Ship:Riga

IX

13,800,000

Riga — U.S.S.R. Tech Tree Tier IX Cruiser.

After purchasing cruiser Lützow from Germany and renaming her Petropavlovsk, the question of whether to build more advanced ships of the same type arose. The development of a cruiser codenamed 82 was commissioned. In 1943, a project was developed that took military experience into account: the main armament was represented by 220 mm guns, and the secondary battery was represented by multipurpose 130 mm guns. While the ship was never implemented in this configuration, later improvements to the design led to the emergence of the Stalingrad-class heavy cruisers.

Pros

• AP Shells with reduced chances of ricocheting.
• High survivability.
• Surveillance Radar consumable available.

Cons

• Poor maneuverability.
• Low HE shells damage and fire chance.
• Low firing accuracy at long ranges.

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY	Riga (A)	Riga (B)
• Hit Points	47300	50500
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	19

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	140
• Deck (mm)	35
• Superstructure (mm)	16
• Extremities (mm)	25

MANEUVERABILITY	Riga (A)	Riga (B)
• Maximum speed (kt)	33.5	33.5
• Turning circle radius (m)	920	920
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	21.1	15.1

CONCEALMENT	Riga (A)	Riga (B)
• Detectability by sea (km)	14.88	14.88
• Detectability by air (km)	8.62	8.62
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	9.88
• Detectability by depths (km)	8.62	8.62

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY	GFCS IX mod. 1	GFCS IX mod. 2
• Arrangement	3×3 220mm
• Firing range (km)	16.37	18.01
• Reload time (sec)	14.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	4.3
• 180° turn time (sec)	32.7

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Modified Battlecruiser dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 9.5 × range(km) + 15
• Sigma	2.05
• Maximum dispersion (m)	170
• Dispersion at 5 km	115
• Dispersion at 10 km	146
• Dispersion at 15 km	177
• Dispersion at 16.37 km	185

HE SHELL
• Name	220 mm HE Model 1943
• Maximum damage	3050
• Fire chance (%)	14.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	965
• Shell weight (kg)	170
• Penetration (mm)	37

AP SHELL
• Name	220 mm AP Model 1943
• Maximum damage	5750
• Shell velocity (m/s)	965
• Shell weight (kg)	170
• Fuse time (sec)	0.022
• Ricochet start (°)	50
• Always ricochet (°)	65
• Normalisation (°)	7
• Arming threshold (mm)	37

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	7.0

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	HE-46
• Arrangement	2x100mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	16.0
• Maximum damage	1400
• Shell velocity (m/s)	895
• Penetration (mm)	17
• Fire chance (%)	6.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2
• Shell type	HE
• Name	HE-56
• Arrangement	2x130mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	12.0
• Maximum damage	1900
• Shell velocity (m/s)	900
• Penetration (mm)	22
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	7
• 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

Riga (A)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
130 mm	4 × 2
100 mm	2 × 2
37 mm	8 × 1
37 mm	6 × 4

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Mid-range	220.5	90%	3.5
Long-range	87.5	90%	6.0

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
3	840	90%	3.5–6.0

Riga (B)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
130 mm	6 × 2
37 mm	12 × 2
37 mm	6 × 4

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Mid-range	318.5	90%	3.5
Long-range	112	90%	6.0

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
5	1380	90%	3.5–6.0

Compatible Upgrades

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

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (5.0s action, 60.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Defensive AA Fire  (3 charges, 40.0s action, 80.0s cooldown) or Hydroacoustic Search  (3 charges, 100.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)
• Slot 3: Surveillance Radar  (12km, 3 charges, 15.0s action, 120.0s cooldown) or Patrol Fighter  (3 charges, 60.0s action, 90.0s cooldown) or Spotting Aircraft  (4 charges, 100.0s action, 240.0s cooldown)
• Slot 4: Repair Party  (3 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 236.5 hp/s)

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Ship Change Log

• Update Feb 10, 2020:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• Update Mar 6, 2020:
  • Surveillance Radar consumable action time decreased from 20 to 10 s.
  • Detectability range by ships increased from 14.04 to 14.24 km. Other detectability ranges increased accordingly.
  • Initial shell velocity decreased from 985 to 965 m/s.
  • Maximum AP shell damage decreased from 6,250 to 6,200.
• Update Mar 20, 2020:
  • AP shell ricochet check angle decreased from 55 to 50 degrees.
  • Surveillance Radar consumable action time increased from 10 to 15 s.
  • Detectability range by ships increased from 14.2 to 14.7 km. Other detectability ranges increased accordingly.
• Update Apr 3, 2020:
  • Parameters of HE and AP shells changed:
    • Maximum AP shell damage decreased from 6,200 to 5,950.
    • Shell trajectory became more arcing.
    • AP shell penetration was decreased (unspecified change).
  • Maximum AP shell damage decreased from 5,950 to 5,750.
  • HE and AP shell ballistics changed: shells will lose speed faster when fired at long distances.
  • AP shell armor penetration was decreased (again, unspecified).
• Update 0.9.2:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.9.2.
• Update 0.9.4:
  • Available for Soviet tokens in the Armory.
• Update 0.9.6:
  • Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 0.9.6.
• Update 0.9.6.1:
  • Fixed the incorrect research cost for Hull B.
• Update 0.9.8:
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes allowed the camera to move inside the hull.
• Update 0.9.9:
  • Main battery reload time decreased from 15.0 to 14.5 s.
  • Detectability range by ships increased from 14.74 to 15.04 km. Other detectability ranges increased accordingly.
• Update 0.9.10:
  • Main battery reload time decreased from 14.5 s to 14.0 s.
  • Detectability range by ships increased from 15.04 to 15.34 km. Other detectability ranges increased accordingly.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 6.95 km.
• Update 13.1:
  • Changed the recommended Commander skills for the ship to reflect the gameplay more accurately.