Delaware
Also called: 特拉华 Beta- Park 14-17 km from a contested cap with island cover within one rotation of your bow
- The airstrike line wants to cross the cap and the predictable retreat lane
- Avoid: Launching airstrikes at maneuvering targets
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Delaware Community Stats
Across 6,200+ Standard battles from 220+ players, Delaware averages a 63% win rate, 92,700 damage and 1.1 kills per battle, and survives 43% of them.
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Record History
Playstyle
Overview
Delaware is the Tier VIII American airstrike battleship. Her alt-armament fires a torpedo-bomber airstrike in place of shipborne torpedoes: the planes drop a spread of aerial torpedoes on the marked lane, a damage source that does not need line of sight on top of her main battery. Standout traits: armor plate in T8 BBs (439 mm, 5th of 33) and best Observation Seaplane duration in T8 BBs (40 s, 2nd of 20). The trade is low HE DPM in T8 BBs (85,500, 29th of 31).
Positioning
Park 14-17 km from a contested cap with island cover within one rotation of your bow. The airstrike line wants to cross the cap and the predictable retreat lane, both of which favor positions a little further back than a brawler would take. Open-water lanes are pure downside; you do not need line of sight to score with the airstrike, so cover is free upside. A 920 m turning circle is wide for her cohort, so a committed turn gives up a lot of water; plan course changes a salvo ahead.
Potato Avoidance
Launching airstrikes at maneuvering targets
The squadron's travel time is long enough that a healthy DD or cruiser with engine boost simply turns out of the cone. Reserve strikes for capping destroyers, island-huggers, and anyone already tying up with a teammate.
Signature Traits
The alt-armament fires a bomber line in place of torpedoes. Rewards behind-cover positioning with the cap in range.
439 mm on her single heaviest plate, top decile of T8 BBs. Its thickest plate is beyond any HE or AP overmatch in the game, though that is one belt rather than the ship as a whole.
40 s Observation Seaplane duration, best of T8 BBs. Spotting + tighter shell grouping stays up longer.
20 s Damage Control duration, best of T8 BBs. Stays fire / flood immune longer per activation.
85500 HE DPM, bottom quartile of T8 BBs. Don't bank on burn pressure.
~15 s from a stop to 12 kt, bottom decile of T8 BBs. Sluggish rebuild after a turn or a stop, so a full stop or a hard turn leaves it exposed for longer.
How to get Delaware
Delaware is available in the Aviation Battleships branch of the U.S. Tech Tree for 25,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 5,000,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.
History: Early Access Jun 2024 – Jul 2024 (temporary crate drops, now ended).
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Delaware sits in the Aviation Battleships branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S. tree.
U.S. hybrid battleships offer unique torpedo airstrike capabilities compared to conventional battleships, but they make large targets and have more limited gunnery abilities as a trade-off.
- Advantages
- Torpedo Airstrike, Large HP pool
- Disadvantages
- Low-velocity shells, Limited main battery firing angles, Large target
Best listed chance for this ship
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Official WG availability sources
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Strike From the Skies: U.S. Hybrids in Early Access and Our July 4th Event
Early Access
Start: 2024-06-30 · End: 2024-07-31
- During this update, U.S. Tier VI–VIII hybrids are available in Early Access and can be found in USN Hybrid Battleships Big Crates and standard crates.
- By purchasing the crates in the Store for doubloons or Independium (the event currency).
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July Update: Skyward Endeavors
Early Access
2024-06-27
- You can obtain Connecticut, Nebraska, and Delaware from USN Hybrid Battleships crates and USN Hybrid Battleships Big Crates, which will be available in the Store during this update for doubloons or Independium.
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- USN Hybrid Battleships Big Crate 1% · Delaware
- USN Hybrid Battleships Crate 0.02% · Delaware
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Builds
Pair with a commander whose unique skill complements her main armament; check the build tool for current recommendations.
