 31,000 credits
- Next ships
- 1
127 mm/50 Mk.6 on a single mount
Default- Type
- Artillery
- Purchase
- 8,500 credits
- Next modules
- 1
152 mm/50 Mk.6 on a single mount
- Type
- Artillery
- Research
- 180 XP
- Purchase
- 23,000 credits
Propulsion: 16,000 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
- Purchase
- 4,000 credits
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Main Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Next ships
Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.
- Ship
- Sampson
- Research cost
- 720 XP
- Ship
- St. Louis
- Research cost
- 2,200 XP
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 1
- Researchable next ships
- 2
- Upgrade slots
- 1
- Published battle levels
- 2–3
Cross-nation comparison
Ships that fill a similar slot
Closest same-tier, same-class matches from other nations, ranked by published base statistics.
