Ship:Ashitaka

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Ashitaka

Battleship | Japan | Tier VII

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase price7,500

Hit Points59,400

Main Battery

410 mm/45 3rd Year Type in a twin-gun turret5 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire1.9 shots/min

Reload Time31 sec

Rotation Speed4 deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time45 sec

Firing Range19.9 km

Maximum Dispersion227 m

HE Shell410 mm HE Type0

Maximum HE Damage6,500

Chance of Fire30 %

Initial HE Velocity805 m/s

HE Shell Weight938.5 kg

AP Shell410 mm AP/APC Type91

Maximum AP Shell Damage12,600

Initial AP Shell Velocity806 m/s

AP Shell Weight1020 kg

Secondary Armament #1

140 mm/50 3rd Year Type on a casemate mount16 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range5.6 km

Rate of Fire7.5 shots/min

Reload Time8 sec

HE Shell140 mm HE Type0

Maximum HE Shell Damage2,400

Initial HE Shell Velocity850 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell10 %

Secondary Armament #2

120 mm/45 10th Year Type on a Model C mount4 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range5.6 km

Rate of Fire12 shots/min

Reload Time5 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 %

AA Defense

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

25 mm/60 Type 96 on a triple mount9 х 3 pcs.

120 mm/45 10th Year Type on a Model C mount4 х 1 pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed30 knot

Turning Circle Radius870 m

Rudder Shift Time14.9 sec

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range16.8 km

Air Detectability Range10 km

Battle Levels

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VII

7,500

Ashitaka — Japanese premium Tier VII battleship.

Ashitaka would have been the fourth battlecruiser of the Amagi-class. She was laid down in 1921 but was never completed; instead, she was cancelled and broken up for scrap in 1924. When launched, Ashitaka would have boasted a very high speed and carried ten 410 mm guns.

Ashitaka was first released for sale worldwide on 1 December 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 ()
410 mm/45 3rd Year Type in a twin-gun turret	1.9	45	227	6,500	30	12,600		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 ()
Ashitaka	59,400	6	330	5	16/4	4/9/4				0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Type7 mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 131,200 hp	30		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

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.

Veteran captains who worked through Amagi's old Hull (A) before it was removed will have a good idea of what to look forward to when captaining Ashitaka. She follows the same trend as Mutsu, where a ship's original stock hull is removed and presented as a premium one tier lower. Ostensibly, this is what Ashitaka is: a slightly worse Amagi which has been brought down to Tier VII.

Ashitaka has ten 410mm guns mounted in five turrets, in the exact same arrangement as her sister ship, Amagi. However, this is about where the similarities between the two end, and the Ashitaka becomes more comparable to the other Tier VII Japanese battleship, Nagato. Similar to all other battleships from Tiers VI and VII, Ashitaka has 25mm of bow armor plating protection, leaving her vulnerable to overmatch by many battleships at her matchmaking spread. Her main guns represent those of the T8 Japanese Battleship Amagi, firing the same shells however at a slightly longer reload. This makes Ashitaka‘s broadside one of the most devastating broadside of any T7 Battleship, losing only to the French Lyon which however has a smaller caliber and worse accuracy.

Ashitaka also has the same accuracy as her sister ship Amagi, with identical dispersion and sigma values. She even has the same range, but unfortunately loses the ability to mount a Spotting Aircraft . She also has an armor belt extending from just in front of her first gun all the way back to near her aft. While it only covers half of Ashitaka's broadside, this is enough to bounce a good number of shells while angled.

Anyone who enjoys Amagi will likely feel at home with Ashitaka’s play style. Angling into or away from enemies will cause her to become much more survivable, and her guns are good enough. Just watch for cruisers, as HE typically deals a significant amount of damage to her. Also, be very wary of aircraft carriers; Ashitaka doesn't have enough AA to dissuade potential strikes, and her long hull makes for a prime target.

Pros:

• Like her sister-ship Amagi, Ashitaka boasts an impressive main battery armament of ten 410mm guns.
• Long main battery range for her tier at 19.9km.
• Main guns are accurate and usually have little trouble hitting distant targets.
• Can outrun most other Tier VII battleships with her 30 knot speed.
• The ship’s main armor belt extends to cover most of the stern, allowing her to tank more effectively when angled away.
• Immense broadside firepower; number of shells will frequently guarantee citadel hits against broadside targets.
• Tier bully. Tier V's will often not realize the fate they will get if they run up on her.

Cons:

• Lacks the large torpedo bulge found on Amagi.
• Main armor belt is thinner than most other Tier VII battleships.
• Lacks a catapult to launch a Catapult Fighter  or Spotting Aircraft .
• The ship’s anti-aircraft armament is light, leaving her vulnerable to attacks from enemy aircraft carriers.
  

Research

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

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Ashitaka are as follows:

• Slot 1: Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1 
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1 *
• Slot 4: Damage Control System Modification 2

Upgrade Slot 3 allows for specialization in certain roles. Aiming Systems Modification 1 is a generally viable choice which benefits the main and secondary armaments. Players may also choose to equip Secondary Battery Modification 1 to significantly improve the range and dispersion of the ship's secondary guns. This upgrade is useful for players who wish to maximize damage output in close-range engagements.

Commander Skills

As a battleship, Ashitaka features high detection ranges that make concealment builds not very effective. Thus, damage mitigation builds are recommended. Fire Prevention is extremely useful for reducing incoming fire damage, as well as other survival skills like High Alert, Vigilance, and Basics of Survivability. Ashitaka does not have strong AA, so captain skills for this are less useful.

