Ship:Tsurugi

IX

21,500 doubloons

Tsurugi — Japan Premium Tier IX Battleship.

According to the Japanese Navy's new development plan, the projects of battleships and battlecruisers didn't differ much—battlecruisers featured the same speed as the Kii-class battleships. This went beyond the accepted Japanese naval tactics. To increase the speed and turn a project into a true battlecruiser, one of the main turrets could be sacrificed.

Pros

• High firing accuracy
• Long firing range
• Access to Torpedo armaments
• High level of anti-Torpedo protection

Cons

• Weak Armor
• Low HP pool

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	69700
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	41

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	305
• Deck (mm)	32
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	25

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	35.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	890
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	20.9

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	14.14
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	15.68
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	3×2 457mm
• Firing range (km)	23.0
• Reload time (sec)	24.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	2.5
• 180° turn time (sec)	36.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Modified Battlecruiser dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 9.5 × range(km) + 15
• Sigma	2.05
• Maximum dispersion (m)	233
• Dispersion at 5 km	115
• Dispersion at 10 km	146
• Dispersion at 15 km	177
• Dispersion at 20 km	208
• Dispersion at 23 km	227

HE SHELL
• Name	457 mm HE Type0
• Maximum damage	7300
• Fire chance (%)	35.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	860
• Shell weight (kg)	1130
• Penetration (mm)	77

AP SHELL
• Name	457 mm AP/APC Type91
• Maximum damage	13500
• Shell velocity (m/s)	860
• Shell weight (kg)	1130
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	76

Torpedoes

TORPEDO LAUNCHERS
• Number of launchers	2
• Torpedo name	Type 93
• Reload time (sec)	150.0
• 180° turn time (sec)	7.2
• Damage	20967
• Range (km)	15.0
• Speed (kt)	67
• Detectability (km)	0.9
• Flooding chance (%)	4.36%

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	7.0

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	140 mm HE Type0
• Arrangement	4x2 140mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	7.5
• Maximum damage	2400
• Shell velocity (m/s)	850
• Penetration (mm)	23
• Fire chance (%)	10.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2
• Shell type	HE
• Name	127 mm HE Type0
• Arrangement	2x2 127mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	8.0
• Maximum damage	2100
• Shell velocity (m/s)	725
• Penetration (mm)	21
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 3
• Shell type	HE
• Name	127 mm HE Type0
• Arrangement	6x2127mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	12.0
• Maximum damage	2100
• Shell velocity (m/s)	725
• Penetration (mm)	21
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	10
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	2
• Damage	4200
• Deployment	Manual

AA Defense

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
127 mm	8 × 2
40 mm	8 × 2
25 mm	12 × 3 + 20 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	164.5	85%	2.5
Mid-range	157.5	75%	3.5
Long-range	101.5	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
5	1320	75%	3.5–5.8

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (10.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 348.5 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Torpedo Reload Booster  (2 charges, 1.0s action, 300.0s cooldown)

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Ship Change Log

• Preliminary characteristics.
• Main battery reload time reduced from 28 to 25 s.
• Added Torpedo Reload Booster consumable with following parameters — Torpedo reload time after consumable is used: 8 s. — Reload time: 300 s. — Charges: 2.
• Main battery 180 degrees turn time decreased from 45 to 36 s.
• Improved the vertical dispersion accuracy parameters of main battery guns from Japanese battleship to that of Azuma and Yoshino.
• Update 12.7:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 12.7.
• Update 12.9:
  • Available in 1 of 75 random bundles available in the Armory for 1,000 doubloons each.
  • The Ryūjin permanent camouflage was added.
• Update 14.0:
  • Main Battery guns reload time reduced: 25 to 24s.
  • HE shell ballistic parameters changed. This will result in the flight trajectory becoming flatter, identical to that of the AP shells of the ship.
  • Turning radius reduced: 970 to 890.
  • Number of Repair Party consumables increased: 3 to 4.