Ship:Satsuma

11

57,000,000

Satsuma — Japan Tech Tree Tier 11 Battleship.

The plans for the Yamato-class battleships included the construction of eight ships before 1950. In early 1941, the program was adjusted: Using the intelligence data on the construction of capital ships in the U.S., the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff gave the order to build more battleships, some of which were to be based on an improved project with 510 mm main guns.

Pros

• Powerful and long-ranged heavy guns: 510mm guns overmatch all standard extremity plating in the game, have high sigma and immense armor penetration capability
• Access to Combat Instructions: Immediate Main Battery Fire Adjustment briefly increases main battery accuracy dramatically
• Respectable survivability: Especially at longer ranges, her armor is improved from that of Yamato and similar in layout

Cons

• Low Manuverability: Low top speed, slow rudder shift, large turning circle
• Very slow turret traverse: Enemies at closer ranges are likely to outpace your guns
• Highly vulnerable citadel: Similar to that of Yamato

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	119200
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	59

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	460
• Deck (mm)	45-57
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	32

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	27.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	1020
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	22.4

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	17.95
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	21.5
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	4×2 510mm
• Firing range (km)	27.0
• Reload time (sec)	35.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	1.7
• 180° turn time (sec)	60.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	IJN BB dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 7.2 × range(km) + 84
• Sigma	2.1
• Maximum dispersion (m)	278
• Dispersion at 5 km	120
• Dispersion at 10 km	156
• Dispersion at 15 km	192
• Dispersion at 20 km	228
• Dispersion at 25 km	264
• Dispersion at 27 km	278

HE SHELL
• Name	510 mm HE Type 98
• Maximum damage	8100
• Fire chance (%)	40.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	765
• Shell weight (kg)	2620
• Penetration (mm)	85

AP SHELL
• Name	510 mm AP Type 98
• Maximum damage	19400
• Shell velocity (m/s)	765
• Shell weight (kg)	2620
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	85

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	7.3

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	100 mm HE Type 98
• Arrangement	8x2 100mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	8.6
• Maximum damage	1700
• Shell velocity (m/s)	1000
• Penetration (mm)	30
• Fire chance (%)	6.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2
• Shell type	HE
• Name	100 mm HE Type 98
• Arrangement	6x2 100mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	8.6
• Maximum damage	1700
• Shell velocity (m/s)	1000
• Penetration (mm)	30
• Fire chance (%)	6.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 3
• Shell type	HE
• Name	203 mm HE Type0
• Arrangement	4x2 203mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	5.0
• Maximum damage	3300
• Shell velocity (m/s)	840
• Penetration (mm)	34
• Fire chance (%)	17.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	11
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	2
• Damage	4900
• Deployment	Manual

AA Defense

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
100 mm	14 × 2
40 mm	20 × 2
25 mm	30 × 3

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	196	85%	2.5
Mid-range	371	75%	3.5
Long-range	161	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
7	1600	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  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 596 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

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  Satsuma in Zipangu Port, with her default permanant camouflage

Historical Gallery

Ship Change Log

• Preliminary characteristics.
• New set of Preliminary characteristics following original testing.
• Main battery reload time decreased from 32 to 30 s.
• Action time of combat instructions decreased from 50 to 25 s.
• Update 0.10.5:
  • Available for testing by all players in the Grand Battles temporary game mode during Update 0.10.5.
• Update 0.10.10:
  • Returned in testing for all players in Ranked and Co-op battles in Update 0.10.10.
• Update 0.11.0:
  • Fixed an error that caused the acceleration time not to change if the engine was damaged.
  • From Update 0.11.0 also available for testing in Random battles.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • Main battery reload time increased from 30 to 33 s.
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.11.2:
  • Main battery reload time increased from 33 to 35 s.
  • Adjustment firing bar rate of decay increased from 1 to 2 units per cycle?
• Update 0.11.3:
  • Added to the Japanese tech tree as a special ship unlocked once the player researches Tier 10 Battleship Yamato, then purchased for 57,000,000 credits.
• Update 0.11.8:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 12.0:
  • Number of adjustment firing salvoes required to activate Combat Instructions reduced from 12 to 10.
  • Amount of time spent without firing on target until adjustment firing progress begins to decay reduced from 50 to 45 s.
  • Rate of decay of adjustment firing progress increased from 16.7% per tick to 20%
• Update 14.0:
  • Combat Instructions parameters changed:
    • Removed current progress conditions.
  • Added new progress condition:
    • Hit an enemy ship with a main battery shell: 8%.