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Wisconsin

Also called: 威斯康星 Beta

U.S.A. · Tier VIII · Battleship · Premium

Fast battleshipA fast-mover: reposition between lanes and strike first where peers cannot reach.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 32.5 kn to rotate to the cap that needs a second battleship rather than the one your team already has
Avoid: Using the 32.5-kn speed to push rather than to rotate

Key characteristics

2 sigma accuracyStrong AAReload BoosterSpotter planeDefensive AALow AP DPM

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Community Data

Wisconsin Community Stats

Across 18,000+ Standard battles from 330+ players, Wisconsin averages a 65% win rate, 101,000 damage and 1.2 kills per battle, and survives 47% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Wisconsin is a Tier VIII American fast battleship at 32.5 kn built as a long-range sniper: unusually accurate guns plus an unlimited-charge Main Battery Reload Booster make the kit burst salvos onto broadsides from stand-off range. Mobility lets her rotate flanks battleship-fast, but HP, armor, and concealment are only mediocre - reposition rather than tank. AA (750 AA DPS at 5 km, +100% Defensive AA flak burst) ranks 3 of 32 in T8 BBs: heavy enough to make a careless strike expensive, though not the umbrella that shuts a carrier out of her grid. Standout traits: best DCP duration in T8 BBs (20 s) and best Observation Seaplane duration in T8 BBs (40 s).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 32.5 kn to rotate to the cap that needs a second battleship rather than the one your team already has. Mobility means you can pick which fight you are in; do not waste it by holding center the whole match.

Potato Avoidance

Using the 32.5-kn speed to push rather than to rotate

The mobility advantage is about picking which cap fight you arrive at, not about leading the brawl line; a fast BB that overextends loses HP that the kit cannot trade back.

Signature Traits

Fast for the class ↗

32.5 kt, top decile of T8 BBs. Lets you rotate flanks or escape disengagements.

Tight grouping ↗

Sigma 2, top decile of T8 BBs. More shells land near aim.

Top-tier AA ↗

750 AA DPS, top decile of T8 BBs (median 531).

Thickest plate ↗

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.

Long spotter loiter ↗

40 s Observation Seaplane duration, best of T8 BBs. Spotting + tighter shell grouping stays up longer.

MAIN BATTERY DOWNSIDES ↗

Low AP DPM · 195000 AP
Low HE DPM · 85500 HE

Acquisition

How to get Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition paths: Campaign and Containers. 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.

CampaignEarned in the campaign “Forward for Freedom” (Jun 2025); campaign ships can later return through other limited methods.
ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.

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

Best listed chance for this ship

Mystic Lantern 0.02% Superprize: Premium Ship Event · Mystic Lantern · 1 of 25 ships

Official WG availability sources

Forward for Freedom Campaign Breakdown Campaign Start: 2025-06-30 · End: 2025-08-03
- To successfully complete the Forward for Freedom campaign and unlock U.S. Tier VIII Premium battleship Wisconsin, you must accumulate 2,475 Renown with an active Admiralty Backing.
July Update: Of Stars and Freedom Campaign Start: 2025-06-26
- To obtain Wisconsin, complete 100 campaign milestones over 5 weeks with an active Admiralty Backing, starting June 30.

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Mystic Lantern 0.02% · Superprize: Premium Ship

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Builds

Pair with a commander whose unique skill complements her main armament; check the build tool for current recommendations.

William Sims

WG official

InspirationsOtto Ciliax · Paolo di Revel

WG official build from Through the Spy Glass: Wisconsin.

Source: Through the Spy Glass: Wisconsin

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship William Sims

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Cohort position

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Where Wisconsin 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.

Top 10%Max speed32.5 kt (2/33) Top 10%Main dispersion194 m (4/33) Top 10%AA DPS750 (3/33) Top 25%Sigma2 (5/33) Top 25%Acceleration (0-12 kt)12.9 s (8/33) Top 25%Engine power212,000 hp (6/33) Top 25%Power / turn radius230.4 hp/m (5/33) Top 25%Power-to-weight3.57 hp/t (7/33) Top 25%AA threat2,462 (5/33) Top 25%Flak damage per salvo (expected)1,800 (7/33) Top 25%Repair heal rate0.66 %/s (9/33) Top 25%Max armor439 mm (5/33) Bottom 25%Fires per minute5.4 (27/31) Bottom 25%AP DPM195,000 (30/33) Bottom 25%Secondary HE alpha1,800 (25/31) Bottom 25%AP velocity762 m/s (27/33) Bottom 25%Citadel belt297 mm (27/31) Bottom 10%Main battery reload36 s (31/33) Bottom 10%HE DPM85,500 (29/31) Bottom 10%Secondary HE pen21 mm (29/31) Bottom 10%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)129,765 (29/31) WorstSecondary fire chance5% (1 of 4 tied) WorstSecondary range5 km (1 of 16 tied) WorstNo torpedoes (26 of 33 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Wisconsin -- 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 points75,500 HP(16/33) Concealment15.84 km(21/33) Smoke fire bloom15.28 km(20/33) Air detection12.67 km(19/33) Rudder shift17.3 s(25/33) Turning circle920 m(25/33) Main battery caliber406 mm(19/33) Main battery range17.38 km(11/33) HE shell damage5,700(19/31) HE fire chance36%(15/31) AP shell damage13,000(15/33) Secondary DPM (per side)180,000(25/33) HE velocity820 m/s(17/31) Time to 90% speed34.7 s(15/33) AP arming threshold68 mm(17/33) Displacement59,331 t(24/33) AP pen at 10 km621 mm(16/33) AA range5 km(19/33) Repair charges3(14/33) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(24 of 33 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.033 s(30 of 33 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(29 of 33 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(29 of 33 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(32 of 33 tied at this value) NormBow armor32 mm(29 of 31 tied at this value) NormStern armor32 mm(29 of 31 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points75,500

