Ship:Yūbari

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Yūbari

Cruiser | Japan | Tier IV

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points18,700

Main Battery

140 mm/50 3rd Year Type on a twin mount2 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire9.2 shots/min

Reload Time6 sec

Rotation Speed7.5 deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time24 sec

Firing Range12.8 km

Maximum Dispersion121 m

HE Shell140 mm HE Type0

Maximum HE Damage2,400

Chance of Fire10 %

Initial HE Velocity850 m/s

HE Shell Weight38 kg

AP Shell140 mm Capped Common Shell

Maximum AP Shell Damage2,700

Initial AP Shell Velocity850 m/s

AP Shell Weight38 kg

Secondary Armament #1

120 mm/45 10th Year Type in a Model B turret1 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range4 km

Rate of Fire10 shots/min

Reload Time6 sec

HE Shell120 mm HE Type0

Maximum HE Shell Damage2,000

Initial HE Shell Velocity825 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell8 %

Torpedo Tubes

610 mm Twin2 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire1.2 shots/min

Reload Time49 sec

Rotation Speed  deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec

TorpedoType8

Maximum Damage14,600

Torpedo Speed63 knot

Torpedo Range6 km

AA Defense

25 mm/60 Type 96 on a single mount8 х 1 pcs.

25 mm/60 Type 96 on a twin mount4 х 2 pcs.

25 mm/60 Type 96 on a triple mount3 х 3 pcs.

120 mm/45 10th Year Type in a Model B turret1 х 1 pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed34.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius560 m

Rudder Shift Time3.8 sec

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range9.6 km

Air Detectability Range5.8 km

Battle Levels

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IV

Special

Yūbari — Japanese special premium Tier IV cruiser.

An experimental light cruiser based on an idea to create a fast warship carrying the most powerful armament available while having minimum displacement. She was the first in the Imperial Japanese Navy to be equipped with 610 mm torpedo tubes. By the end of her time in service, Yūbari was reinforced with numerous AA guns.

Yūbari was first sold in pre-order bundles in spring of 2015. She is currently (0.10.1) available for cash, Coal, or Doubloons.

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 ()
140 mm/50 3rd Year Type on a twin mount	9.2	24	121	2,400	10	2,700		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 ()
Yūbari	18,700	6	57	2	1	8/4/3/1	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 ()
Type8	1.2	49	7.2	14,600	63	6		0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Type4 mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 57,900 hp	34.5		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning: The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

Tier IV Japanese light cruiser Yūbari is an interesting departure from other cruisers at tier. She has an okay health pool, though not nearly as good as Tier III Katori. She has the same slow turrets of all IJN low-tier cruisers, and at Tier IV the 140mm rifles do not show up well against the better armored ships at the tier. Consider them adequate and lament that she has only four rifles. The armament that would shine if it could is her 610mm torpedoes that are faster and much harder hitting than older models. Unfortunately, with a 6km range, only two tubes per side, and narrow firing angles, they are dangerous to employ offensively. To offset this, though, Yūbari has the lowest detectability range of all Tier IV cruisers: 9.6km.

Yūbari can equip the legendary Aiming Systems Modification 0 — one of only three ships that can do so — for large buffs to all main and secondary armament (except AA).

A surprising feature of the ship is Yūbari's anti-aircraft capability. While it can hardly be said to be "good" it is the best of any Tier IV cruiser save Giussano, and better than most Tier Vs. In addition to her base AA firepower, she equips Defensive AA Fire  for a couple of extra punches, although it will won't prevent a persistent carrier from dropping you once or even twice. She is among the fastest and most maneuverable of the Tier IV cruisers — good for dodging.

Yūbari can be played as a gunship, but that is not her main strength. She plays more like an IJN torpedo destroyer without a smoke generator. Read the situation and employ the appropriate weapon and you will find in her a good deal of fun.

Pros:

• Premium experience, credit-earning, and commander training.
• Fast, hard hitting torpedoes.
• Excellent detection range.
• Destroyer-like rudder shift time and mobility.
• The AA suite is remarkably good for a Tier IV cruiser.
• Lowest tier ship in the game to have access to the Defensive AA Fire  consumable.

Cons:

• 4,000-6,000 less HP than most same-tier cruisers.
• Mediocre gun performance (slow traverse, high arc, low DPM, and penetration).
• Only 2 turrets (four rifles).
• Very narrow torpedo launch angle.
• Little armor and fragile modules, similar to a destroyer with a citadel.
• Large and unarmored citadel.
• Defensive AA Fire  consumable only has two charges (three with Superintendent skill).
  

Research

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

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Yūbari are as follows:

• Slot 1: Aiming Systems Modification 0 greatly improves her armament (except AA).
• Slot 2: Engine Room Protection since her engine is particularly vulnerable to being disabled.

Commander Skills

The skill recommendations here are particular to Yūbari. When used as a trainer, shills should be chosen with a view to the ship on which tho commander will ultimately be specialized.

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

Yūbari equips the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Defensive AA Fire  - 2 charges

Camouflage

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

Signals

Yūbari captains should mount the standard flags to improve the ship's performance in battle. To improve upon the ship's armaments, India X-Ray (), Victor Lima (), and Juliet Whiskey Unaone () flags are recommended to increase the fire chance and flooding chances respectively. To improve the ship’s survivability, captains should mount November Foxtrot () and India Yankee () flags. Sierra Mike () flags are recommended to increase the ship’s already high top speed.

