Ship:Kansas

VIII

11,000,000

Kansas — U.S.A. Tech Tree Tier VIII Battleship.

From the very start of World War I, the General Board of the Navy intended to build battleships capable of reaching a speed of 23 knots and equipped with twelve 406 mm guns. By the summer of 1918, a conceptual design had been developed for a battleship with a significantly larger displacement compared to previous classes. It was essentially an enlarged version of the Colorado class but featuring triple-gun turrets. The construction of battleships faced delays due to the adoption of an emergency program focused on expanding the anti-submarine warfare component. Eventually, the construction was canceled entirely per the agreements made during the Washington Naval Conference.

Pros

• Great damage per salvo
• High ship acceleration
• Enhanced Repair Party consumable available (reduced cooldown time)

Cons

• Low speed
• Low rate of fire
• Unable to mount Artillery Plotting Room Modification 2

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY	Kansas (A)	Kansas (B)
• Hit Points	61300	67000
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	40%

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	343
• Deck (mm)	19
• Superstructure (mm)	32
• Extremities (mm)	32

MANEUVERABILITY	Kansas (A)	Kansas (B)
• Maximum speed (kt)	23.0	23.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	700	700
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	22.0	15.7

CONCEALMENT	Kansas (A)	Kansas (B)
• Detectability by sea (km)	16.06	16.06
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	16.01
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY	Mk8 mod. 1	Mk8 mod. 2
• Arrangement	4×3 406mm
• Firing range (km)	20.6	22.66
• Reload time (sec)	40.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	1.5
• 180° turn time (sec)	45.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Standard BB dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 10 × range(km) + 60
• Sigma	1.7
• Maximum dispersion (m)	266
• Dispersion at 5 km	110
• Dispersion at 10 km	160
• Dispersion at 15 km	210
• Dispersion at 20 km	260
• Dispersion at 20.6 km	266

HE SHELL
• Name	406 mm HE/HC Mk13
• Maximum damage	5700
• Fire chance (%)	36.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	803
• Shell weight (kg)	861.8
• Penetration (mm)	68

AP SHELL
• Name	406 mm AP Mk5 mod. 1
• Maximum damage	11800
• Shell velocity (m/s)	768
• Shell weight (kg)	920
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	68

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	6.6

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	127 mm HE Mk32
• Arrangement	8x2 127mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	10.0
• Maximum damage	1800
• Shell velocity (m/s)	792
• Penetration (mm)	21
• Fire chance (%)	5.0%

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

Kansas (A)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
127 mm	8 × 2
40 mm	12 × 2
20 mm	23 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	171.5	70%	2.0
Mid-range	234.5	75%	3.5
Long-range	147	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
6	1540	75%	3.5–5.8

Kansas (B)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
127 mm	8 × 2
40 mm	12 × 4
20 mm	23 × 2

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	280	70%	2.0
Mid-range	318.5	75%	3.5
Long-range	147	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
6	1540	75%	3.5–5.8

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (20.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 40.0s cooldown, 306.5 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Defensive AA Fire  (4 charges, 40.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 4: Patrol Fighter  (3 charges, 60.0s action, 90.0s cooldown) or Spotting Aircraft  (4 charges, 100.0s action, 240.0s cooldown)

Gallery

WoWs Gallery

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  Kansas
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  Default camo for Kansas

Historical Gallery

Ship Change Log

• Preliminary characteristics.
  • Restoration of hit points by the Repair Party consumable decreased from 0.66% to 0.5% of maximum hit points per second.
  • Sigma parameter reduced from 1.7 to 1.5.
  • Added Defensive AA Fire consumable in a separate slot.
  • AP shell damage decreased from 12,400 to 11,800.
  • AP shells air drag increased: as a result, the shells take longer to reach a target and fly at a higher trajectory.
• Update 0.9.7:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.9.7.
• Update 0.9.9:
  • Available for completing all directives of Part 1 of the American Battleships event.
  • Sigma parameter increased from 1.5 to 1.6.
• Update 0.9.11:
  • Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 0.9.11.
• Update 0.9.12:
  • Sigma parameter increased from 1.6 to 1.7.
  • Armor penetration of shells increased by approximately 3.5%.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 6.6 km.
• Update 0.10.1:
  • Updated model of spotter aircraft.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • Minor corrections to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.11.5:
  • Repair Party consumable reload time reduced from 80 to 40 s.
  • Changed the engine parameters: the acceleration time for forward and reverse movement was significantly reduced.
• Update 13.2:
  • Fixed several issues with armor for the ship.