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Nevada

Also called: 内华达 Beta

U.S.A. · Tier IV · Battleship · Tech Tree: Heavy Battleships

Bow-tank battleshipAngle bow-in and absorb; the armor holds a lane peer battleships cannot push through.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat
Avoid: Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

Key characteristics

356 mm AP overmatchHeavy AP penSpotter planeThickest plateHeavy AP shellsSlow

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Community Data

Nevada Community Stats

Across 9,500+ Standard battles from 390+ players, Nevada averages a 59% win rate, 53,000 damage and 1.1 kills per battle, and survives 40% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Nevada is a Tier IV American bow-tank battleship: top-decile bow and deck plate shrugs what peer guns cannot crack, so she holds the line bow-in and soaks fire while the team trades around her. Standout traits: best AP overmatch threshold in T4 BBs (24.8 mm, 5th of 24) and best heavy AP shells in T4 BBs (10,300, 3rd of 24). The trade is top speed in T4 BBs (20 kt, 23rd of 24).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat. Rotate one or two map cells with the team rather than holding solo; a battleship alone on a flank is a free focus target for the enemy. At 20 kn you cannot re-cross the map, so the flank you pick early is the one you fight all game; choose it for where the enemy battleships will end up, not where they start. Once the rudder is over she turns tightly for her cohort (610 m), so a committed turn costs less water than most of what she is fighting.

Potato Avoidance

Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

At 20 kn five minutes of sailing buys about 3.1 km, so a border run costs most of the mid-game and arrives after the fight it was meant to decide. She wins by holding a lane and trading from it: pick the flank before the first salvo, then let the guns do the travelling.

Signature Traits

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Thickest plate · 406 mm
Heavy citadel belt · 330 mm

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Big-caliber AP overmatch · 24.8 mm
Heavy AP shells · 10300 damage
Long-range AP brick · 402.69 mm
Close-range AP brick · 666.5 mm

Tighter secondary dispersion ↗

162 m secondary dispersion at max secondary range, top decile of T4 BBs. Lower is tighter: the auto-fire cone is narrower, so more of each burst lands on the target. This is DISPERSION, not sigma -- secondary sigma is the separate 'Sharp secondaries' trait.

Slow for the class ↗

20 kt, bottom decile of T4 BBs. Hard to rotate flanks or disengage; commit positioning early.

Bow-in or broadside-dead

Angled bow-on, the bow and belt bounce AP that would citadel a flat-side peer -- but show a full broadside even for one salvo and you hand out a citadel. Commit to a lane you can hold angled; you can't afford to swing broadside to dodge torpedoes.

Acquisition

How to get Nevada

Nevada is available in the Heavy Battleships branch of the U.S. Tech Tree for 500,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 100,000 credits. 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.

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U.S. Tech Tree

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

The heavy battleship line starts with Tennessee, focusing on maximum firepower at the cost of speed and flexibility in battle. Plan ahead, pick a position, and punish the enemy with a heavy broadside.

Advantages: Long-range main battery guns, Large main battery salvo
Disadvantages: Slow, Slow reload, Inflexible

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Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Colorado AL New Jersey AL Massachusetts

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Cohort position

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Where Nevada sits among Tier IV BBs (23 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.

BestMain battery caliber356 mm (1 of 9 tied) BestAP shell damage10,300 (1 of 4 tied) BestSecondary dispersion bracket33 (1 of 4 tied) BestMax armor406 mm (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%AP pen at 10 km474 mm (3/24) Top 10%Citadel belt330 mm (3/24) Top 25%Stealth profile12.95 km / 10.36 km (6/24 / 6/24) Top 25%Turning circle610 m (5/24) Top 25%Flak damage per salvo (expected)638 (3/18) Bottom 25%Main battery range14.58 km (20/24) Bottom 25%Main battery reload34 s (21/24) Bottom 25%Time to 90% speed36 s (19/24) WorstMax speed20 kt (1 of 2 tied) WorstAcceleration (0-12 kt)19.9 s (1 of 2 tied) WorstAP arming threshold59 mm (1 of 9 tied) WorstEngine power24,800 hp (1 of 2 tied) WorstPower / turn radius40.7 hp/m (1 of 2 tied) WorstPower-to-weight0.78 hp/t (1 of 2 tied) WorstNo torpedoes (21 of 24 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Nevada -- 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.

