Ship:Huanghe

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Huanghe

Cruiser | Pan-Asia | Tier VI

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points24,100

Main Battery

152 mm/57 B-38 on an MK-4 mount3 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire8.6 shots/min

Reload Time7 sec

Rotation Speed7 deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time25.7 sec

Firing Range13.2 km

Maximum Dispersion123 m

HE Shell152 mm OFU-35

Maximum HE Damage2,200

Chance of Fire12 %

Initial HE Velocity950 m/s

HE Shell Weight55 kg

AP Shell152 mm AP-35

Maximum AP Shell Damage3,300

Initial AP Shell Velocity950 m/s

AP Shell Weight55 kg

Secondary Armament #1

100 mm/70 on an SM-5-1s mount4 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range5 km

Rate of Fire15 shots/min

Reload Time4 sec

HE Shell100 mm HE-55

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,400

Initial HE Shell Velocity1000 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell6 %

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm Triple2 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.8 shots/min

Reload Time79 sec

Rotation Speed  deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec

Torpedo533 mm 53-51

Maximum Damage14,400

Torpedo Speed60 knot

Torpedo Range8 km

AA Defense

20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.4 mount8 х 1 pcs.

37 mm V-11 mount8 х 2 pcs.

100 mm/70 on an SM-5-1s mount4 х 2 pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed33 knot

Turning Circle Radius570 m

Rudder Shift Time6.7 sec

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range9.3 km

Air Detectability Range6.4 km

Battle Levels

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VI

Special

Huanghe — Pan-Asian special premium Tier VI cruiser.

A British light cruiser (HMS Aurora) intended to carry out close reconnaissance and counter-destroyer missions. In 1948, the ship was transferred to the Republic of China (Taiwan) but defected to the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) a year later, becoming its most powerful combat unit. In the early 1950s, a plan was drawn up for the refurbishment of the cruiser by replacing her weapons and equipment with Soviet-made models.

Huanghe was first released for sale worldwide on 30 November 2017.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chances of HE shells causing a fire on target (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
152 mm/57 B-38 on an MK-4 mount	8.6	25.7	123	2,200	12	3,300		0	0

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Huanghe	24,100	10	100	3	4	8/8/4	2			0	0

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	Torpedo Tubes Reload Time (sec)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Damage (HP)	Torpedo Speed (knot)	Torpedo Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
533 mm 53-51	0.8	79	7.2	14,400	60	8		0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
GFCS VI mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 64,000 hp	33		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Player Opinion

Performance

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Huanghe mates a British hull with a Commonwealth Crawling Smoke and Russian weapons. She may have low health, low torpedo tube count, and a small main battery, but her stealth and agility make her tricky to pin down. She represents a later version of Tier V Chungking following a hypothetical refit, but her weapons and consumables give the two ships vastly different play styles.

The Ship

Huanghe is the stealthiest of the Tier VI cruisers, with a standard concealment of just 9.26 km. This can be reduced to 8.3 km with the Concealment Expert captain skill. In the absence of aircraft or destroyers, Huanghe can make a capable scout for her team.

Her maneuverability is similarly good. Although a top speed of 33 knots will not break any records, she is still able to move about the battlefield with relative ease. Her exceptionally tight turning circle of 570 meters coupled with a fast rudder shift time of 6.7 seconds allows Huanghe to rapidly change direction. She is able to easily maneuver in confined spaces or react to incoming long-range fire with relative ease.

Huanghe mounts a standard cruiser Damage Control Party  with a 5 second action time and a 60-second cooldown between uses. In her second slot, Huanghe can choose between a Torpedo Reload Booster  or Hydroacoustic Search , both with 3 uses as standard. The Torpedo Reload Booster reduces their reload time to 8 seconds, although it has a lengthy four minute wait between uses. Her Hydroacoustic Search is standard for a Tier VI cruiser; with an action time of 100 seconds, it will detect ships at 4 km and torpedoes at 3 km. Huanghe’s low torpedo count and the fact that she will likely spend a lot of time in smoke and around destroyers make Hydroacoustic Search the optimal choice for most players. In her third consumable slot, Huanghe mounts a Crawling Smoke Generator , a tool more commonly found on Commonwealth ships. This creates a smoke screen that disperses quickly, but it is active for an extended period, allowing Huanghe to maneuver at ¼ speed while remaining inside the smoke. This has 3 uses with an action time of 102 seconds and a wait of 160 seconds between uses.

