Ship:BA Montana

X

31,000 doubloons

BA Montana — U.S.A. Special Tier X Battleship.

This ship's look is inspired by Takanashi Hoshino from Blue Archive, a sleepy yet playful and courageous student at Abydos High School.

Pros

• Main guns are effective at short and medium ranges
• Enhanced Repair Party consumable
• Artillery Plotting Room Modification 2 upgrade available (Increases the firing accuracy of the main battery)
• High AA defense efficiency

Cons

• Shooting accurately over long ranges is challenging
• Long rudder-shift time

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	96300
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	37

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	409
• Deck (mm)	38
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	32

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	30.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	950
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	22.2

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	17.29
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	17.38
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	4×3.0 406mm
• Firing range (km)	23.65
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	2
• 180° turn time (sec)	45.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Standard BB dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 10 × range(km) + 60
• Sigma	1.9
• Maximum dispersion (m)	296
• Dispersion at 5 km	110
• Dispersion at 10 km	160
• Dispersion at 15 km	210
• Dispersion at 20 km	260
• Dispersion at 23.65 km	296

HE SHELL
• Name	406 mm HE/HC Mk13
• Maximum damage	5700
• Fire chance (%)	36.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	820
• Shell weight (kg)	862
• Penetration (mm)	68

AP SHELL
• Name	406 mm AP Mk8
• Maximum damage	13500
• Shell velocity (m/s)	762
• Shell weight (kg)	1225
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	68

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	7.3

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	127 mm HE Mk41
• Arrangement	10x2 127mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	15.0
• Maximum damage	1800
• Shell velocity (m/s)	808
• Penetration (mm)	21
• Fire chance (%)	9.0%

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
40 mm	20 × 4
20 mm	20 × 2 + 20 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	371	70%	2.0
Mid-range	507.5	75%	3.5
Long-range	175	75%	6.0

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
8	1680	75%	3.5–6.0

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, 80.0s cooldown, 635.6 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft  (4 charges, 100.0s action, 240.0s cooldown) or Patrol Fighter  (3 charges, 60.0s action, 90.0s cooldown)

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This ship is a clone ship of Montana.