Ship:Archerfish

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Archerfish — U.S.A. Special Tier X Submarine.

One of the Balao-class submarines, a large series of U.S. Navy submarines that played a prominent role in the Allied victory in the Pacific. USS Archerfish was commissioned in September 1943 and made seven patrols during the next two years, charging to her account Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine.

Pros

• Emergency Consumable Readiness Combat Instructions available
• High-speed acoustic homing torpedoes
• Repair Party consumable available

Cons

• Low underwater speed
• Short ping effect duration on a sector

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	20200
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	0%

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	19
• Deck (mm)	16
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	19

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	33.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	510
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	3.6

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	5.86
• Detectability by air (km)	2.17
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	2.28
• Detectability by depths (km)	2.17

SUB STATS
• Concealment at periscope depth (km)	2.17
• Maximum submerged speed (kt)	16.0
• Diving plane shift time (sec)	20
• Maximum diving speed (m/s)	3.3
• Dive capacity	320
• Dive depletion rate	1.0
• Dive recharge rate	0.2

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	2×1.0 127mm
• Firing range (km)	6.5
• Reload time (sec)	5.5
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	10.9
• 180° turn time (sec)	18.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Standard DD dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 7.5 × range(km) + 15
• Sigma	2.0
• Maximum dispersion (m)	63
• Dispersion at 5 km	52
• Dispersion at 6.5 km	64

SAP SHELL
• Name	127 mm SC Mk38
• Maximum damage	1800
• Shell velocity (m/s)	792
• Shell weight (kg)	27
• Penetration (mm)	36
• Ricochet start (°)	70
• Always ricochet (°)	80

Sonar

SONAR
• Sonar reload time (sec)	8.0
• Ping velocity (m/s)	900
• Ping width (m)	20
• Single ping duration (sec)	15.0
• Double ping duration (sec)	20.0
• Maximum ping range (km)	10.5

Torpedoes

SUBMARINE TORPEDOES	HOMING	STANDARD
• Torpedo name	Mk18	Mk30
• Damage	8933	14967
• Range (km)	10.5	6.0
• Speed (kt)	89	61
• Detectability (km)	2.4	1.6
• Reload (s)	40	40
• Bow torpedo tubes	6
• Stern torpedo tubes	4
• Torpedo loaders (bow/stern)	2/2

Combat Instructions

COMBAT INSTRUCTIONS
• Charged by	Torpedo hit, potential damage taken
• Effect when ready	Main battery reload -18%; AllConsumableReloadTime ×0.8
• Effect duration (sec)	45

Compatible Upgrades

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

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (5 charges, 15.0s action, 60.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (2 charges, 40.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 101 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Submarine Surveillance  (60.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)
• Slot 4: Reserve Battery Unit  (2 charges, 30.0s action, 90.0s cooldown)
• Slot 5: Engine Boost  (3 charges, 120.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)

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Ship Change Log

• Update 13.6:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 13.6.
• Update 13.9:
  • Combat Instructions parameters changed:
    • Action time increased: 10 to 30s.
    • Time of inactivity before losing progress reduced: 60 to 10s.
    • Progress loss per second after the inactivity threshold is reached increased: 5 to 50%.
    • Removed progress condition based on being spotted.
    • Removed progress condition based on main battery hits.
  • Progress condition based on torpedo hits changed:
    • Progress per torpedo hit increased: 2 to 50%.
  • Added new progress condition based on potential damage:
    • The Combat Instructions meter now fills by 50% with every 1500 potential damage gained.
  • Activation effect changed:
    • Consumable preparation and reload time bonus reduced: 90 to 20%.
    • Added bonus to torpedo tube reload time: -10%.
    • Due to the changes mentioned above, the Combat Instruction name and icon will be changed. These changes will be implemented at a later date.
    • Sonar maximum range increased: 9 to 10 km.
    • Number of torpedo loaders increased: 1 to 2.
    • Torpedo reload time increased: 25 to 40s.
    • Bonus to maximum speed from the "Engine Boost" consumable increased: 8 to 15%.
    • Hydrophone сonsumable removed.
  • Added Repair Party consumable with the following parameters:
    • HP per second: +101.
    • Action time: 40s.
    • Cooldown time: 80s.
    • Number of charges: 2.
    • This consumable is unavailable at periscope and maximum depths.
  • Combat Instructions parameters changed:
    • Action time increased: 30 to 45s.
    • Bonus to torpedo tube reload time increased: -10% to -17.5%.
• Update 13.10:
  • Acoustic torpedo damage increased: 8500 to 8933
  • Acoustic torpedo range increased: 10km to 10.5km
  • Sonar range increased: 10km to 10.5km
  • Increased the width of the highlighted sector after hitting a ship with sonar once. This will make follow-up sonar pings easier to land
  • Updated Combat Instruction name & icon to reflect its new parameters