Ship:Bird Cry

IX

21,500 doubloons

Bird Cry — U.S.A. Premium Tier IX Battleship.

This ship's look is inspired by the untamed seas and true pirate spirit.

Pros

• High damage per squadron attack run
• High AA defense efficiency

Cons

• Shooting accurately over long ranges is challenging
• Susceptible to small caliber fire due to large superstructure

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY	Delaware (A)	Delaware (B)
• Hit Points	69900	80800
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	25%

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	307
• Deck (mm)	38
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	32

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	33.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	920
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	22.4

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	16.2
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	16.15
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	3×3.0 406mm
• Firing range (km)	19.62
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	2
• 180° turn time (sec)	45.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Standard BB dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 10 × range(km) + 60
• Sigma	1.9
• Maximum dispersion (m)	275
• Dispersion at 5 km	110
• Dispersion at 10 km	160
• Dispersion at 15 km	210
• Dispersion at 19.62 km	256

HE SHELL
• Name	406 mm HE/HC Mk13
• Maximum damage	5700
• Fire chance (%)	36.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	820
• Shell weight (kg)	862
• Penetration (mm)	68

AP SHELL
• Name	406 mm AP Mk8
• Maximum damage	13500
• Shell velocity (m/s)	762
• Shell weight (kg)	1225
• 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)	7.0

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	127 mm HE Mk32
• Arrangement	2x127mm
• 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

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
127 mm	10 × 2
76 mm	14 × 2
20 mm	15 × 2

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	175	70%	2.0
Mid-range	469	75%	4.0
Long-range	175	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
8	2300	75%	3.5–5.8

Aircraft

DIVE BOMBERS
• Hit points	2630
• Speed (kt)	135
• Squadron size	5
• Size of attacking flight	5
• Aircraft on deck	5
• Preparation time (sec)	7.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Bomb name	PAPB102_DELAWARE_TOP
• Bomb type	BOMB
• Bombs in payload	2
• Bomb damage	7300
• Squadrons	1

Compatible Upgrades

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

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (20.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 404 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Patrol Fighter  (3 charges, 90.0s action, 70.0s cooldown)

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  Bird Cry, available in the "Nian Paradox" event.

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