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Maine

Beta
U.S.A. · Tier VIII · Battleship · Tech Tree: Fast Battleships
Mid-range battleship anchorHold a mid-range lane and trade with the enemy line.
Playstyle
  • Take positions early where the guns can cover objectives and punish broadside targets
  • Use the improved survivability to absorb useful pressure, not to sail into crossfires
  • Avoid: Do not confuse better hull HP with invulnerability
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Playstyle

Overview

Maine is a Tier VIII American battleship that received official survivability improvements after underperforming, increasing hull HP while reducing component HP. Play her as a durable fire-support battleship that anchors a lane through steady main-battery pressure.

Positioning

Take positions early where the guns can cover objectives and punish broadside targets. Use the improved survivability to absorb useful pressure, not to sail into crossfires.

Potato Avoidance

Confuse better hull HP with invulnerability

Maine still needs angles, support, and disciplined target selection.

Acquisition

How to get Maine

Maine is available in the Fast 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.

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U.S. Tech Tree

Maine sits in the Fast Battleships branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S. tree.

U.S. fast battleships trade some of their deep citadel protection for speed, but they remain fully-fledged battleships. Their long-range main battery and adaptability make them suitable for almost any situation.
Advantages
Adaptable, Long-range main battery guns
Disadvantages
Low-velocity shells, Poor maneuverability
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Stats and specs

Maine stats

Detailed specs are not available for this ship. This ship is not in our current spec dataset. It may be a limited or legacy variant, a recent release we have not added yet, or a special edition that runs separately from the standard roster. In the meantime, you can look up Maine on the Wargaming wiki. If you own this ship and would like us to add full specs, let us know.

Balance History

Balance updates affecting Maine. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×12Buff ×3Rework ×1
2023-03-02

Ministry of Balance Reports: Buffs, Nerfs, and Commanders

  • HP for stock hull increased from 70,000 to 72,000.
  • Bow HP reduced from 12,500 to 3,800.
  • Casemate HP reduced from 33,000 to 9,800.
  • Stern HP reduced from 16,750 to 5,000.
  • Hull component HP reduced from 72,200 to 54,000.
  • Magazine HP reduced from 48,200 to 36,000.
  • Steering gear HP reduced from 28,900 to 21,600.
  • Superstructure HP reduced from 10,000 to 3,000.
  • HP for upgraded hull increased from 77,000 to 80,000.
  • Bow HP reduced from 12,500 to 4,200.
  • +4 more official change lines in the source post.
Read the full official post
Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Maine can equip, from in-game data.

Primary official WG sources

Filtered to official World of Warships: Legends pages where this ship is a focus, reward, line member, or high-context variant mention.

2022-07-14 · Official ship feature / stats Strive for Greatness: Tier VIII development blog Official source 2022-07-21 · Patch notes Anniversary Update: New Horizons Patch notes 2025-06-26 · Patch notes July Update: Of Stars and Freedom Patch notes