Ship:Kaga

VIII

11,000 doubloons

Kaga — Japan Premium Tier VIII Aircraft Carrier.

After the Great Kanto Earthquake destroyed the aircraft carrier while it was under construction, it was decided to switch to rebuilding Kaga's hull—a process that had stopped amid the Washington Naval Treaty restrictions. The project mirrored aircraft carrier Akagi, except for the location of the funnels and the availability of a short flight deck. Kaga participated in the Shanghai incident and the Sino-Japanese War. After her modernization was completed, she participated in the Pearl Harbor attack, the Battle of Rabaul, the Marshall Islands campaign, and the Darwin bombing.

Pros

• Large number of aircraft on deck
• Heavy aerial torpedo damage
• Low detectability
• Large number of aircraft in an attacking flight
• Large number of aircraft in a squadron

Cons

• Low aircraft survivability

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	54200
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	22

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	152
• Deck (mm)	21
• Superstructure (mm)	13
• Extremities (mm)	21

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	28.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	1080
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	14.4

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	12.22
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	—
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY	Automatic	Manual control
• Secondary battery range (km)	4.5	8.5

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	Automatic	Manual control
• Shell type	HE
• Name	127 mm HE Type3
• Arrangement	6x2 127mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	12.0	9.0
• Maximum damage	2100
• Shell velocity (m/s)	915
• Penetration (mm)	21
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2	Automatic	Manual control
• Shell type	HE
• Name	200 mm Common Type4 HE
• Arrangement	10x1 200mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	4.0	3.0
• Maximum damage	3300
• Shell velocity (m/s)	870
• Penetration (mm)	34
• Fire chance (%)	17.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 3	Automatic	Manual control
• Shell type	HE
• Name	127 mm HE Type3
• Arrangement	2x2 127mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	10.0	7.5
• Maximum damage	2100
• Shell velocity (m/s)	915
• Penetration (mm)	21
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	7
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	25.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	1
• Damage	4200
• Deployment	Automatic

AA Defense

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
127 mm	8 × 2
25 mm	14 × 2

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Mid-range	91	95%	2.5
Long-range	115.5	100%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
5	1470	100%	3.5–5.8

Aircraft

ROCKET PLANES
• Hit points	1330
• Cruise speed (kt)	144
• Squadrons	1
• Per squadron	8
• Plane regeneration time (sec)	99.0
• Ammo name	Type 3 No. 6 Mk. 27
• Ammo type	HE
• Rockets in payload	4
• Damage per rocket	2200
• Preparation time (sec)	5.0

TORPEDO BOMBERS
• Hit points	1600
• Speed (kt)	133
• Squadron size	12
• Size of attacking flight	4
• Aircraft on deck	36
• Preparation time (sec)	90.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Torpedo name	Type 91 mod. 1
• Torpedoes in payload	1
• Torpedo damage	5400
• Flood chance (%)	30%
• Torpedo speed (kt)	50
• Arming distance (m)	806
• Torpedo range (km)	5.0
• Squadrons	1

DIVE BOMBERS
• Hit points	1580
• Speed (kt)	142
• Squadron size	12
• Size of attacking flight	4
• Aircraft on deck	36
• Preparation time (sec)	71.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Bomb name	Type 90 No. 50 Mk. 2
• Bomb type	High-Explosive (HE) Bomb
• Bombs in payload	1
• Bomb damage	8800
• Squadrons	1

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (30.0s action, 70.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  (4 charges, 600.0s action, 40.0s cooldown)

