Ship:Hornet

VIII

11,000 doubloons

Hornet — U.S.A. Premium Tier VIII Aircraft Carrier.

USS Hornet, the third Yorktown-class aircraft carrier, participated in the renowned Doolittle Raid and fought at Midway and in the Solomon Islands campaign. During the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, Hornet damaged aircraft carrier Shōkaku but also suffered several hits from air attacks. The carrier's power plant was knocked out, and a decision was made to abandon the ship. Despite nine torpedoes and several hundred 127 mm shells being fired at her by American destroyers, the aircraft carrier stayed afloat, but only until Japanese destroyers dealt the final blow.

Pros

• Large number of aircraft in an attacking flight
• Bomber tactical squadron available

Cons

• Low number of attacking flights in a squadron
• Low aircraft speed
• No attack aircraft

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	50000
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	28

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	102
• Deck (mm)	25
• Superstructure (mm)	13
• Extremities (mm)	19

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	32.5
• Turning circle radius (m)	1060
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	12.3

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	13.79
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	—
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY	Automatic	Manual control
• Secondary battery range (km)	4.5	8.5

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	Automatic	Manual control
• Shell type	HE
• Name	127 mm HE Mk33
• Arrangement	8x1 127mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	22.2	16.7
• Maximum damage	1800
• Shell velocity (m/s)	792
• Penetration (mm)	21
• Fire chance (%)	5.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	7
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	25.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	1
• Damage	4200
• Deployment	Automatic

AA Defense

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
127 mm	8 × 1
20 mm	30 × 1
28 mm	4 × 4

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	269.5	95%	2.4
Long-range	87.5	100%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
4	1400	100%	3.5–5.8

Aircraft

TORPEDO BOMBERS
• Hit points	1710
• Speed (kt)	112
• Squadron size	8
• Size of attacking flight	4
• Aircraft on deck	16
• Preparation time (sec)	62.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Torpedo name	Torpedo Mk.7
• Torpedoes in payload	1
• Torpedo damage	4667
• Flood chance (%)	40%
• Torpedo speed (kt)	35
• Arming distance (m)	361
• Torpedo range (km)	3.0
• Squadrons	1

DIVE BOMBERS
• Hit points	1890
• Speed (kt)	122
• Squadron size	10
• Size of attacking flight	5
• Aircraft on deck	20
• Preparation time (sec)	62.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Bomb name	AN-M60
• Bomb type	Armor-Piercing (AP) Bomb
• Bombs in payload	1
• Bomb damage	3600
• Squadrons	1

TACTICAL BOMBERS
• Hit points	4890
• Speed (kt)	105
• Squadron size	6
• Size of attacking flight	6
• Aircraft on deck	6
• Preparation time (sec)	180.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Bomb name	AN-M64 Mod. 1
• Bomb type	High Explosive (HE) Bomb
• Bombs in payload	4
• Bomb damage	8000
• Squadrons	1

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

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.
• Maneuverability of dive bombers during the preparation and attack states significantly increased.
• Chance of AP bombs dropped by standard bombers landing closer to the center of the aiming reticle increased by about 50%.
• Cooldown of Tactical Squadron of B-25 bombers increased from 160 to 170 s.
• Maximum damage of aerial torpedoes decreased from 5,567 to 4,667. Chance of critically damaging modules decreased proportionally.
• Flooding chance of aerial torpedoes decreased from 45 to 40%.
• Secondary battery firing range increased from 4.5 to 6.6 km.
• Torpedo bombers changed — Number of aircraft on deck decreased from 20 to 16. — Number of aircraft in the flight decreased from 10 to 8. — Size of attacking flight decreased from 5 to 4.
• Bombers changed — Arming threshold of bombs decreased from 36 to 30 mm.
• Tactical Bomber Squadron changed — Cooldown time increased from 170 to 180 s. — Added the Engine Cooling consumable.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.11.1.
• Update 0.11.2:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the B-25 Tactical Squadron’s engine boost from regenerating after use.
• Update 0.11.3:
  • The Doolittle Raid permanent camouflage was added.
  • First appeared on sale on 15 April 2022.
• Update 0.11.5:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 12.1:
  • Fixed a bug that caused torpedoes to not arm correctly.
• Update 12.2:
  • Fixed the ship's icon in the Port.
• Update 13.1:
  • Characteristics of Tactical bombers squadron changed:
    • Bomb damage increased from 7,300 to 8,000.
    • Fire chance increased from 41 to 45%.