Joseph Reeves
Airstrike specialistReeves carries the full airstrike skill suite (Bird's Eye View range, Sea Wings cruise speed, Naval Aviator torpedo speed + damage, Iron Feathers plane HP). Hawke's Big Game Hunter trait stacks more damage onto airstrikes against BB / CA / CV targets; Worf's Sky Attack trait adds damage to every projectile your aircraft drop (no target restriction). Main battery still does the heavy lifting at range; treat the airstrike as a bonus damage window against committed targets or anyone behind cover.
Joseph Reeves
Cooldown spamSame Reeves skill spine. Riker's Number One trait shaves airstrike cooldown so the squadron is up more often; Hawke's Big Game Hunter trait stacks damage onto the more-frequent strikes against BB / CA / CV targets. Trade a bit of per-strike specialization for more strikes per match. Pairs well when you can park behind island cover with main guns up.
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Cohort position
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Where Delaware sits among Tier VIII BBs (32 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.
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Not standouts for Delaware -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.
Peers in this cohort
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Stats & specs
Customize in the Build Tool →ƒ
How far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing. A rear turret with ±150° leaves a 60° blind wedge over the bow; one-sided arcs are wing mounts that cover a single side. The data does not say which way each mount faces, so the arcs are listed per mount without bow/stern angles.ƒ
180° − 135° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 45° off bow; 180° − 140° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 40° off stern. How far off the bow (or stern) the ship must angle before every main turret can fire: the widest blind wedge among the rear-facing (or forward-facing) mounts, from each mount's trainable arc.ƒ
In practice: the baseline curve for a standard battleship -- at max range (17.3 km) shells land in an ellipse about 233 m wide and 140 m tall. Also on this curve (68): AL New Jersey, Agincourt, Alabama, Alabama B, Arizona, Arkansas, Arkansas FE, Atlântico, BA Montana, Bellerophon, Bourgogne, California and 56 more.ƒ
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model:ƒ
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:ƒ
50%-hit horizontal radius:ƒ
50%-hit vertical radius:ƒ
180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.ƒ
Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 32 s base reload = 15. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 28.857 s (28.8 s = 202 ticks) all-upgrades reload (32 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 28.8 s) = 16.6.HE shells
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68 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).ƒ
5,700 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 45,600.ƒ
Zero upgrades: 45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 85,500. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28.857 s (28.8 s = 202 ticks) all-upgrades reload (32 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 28.8 s) = 94,812.ƒ
Zero upgrades: 15 shells/min × 0.36 (36% fire chance) = 5.4. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 16.6 shells/min × 0.36 (36% fire chance) = 5.99.AP shells
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floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).ƒ
AP formula evaluated at muzzle velocity: .ƒ
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 530.4 m/s: .ƒ
13,100 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 104,800.ƒ
Zero upgrades: 104,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 196,500. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 104,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28.857 s (28.8 s = 202 ticks) all-upgrades reload (32 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 28.8 s) = 217,901.ƒ
AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.ƒ
Initial: 3.5 km → 5 km (stock → upgraded). Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.ƒ
Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.ƒ
Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 123 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.ƒ
Effective DPS: 174 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 457 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.ƒ
Far 123 + Medium 457 = 580ƒ
Initial: 52 × 3.5 × 0.7 = 127 → 49 × 3.5 × 0.7 = 120. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.ƒ
Far 123 + Medium 457 + Near 120 = 700ƒ
Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 2 stray clouds farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 10 clouds per salvo × 240 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next salvo lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the AA explosions within each salvo, and commander skills that raise the Number of AA explosions add to it.ƒ
Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.ƒ
Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so salvos average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.ƒ
A new flak salvo (the AA explosions above) fires roughly every 2 s.ƒ
Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.ƒ
The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so clouds can land short of 2.5 km or past 5 km - once planes get inside the band, new salvos stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.ƒ
Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), with each reload counted in whole 1/7 s ticks (guns fire on the first tick after the reload), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 10×2 127 mm (10/side) × 60/6 s × 1800 = 180,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).ƒ
Fires/min (per side) 5 × (1 − 0.4 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 75,900 HP = 40,986. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.ƒ
Secondary DPM (per side) 180,000 + secondary fire DPM 40,986 = 220,986: shell damage plus fire damage against one T8 battleship, every shell hitting.ƒ
Dual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.ƒ
10×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 6 s × 0.05 (5% fire chance) = 5. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.ƒ
Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.ƒ
5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.ƒ
top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 28.8 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.1 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.ƒ
Seconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. Full reverse stops about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed.ƒ
Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.ƒ
Time to reach 90% of top speed (25.9 kt of 28.78 kt).ƒ
Time to reach 99% of top speed (28.5 kt of 28.78 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.ƒ
With the rudder hard over the hull turns 3.6°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 4 − 3.6 = +0.4°/s, so the guns hold the target through the turn. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.ƒ
Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 15.47 km x 0.955 = 14.77 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.ƒ
Detectability by sea 15.47 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 14.77 km.ƒ
max(main battery range, sea detectability 15.47 km) = 17.31 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.ƒ
Air detectability 12.38 km + gun-firing bloom 8.12 km = 20.5 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 406 mm × 0.020 = 8.12 km.ƒ
Sea detectability 15.47 km + 2.0 km while burning = 17.47 km.ƒ
Air detectability 12.38 km + 3.0 km while burning = 15.38 km.