Displacement59,331 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.

262.8 x 32.95 m

Armor range6–439 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 16, 19, 25, 32, 38, 50, 51, 58, 76, 127, 142, 152, 157, 163, 179, 181, 184, 287, 297, 307, 343, 368, 439 mm

Armor material/layer entries61

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 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 × 75,500 HP = 13,590 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 × 75,500 HP = 15,100 HP on this ship.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.2 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 40%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

40%

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.

40,600

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.

22,700

Effective HP

Base 75,500 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.0066 of max HP per second (0.66%) × 28 s × 75,500 HP = 13,952 HP per charge, × 3 charges = 41,857 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.

83,889–117,357

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 × 3,300 = 6,600), 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.

3,300

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 × 9,800 = 19,600), 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.

9,800

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 × 56,600 = 113,200), 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.

56,600

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 × 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 ×. 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.

5,100

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 × 4,500 = 9,000), 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.

4,500

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: 406 mm Mk7

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 9 barrels

Reload time36 s

Firing range17.4 km

Turret traverse4 °/s

Turret armor432 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 ±149°, ±140°

Guns to bear

180° − 149° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 31° 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.

31° off bow / 40° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Dispersion type

In practice: 17% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 17% less vertical spread at max range (17.4 km) than a standard battleship: about 194 m wide × 116 m tall, against 234 m × 140 m. Also on this curve (56): Al Ägir, Alaska, Alaska B, Anhalt, BA Utnapishtim's Ship, Borodino, Brest, Carnot, Champagne, Cherbourg, Congress, Ägir and 44 more.

Improved battleship & large 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{17380}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 194 m

194 m at 17.4 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 194 \cdot 0.6 = 116.4 m

116.4 m at 17.4 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 194 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 58.2 m

58.2 m at 17.4 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 116.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 34.9 m

34.9 m at 17.4 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

45 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 9 broadside guns x 60 / 36 s base reload = 15. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 9 broadside guns x 60 / 32.429 s (32.4 s = 227 ticks) all-upgrades reload (36 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 32.4 s) = 16.7.

Initial: 15 → 16.7

HE shells

HE alpha5,700

HE Velocity820 m/s

Fire Chance36%

HE fire DPM vs T8 BB44265

Effective HE DPM vs T8 BB129765

HE penetration

68 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

68 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

5,700 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 51,300.

51,300

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 51,300 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 36 s base reload = 85,500. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 51,300 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32.429 s (32.4 s = 227 ticks) all-upgrades reload (36 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 32.4 s) = 94,916.

Initial: 85,500 → 94,916

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 15 shells/min × 0.36 (36% fire chance) = 5.4. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 16.7 shells/min × 0.36 (36% fire chance) = 5.99.

Initial: 5.4 → 5.99

AP shells

AP alpha13,000

AP Velocity762 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold68 mm

AP pen max range528 mm

AP overmatch

floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

28 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 2380 \cdot 1225^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot 762^{1.38} = 800.5 mm

800.5 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17.4 km), where the shell has slowed to 563.7 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2380 \cdot 1225^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {563.7}^{1.38} = 528.1 mm

528.1 mm at 17.4 km

AP full-salvo alpha

13,000 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 117,000.

117,000

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 117,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 36 s base reload = 195,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 117,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32.429 s (32.4 s = 227 ticks) all-upgrades reload (36 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 32.4 s) = 216,476.

Initial: 195,000 → 216,476

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.

400

AA Defense

AA mount points69

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.

5 km

40 mm Bofors Mk220×4 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk.449×1 20mm

127 mm Mk32 (DP)

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

10×2 127mm

Guns127 mm Mk32 (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 129 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

129

Range5 km

Guns40 mm Bofors Mk2

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 146 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 383 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

383

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 129 + Medium 383 = 512

512

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk.4

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 97 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 238 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

238

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 129 + Medium 383 + Near 238 = 750

750

AA explosions

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.

2 per salvo, 4 clouds each + 2 outer clouds

Cloud damage

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

240

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 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.

2.5-5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts10

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

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: 10×2 127 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).

180,000

Secondary fire DPM vs T8 BB (per side)

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.

