Ship:Hizen

IX

28,500 doubloons

Hizen — Japan Premium Tier IX Battleship.

A pre-draft battleship project was developed in the mid-1930s in Japan. It included different versions with speeds varying from 24 to 31 knots, main battery guns from 410 to 460 mm, and displacements from 49,000 to 69,500 tons. One of the variants had a conventional superfiring arrangement of four turrets with three 410 mm guns in each, and its 155 mm guns were housed in triple-gun turrets. The project had a hybrid diesel and steam turbine propulsion plant. Further development led to the creation of the Yamato-class battleships.

Pros

• Large amount of main battery guns available

Cons

• Long reload.
• Reduced action time of Damage Control Party consumable.
• Low Survivability: Vulnerable to HE fire, with only 3 base heal charges

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	75900
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	37

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	356
• Deck (mm)	32
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	32

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	28.2
• Turning circle radius (m)	880
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	17.1

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	16.86
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	17.01
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	4×3 410mm
• Firing range (km)	20.33
• Reload time (sec)	34.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	1.8
• 180° turn time (sec)	45.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	IJN BB dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 7.2 × range(km) + 84
• Sigma	1.7
• Maximum dispersion (m)	230
• Dispersion at 5 km	120
• Dispersion at 10 km	156
• Dispersion at 15 km	192
• Dispersion at 20 km	228
• Dispersion at 20.33 km	230

HE SHELL
• Name	410 mm HE Type 01
• Maximum damage	6500
• Fire chance (%)	30.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	834
• Shell weight (kg)	1016
• Penetration (mm)	68

AP SHELL
• Name	410 mm AP/APC Type 01
• Maximum damage	12750
• Shell velocity (m/s)	834
• Shell weight (kg)	1020
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	68

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	7.0

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	127 mm HE Type0
• Arrangement	2x2 127mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	12.0
• Maximum damage	2100
• Shell velocity (m/s)	725
• Penetration (mm)	21
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2
• Shell type	HE
• Name	155 mm HE Type0
• Arrangement	3x3 155mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	5.0
• Maximum damage	2600
• Shell velocity (m/s)	925
• Penetration (mm)	26
• Fire chance (%)	10.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 3
• Shell type	HE
• Name	127 mm HE Type0
• Arrangement	6x2 127mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	8.0
• Maximum damage	2100
• Shell velocity (m/s)	725
• Penetration (mm)	21
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	10
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	2
• Damage	4200
• Deployment	Manual

AA Defense

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
127 mm	8 × 2
25 mm	12 × 3 + 24 × 2 + 18 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	304.5	85%	2.5
Long-range	105	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
5	1540	75%	3.5–5.8

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (10.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (3 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 379.5 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft  (4 charges, 100.0s action, 240.0s cooldown) or Patrol Fighter  (3 charges, 60.0s action, 90.0s cooldown)

Gallery

WoWs Gallery

Hizen in her default permanent camouflage.