World of Warships - First Look: Tier VIII Premium American Cruiser USS San Diego

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Published on April 18, 2022 5:00:22 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2YIt5QP5Xc

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Here's our First Look at Tier VIII Premium American cruiser USS San Diego. One of the most decorated ships in the USN in World War II, San Diego was originally conceived as a down-tiered variant of USS Austin. Luckily for us, Wargaming has largely discarded that concept and brought us this version... which is more akin to an Italian light cruiser than an American one. Armed with only SAP and AP shells, San Diego also brings some decent AA defenses, a heal, and a reload booster into the mix. Let's talk about what this all means in terms of how the ship will play and how she compares to her contemporaries.

LittleWhiteMouse's thread on San Diego's original concept - https://forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/252384-san-diegos-initial-stats-are-a-flaming-turd/?tab=comments#comment-5703753
LittleWhiteMouse's thread on San Diego's updated concept - https://forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/253294-changes-to-san-diego-20220331-she-still-sucks/

FROM WARGAMING:
Hit points — 27,900. Plating — 16 mm. Fires duration: 30 s.

Main battery — 8x2 127 mm. Firing range — 16.0 km.
Maximum SAP shell damage — 2,400. SAP shell armor penetration - 36 mm. SAP initial velocity — 792 m/s.
Maximum AP shell damage — 2100. HE initial velocity — 792 m/s.

Reload time — 5.0 s. 180 degree turn time - 7.2 s. Maximum dispersion — 144 m. Sigma — 2.05.

Torpedo tubes — 2x4 533 mm. Maximum damage — 16633. Range — 4.5 km. Speed — 65 kt. Reload time — 87 s. Launcher 180 degree turn time — 7.2 s. Torpedo detectability — 1.3 km.

AA defense: 15x1 20.0 mm., 8x2 127.0 mm., 1x4 40.0 mm., 3x2 40.0 mm.
AA defense short-range: continuous damage per second — 116, hit probability — 85 %, action zone — 2.0 km;
AA defense mid-range: continuous damage per second — 91, hit probability — 90 %, action zone — 3.5 km;
AA defense long-range: continuous damage per second - 168, hit probability — 90 %, action zone — 5.8 km;
Number of explosions in a salvo — 7, damage within an explosion — 1,540, action zone 3.5 — 5.8 km.
Maximum speed - 32.5 kt. Turning circle radius - 610 m. Rudder shift time – 7.3 s. Surface detectability – 11.8 km. Air detectability – 7.2 km. Detectability after firing main guns in smoke – 5.1 km.

Available consumables:
Slot 1 - Damage Control Party
Slot 2 - Repair Party
Slot 3 - Hydroacoustic Search
Slot 4 - Defensive AA Fire
Slot 5 - Main Battery Reload Booster

All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers. The stats are subject to change during the testing.

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