Ship:Archerfish

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31,000 doubloons

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

Main Battery

Sonar

Torpedoes

Combat Instructions

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)

Gallery

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+! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SUBMARINE TORPEDOES !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HOMING !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | STANDARD
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-| style="color:inherit;" | • Number of launchers || style="color:inherit;" | 1 || style="color:inherit;" | 1
+| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo name || style="color:inherit;" | Mk18 || style="color:inherit;" | —
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo name || style="color:inherit;" | Mk18 || style="color:inherit;" | Mk30
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 40.0 || style="color:inherit;" | 40.0
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • 180° turn time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 15.0 || style="color:inherit;" | 15.0
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 | style="color:inherit;" | • Damage || style="color:inherit;" | 8933 || style="color:inherit;" | 14967
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 | style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 2.4 || style="color:inherit;" | 1.6
 |-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Flooding chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 49.0% || style="color:inherit;" | 90.0%
+| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload (s) || style="color:inherit;" | 40 || style="color:inherit;" | 40
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-! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SUBMARINE TORPEDOES !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Bow torpedo count || style="color:inherit;" | 6
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Stern torpedo count || style="color:inherit;" | 4
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo loaders (bow/stern) || style="color:inherit;" | 2/2
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo name || style="color:inherit;" | Mk18
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo damage || style="color:inherit;" | 8933
 |-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.5
+| style="color:inherit;" | • Bow torpedo tubes || style="color:inherit;" colspan="2" | 6
 |-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 89
+| style="color:inherit;" | • Stern torpedo tubes || style="color:inherit;" colspan="2" | 4
 |-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo concealment (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 2.4
+| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo loaders (bow/stern) || style="color:inherit;" colspan="2" | 2/2
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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)	7.2

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

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
• Fuse time (sec)	0.03
• Ricochet start (°)	70
• Always ricochet (°)	80
• Normalisation (°)	45
• Arming threshold (mm)	25

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

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