Survivability

Although her armor layout is based on Chungking, the Soviets have managed to improve her armor in places. With 16 mm of bow and stern plating, she is better protected than most Pan-Asian cruisers, able to bounce heavy cruiser AP rounds if she is angled enough. However, her citadel belt armor is only 70 mm thick, which provides little protection against broadside shots. Given her small size, Huanghe unsurprisingly has one of the lowest health pools of the Tier VI cruisers; only Rahmat and Dido have less. With no way to recover lost health, every hit taken will hurt. Her smoke can provide much-needed protection in an emergency, but the long cooldown means the best protection is planning ahead.

Armament

Huanghe mounts a relatively small main battery of six 152 mm guns in three twin turrets with a short firing range of 13.2 km. These weapons have a fairly fast 7 second reload, but only six guns leaves her with low DPM for a light cruiser. Her shells have a high initial velocity and flat arcs, making gunnery over range considerably easier than many other light cruisers. Her turret traverse can be best described as stately, taking 25.7 seconds to rotate through a full 180°. Her AP rounds retain decent penetration at range; Huanghe can still penetrate the citadel armor of many light cruisers past 10 km. Although her AP shells are possibly better than expected, she lacks the ability to land a single knockout blow on most targets due to the small salvo. Her HE shells share similar ballistics, so players may find it easier to hit destroyers at medium ranges. Otherwise, her HE is unremarkable. With a 12% fire chance per shell, Huanghe can potentially set 6 fires per minute under ideal conditions, although the actual total will likely be lower.

Huanghe mounts a triple torpedo launcher on each side with good firing arcs, particularly to the rear, and narrow spreads. At shorter ranges this can be an advantage as more torpedoes are likely to hit, but it makes them poor area denial weapons at longer ranges. With an 8 km range, they cannot quite be fired from stealth but they can be launched at advancing enemies while Huanghe is sailing away. Huanghe is unlikely to score massive damage with these weapons, but they can provide a deterrent to larger ships or help to knock off decent chunks of health from a target.

Anti-Air

Huanghe has strong AA defenses for a Tier VI cruiser. Her long-range guns reach out to 5.8 km and have the highest DPM at her tier. Her flak is also strong, creating 4 bursts that deal 1,260 damage to any aircraft caught in a cloud. Huanghe can provide good cover to nearby ships if players are able to overlap AA ranges. Her shorter-ranged guns are also rather good, with the majority able to engage targets at 3.5 km from the ship. Huanghe is not impervious to air attack, but she is an unpleasant target, especially for Tier VI carriers, and she makes a good escort for other ships. An unwary carrier player can easily lose several aircraft to Huanghe’s defenses.

Anti-Submarine

Huanghe uses stern-mounted depth charges for her ASW, dropping a set of 7 depth charges in each attack. She can have a maximum of two attacks ready to drop at a time. Her individual depth charges are fairly weak, with low flood and fire chances. Huanghe can use her Hydroacoustic Search to track a submarine if players know where to start looking, which can aid in hunting, but she is not a good ASW platform.

Battle Performance

Huanghe is a master of the stealth game, able to use her concealment to reach advantageous positions with ease. Her concealment allows players to pick the fights they want, and ensure she has support before engaging. Huanghe is a team player and will struggle against same tier enemies without help. Her relative fragility means she is not suited to being the lead ship in a stand-up brawl; she is better suited to supporting friendly ships as they engage their targets. Using the crawling smoke allows Huanghe to constantly cycle her guns from relative safety. Her position is less predictable than a cruiser in a standard smoke screen, but this still requires team mates to spot targets for her. She works well at medium to short ranges, where her accurate guns are suited to engaging destroyers. Fighting destroyers is still not easy, but her maneuverability and Hydroacoustic Search make it safer than in many other cruisers. The flat arcs of her guns are an advantage in open waters, but make firing from behind islands more difficult.