Hit points48,200 HP(11/24) Smoke fire bloom11.27 km(15/24) Rudder shift13.4 s(16/24) Sigma1.8(11/24) HE shell damage5,000(11/24) HE fire chance30%(11/24) Fires per minute5.29(14/24) HE DPM88,235(14/24) AP DPM181,765(10/24) Main dispersion205.8 m(12/24) Secondary DPM (per side)171,643(11/24) Secondary HE alpha1,800(15/23) Secondary fire chance9%(13/23) Secondary HE pen21 mm(17/23) AP velocity792 m/s(13/24) HE velocity834 m/s(8/24) Displacement31,706 t(15/24) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)126,512(12/24) AA DPS178(8/23) AA range4.2 km(9/23) AA threat579(8/23) Repair charges3(11/24) Stern armor19 mm(12/24) NormAP fuse timer0.033 s(13 of 24 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(23 of 24 tied at this value) NormSecondary range4 km(14 of 24 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(20 of 24 tied at this value) NormBow armor19 mm(21 of 24 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 41,000 → 48,200

Displacement31,706 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, plus draft. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

180.1 x 32.8 m (ship-model figure)

Armor range13–406 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 25, 30, 38, 51, 76, 127, 267, 273, 330, 343, 406 mm

Armor material/layer entries51

Fire resistance

stock hull: 1 − 0.8668 fire coefficient = 13.3%; top hull: 1 − 0.8335 fire coefficient = 16.6%. Lowers how often hits set you on fire. It does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second; fires burn at the full rate on every ship.

Initial: 13.3% → 16.6%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 60 s = 0.18 of the pool; 0.18 × 48,200 HP = 8,676 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

One unattended flood: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 40 s = 0.2 of the pool; 0.2 × 48,200 HP = 9,640 HP on this ship.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.272 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 18%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

18%

Magazine HP

Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.

24,100

Steering gear HP

Durability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.

14,500

Effective HP

Base 48,200 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 48,200 HP = 6,748 HP per charge, × 3 charges = 20,244 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. In practice ships realize about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent; a charge that is used returns about 97% of the per-charge figure above.

53,556–68,444

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Bow section HP

Damage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,200 = 2,400), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,200

Casemate section HP

Damage saturation pool for the casemate: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 6,200 = 12,400), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

6,200

Auxiliary section HP

Damage saturation pool for the auxiliary room: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 5,100 = 10,200), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

5,100

Hull section HP

Damage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 36,200 = 72,400), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

36,200

Superstructure section HP

Damage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 700 = 1,400), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. The superstructure is not exempt: it saturates exactly like the bow and stern, so shells aimed at it stop dealing full damage once this pool is used up. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

700

Stern section HP

Damage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,300 = 2,600), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,300

Citadel section HP

This section has no practical saturation cap: every hit here keeps dealing its normal share of damage (on most ships the citadel; on many destroyers the casemate).

No saturation cap

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 356 mm Mk9

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 10 barrels

Reload time34 s

Firing range (base)13.3 km

Firing range (top fire control)14.6 km

Turret traverse3 °/s

Turret armor457 mm

Turret traverse arcs

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.

2x ±150°, 2x ±148°

Guns to bear

180° − 148° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 32° off bow; 180° − 150° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 30° 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.

32° off bow / 30° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8

Dispersion type

In practice: the baseline curve for a standard battleship -- at max range (14.6 km) shells land in an ellipse about 206 m wide and 124 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.

Standard battleship

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{14583.8}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2}{1000} + 2) \cdot 30 = 205.8 m

205.8 m at 14.6 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 205.8 \cdot 0.6 = 123.5 m

123.5 m at 14.6 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 205.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 68.6 m

68.6 m at 14.6 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 123.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 41.2 m

41.2 m at 14.6 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 3 deg/s traverse speed = 60 s.

60 s

Shells/min

10 broadside guns x 60 / 34 s base reload = 17.6.

17.6

HE shells

HE alpha5,000

HE Velocity834 m/s

Fire Chance30%

HE fire DPM vs T4 BB38307

Effective HE DPM vs T4 BB126542

HE penetration

59 mm ≈ 356 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

59 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

5,000 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 50,000.

50,000

HE DPM

50,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 34 s base reload = 88,235.

88,235

Fires/min

17.6 shells/min × 0.3 (30% fire chance) = 5.29.

