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Seattle

Also called: 西雅图 Beta

U.S.A. · Tier VIII · CL Cruiser · Tech Tree: Fire-Starting Light Cruisers

HE fire-spam cruiserGuns farm HE fires and sustained DPM; Surveillance Radar sets cap fights on top.

Playstyle

Hold cover beside a contested cap, close enough that an island can break sightline when focus shifts
Avoid: Using radar like a destroyer hunter rather than a position tool

Key characteristics

Radar (9 km)High HE / fire outputHigh AP DPMLobs over islandsSpotter planeWeak torp belt

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Community Data

Seattle Community Stats

Across 1,900+ Standard battles from 110+ players, Seattle averages a 60% win rate, 70,000 damage and 0.9 kills per battle, and survives 45% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Seattle is a Tier VIII American light cruiser whose 152mm guns bring 15.3 fires a minute (1st of 29). Surveillance Radar (9 km) is the cap-control consumable on top, so she sets fights as well as winning them. Both shells run cohort-strong (top-decile AP at 383,478 AP DPM and top-decile HE at 252,000 HE DPM), making her a dual-threat gunship: keep AP up against broadsides and citadels, and switch to HE against bow-in ships, superstructures, and the thin or angled targets AP over-penetrates or bounces off. Standout traits: best AA reach in T8 CAs (6 km, 4th of 36) and high-arc HE shells in T8 CAs (27.1°, 3rd of 31). The trade is weak torp belt in T8 CAs (4, 35th of 36).

Positioning

Hold cover beside a contested cap, close enough that an island can break sightline when focus shifts. Radar reaches 9 km, so the drop only pays once you are near enough to use it: push it when the destroyer fight is yours, not to fish for a lone kill, or the next push has no answer to smoke or vision. Your guns lose penetration at range, so aim AP at broadsides you can still citadel and put HE into superstructures and upper-hull sections, rather than the bow-in or belt armor your shells bounce and shatter on.

Potato Avoidance

Using radar like a destroyer hunter rather than a position tool

The consumable's value is locking down a cap your team can take, not stealing a single salvo on a lone DD. Burn it early to fish for a kill and the next push has no answer to smoke or vision. Yours reaches 9 km for 35 s, which is the whole window your team gets to act on what it shows.

Signature Traits

Surveillance Radar

9 km range, 35 s duration. Detects all enemy ships within a fixed radius regardless of line-of-sight. Controls caps and punishes smoke-firing DDs.

LOBBING BATTERY ↗

HE DPM machine · 252000 HE
AP DPM machine · 383478 AP
High fire pressure · 15.34 fires/min
High-arc HE shells · 27.09°
Fire-starter cruiser

Long-reach AA ↗

6 km AA reach, best of T8 CAs.

Weak torp belt ↗

4% torpedo damage reduction, bottom decile of T8 CAs. Torps hit for closer to their printed damage.

Slow AP shells ↗

762 m/s AP muzzle velocity, bottom quartile of T8 CAs. Lobby trajectory, more lead, easier to dodge at range.

Acquisition

How to get Seattle

Seattle is available in the Fire-Starting Light Cruisers 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.

While you save up, check active promo codes for free doubloons, camouflages, and other rewards.

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U.S. Tech Tree

Seattle sits in the Fire-Starting Light Cruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S. tree.

U.S. light cruisers are perfect for starting fires with hails of high-explosive shells thanks to their numerous rapid-firing guns, but they lack torpedoes entirely. Starting from Tier VII, they bring Radar and Sonar together to the battle to detect hidden enemy warships.

Advantages: High rate of fire, Long-duration Radar starting at Tier VII
Disadvantages: Low-velocity shells, Poor protection

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Official WG availability sources

March Update: Seeing Green Tech tree line Start: 2023-03-02
- These will become researchable starting March 6, with the list including the following boats:
- American cruiser Seattle

Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Seattle sits among Tier VIII CAs (35 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.