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack			Defense
1	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type. ★★	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire +15% to the fragmentation damage area of HE ordnance when firing at submarines.	Consumable Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except:  Damage Control Party ,  Repair Party .	Emergency Repair Specialist -3% cooldown time of Damage Control Party  and Repair Party . ★★	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning about a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5 km.	Preventive Maintenance −30% chance of main armament, engines, steering becoming incapacitated +15% to HP of secondary and AA guns. ★
2	Grease the Gears +20% main turret traverse speed. ★★★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells. Base fire chance reduced by half.	Brisk So long as the ship remains undetected: +10% ship speed. ★	Vigilance +25% detection range of enemy torpedoes +7% damage reduction of Torpedo Protection System. . ★★	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery. ★★	AAA & ASW Expert +15% continuous AAA and flak damage . +10% damage inflicted by depth charges. While AAA is active: −40% ship consumables reload time..
3	Super-Heavy AP Shells +7.5% AP shell damage −10% fire and flood damage received +25% fire and flood duration.	Long-Range Secondary Battery Shells +20% secondary battery firing range.	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★★	Basics of Survivability -15% repair, fire, and flooding duration. ★★★	Improved Repair Party Readiness −0.8% reload time of Repair Party each time your ship receives potential damage equal to 100% of the ship's base HP. After receiving 2M HP potential damage: +1 charge of Repair Party ..	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..
4	Furious 1st fire / flood   −10% Main battery reload time 2nd etc. (up to 5), each   −5% Main battery reload time	Manual Secondary Battery Aiming −10% secondary battery reload time. −10% secondary battery dispersion. When firing at a manually selected target: dispersion gradually improves from -25% to -50%.	Close Quarters Combat -10% reload time of main battery if an enemy ship is spotted within secondary range.	Emergency Repair Expert Damage Control Party  and Repair Party : +1 charge (each). +10% action time . ★★★	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★★	Fire Prevention Expert -10% risk of fire. Three fires maximum. ★★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Ashitaka can equip the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Repair Party  - 4 charges

Camouflage

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

Signals

The Ashitaka, as a Tier VII premium battleship, has a fairly standard set of signal flags that are recommended. Typical to most battleships, India Delta () and India Yankee () are highly recommended to increase survivability of the ship, while November Foxtrot () and Sierra Mike () are recommended for better versatility. November Echo Setteseven () may also be mounted as well, however that will only boost the meager anti-aircraft armament slightly.

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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  Secondaries open up on an enemy battleship.

Historical Info

Ashitaka, 1922

Construction

Mitsubishi Naval Yard; Nagasaki, Japan

Laid down: 19 December 1921

Scrapped: 31 July 1924

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Specifications

41,217 tons displacement, standard

251.8m length

30.8m beam

9.5m draft

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Machinery

19 boilers, 4 turbines

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Performance

30 knots at 131,200 shaft horsepower

8,000nm at 14 knots

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Armor

Main belt: 254mm

Decks: 98mm

Bulkheads: 73mm

Barbettes and Turrets: 229-280mm barbette, 356mm turrets

Conning tower: 356mm

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Armament

Main

Ten (5x2) 410mm guns

Secondary

Sixteen (16x1) 140mm guns

Anti-Aircraft

Four (4x1) 120mm guns

Torpedoes

Eight (2x4) 610mm torpedo tubes

Tosa after construction was halted in 1922 by the Washington Naval Treaty. The Tosa class was to be the design basis for the Amagi class.

History

Design

The Amagi class (天城型 Amagi-gata?) was a series of four battlecruisers planned for the Imperial Japanese Navy as part of the so-called Eight-eight fleet. The ships were to be named Amagi, Akagi, Atago, and Takao (initially named Ashitaka), after the mountains Amagi, Akagi, Atago, and Takao. The Amagi design was essentially a lengthened version of the Tosa-class battleship, but with a thinner armored belt and deck and a modified secondary battery arrangement.

Limitations imposed by the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty prevented the class from being completed as designed. However, the treaty had a limited allowance for hulls already under construction to be converted into aircraft carriers. Amagi and Akagi were both intended for conversion, but an earthquake damaged the hull of Amagi so extensively that the ship was scrapped. Akagi was reconstructed as an aircraft carrier and served with distinction as part of the Kido Butai during the Second World War, participating in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor before being sunk at the Battle of Midway. Atago and Ashitaka were both scrapped on the ways and never launched or commissioned.

Historical Inaccuracies

• Actual name is Takao. The ship was only named Ashitaka initially.
• Ashitaka's original 1920s design is not represented.
• Ashitaka is depicted in-game in a fictitious World War II configuration. Her anti-aircraft armament, for example, actually consisted of only four single 120mm dual-purpose guns.
• Light and dark green camouflage was only applied to aircraft carriers in 1944. Even though Ashitaka is fictionally modernized, Japanese battleships during World War II were painted in overall dark gray.

Historical Gallery

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  Tosa after preparations for use as a target hull.
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  Tosa under tow, on her way to be sunk as a target vessel.
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  Design for the Amagi class.

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References

1. Amagi-class battlecruiser - Wikipedia

Ship Change Log

Testing Changes

• October 18, 2017:
  • Preliminary characteristics.

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.6.13.
• First appeared on sale in December 2017.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • A bonus was added to the "Type 10" permanent camouflage: a -10% discount to the cost of post-battle service.
• 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 0.7.6:
  • Improved display of thin elements on the hull.
• Update 0.7.7:
  • Available in the game client for purchase for doubloons.
  • Characteristics of the armor-piercing projectile were changed:
    • Initial speed: 806 instead of 790 m/s.
    • Damage: 12,600 instead of 12,400.
• Update 0.7.11:
  • Armor-piercing shells of 140-mm secondary battery guns were replaced with high-explosive shells.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 5.6 km.

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