5.29

AP shells

AP alpha10,300

AP Velocity792 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold59 mm

AP overmatch

floor(356 mm caliber / 14.3) = 24 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

24 mm

AP Pen Close

AP formula evaluated at muzzle velocity:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}

= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2604 \cdot {680.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot 792^{1.38} = 708.7 mm

708.7 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 525.9 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2604 \cdot {680.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot {525.9}^{1.38} = 402.8 mm

402.8 mm at 14.6 km

AP full-salvo alpha

10,300 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 103,000.

103,000

AP DPM

103,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 34 s base reload = 181,765.

181,765

AP AOE Radius

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.

AA Defense

AA mount points12

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4.2 km

28 mm Mk2 mod. 2 (upgraded hull only)4×4 28mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk4 (upgraded hull only)8×1 20mm

76.2 mm Mk10 (stock hull only)4×1 76mm

12.7 mm Browning M2 mod. 2 (stock hull only)8×1 13mm

127 mm Mk27 (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

8×1 127mm

Guns127 mm Mk27 (DP)

Continuous DPS

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 79 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range4.2 km

Guns28 mm Mk2 mod. 2

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 17 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 45 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3.1 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 79 + Medium 45 = 124

124

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk4

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 22 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 54 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 79 + Medium 45 + Near 54 = 178

178

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 2 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 5 clouds per salvo × 170 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.

2 per salvo, 2 clouds each + 1 outer cloud

Cloud damage

Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.

170

Cloud spawn chance

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.

75%

Salvo interval

A new flak salvo (the AA explosions above) fires roughly every 2 s.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

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 4.2 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.

2.5-4.2 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts18

Firing range4.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Total secondary fires/min (per side)

Sum of each gun family's fires/min (per side): 2.6 + 4.7 = 7.3. 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.

7.3

Secondary DPM (per side)

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: 10×1 127 mm (5/side) × 60/7 s × 1800 = 77,143 + 8×1 127 mm (4/side) × 60/4.571 s (4.5 s = 32 ticks) × 1800 = 94,500. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

171,643

Secondary fire DPM vs T4 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 7.3 × (1 − 0.166 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 48,200 HP = 52,795. 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.

52,795

Total secondary DPM vs T4 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 171,643 + secondary fire DPM 52,795 = 224,438: shell damage plus fire damage against one T4 battleship, every shell hitting.

224,438

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 33 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Improved (40%, German battlecruiser type)

Max secondary dispersion @ 4 km

4 km × 33 + 30 = 162 m.

162 m

Caliber127 mm

Reload time7 s

HE alpha1,800

Muzzle Velocity960 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

10×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 7 s × 0.06 (6% fire chance) = 2.6. 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.

2.6

HE Pen21 mm

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Caliber127 mm

Reload time4.5 s

HE alpha1,800

Muzzle Velocity657 m/s

Fire Chance9%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

8×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 4.571 s (4.5 s = 32 ticks) × 0.09 (9% fire chance) = 4.7. 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.

4.7

HE Pen21 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power24,800 hp

Maximum speed20.0 kt

Turning circle radius610 m

Rudder shift timeInitial: 20.6 s → 13.4 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 20 / 4 + 4.9 = 9.9 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

9.9 kt

Crash stop

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.

53.1 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.

6.0 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (18.0 kt of 20.0 kt).

36 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (19.8 kt of 20.0 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.

59.2 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 3.3°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 3 − 3.3 = -0.3°/s, so the guns fall behind and catch up once the turn eases. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

fall behind by 0.3°/s

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 12.95 km x 0.955 = 12.37 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

12.95 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 12.95 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 12.37 km.

12.37 km

Detectability by air10.36 km

Smoke firing penalty11.27 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 12.95 km) = 14.58 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

14.58 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 10.36 km + gun-firing bloom 7.12 km = 17.48 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 356 mm × 0.020 = 7.12 km.

17.48 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 12.95 km + 2.0 km while burning = 14.95 km.

14.95 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 10.36 km + 3.0 km while burning = 13.36 km.

13.36 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 20 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 6,748 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s effective active time = 0.14 of max HP × 48,200 HP = 6,748 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 20,244 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.42 × 48,200 HP = 20,244 HP: up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 241 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 48,200 HP = 241 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 60 s active · 5 km patrol radius
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{167 \times 30}{1000} = 5 km$
· 1 squadron size

Observation Seaplane3 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping

Enhanced Secondary Targeting3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

Module options (3)

Stats above use the fully-upgraded modules. These are the research-tree alternatives; trade-offs are flagged.