BestFires per minute15.34 (1/29) BestAA range6 km (1 of 7 tied) Top 10%HE DPM252,000 (2/29) Top 10%AP DPM383,478 (3/35) Top 10%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)377,745 (2/29) Top 25%Smoke fire bloom6.3 km (10/36) Top 25%Rudder shift8.7 s (9/36) Top 25%Main battery reload6.5 s (9/36) Top 25%Main dispersion138.8 m (10/36) Top 25%AP arming threshold25 mm (9/35) Bottom 25%Hit points43,600 HP (28/36) Bottom 25%Main battery caliber152 mm (29/36) Bottom 25%Main battery range15.34 km (29/36) Bottom 25%HE velocity812 m/s (25/29) ShorterAP fuse timer0.01 s (31/35) Bottom 25%AP pen at 10 km130 mm (31/35) Bottom 25%Citadel belt102 mm (29/36) WorstNo secondaries (9 of 36 in cohort) WorstAP velocity762 m/s (1 of 6 tied) WorstNo torpedoes (15 of 36 in cohort) WorstRepair heal rate0.5 %/s (1 of 17 tied)

See 23 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for Seattle -- 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.

Max speed33 kt(23/36) Concealment12.78 km(19/36) Air detection7.67 km(20/36) Turning circle750 m(13/36) Sigma2.05(17/36) HE fire chance14%(18/29) AP shell damage3,500(26/35) Time to 90% speed25.2 s(13/36) Acceleration (0-12 kt)9.1 s(19/36) Engine power125,000 hp(18/36) Power / turn radius166.7 hp/m(17/36) Displacement17,675 t(11/36) Power-to-weight7.07 hp/t(12/36) AA DPS525(14/36) AA threat1,856(19/36) Flak damage per salvo (expected)1,764(26/36) Max armor152 mm(21/36) Bow armor25 mm(20/36) Stern armor25 mm(21/36) NormAP ricochet start45°(25 of 35 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(24 of 35 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(32 of 36 tied at this value) NormRepair charges2(33 of 36 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 41,800 → 43,600

Displacement17,675 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.

202.1 x 20.88 m, draft 7.1 m

Armor range13–152 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 25, 27, 32, 40, 51, 63, 89, 102, 127, 152 mm

Armor material/layer entries49

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.6004 fire coefficient = 40%. 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.

40%

Fire duration30 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 30 s = 0.09 of the pool; 0.09 × 43,600 HP = 3,924 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: 0.0025 of max HP per second (0.25%) × 40 s = 0.1 of the pool; 0.1 × 43,600 HP = 4,360 HP on this ship.

0.25% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.32 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 4%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

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.

21,800

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.

13,100

Effective HP

Base 43,600 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 43,600 HP = 6,104 HP per charge, × 2 charges = 12,208 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. Repair Party is one choice in its slot on this ship, so this applies only if you take it.

55,808

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel33%

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 × 2,500 = 5,000), 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.

2,500

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 × 5,300 = 10,600), 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.

5,300

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 × 32,700 = 65,400), 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.

32,700

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 × 2,500 = 5,000), 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.

2,500

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 × 2,700 = 5,400), 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.

2,700

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

These main guns are dual-purpose: they also fire at aircraft and feed the AA Defense card.

ModuleArtillery: 12×152 mm

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 12 barrels

Reload time6.5 s

Firing range (base)13.9 km

Firing range (top fire control)15.3 km

Turret traverse8 °/s

Turret armor178 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.

3x ±145°, ±132°

Guns to bear

180° − 145° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 35° off bow; 180° − 132° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 48° 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.

35° off bow / 48° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)2.05

Dispersion type

In practice: the baseline curve for a standard cruiser -- at max range (15.3 km) shells land in an ellipse about 139 m wide and 83 m tall. Also on this curve (215): AL Baltimore, AL Chapayev, AL Cheshire, AL Harbin, AL Montpelier, AL Tallinn, AL Zara, Aberdeen, Accord, Agano, Albemarle, Algérie and 203 more.

