Ship:Kaga

VIII

11,000 doubloons

Kaga — Japan Premium Tier VIII Aircraft Carrier.

After the Great Kanto Earthquake destroyed the aircraft carrier while it was under construction, it was decided to switch to rebuilding Kaga's hull—a process that had stopped amid the Washington Naval Treaty restrictions. The project mirrored aircraft carrier Akagi, except for the location of the funnels and the availability of a short flight deck. Kaga participated in the Shanghai incident and the Sino-Japanese War. After her modernization was completed, she participated in the Pearl Harbor attack, the Battle of Rabaul, the Marshall Islands campaign, and the Darwin bombing.

Pros

• Large number of aircraft on deck
• Heavy aerial torpedo damage
• Low detectability
• Large number of aircraft in an attacking flight
• Large number of aircraft in a squadron

Cons

• Low aircraft survivability

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	54200
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	22

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	152
• Deck (mm)	21
• Superstructure (mm)	13
• Extremities (mm)	21

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	28.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	1080
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	14.4

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	12.22
• 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 Type3
• Arrangement	6x2 127mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	12.0	9.0
• Maximum damage	2100
• Shell velocity (m/s)	915
• Penetration (mm)	21
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2	Automatic	Manual control
• Shell type	HE
• Name	200 mm Common Type4 HE
• Arrangement	10x1 200mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	4.0	3.0
• Maximum damage	3300
• Shell velocity (m/s)	870
• Penetration (mm)	34
• Fire chance (%)	17.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 3	Automatic	Manual control
• Shell type	HE
• Name	127 mm HE Type3
• Arrangement	2x2 127mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	10.0	7.5
• Maximum damage	2100
• Shell velocity (m/s)	915
• Penetration (mm)	21
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

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 × 2
25 mm	14 × 2

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Mid-range	91	95%	2.5
Long-range	115.5	100%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
5	1470	100%	3.5–5.8

Aircraft

ROCKET PLANES
• Hit points	1330
• Cruise speed (kt)	144
• Squadrons	1
• Per squadron	8
• Plane regeneration time (sec)	99.0
• Ammo name	Type 3 No. 6 Mk. 27
• Ammo type	HE
• Rockets in payload	4
• Damage per rocket	2200
• Preparation time (sec)	5.0

TORPEDO BOMBERS
• Hit points	1600
• Speed (kt)	133
• Squadron size	12
• Size of attacking flight	4
• Aircraft on deck	36
• Preparation time (sec)	90.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Torpedo name	Type 91 mod. 1
• Torpedoes in payload	1
• Torpedo damage	5400
• Flood chance (%)	30%
• Torpedo speed (kt)	50
• Arming distance (m)	806
• Torpedo range (km)	5.0
• Squadrons	1

DIVE BOMBERS
• Hit points	1580
• Speed (kt)	142
• Squadron size	12
• Size of attacking flight	4
• Aircraft on deck	36
• Preparation time (sec)	71.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Bomb name	Type 90 No. 50 Mk. 2
• Bomb type	High-Explosive (HE) Bomb
• Bombs in payload	1
• Bomb damage	8800
• 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

• Update 0.8.1:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.8.1.
• Update 0.8.3:
  • Available for completing a combat mission from the "Soviet Era" container, obtained in the Armory for Allowance tokens or doubloons during the "Victory" competition.
• Update 0.8.4:
  • Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 0.8.4.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 4.95 km.
• Update 0.10.11:
  • Added the Snow and Stars permanent camouflage.
• Update 0.11.4:
  • Fixed an issue with a missing horn sound when using the Snow and Stars permanent camouflage.
• Update Mar 29, 2019:
  • Casemate belt armor increased from 25 to 100 mm.
• Update Mar 13, 2019:
  • Dispersion formula changed:
    • Horizontal and vertical dispersion depending on distance now changes more smoothly. Inside of 12 km accuracy was slightly reduced.
  • Damage Control Party duration decreased to 10 s.
• Update Jan 25, 2019:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• Update Feb 5, 2019:
  • Shell air drag coefficient decreased from 0.4753 to 0.371.
  • Krupp value increased from 2295 to 2350.
  • Initial shell velocity increased from 731.5 to 823 m/s.
• Update Apr 10, 2019:
  • Sigma parameter decreased from 1.7 to 1.6.