HullUpgrade

Hit points41,000 → 48,200
Rudder shift20.6 → 13.4 s
Close-range AA DPS32 → 39
Maximum AA range3 → 3.1 km

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range13,258 → 14583.8 m

EngineUpgrade

Time to 12 kt23.6 → 19.9 s

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

vs standard BBStandard

The standard battleship dispersion curve.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km110 m

(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.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km160 m

(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.

Shell scatter height @ 5 km44.6 m

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:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14583.8 = 7292$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14583.8 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{7292} = 0.4057$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 110 \cdot 0.4057 = 44.6 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km85.9 m

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:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14583.8 = 7292$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14583.8 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7292}{14583.8 - 7292} = 0.5371$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 160 \cdot 0.5371 = 85.9 m$ .

AP pen 5 km578 mm

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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2604 \cdot {680.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot {682.9}^{1.38} = 578 mm$ , where 682.9 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 792 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km474 mm

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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2604 \cdot {680.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot {592.2}^{1.38} = 474 mm$ , where 592.2 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 792 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.32 s

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,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.332 \cdot {0.356}^{2}}{8 \cdot 680.4} = 2.43 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 792 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.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.17 s

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,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.325 \cdot {0.356}^{2}}{8 \cdot 578.34} = 2.8 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 834 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.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)10

4 mounts × 2.5 barrels = 10; all 10 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,604

Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.

AP shell mass680.4 kg

Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.

AP drag coefficient0.332

Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.

AP muzzle velocity792 m/s

Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.

HE muzzle velocity834 m/s

Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.

idealRadius12

Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.

minRadius2

Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.

idealDistance1,000 m

Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.

taperDist4,000 m

Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.

radiusOnZero0.2

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.

radiusOnDelim0.5

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.

radiusOnMax0.6

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.

delim0.5

Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range79

Only families that reach 4.2 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 1in Mk2 Mod2 4x4 -> 45 DPS @ 3.1 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 8x1 -> 54 DPS @ 2 km; 5in25 Mk27 8x1 -> 79 DPS @ 4.2 km.

AA DPS layered by range79 DPS @ 4.2 km, 124 DPS @ 3.1 km, 178 DPS @ 2 km

@ 4.2 km: 79 from one family; @ 3.1 km: 45 + 79 = 124; @ 2 km: 45 + 54 + 79 = 178. 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.

AA DPS at point-blank178

45 + 54 + 79 = 178 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index579

45 × 3.1 + 54 × 2 + 79 × 4.2 = 579. 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.

Near aura range2 km

Secondary battery firepower

Max HE alpha1800

max(1800 (127 mm), 1800 (127 mm)) = 1800. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1800 from the 127 mm family.

Max HE fire chance9%

max(6% (127 mm), 9% (127 mm)) = 9%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 9% from the 127 mm family.

Max HE pen21 mm

max(21 mm (127 mm), 21 mm (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.

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Background

A Nevada-class battleship belonging to the first series of the U.S. Navy's Standard-type battleships. She was commissioned in March 1916, and operated in the western Atlantic and the Caribbean until mid-1918, when she went to the British Isles to commence her World War I service.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 41,000 → 48,200 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 77+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel343 mm

Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.

Farming19 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 17%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–30 mm)	1,200 (2% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm19 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)	51 mm primary (range 19–343 mm)	36,200 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches51 mm: most HE shatters, standard pen from 356mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	19 mm primary (range 19–330 mm)	1,300 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	343 mm primary (range 13–330 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	19 mm primary (range 19–406 mm)	700 (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	24,100 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 (28 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)	-0.126 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	14,500 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.

Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Nevada can equip.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
D-Day 80 (Nevada)Permanent Camo
Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes permanent camouflage for NevadaStars and Stripes

Primary official WG sources

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2021-06-18 · Patch notes June-July Update: The Liberty Zeitgeist Patch notes 2024-05-23 · Patch notes June Update: Wings Over Waves Patch notes

Nevada

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Playstyle

Overview

Positioning

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How to get Nevada

Best listed chance for this ship

Builds

Cohort position

Peers in this cohort

Stats & specs

Under the hood

Main battery formulas

Model inputs

AA defense

Secondary battery firepower

Ship Charts

Background

Armor Beta

Skins & permanent camouflages

Primary official WG sources

Signature Traits