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Independence is the Tier V American legacy strike carrier. Her squadron at 18 planes is the largest in the cohort (cohort median is 18), so her impact comes from volume waves rather than surgical alpha against a single target. Standout traits: best heavy-pen bombs in T5 CVs (53.4 mm) and best armor plate in T5 CVs (127 mm).
Stay a full map cell behind the brawl line, far enough back that a rotated DD or radar cruiser cannot threaten the hull. Launch from positions where the recall path stays inside your team's AA umbrella, not over open water where intercepting fighters can finish off limping squadrons. Longer trip back, fewer waves per match.
Match impact comes from cycling waves across multiple targets, not committing a dive into layered AA for one battleship. When a target's AA is heavy, route around and find a softer pick rather than burning planes through the wall.
53.4 mm bomb AP penetration, best of T5 CVs. Punches through decks peers' bombs bounce off.
127.0 mm max plate, best of T5 CVs.
20.0 mm stern, best of T5 CVs.
127.0 mm citadel belt, best of T5 CVs. Citadels through angle are rare.
1.4 km torpedo detect, worst of T5 CVs. Targets spot the drop early.
3.5 km AA reach, bottom quartile of T5 CVs. Drops bombs and rockets land before AA bites.
Independence is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition paths: Containers, Doubloons, and Campaign. 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.
Spectral Vault 4.0
0.26087%
Tier V Premium ship
Event containers · Spectral Vault 4.0 · 1 of 23 ships
Spectral Vault 3.0
0.239565%
Tier V Premium ship
Event containers · Spectral Vault 3.0 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 23 ships
Mystic Lantern
0.2%
Tier V Premium ship
Event containers · Mystic Lantern · 1 of 25 ships
Spectral Vault 2.0
0.090043%
Tier V Premium ship
Event containers · Spectral Vault 2.0 · 4 paths combined · 1 of 23 ships
Spectral Vault 1.0
0.019108%
Tier V Premium ship
Event containers · Spectral Vault 1.0 · 7 paths combined · 1 of 23 ships
Mystic Box
0.012%
Tier V Premium ship
Event containers · Mystic Box · 1 of 25 ships
Build around aircraft survivability, restoration, speed, and strike consistency. Current guidance should account for the post-balance plane HP, bomb accuracy, torpedo arming/speed, and damage changes rather than older generic carrier advice.
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Where Independence sits among Tier V CVs (8 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.
Not standouts for Independence -- 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.
Automatic Damage Control Party∞ charges · 90 s reload · 60 s active
Automatic Fighter4 charges · 150 s reload · 55 s active · 5.56 km patrol radius · 4 squadron sizeAll values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.
Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.
Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (74×3.5×1) + (33×3.5×0.95) = 369. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.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.Hull HP 39,000, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.
Overmatched by 90+ guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.
AP can citadel a flat broadside even at range. Stay angled and avoid showing the full side.
Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 23%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the ballistics tool →
| Section | Plates | HP cap | Threats | Tactic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bow | 16 mm primary (range 16–102 mm) | 800 (2% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ (Moltke, Graf Spee)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP. |
| Hull (midship) | 6 mm primary (range 6–127 mm) | 27,500 (71% of HP) | Overmatched by 127mm+ (Nicholas, Fubuki)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest. |
| Stern | 20 mm primary (range 13–51 mm) | 1,400 (4% of HP) | Overmatched by 305mm+ (Indefatigable, Toulon)Angle bounces 283mm20 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation. |
| Citadel | 127 mm primary (range 6–127 mm) | ≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap) | Citadel pen ×0.10 damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage | Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. Damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead (×0.10 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen). |
| Superstructure | 6 mm primary (range 6–127 mm) | 100 (0% 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). |
| AA mount (40 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. |
| Rudder (module) | separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP | 11,000 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.
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