Ship:Alaska B

IX

21,500 doubloons

Alaska B — U.S.A. Premium Tier IX Cruiser.

In the late 1930s, the U.S. was designing large ships with 305 mm main battery guns to counter cruisers. The most armored of the presented variants was the CA2G project, which, according to the report, was armored "worse than any battleship, but better than any cruiser." The ship, named USS Alaska, became part of a high-speed carrier squadron that operated in the Pacific Ocean. Alaska protected aircraft carriers during strikes on Tokyo and covered the landing operations at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The ship also participated in the raid on Shanghai.

Pros

• Great damage per salvo.
• Main battery shells have high armor penetration capabilities.
• High survivability.
• Surveillance Radar consumable available.

Cons

• Low rate of fire

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	60800
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	13

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	229
• Deck (mm)	36
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	27

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	33.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	850
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	13.0

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	15.04
• Detectability by air (km)	9.72
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	12.09
• Detectability by depths (km)	9.72

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	3×3 305mm
• Firing range (km)	18.97
• Reload time (sec)	20.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	3
• 180° turn time (sec)	30.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Battlecruiser dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 8.4 × range(km) + 48
• Sigma	2.05
• Maximum dispersion (m)	207
• Dispersion at 5 km	90
• Dispersion at 10 km	132
• Dispersion at 15 km	174
• Dispersion at 18.97 km	207

HE SHELL
• Name	305 mm HE Mk17 mod. 1
• Maximum damage	4300
• Fire chance (%)	27.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	808
• Shell weight (kg)	462.3
• Penetration (mm)	51

AP SHELL
• Name	305 mm AP Mk18 mod. 1
• Maximum damage	8900
• Shell velocity (m/s)	762
• Shell weight (kg)	517
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	60
• Always ricochet (°)	67.5
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	51

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	7.0

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	127 mm HE Mk32
• Arrangement	6x2 127mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	10.0
• Maximum damage	1800
• Shell velocity (m/s)	792
• Penetration (mm)	21
• Fire chance (%)	5.0%

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

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
127 mm	6 × 2
40 mm	14 × 4
20 mm	34 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	245	85%	2.0
Mid-range	374.5	90%	3.5
Long-range	105	90%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
5	1610	90%	3.5–5.8

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  (4 charges, 40.0s action, 80.0s cooldown) or Hydroacoustic Search  (3 charges, 100.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)
• Slot 3: Surveillance Radar  (10km, 3 charges, 35.0s 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, 304 hp/s)

Gallery

WoWs Gallery

Alaska B in her default permanent camouflage.

Historical Gallery

Alaska B

Ship Change Log

• Available for purchase in the Premium Store during the Black Friday sale from November 29 to December 6, 2019. Could also drop from Black Friday containers.
• Update 0.8.10:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from update 0.8.10.
• Update 0.9.0:
  • Fixed camera errors during the game.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 6.95 km.