As the battle progresses and the enemy destroyers are hopefully removed, Huanghe can move into a scouting role. Although they are not fantastic weapons, she can use torpedoes fired into the path of approaching enemies to damage larger ships. Care must be taken not to overextend, particularly when her smoke runs out, as Huanghe will not stand up to sustained fire for long.

Pros:

• Good gun handling with flat arcs and fast shells
• Strong AA defenses
• Excellent maneuverability
• Crawling smoke generator allows her to move and remain in smoke

Cons:

• Fragile
• Small main battery
• Short firing range
• Small torpedo armament
• Long wait between smokescreen uses
  

Research

As a premium ship, Huanghe doesn't have any upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Huanghe are as follows:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search Modification 1 or Engine Room Protection
• Slot 3: Smoke Generator Modification 1 or Aiming Systems Modification 1
• Slot 4: Propulsion Modification 1

Huanghe benefits from access to the Special Upgrades that are available through the Arsenal. Captains should prioritize Smoke Generator Modification 1 , as it offers a significant upgrade to the Crawling Smoke Generator . The Hydroacoustic Search Modification 1 is also useful, as it will better align your Hydroacoustic search duration with your upgraded smoke duration.

Commander Skills

As a premium ship, Huanghe can use any Pan-Asian captains in the player’s port. Generally, a cruiser captain from another ship will be usable, but any points invested in torpedo skills will see minimal utility.

The special Pan Asian captain, Sa Zhenbing, will bring little advantage with his special talents. Huanghe is unlikely to be landing many torpedo hits, and gaining Combat Scout is a tricky proposition due to Huanghe’s reliance on her smoke screen. However, the improved Consumables Enhancement skill provides a welcome boost to the cooldown of her Crawling Smoke.

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed.	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed.	Consumable Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except:  Damage Control Party   Repair Party .	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning of a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5km. ★★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★★★
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the fragmentation damage area of HE ordnance fired at submarines.	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time.	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search, Surveillance Radar, Smoke Generator, & Engine Boost. ★★★	Eye in the Sky Spotting Aircraft: • +2 charges • -50% cooldown time.	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery. ★★★	Focus Fire Training In an active priority AA sector: •  +1.5% (to 5%) immediate damage. •  +25% continuous damage. •  +1 flak burst per salvo. −10% aircraft preparation time. −15% reload time of Airstrike armament..
3	Heavy HE and SAP Shells +10% HE and SAP shell damage. +15% ship detectability guns 149mm and up.	Pack a Punch +15% torpedo damage. +20% secondary battery range..	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★	Heavy AP Shells +5% damage for AP shells 190mm and larger.	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables. ★	Survivability Expert +450 HP per ship tier. ★★★
4	Top Grade Gunner -10% reload time of secondary batteries If enemy ship is spotted within detectability range, -8% reload time of main battery.	Outnumbered If there are fewer allies than visible enemies within the ship's base main caliber firing range: +8% ship speed -10% main battery dispersion.	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.. ★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half. ★★	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★★	AAA & ASW Expert +25% continuous AA and flak damage. +15% damage inflicted by depth charges. While AAA is active: −50% ship consumables reload time..
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Huanghe can equip the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search  – 3 charges or Torpedo Reload Booster  – 3 charges
• Slot 3: Crawling Smoke Generator  – 3 charges

Huanghe's Crawling Smoke Generator  is the same as Perth's in terms of performance. Torpedo Reload Booster  is not recommended due to the lack of torpedoes the ship has, thus leaving Hydroacoustic Search  as the only preferable option for Slot 2.

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Huanghe comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

Signals

X-Ray Papa Unaone and November Foxtrot () are the most important signal flags that Huanghe can equip, followed by Sierra Mike () and the flags that increase her HE shell fire chance: India X-Ray () and Victor Lima ().() will be helpful in augmenting the already powerful AA-suite; Sierra Bravo may also be useful to boost Hydroacoustic Search  duration.

