Ship:Battleships

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How to play battleships

Battleships have traditionally been the flagships of a given nation's navy, originating from the Age of Sail's ships-of-the-line, to World War I's dreadnoughts, to modern day battleships sporting longer ranges, higher speeds, and advanced equipment. Incredibly expensive, with massive firepower and protection (and equally manpower-intensive), they were used as a projection of power and a major component of military and diplomatic strategy, creating arms races and being a focal point of naval treaties. However, their practical purpose was often questioned; their deployments were few and far between due to their costs and the low (depending on opinion) risk-return; they were vulnerable to smaller, cheaper vessels and weapons; limited by range and accuracy, naval artillery were being increasingly supplanted by aircraft in the long-range ordinance delivery role, arguably the actual role of the battleship. Sidelined into fire support roles and with the development of long-range missiles, battleships were slowly and completely phased out in favor of aircraft carriers.

Large, well-armored warships brandishing massive, main guns and numerous secondary and defensive AA batteries, battleships are the heaviest, and some of the most powerful ships in the game. They can rain fire upon enemies with impunity due to their long gun ranges, weather more fire than any other class, and their secondary batteries make short work of any smaller ships or aircraft that foolishly attempt to close the distance without the use of tactics. Unfortunately, slow rudder shift times, coupled with long turning times of the main battery turrets, render them unable to respond quickly to rapid changes in the battlefield; it is recommended for battleship commanders to think several steps ahead before taking any action, especially when facing the battleship's biggest weakness, the torpedo. Forget about subtlety; battleships can be seen from miles away, even without firing, but with a well-placed salvo, they can cripple any enemy they encounter, if not outright kill them. However, as shown in history and reflected accordingly in-game, lone or unescorted battleships are nothing but sitting ducks for enemies to pounce upon and overwhelm, especially by destroyers and aircraft carriers.

Starting off from Tier III, all battleships have access to some variation of the Repair Party  consumable, allowing them to repair some damage taken during battle and giving them unmatched survivability. As captains progress up the tiers, battleships gain access to additional abilities: Spotting Aircraft , which launches an unarmed spotter plane for the battleship, increasing the range of her already long-range main guns by 20% (at 32km, Yamato can basically fire on enemies across the entire map) and patrols in an area around the battleship, revealing nearby enemies that would have been otherwise hidden from sight; Catapult Fighter  launches fighter aircraft from the battleship's catapults that escorts the battleship and engages enemy aircraft that wander too close. Remember that these two abilities can be prematurely shut down by shooting down the aircraft; and German battleships and battlecruisers have access to Hydroacoustic Search  starting at Tier VIII and VI respectively, giving them greatly increased spotting range for incoming torpedoes. French battleships receive Engine Boost  starting at Tier VIII, giving them a slight speed boost when it is used.

U.S.A.