Standard cruiser

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{15339.5}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 138.8 m

138.8 m at 15.3 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 138.8 \cdot 0.6 = 83.3 m

83.3 m at 15.3 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 138.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2.05} = 40.6 m

40.6 m at 15.3 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 83.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2.05} = 24.4 m

24.4 m at 15.3 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 8 deg/s traverse speed = 22.5 s.

22.5 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 12 broadside guns x 60 / 6.571 s (6.5 s = 46 ticks) base reload = 109.6. All upgrades (top hull shells + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 12 broadside guns x 60 / 6 s (5.9 s = 42 ticks) all-upgrades reload (6.5 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 5.9 s) = 120.

Initial: 109.6 → 120

HE shells

HE alpha2,200 → 2,300

HE Velocity812 m/s

Fire Chance12% → 14%

HE fire DPM vs T8 BB107775

Effective HE DPM vs T8 BB348819

HE penetration

30 mm = 152 mm caliber / 5.07 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

30 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

Zero upgrades: 2,200 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 26,400. All upgrades (top hull shells + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 2,300 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 27,600.

Initial: 26,400 → 27,600

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 26,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.571 s (6.5 s = 46 ticks) base reload = 241,043. All upgrades (top hull shells + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 27,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s (5.9 s = 42 ticks) all-upgrades reload (6.5 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 5.9 s) = 276,000.

Initial: 241,043 → 276,000

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 109.6 shells/min × 0.14 (14% fire chance) = 15.34. All upgrades (top hull shells + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 120 shells/min × 0.14 (14% fire chance) = 16.8.

Initial: 15.34 → 16.8

AP shells

AP alpha3,200 → 3,500

AP Velocity762 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold25 mm

AP pen max range96 mm

AP overmatch

floor(152 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

10 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 2445 \cdot 59^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 762^{1.38} = 290.2 mm

290.2 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 340.4 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2445 \cdot 59^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {340.4}^{1.38} = 95.4 mm

95.4 mm at 15.3 km

AP full-salvo alpha

Zero upgrades: 3,200 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 38,400. All upgrades (top hull shells + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 3,500 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 42,000.

Initial: 38,400 → 42,000

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 38,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.571 s (6.5 s = 46 ticks) base reload = 350,609. All upgrades (top hull shells + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 42,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s (5.9 s = 42 ticks) all-upgrades reload (6.5 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 5.9 s) = 420,000.

Initial: 350,609 → 420,000

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 pointsInitial: 30 → 36

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

6 km

40 mm Bofors Mk2Initial: 40 mm Bofors Mk1 (12×2) → 40 mm Bofors Mk2 (12×4)

20 mm Oerlikon Mk4Initial: 18×1 → 24×1 20mm

Gunsmain battery (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 94 from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

Range6 km

Guns40 mm Bofors Mk2

Continuous DPS

Initial: 65 × 3.5 × 0.9 = 205 → 90 × 3.5 × 0.9 = 284. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 205 → 284

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 94 + Medium 284 = 378

378

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk4

Continuous DPS

Initial: 37 × 3.5 × 0.85 = 110 → 49 × 3.5 × 0.85 = 146. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 110 → 146

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 94 + Medium 284 + Near 146 = 524

524

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 3 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 7 clouds per salvo × 280 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.

3 per salvo, 2 clouds each + 1 outer cloud

Cloud damage

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

280

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.

90%

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 main battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.

Main 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 6 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.

2.5-6 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power125,000 hp

Maximum speed33.0 kt

Turning circle radius750 m

Rudder shift timeInitial: 12.1 s → 8.7 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 33 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.2 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

13.2 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.

28.7 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

11.6 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (29.7 kt of 33.0 kt).

25.2 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (32.7 kt of 33.0 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.

40.5 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 5.2°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 8 − 5.2 = +2.8°/s, so the guns hold the target through the turn. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

hold target (+2.8°/s spare)

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 12.78 km x 0.955 = 12.2 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

12.78 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 12.78 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 12.2 km.

12.2 km

Detectability by air7.67 km

Smoke firing penalty6.3 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 12.78 km) = 15.34 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

15.34 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 7.67 km + gun-firing bloom 3.04 km = 10.71 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 152 mm × 0.020 = 3.04 km.