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Charlie Kilo +5% ship HP; +2.5% squadron HP. ★★★	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration.	India Yankee -20% to fire duration.	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy.	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding. ★★	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. ★★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding.	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts. ★★	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables. ★★★	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used.
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire .

Gallery

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  Huanghe leads a desperate torpedo charge on an enemy battleship.
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  Huanghe may have perished, but she brought down the enemy battleship.
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  Flag of Huanghe. Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Huanghe.

Historical Info

Huanghe, 1951

Construction

Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard, UK

Laid down: 27th July 1935

Launched: 20th August 1936

Commissioned: 12th November 1937 (UK)

Commissioned: 19th May 1948 (Republic of China)

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Specifications

5,220 tons displacement, standard

154m length

16m beam

4.3m draft (mean)

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Machinery

4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 4 Parsons turbines

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Performance

32 knots at 64,000 shaft horsepower

5,300 nm range at 13 knots

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Armor

Main belt: 57mm

Decks: 25mm main deck

Turrets: 25mm

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Armament

Main

6 (3x2) 152mm B-38 rifles

Secondary

8 (4x2) 100mm/70 CM-5 guns

Anti-Aircraft

16 (8x2) 37mm V-11 guns

8 (8x1) 20mm Oerlikon guns

Torpedoes

6 (2x3) 533mm torpedo tubes

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DESIGN DETAILS

The Arethusa class was a class of four light cruisers built for the Royal Navy between 1933 and 1937 and that served in World War II. Designed as a "Trade Route cruiser" to counter the threat of commerce raider against British merchant shipping Their design was based on a downsized Leander class cruiser and would allow the Royal Navy to build six Arethusa class ships in place of five Leander class ships whilst remaining within tonnage restrictions imposed by naval treaties. The reduced combat capabilities compared to the Leander class was not deemed to be a problem for a ship intended to fight auxiliary cruisers and six ships could protect a larger area than five more capable ships. The class featured a similar overall armour scheme to the Leander class but with reduced thickness to save weight. Main armament was six 152mm guns in three twin turrets, two forward and one aft. Additional armament consisted of four or eight 102mm secondary guns and six torpedo tubes.

In the end only four Arethusa class ships were built, the final two ships that were planned had their orders cancelled and they were instead ordered as Town Class cruisers. The four ships of the class saw heavy action, particularly in the Mediterranean battles where they served as part of the main fleet rather than in their originally intended role of trade protection.

CONSTRUCTION & SERVICE

Originally commisioned as HMS Aurora for the Royal Navy in August 1936, she was assigned to the Home Fleet until 1941 and took part in the Norwegian Campaign and operations in Arctic waters. She was transferred to the Mediterranean and arrived in October 1941. As part of the Mediterranean Fleet she took part in several battles and was damaged by mines in December 1941. She returned to the Mediterranean in November 1942 for the Landings in North Africa, Operation Torch. In December she was part of Force "Q" at Bône against the Axis convoys between Trapani and Tunis. Aurora took part in the invasion of Sicily and the Salerno landings. She moved to the Aegean in October 1943 where she was damaged by bombs on the 30th of October, and withdrew to Taranto for repairs which were completed in April 1944. In August 1944 she supported the landings in the south of France, then assisted in the liberation of Athens.

After the war it was announced that HMS Aurora would be sold to China to compensate for the loss of several Chinese ships that Britain had taken and lost during the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in 1941. She was refitted in Portsmouth and handed over to Nationalist China in 1948 and renamed Chung King after the war time capital of China. During the Chinese Civil War she provided naval gunfire support for Nationalist troops during the Battle of Tashan in October 1948. In February 1949 her crew defected to the Communist side and brought the ship with them. In March 1949 she was sunk in Huludao harbour by Nationalist bombers during an air raid. She was later salvaged with the aid of the Soviet Union but largely stripped bare as repayment and became a hulk used for storage and as a barracks. Later plans to convert her to a salvage ship were cancelled and she was scrapped during the Cultural Revolution.