40,986

Total secondary DPM vs T8 BB (per side)

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.

220,986

127 mm Mk32 (DP)

Dual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.

10×2 127mm

Caliber127 mm

Reload time6 s

HE alpha1,800

Muzzle Velocity792 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

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.

HE Pen21 mm

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Standard

Max secondary dispersion @ 5 km

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

315 m

Maneuverability

Engine power212,000 hp

Maximum speed32.5 kt

Turning circle radius920 m

Rudder shift time17.3 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 = 32.5 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.0 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

13.0 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.

45.9 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

7.5 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (29.2 kt of 32.5 kt).

34.7 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (32.2 kt of 32.5 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.

54.7 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 3.8°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 4 − 3.8 = +0.2°/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 (+0.2°/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): 15.84 km x 0.955 = 15.13 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

15.84 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 15.84 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 15.13 km.

15.13 km

Detectability by air12.67 km

Smoke firing penalty15.28 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 15.84 km) = 17.38 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

17.38 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 12.67 km + gun-firing bloom 8.12 km = 20.79 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 406 mm × 0.020 = 8.12 km.

20.79 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 15.84 km + 2.0 km while burning = 17.84 km.

17.84 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 12.67 km + 3.0 km while burning = 15.67 km.

15.67 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 · 13,952 HP (18.5% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.0066 of max HP per second (0.66%) × 28 s effective active time = 0.185 of max HP × 75,500 HP = 13,952 HP: up to 18.5% of max HP restored per charge.
· 41,856 HP (55.5% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.185 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.555 × 75,500 HP = 41,856 HP: up to 55.5% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 498 HP/s (0.66% of max HP) heal per second
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0.0066 (0.66% of max HP) × 75,500 HP = 498 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 Fighter4 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 Seaplane4 charges · 200 s reload · 40 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping

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

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Main Battery Reload Booster∞ charges · 180 s reload · 20 s active · +65% reload boost

Defensive AA Fire4 charges · 120 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.

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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 BB17% tighter H · 17% shorter V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (17.4 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 194 / 234 m − 1 = -17%, vertical 116 / 140 m − 1 = -17%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km90 m

(166.7 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 90 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 km132 m

(333.3 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 132 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 km174 m

(500 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 174 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 km33.5 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17380 = 8690$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17380 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{8690} = 0.3726$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.3726 = 33.5 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km68 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17380 = 8690$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17380 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8690}{17380 - 8690} = 0.5151$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 132 \cdot 0.5151 = 68 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km99.6 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17380 = 8690$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17380 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 8690}{17380 - 8690} = 0.5726$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 174 \cdot 0.5726 = 99.6 m$ .

AP pen 5 km704 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2380 \cdot 1225^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {693.9}^{1.38} = 704 mm$ , where 693.9 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 km621 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2380 \cdot 1225^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {634.2}^{1.38} = 621 mm$ , where 634.2 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 km554 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2380 \cdot 1225^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {583.8}^{1.38} = 554 mm$ , where 583.8 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.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.05 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.29 \cdot {0.406}^{2}}{8 \cdot 862} = 2.18 \times 10^{- 5}$ . 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.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.23 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.29 \cdot {0.406}^{2}}{8 \cdot 1225} = 1.53 \times 10^{- 5}$ . 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.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)9

3 mounts × 3 barrels = 9; all 9 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,380

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 mass1,225 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 coefficient0.29

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 velocity820 m/s

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

idealRadius10

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

minRadius1.6

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 range129

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors 20x4 -> 383 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 49x1 -> 238 DPS @ 2 km; 5in38 Mk32 Mod12 10x2 -> 129 DPS @ 5 km.

AA DPS layered by range129 DPS @ 5 km, 512 DPS @ 3.5 km, 750 DPS @ 2 km

@ 5 km: 129 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 383 + 129 = 512; @ 2 km: 383 + 238 + 129 = 750. 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-blank750

383 + 238 + 129 = 750 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index2462

383 × 3.5 + 238 × 2 + 129 × 5 = 2462. 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

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.

Max HE fire chance5%

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.

Max HE pen21 mm

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.

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Background

Wisconsin is an Iowa-class battleship and one of the last battleships commissioned worldwide. She participated in the late Pacific campaign, escorting carriers and shelling fortifications. Beyond World War II, she engaged in conflicts in Korea and the Persian Gulf. After colliding with a destroyer in 1956, she was repaired using the bow section of her unfinished sister ship, USS Kentucky. Since 2001, Wisconsin has been a museum ship in Norfolk.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 75,500, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern32 mm

Overmatched by 7 AP guns here: Incomparable SE 25IncomparableYamato and 4 more. Angling still helps against the rest.

Belt / citadel307 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 40%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	32 mm primary (range 32–50 mm)	3,300 (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)	439 mm primary (range 16–439 mm)	56,600 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches439 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	32 mm primary (range 6–343 mm)	4,500 (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 38–297 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	19 mm	5,100 (7% 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	40,600 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 (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	22,700 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 Wisconsin can equip.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
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