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 .

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Historical Info

Yūbari, 1923

Construction

Builder: Sasebo Naval Arsenal,
   Sasebo, Japan

Laid down: 5th June 1922

Launched: 5th March 1923

Commissioned: 23rd July 1923

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Specifications

2,890 tons displacement, standard

138.9m length

12m beam

3.6m draft

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Machinery

8 Kanpon oil-fired boilers

3 Parsons geared turbine engines

916 tons of oil

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Performance

35.5 knots at 57,750 shaft horsepower

5,500 nm at 14 knots

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Armor

Main belt: 38mm

Decks: 25mm

Conning Tower: 51mm

Turrets: 13mm

Fore and Aft Plating: 10mm

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Armament

Main

Six (2x2, 2x1) 14cm/50 3rd Year Type guns

Anti-aircraft

One (1x1) 80mm/40 Type 3 high-angle gun

Two (2x1) 6.5mm machine guns

Torpedoes

Four (2x2) 610mm Type 93 Torpedoes

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Complement

328 men

Yūbari, 1944

Specifications

4,075 tons displacement, standard

138.9m length

12m beam

3.6m draft

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Armament

Main

Four (2x2) 14cm/50 3rd Year Type guns

One (1x1) 12cm/45 10th Year Type gun

Anti-aircraft

Fifteen (1x3, 6x2) 25mm Type 96 AA guns

Torpedoes

Four (2x2) 610mm Type 93 torpedoes

Yūbari at anchor, date and location unknown.

History

Design

Originally ordered under the 1917 8-4 program, Yūbari was constructed as the main base for the upcoming new and 'modern' Japanese cruiser design of its time. The famous Japanese naval architect Yuzuru Hiraga oversaw her construction, and would later on incorporate his ideas (of weight reduction as well as outfitting ships with maximum firepower possible into a given displacement) into the later cruisers, such as Furutaka.

In 1914, the Japanese government unofficially declared the 8-8 program, which would be in accord with Japan's interests in the Far East. As it's named, the 8-8 program was a plan to build a fleet consisting of eight battleships and eight battlecruisers, and the lifespan of the capital ships being eight years. However, due to Japan's lack of financial and industrial power at the time, the plan was reduced to the 8-4 in 1917. Be that as it may, as the years passed along, Japan's financial and industrial power grew and became sufficient that by 1920, the 8-8 program was restarted. In response to the US refusing to ratify the Treaty of Versailles of World War I, the Japanese began their naval arms race with the US.

In 1922, Yūbari was laid down as an experimental light cruiser scout that would have as much firepower as the Sendai-class cruiser, but with far lighter displacement. Due to the idea of making the ship as light as possible, the armor would be incorporated into the belt armor at 38 mm thick and the deck armor 28 mm, which was far better than earlier 5,000-ton cruiser designs. The engine was designed similarly to a destroyer, with only one smokestack, to reduce overall length and save deck space, and eight boilers feeding into three turbines- this gave Yūbari the desired speed of 35 knots. Additionally, she was originally outfitted with 3x2 14cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns, but in her 1944 refit, the A position main battery turret (front-most turret) was replaced by a 120mm AA gun. As such, she is seen in-game with the 1944 outfit.

Historical Inaccuracies

• Light and dark green camouflage was only applied to aircraft carriers.
• Yubari’s overall dark gray paint scheme is missing. This was standard on all Japanese warships beginning in 1903 until the end of World War II. A simple solution would be to demount the permanent camouflage, but players will not be able to benefit from the camouflage's bonuses.
• Yubari is represented in her 1944 configuration. Max speed should be 32 knots, not 34.5 knots.

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References

• Japanese cruiser Yūbari - Wikipedia

Ship Change Log

• Added to the game in Update 0.3.0.
• Update 0.3.1.1:
  • The rudder shift returned to the values ​​in Update 0.3.0 after the mechanics of ship movement were reworked in Update 0.3.1.
• Update 0.5.0:
  • Defensive Fire AA consumable added.
• Update 0.5.3.2:
  • Fixed deck armor parameters displayed in the Port.
• Update 0.5.3.2:
  • The Type 5 camouflage was renamed Type 9.
• Update 0.5.8:
  • The armored model of the hull was refined.
  • HP increased from 18,300 to 18,700.
• Update 0.6.2:
  • Improved appearance with the use of special technology for improved rendering of thin elements (rigging, etc.).
  • The national flag was moved from the stern to the mast.
• Update 0.6.3:
  • Fixed visual armor.
• Update 0.6.12:
  • Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 4.18 km.
• Update 0.6.13:
  • Fire extinguishing time now 30 s instead of 60 s.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • A bonus was added to the "Type 9" permanent camouflage: a -10% discount to the cost of post-battle service.
  • Became available for purchase in the game client for doubloons.
• Update 0.7.2:
  • Players who have collected the "Rewards" sub-collection of the "Yamomoto Isoroku" collection can use an alternate permanent camouflage color.
• Update 0.7.4.1:
  • Removed from the Japanese tech tree.
• Update 0.7.6:
  • Improved display of thin elements on the hull.
  • Became available for coal in the Armory.
• Update 0.7.7:
  • Became available in the game client for purchase for doubloons.
• Update 0.7.9:
  • Became unavailable in the game client for purchase with doubloons.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 4 km.
• Update 0.11.11:
  • Minor updates to geometry and textures.

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