In World of Warships, Huanghe represents a hypothetical scenario where the ship was refitted with Soviet built weapons following her salvage in 1951.

Her main battery guns were originally designed for mounting on battleships, although this never happened. Instead this model of gun was used as the main armament on Chapaev class cruisers in a triple turret. The secondary battery guns are a model which were designed for the Chapaev Class cruisers and saw extensive use on the Chapaev and Sverdlov class cruisers.

Historical Inaccuracies

• Huanghe is depicted with a fantasy Soviet refit. Historically the ship was sunk shortly after defecting to the Communists in 1949 and was never repaired. The empty hulk spent the remainder of its career in China as an accommodation and warehouse ship.
• By the time she received the name Huang He in 1959, she was being planned for conversion to a salvage ship.

Historical Gallery

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  HMS Aurora. The neutrality stripes suggest this photo was taken between 1936 and 1939.
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  Aurora in heavy seas, early 1940s.
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  Aurora in contrast camouflage.
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  Aurora in contrast camouflage, 1941 or earlier.
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  Aurora at anchor off Liverpool, April 1942.
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  Aurora underway, undated.
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  Aurora, undated, likely 1943 or later.
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  Aurora (now Chungking) being raised after having been sunk in service to her new navy, 1949.

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References

1. HMS Aurora (12) - Wikipedia
2. Arethusa-class cruiser (1934) - Wikipedia
3. The Pan-Asian Invasion Arrives with Huanghe - HUANGHE ARMADA - News - World of Warships
4. Armada: Huanghe - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube

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Ship Change Log

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.6.11.

Testing Changes

• August 30, 2017:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• October 14, 2017:
  • The spread angle for the torpedo launchers was set to 2.7 degrees, 0.9 degrees per torpedo.
  • The Torpedo Reload Booster consumable was added to the same slot as Hydroacoustic Search.
  • Main battery reload time was decreased from 7.5 to 7 s.
  • Main battery turret traverse rate was increased from 6 to 7 deg/s.
• November 9, 2017:
  • Smoke Generator added as an alternative to Defensive AA Fire, with the following characteristics:
    • 90 seconds emission time.
    • 10 seconds dispersion time.
    • 240 seconds cooldown, 160 seconds cooldown with premium consumable.
    • 2 charges stock, 3 charges stock with premium consumable.

• First appeared on sale in November 2017.
• Update 0.6.13:
  • Fire extinguishing time now 30 s instead of 60 s.
  • Improved display of thin elements.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • Minor fixes to textures and ship geometry.
  • A bonus was added to the "Type 10" permanent camouflage - a 10% discount to the cost of post-battle maintenance.
• Update 0.7.1:
  • Disabled national voiceovers for the ship. Now, even if the national voiceover is selected, the voiceover of the player's region or the selected sound mode in the settings will be played.
• Update 0.7.9:
  • Added to the game client for purchase for doubloons.
• Update 0.7.10:
  • The range of the Hydroacoustic Search consumable was unified - 4 km for detecting ships, 3 km for detecting torpedoes.
• Update 0.8.0:
  • The Lunar New Year permanent camouflage was made available for the ship, able to be obtained through Lunar New Year 2019 containers.
• Update 0.8.0.3:
  • Fixed a bug with the special Lunar New Year camouflage that caused the guns to appear floating in the air.
• Update 0.8.7:
  • Smoke Generator consumable renamed to Crawling Smoke Generator.
• Update 0.9.2:
  • HE shell penetration increased from 24 mm to 25 mm.
• Update 0.9.3:
  • Minor fixes to textures and ship model.
• Update 0.10.10:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 12.5:
  • Crawling Smoke Generator consumable action time increased from 90 to 102 seconds.
• Update 13.3:
  • The number of bombs per Depth Charge drop increased from 3 to 7.
  • Depth Charge damage increased from 1,700 to 2,100.

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