III South Carolina

IV Wyoming

IV Arkansas Beta

V New York

V Oklahoma

V Texas

VI New Mexico

VI Arizona

VI W. Virginia '41

VII Colorado

VII Florida

VII West Virginia '44

VII California

VIII North Carolina

VIII Kansas

VIII Nebraska

VIII Alabama

VIII Massachusetts

VIII Alabama VL

VIII Constellation

VIII Massachusetts B

VIII Alabama ST

VIII Tennessee

VIII North Carolina CLR

VIII Alabama B

VIII Kheper

VIII AL Massachusetts

IX Iowa

IX Minnesota

IX Delaware

IX Missouri

IX Kearsarge

IX Illinois

IX Kearsarge B

IX Indiana

IX Georgia

IX AL Kearsarge

IX Bird Cry

X Montana

X Vermont

X Louisiana

X Ohio

X Rhode Island

X Wisconsin

X BA Montana

X Rhode Island B

X Wisconsin Golden

★ Maine

Japan

II Mikasa

III Kawachi

IV Myōgi

IV Ishizuchi

V Kongō

V ARP Kongō

V ARP Kirishima

V ARP Haruna

V ARP Hiei

V HSF Hiei

VI Fusō

VI Mutsu

VI Ise

VII Nagato

VII Ashitaka

VII Hyūga

VIII Amagi

VIII Yumihari

VIII Kii

VIII Ignis Purgatio

VIII Ragnarok

IX Izumo

IX Adatara

IX Musashi

IX Hizen

IX Iwami

IX Daisen

IX Tsurugi

IX Iwami B

X Yamato

X Bungo

X Shikishima

X ARP Yamato

X Yamato Kai

X Aki

X Aki Golden

★ Satsuma

Germany

III Nassau

III Von der Tann

III König Albert

IV Kaiser

IV Moltke

V König

V Derfflinger

VI Bayern

VI Mackensen

VI Prinz Eitel Friedrich

VII Gneisenau

VII Prinz Heinrich

VII Scharnhorst

VII AL Prinz Heinrich

VII Scharnhorst B

VII Scharnhorst '43

VIII Tirpitz

VIII Bismarck

VIII Zieten

VIII Odin

VIII Brandenburg

VIII Anhalt

VIII Brandenburg B

VIII Tirpitz B

VIII Bismarck '41

VIII BA Tirpitz

VIII AL Bismarck

VIII Wahnsinn

VIII Eiserner Kanzler

IX Friedrich der Grosse

IX Prinz Rupprecht

IX Pommern

IX Pommern B

X Grosser Kurfürst

X Preussen

X Mecklenburg

X Schlieffen

X Von Zuckerhoff

★ Hannover

U.S.S.R.

III Knyaz Suvorov

IV Imperator Nikolai I

IV Gangut

V Pyotr Velikiy

V Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya

VI Izmail

VI Novorossiysk

VII Sinop

VII Poltava

VII Arkhangelsk

VIII Vladivostok

VIII Lenin

VIII Borodino

IX Sovetsky Soyuz

IX Navarin

IX AL Sov. Rossiya

IX Zarya Svobody

IX BA Hovercraft

IX Mahtaga

X Kremlin

X Slava

X Sibir

★ Admiral Ushakov

Pan-Asia

VII Teng She

IX Bajie

IX Wujing

IX Sun Yat-Sen

IX Louchuan

IX Xuan Wu

IX Taihang

IX Yimeng

U.K.

III Bellerophon

III Indefatigable

III Dreadnought

IV Orion

IV Queen Mary

V Iron Duke

V Tiger

V Agincourt

VI Warspite

VI Queen Elizabeth

VI Renown

VI Repulse

VI Repulse B

VII King George V

VII Rooke

VII Hood

VII Nelson

VII Duke of York

VII Collingwood

VII Renown '44

VII Rodney

VII Royal Sovereign

VII Danu

VIII Monarch

VIII Hawke

VIII Vanguard

VIII Prince of Wales

IX Lion

IX Duncan

IX Marlborough

IX Scarlet Thunder

X Conqueror

X St. Vincent

X Thunderer

X Incomparable

★ Devastation

Europe

IV Yavuz Sultan Selim

V Tegetthoff

V Viribus Unitis

VI Laudon

VII Chios

VII Lugdunum

VIII Enigheten

VIII Turgut Reis

IX Gustav den Store

IX Karl XIV Johan

IX Niord

IX Karl XIV Johan B

X Thor

Italy

IV Dante Alighieri

V Conte di Cavour

V Giulio Cesare

VI Andrea Doria

VII Francesco Caracciolo

VIII Vittorio Veneto

VIII Roma

VIII AL Littorio

VIII Marcantonio Colonna

VIII BA Binah

VIII Roma Aeterna

IX Lepanto

IX Marco Polo

IX Giuseppe Verdi

IX Pilus Prior

IX Pilus Posterior

IX AL Marco Polo

X Cristoforo Colombo

X Ruggiero di Lauria

X Sicilia

X Tempesta Nera

France

III Turenne

IV Courbet

V Bretagne

VI Normandie

VI Dunkerque

VI Dunkerque B

VII Lyon

VII Strasbourg

VIII Richelieu

VIII Gascogne

VIII Champagne

VIII Flandre

VIII Picardie

VIII AL Richelieu

IX Alsace

IX Jean Bart

IX Jean Bart B

IX Roussillon

X République

X Bourgogne

★ Patrie

Commonwealth

VII Yukon

X Irresistible

Netherlands

X Willem de Eerste

Spain

IX Victoria

Pan-America

V Rio de Janeiro

VIII Ipiranga

VIII Atlântico

IX Los Andes

IX Valparaíso

X Libertad

X Sete de Setembro