Ship:Rhode Island

X

31,000 doubloons

Rhode Island — U.S.A. Special Tier X Battleship.

A battleship based on a 1938 "fast battleship" design variant, featuring an alternative armament configuration. The ship's main battery consists of twelve 356 mm guns housed in quadruple-gun turrets, initially planned for use on North Carolina-class battleships in 1937.

Pros

• High firing accuracy of the main battery
• High damage per minute
• High top speed

Cons

• Weak armor
• Small HP pool

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	74100
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	26

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	310
• Deck (mm)	38
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	27

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	33.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	890
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	12.1

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	15.2
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	13.65
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	3×4 356mm
• Firing range (km)	21.04
• Reload time (sec)	22.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	2.7
• 180° turn time (sec)	36.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Battlecruiser dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 8.4 × range(km) + 48
• Sigma	1.7
• Maximum dispersion (m)	224
• Dispersion at 5 km	90
• Dispersion at 10 km	132
• Dispersion at 15 km	174
• Dispersion at 20 km	216
• Dispersion at 21.04 km	225

HE SHELL
• Name	356 mm HE/HC Mk22 mod. 1
• Maximum damage	5000
• Fire chance (%)	31.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	861
• Shell weight (kg)	578.34
• Penetration (mm)	59

AP SHELL
• Name	356 mm AP Mk16 mod. 1
• Maximum damage	9500
• Shell velocity (m/s)	823
• Shell weight (kg)	585
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	50
• Always ricochet (°)	65
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	59

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	7.5

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	127 mm HE Mk32
• Arrangement	10x2 127mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	15.0
• Maximum damage	1800
• Shell velocity (m/s)	792
• Penetration (mm)	21
• Fire chance (%)	5.0%

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
127 mm	10 × 2
76 mm	16 × 2
20 mm	40 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	273	70%	2.0
Mid-range	528.5	75%	4.0
Long-range	168	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
8	1680	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  (20.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 40.0s cooldown, 370.5 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Engine Boost  (3 charges, 180.0s action, 90.0s cooldown)
• Slot 4: Spotting Aircraft  (4 charges, 100.0s action, 240.0s cooldown) or Patrol Fighter  (3 charges, 60.0s action, 90.0s cooldown) or Surveillance Radar  (9km, 3 charges, 40.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)

Gallery

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Ship Change Log

• Preliminary characteristics.
• HE shell parameters were changed — Maximum damage increased: 4,750 to 5,000. — Fire chance increased from 22 to 31%.
• Restoration of hit points after receiving damage to the parts of the hull increased from 50 to 60%.
• Main battery reload time reduced from 25 to 24 s.
• Rudder shift time reduced from 16.5 to 12.1 s.
• Detectability by sea reduced from 16.4 to 15.2 km. — All other parameters adjusted accordingly.
• Update 12.10:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 12.10.
• Update 13.0:
  • With the release of Update 13.0:
    • Main Battery Reload time reduced from 24 to 22 s.
  • Available in 1 of 46 random bundles available in the Armory for 2,000 doubloons each.
• Update 13.2:
  • Fixed textures for the ship.