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Ship Change Log

• First appeared on sale in June 2017.
• Update 0.6.4:
  • Available for testing by supertesters starting from Update 0.6.4.
• Update 0.6.7:
  • Made available for purchase with doubloons in the tech tree.
• Update 0.6.14:
  • The action time of the Damage Control Party consumable was increased from 5 to 30 seconds, while fire resistance coefficient was changed to 0.8.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • A bonus of -10% to the cost of the post battle repairs was added to the Type 10 permanent camouflage.
• Update 0.7.2:
  • Players who completed the "Yamamoto Isoroku" collection were given the option to use an additional permanent camouflage color scheme.
  • The ship's destruction effects were improved.
• Update 0.7.6:
  • The appearance of the ship was improved using a special technology for improved rendering of thin elements.
• Update 0.8.0:
  • Moved to Tier VIII.
  • The Fighter squadron was changed to an Attack squadron:
    • Attack Aircraft per squadron: 8; Attack Aircraft per attack group: 2; Amount of rockets per aircraft: 4.
  • The Dive Bombers were changed:
    • Dive Bomber aircraft per squadron: 12; Dive Bomber aircraft per attack group: 4; Amount of bombs per aircraft: 1.
  • The Torpedo Bombers were changed:
    • Torpedo Bomber aircraft per squadron: 12; Torpedo Bomber aircraft per attack group: 4; Amount of torpedoes per aircraft: 1.
  • For replacement and compensation due to the carrier rework, refer to this page.
  • For consumables mounted by squadrons, refer to this page.
  • For consumables mounted by Kaga, refer to this page.
• Update 0.8.0.1:
  • The Attack Aircraft were changed:
    • Attack Aircraft per squadron was changed from 10 to 9; the Attack Aircraft per attack group was changed from 2 to 3.
  • The Torpedo Bombers were changed:
    • If during the preparation for the attack, the attack group maneuvers, your aim will not stabilize (aiming cone stops narrowing). And if maneuvering during an attack run, it begins to widen.
    • Torpedo flooding chance reduced by one-third.
    • Fixed a bug where the minimum speed of stock bombers exceeded the minimum speed of researchable bombers.
• Update 0.8.0.3:
  • The Attack Aircraft were changed:
    • The preparation time was increased.
    • Changing direction while during an attack now introduces a aiming penalty.
    • Maneuverability during the preparation for the attack and during the attack run was reduced.
    • The attack time was reduced.
• Update 0.8.1:
  • Minor corrections to geometry and textures.
• Update 0.8.1.1:
  • Bomb drop time was increased by 10%.
  • The replenishment time for one torpedo bomber on deck was increased from 75 to 90 s.
• Update 0.8.4:
  • The height from which bombs are dropped was increased.
  • The aiming reticle for the bombs was changed to be narrower.
  • Bomb dispersion was changed. Now, fewer bombs fall near the center and more towards the outer edges of the reticle.
• Update 0.8.6:
  • Descriptions of the shells for the 200mm/50 3rd Year Type No. 1 secondary guns were fixed.
• Update 0.8.10:
  • Experience earnings decreased by 10% when suffering a defeat.
  • A bug that caused the crosshair of the Dive Bombers to appear invisible due to the camera position was fixed.
• Update 0.9.2:
  • Fixed an issue affecting camera movement when switching the view to the secondary battery guns.
  • The Dive Bombers were changed:
    • The minimum time between attacks for bomber squadrons was increased from 5 s to 8.5 s.
• Update 0.9.7:
  • Attack Aircraft aiming reticle was rotated 90 degrees to appear horizontally.
• Update 0.9.8:
  • Description of the secondary battery was fixed.
• Update 0.10.2:
  • An error in armor protection values was fixed.
• Update 0.10.7:
  • The designations of some armaments were fixed.
• Update 0.10.8:
  • Incorrect flight time of rockets was fixed.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures.
• Update 0.11.9:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 12.0:
  • Updated the Mid-Autumn Festival permanent camouflage.
• Update 12.2:
  • Improved the geometry and textures of the Mid-Autumn Festival permanent camouflage.
• Update 12.3:
  • Fixed the geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 12.8:
  • Fixed textures for the ship.
• Update 12.10:
  • Improved the visual details of the armor layout for the ship.