Ship:Serov

VI

4,500,000

Serov — U.S.S.R. Tech Tree Tier VI Aircraft Carrier.

The preliminary design of Project 71 for an aircraft carrier with low displacement based on the hull and mechanisms of the Project 68 ship was developed in 1939; however, the ship's low hangar capacity and insufficient number of airplanes drew criticism. It was planned to increase dimensions of the hangar and increase the number of airplanes on board to 40–45 machines, all of which should have been fighters. A requirement was also formed to increase the number of dual-purpose guns to 12 and investigate the possibility of replacing them with eight 130 mm coupled mounts. Work continued in the form of a project for a heavy aircraft carrier codenamed 71B.

Pros

• Large number of aircraft in attacking flight
• Above average squadron damage
• Skip bombers available

Cons

• Below average plane HP
• Squadron only carries out one attack run
• Below average aircraft speed

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY	Serov (A)	Serov (B)
• Hit Points	38600	39500
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	—

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	—
• Deck (mm)	—
• Superstructure (mm)	—
• Extremities (mm)	—

MANEUVERABILITY	Serov (A)	Serov (B)
• Maximum speed (kt)	35.5	35.5
• Turning circle radius (m)	880	880
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	17.4	12.4

CONCEALMENT	Serov (A)	Serov (B)
• Detectability by sea (km)	11.96	11.96
• Detectability by air (km)	8.21	8.21
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	—
• Detectability by depths (km)	8.21	8.21

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY	Automatic	Manual control
• Secondary battery range (km)	4.0	7.5

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	Automatic	Manual control
• Shell type	HE
• Name	PRGS039_85mm52_92k
• Arrangement	2x85mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	15.0	11.3
• Maximum damage	1200
• Shell velocity (m/s)	792
• Penetration (mm)	14
• Fire chance (%)	4.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	6
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	25.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	1
• Damage	3400
• Deployment	Automatic

AA Defense

Serov (A)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
37 mm	4 × 2
85 mm	8 × 2
13 mm	20 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	189	95%	1.5
Mid-range	80.5	100%	3.5
Long-range	66.5	100%	3.5

Serov (B)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
100 mm	8 × 2
37 mm	4 × 4
13 mm	20 × 2

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	231	95%	1.5
Mid-range	91	100%	3.5
Long-range	105	100%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
4	800	100%	3.5–5.8

Aircraft

ROCKET PLANES
• Hit points	830
• Cruise speed (kt)	136
• Squadrons	1
• Per squadron	6
• Plane regeneration time (sec)	48.0
• Ammo name	PRPR009_SEROV_STOCK
• Ammo type	ROCKET
• Rockets in payload	2
• Damage per rocket	2800
• Preparation time (sec)	5.0

TORPEDO BOMBERS
• Hit points	1280
• Speed (kt)	99
• Squadron size	5
• Size of attacking flight	5
• Aircraft on deck	13
• Preparation time (sec)	10.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Torpedo name	PRPT045_SEROV_STOCK
• Torpedoes in payload	1
• Torpedo damage	10000
• Flood chance (%)	0.3%
• Torpedo speed (kt)	41
• Arming distance (m)	100
• Torpedo range (km)	0.2
• Squadrons	1

SKIP BOMBERS
• Hit points	1140
• Speed (kt)	99
• Squadron size	6
• Size of attacking flight	6
• Aircraft on deck	15
• Preparation time (sec)	6.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Bomb name	PRPS003_SEROV_STOCK
• Bomb type	SKIP
• Bombs in payload	1
• Bomb damage	6100
• Squadrons	1

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

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

• Preliminary characteristics.
• Fixed an error that caused stock torpedo bombers and skip bombers to be more effective than the researchable ones — Stock torpedo bombers — Hitpoints increased from 1,220 to 1,280. — Cruise speed decreased from 108 to 99 knots. — Stock skip bombers — Hitpoints decreased from 1,710 to 1,140. — Researchable torpedo bombers — Hitpoints increased from 1,220 to 1,340. — Cruise speed increased from 87 to 108 knots. — Aircraft restoration time increased from 67 to 68 s.
• Attack preparation time for attack aircraft decreased from 2.5 to 2.2 s.
• Squadron takeoff time decreased.
• Increased bomb dispersion for the first 2 bounces (less accurate), decreased the bomb dispersion for further bounces (more accurate).
• Torpedo arming distance of researchable torpedo bombers decreased from 771 to 661 m.
• Flight altitude of skip bombers was lowered.
• Removed the Repair consumable from all squadrons.
• Changed the parameters of attack aircraft rockets — Maximum damage increased from 2,150 to 2,800. — Armor penetration increased from 26.1 to 37 mm. — Chance to cause fire increased from 8% to 12%. — Machine gun action time of stock attack aircraft increased from 2.4 to 3.35 s. — Machine gun action time of researchable attack aircraft increased from 2.44 to 3.4 s.
• Number of aircraft on deck increased from 12 to 15.
• Torpedo Bomber parameters changed — Size of Attacking Flight decreased from 6 to 5. — Number of Aircraft on Deck decreased from 15 to 13. — Stock Torpedo Bomber Restoration time increased from 57 to 68 s. — Researchable Torpedo Bomber Restoration time increased from 68 to 82 s.
• Update 0.10.6:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.10.6.
• Update 0.10.8:
  • Available in the Armory from sequential bundles purchased with Soviet Tokens.
• Update 0.10.10:
  • Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 0.10.10.
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.10.11:
  • Fixed model and textures of the ship.