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 20 s active
Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 10,514 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge) ƒ
0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s effective active time = 0.14 of max HP × 75,100 HP = 10,514 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.ƒ
0.14 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.42 × 75,100 HP = 31,542 HP: up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.ƒ
0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 75,100 HP = 376 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.
Catapult Fighter3 charges · 70 s reload · 60 s active · 5 km patrol radius ƒ
Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000):
Observation Seaplane3 charges · 200 s reload · 40 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping
Under the hood
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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.
The constants behind the formulas and the long tail: shell and dispersion inputs, fixed-range anchors, salvo math, layered AA. Click the formula chip on any row to see how it is calculated.
Main battery formulas
The standard battleship dispersion curve.(166.7 × (12 − 2) / 1000 + 2) × 30 = 110 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.(333.3 × (12 − 2) / 1000 + 2) × 30 = 160 m. How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.(500 × (12 − 2) / 1000 + 2) × 30 = 210 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 5 km, from the same model, comparable from ship to ship. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data: at 0 m, at m, and at 17314 m. Below the kink: , so .How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data: at 0 m, at m, and at 17314 m. Above the kink: , so .How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 15 km, from the same model. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data: at 0 m, at m, and at 17314 m. Above the kink: , so .AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula , where 680.1 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 762 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula , where 609.8 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 762 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.AP penetration at a fixed 15 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula , where 552.5 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 15 km (from 762 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.How long an AP shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 762 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.How long an HE shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 820 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.3 mounts × 2.67 barrels = 8; all 8 bear on the broadside.Model inputs
Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.AA defense
Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 3in50 Twin Mark 33 14x2 -> 457 DPS @ 5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK20 Twin12 15x2 -> 120 DPS @ 2 km; 5in38 Mk32 Mod12 10x2 -> 123 DPS @ 5 km.@ 5 km: 457 + 123 = 580; @ 2 km: 457 + 120 + 123 = 700. Cumulative AA DPS at each family range threshold. Inner ranges stack the outer families, so a target closing the distance hits stronger AA bubbles as it crosses each band.457 + 120 + 123 = 700 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).457 × 5 + 120 × 2 + 123 × 5 = 3140. SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.Secondary battery firepower
The only family (127 mm): 1800. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1800 from the 127 mm family.The only family (127 mm): 5%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 5% from the 127 mm family.The only family (127 mm): 21 mm. Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 21 mm from the 127 mm family.Ship Charts
Background
In the 1940s and 50s, the option of transforming the Iowa-class battleships into hybrid battleship-carriers was considered. A flight deck at least 350 feet long would need to be installed, and it would also be necessary to preserve the ship's combat power. Both requirements could be met by relocating the third turret to the ship's stern and replacing it with a twin-gun turret to compensate for the weight.
Armor Beta
Hull HP 68,800 → 75,100 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.
Overmatched by 7 AP guns here: Incomparable SE 25IncomparableYamato and 4 more. Angling still helps against the rest.
Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.
Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 40%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →
| Section | Plates | HP cap | Threats | Tactic |
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| Bow | 32 mm primary (range 32–50 mm) | 2,800 (4% of HP) | Overmatched by 460mm+ AP (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm32 mm: HE pens from 203mm+ | Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP. |
| Hull (midship) | 19 mm primary (range 16–439 mm) | 56,300 (75% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest. |
| Stern | 32 mm primary (range 6–439 mm) | 4,800 (6% of HP) | Overmatched by 460mm+ AP (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm32 mm: HE pens from 203mm+ | Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation. |
| Citadel | 307 mm primary (range 32–297 mm) | ≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap) | Citadel pen: full damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage | Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. An AP citadel penetration deals the shell's full damage, the biggest single hit available; only over-penetrations are damped, to ×0.10. |
| Superstructure | 6 mm primary (range 6–439 mm) | 800 (1% of HP) | Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage | Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP). |
| Turret (module, per magazine) | separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP | 40,400 magazine HP | Turret knocked out | Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster. |
| Secondary mount (127 mm mount) | separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP | 800 per-mount HP | Destroyed at 0 HP | Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value. |
| AA mount (76 mm mount) | separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP | 200 per-mount HP | Destroyed at 0 HP | Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast. |
| Engine (module, research) | engine coefficient (unconfirmed) | -0.128 research estimate | Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers | Engine durability isn't a per-ship value. This small negative coefficient is non-zero only on battleships, battlecruisers, and the heaviest cruisers, and is exactly zero on every destroyer, so it scales with hull displacement rather than any commander skill. Most likely an engine drag or power term in the same family as the deceleration stats; its exact meaning is not yet confirmed. |
| Rudder (module) | separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP | 22,500 module HP | Incapacitated at 0 HP | When module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party. |
Saturation cap = HP a section can absorb before further damage to it is reduced (the "bow-tank" effect). Citadel pool is ~165k on every ship (effectively no cap); damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead. Superstructure saturates fast but HE always pens regardless of the plate thickness. Rudder (and other module HPs) are a separate pool from ship HP: damaging a module doesn't drain ship HP. Incapacitated modules like the rudder and engine are restored by DCP, but secondary and AA mounts destroyed at 0 HP stay out for the rest of the battle.
Balance History
Balance updates affecting Delaware. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.
Ministry of Balance: Anniversary Tune-Up
- Delaware: credit earnings increased by 5.26%.
Ministry of Balance: Declaration of Changes
- Main battery reload time increased from 30 to 32 seconds.
- Main battery shell grouping reduced by 2.6% (from 1.9 to 1.85 sigma).
- Upgraded Airstrike torpedo speed reduced from 50 to 45 knots.
Ministry of Balance: Trick and Treat
- "Tough" ship trait replaced by "Ironclad".
- Stock hull total health reduced from 69,990 to 68,800:
- Stock hull engine HP reduced from 80,800 to 75,100.
- Stock hull casemate HP reduced from 8,900 to 8,800.
- Stock hull auxiliary room HP reduced from 4,200 to 4,100.
- Stock hull HP reduced from 52,400 to 51,600.
- Stock hull steering gear HP reduced from 21,000 to 20,600.
- Upgraded hull total health reduced from 80,800 to 75,100:
- Upgraded hull engine HP reduced from 80,800 to 75,100.
- Upgraded hull bow HP reduced from 3,100 to 2,800.
- Upgraded hull casemate HP reduced from 10,300 to 9,600.
- Upgraded hull auxiliary room HP reduced from 4,800 to 4,500.
- Upgraded hull stern HP reduced from 5,100 to 4,800.
- Upgraded hull HP reduced from 60,600 to 56,300.
- Upgraded hull steering gear HP reduced from 24,200 to 22,500.
- Upgraded hull superstructure HP reduced from 900 to 800.
- Stock and upgraded hull hangar HP increased from 30,300 to 37,600.
- Stock and upgraded flight deck HP increased from 30,300 to 37,600.
Skins & permanent camouflages
Every custom exterior Delaware can equip.
DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Across the Storm (Delaware)Decorative
Fortune's WingDecorative
Primary official WG sources
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