10.71 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 12.78 km + 2.0 km while burning = 14.78 km.

14.78 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 7.67 km + 3.0 km while burning = 10.67 km.

10.67 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active

Choose one

Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 98 s active · 4.68 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{156 \times 30}{1000} = 4.68 km$
· 3.27 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{109 \times 30}{1000} = 3.27 km$

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · ×2 flak burst boost
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Repeats the flak burst pattern ×2 within each salvo - more clouds in the air over the salvo, at the same spots.

Surveillance Radar2 charges · 150 s reload · 35 s active · 9 km radar range
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{300 \times 30}{1000} = 9 km$

Choose one

Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 6,104 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 × 43,600 HP = 6,104 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 12,208 HP (28% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 2 charges = 0.28 × 43,600 HP = 12,208 HP: up to 28% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 218 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 43,600 HP = 218 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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

Module options (2)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points41,800 → 43,600
Rudder shift12.1 → 8.7 s
AA mounts30 → 36
Close-range AA DPS102 → 139

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range13,945 → 15339.5 m

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 cruiserStandard

The standard cruiser dispersion curve.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km67.5 m

(166.7 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 67.5 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 km102 m

(333.3 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 102 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 width @ 15 km136.5 m

(500 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 136.5 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.

Shell scatter height @ 5 km26.7 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15339.5 = 7670$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15339.5 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{7670} = 0.3956$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 67.5 \cdot 0.3956 = 26.7 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km54.1 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15339.5 = 7670$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15339.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7670}{15339.5 - 7670} = 0.5304$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5304 = 54.1 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km81.3 m

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:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15339.5 = 7670$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15339.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 7670}{15339.5 - 7670} = 0.5956$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 136.5 \cdot 0.5956 = 81.3 m$ .

AP pen 5 km191 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2445 \cdot 59^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {563.5}^{1.38} = 191 mm$ , where 563.5 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 pen 10 km130 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2445 \cdot 59^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {425.2}^{1.38} = 130 mm$ , where 425.2 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 pen 15 km97 mm

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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2445 \cdot 59^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {344.5}^{1.38} = 97 mm$ , where 344.5 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.

AP flight time @ 10 km6.52 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.322 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 59} = 4.95 \times 10^{- 5}$ . 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.

HE flight time @ 10 km6.44 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 47.6} = 5.72 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 812 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)12

4 mounts × 3 barrels = 12; all 12 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,445

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 mass59 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 coefficient0.322

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

AP muzzle velocity762 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity812 m/s

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

idealRadius8

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

minRadius1.1

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 range95

Only families that reach 6 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors 12x4 -> 284 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 24x1 -> 146 DPS @ 2 km; Far AA (?) -> 95 DPS @ 6 km.

AA DPS layered by range95 DPS @ 6 km, 379 DPS @ 3.5 km, 525 DPS @ 2 km

@ 6 km: 95 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 284 + 95 = 379; @ 2 km: 284 + 146 + 95 = 525. 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-blank525

284 + 146 + 95 = 525 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index1856

284 × 3.5 + 146 × 2 + 95 × 6 = 1856. 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

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Background

One of the first versions of a U.S. Navy light cruiser with a dual-purpose 6-inch (152 mm) artillery as the main battery. Further development of the project led to the creation of Worcester-class cruisers.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 41,800 → 43,600 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern25 mm

Overmatched by 102+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel102 mm

Thin belt: battleship AP citadels straight through it broadside. Rely on angle, speed and concealment, never sit flat.

Farming25 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 40%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	25 mm primary (range 25–40 mm)	2,500 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bismarck, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	89 mm primary (range 16–89 mm)	32,700 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches89 mm: standard HE shatters; improved HE (DE / FR BB) pens from 356mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	25 mm primary (range 25–152 mm)	2,700 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bismarck, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	102 mm primary (range 13–102 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	25 mm primary (range 25–152 mm)	2,500 (6% 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	21,800 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.
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	13,100 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

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Every custom exterior Seattle can equip.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes permanent camouflage for SeattleStars and Stripes

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