World of Warships Supertest: U.S. Tier VIII Battleship Nebraska

Historical background

Nebraska doesn’t really have a historical background to speak of. The ship is essentially a North Carolina-class battleship that was converted as a hybrid. The ship is equipped with a full hangar and flight deck to operate aircraft. The aircraft are brought on the flight deck via two elevators, one at the rear of the deck and one on the side of the ship. She is able to launch aircraft with two catapults at the end of the deck in cases where said aircraft would normally not have enough deck space to take off.

When it comes to her hybrid part, she is using bombers dropping in carpet bombing style. Just like U.S. dive bombers from carriers, these bombers are not getting an aiming debuff when manoeuvering while in attack mode, and on top of that, the reticule is incredibly small. From the numbers in the game files, the reticule length is about half that of the Midway’s upgraded dive bombers for the sake of reference. Also, these bombers don’t have JATO (Jet assisted take-off) but have an Engine Cooling consumable.

Ship’s preview

Ship’s camouflage

For the classic reminder, this is a ship in testing, anything can change so don’t look at her like she would already be released.

Modules

Hull	Engine	Gun Fire Control System	Main battery	Dive Bombers
Nebraska (A)	Propulsion: 160 000 hp	‎Mk8 mod. 1	406 mm/45 Mk.6 in a turret	SBD Dauntless
Nebraska (B)		‎Mk8 mod. 1		‎SB2C Helldiver

General Characteristics

Stock Ship

Main Armament

2 x 3 406 mm/45 Mk.6 in a turret
Maximum Firing Range	20.600 km
Reloading Time	27.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	30.0 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	0°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	40°
Sigma	2.0 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	266 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 406 mm HE/HC Mk13
Alpha Damage	5 700
Penetration capacity	68 mm
Explosion size	36.9 m
Fire chance	36 %
Projectile Speed	820 m/s
Air Drag	0.346
Projectile Mass	862.0 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 406 mm AP Mk8
Alpha Damage	13 100
Projectile Speed	701 m/s
Air Drag	0.352
Projectile Mass	1 225.0 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 598
Projectile Detonator	0.033 s
Detonator threshold	68 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Bombers

Carpet bomber – ‎‎SBD Dauntless
Tier	VIII
Hitpoints per plane	2 079
Cruise speed	132 knots
Maximum speed	170 knots
Engine boost time	20 s
Damage taken in attack mode	50%
Size of attacking flight	5
Aircraft per squadron	5
Bomb type	AN-M64
Bomb per plane	2
Maximum bomb damage	7 300
HE penetration capacity	42 mm
Explosion size	23.7 m
Fire chance	46 %
Detectability range	10.0 km
Restoration time	120 s

Consumable
Engine Cooling Number of Charges: 2 Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 80 s

Secondary Armament

10 x 2 127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.32 mount
Maximum Firing Range	6.600 km
Reloading Time	6.0 s
Sigma	1.0 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 127 mm HE Mk32
Alpha Damage	1 800
HE penetration	21 mm
Explosion Size	5.7 m
Chance to Cause Fire	5 %
Projectile Speed	792 m/s
Air Drag	0.347
Projectile Mass	24.5 kg

Anti-air Armament

Consumables

Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
Damage Control Party Work time: 20 s Cooldown: 80 s	Repair Party Number of charges: 4 Work time: 28 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration speed: +0.5%/s Casemate damage regeneration: 50% Citadel damage regeneration: 10%	Fighter Number of charges: 3 Work time: 90 s Cooldown: 70 s Number of planes in a squadron: 4 Patrol radius: 3.0 km

Fully Upgraded Ship

Main Armament

2 x 3 406 mm/45 Mk.6 in a turret
Maximum Firing Range	22.660 km
Reloading Time	27.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	30.0 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	0°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	40°
Sigma	2.0 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	287 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 406 mm HE/HC Mk13
Alpha Damage	5 700
Penetration capacity	68 mm
Explosion size	36.9 m
Fire chance	36 %
Projectile Speed	820 m/s
Air Drag	0.346
Projectile Mass	862.0 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 406 mm AP Mk8
Alpha Damage	13 100
Projectile Speed	701 m/s
Air Drag	0.352
Projectile Mass	1 225.0 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 598
Projectile Detonator	0.033 s
Detonator threshold	68 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Bombers

Carpet bomber – ‎SB2C Helldiver
Tier	VIII
Hitpoints per plane	2 229
Cruise speed	135 knots
Maximum speed	173 knots
Engine boost time	20 s
Damage taken in attack mode	50%
Size of attacking flight	5
Aircraft per squadron	5
Bomb type	AN-M64
Bomb per plane	2
Maximum bomb damage	7 300
HE penetration capacity	42 mm
Explosion size	23.7 m
Fire chance	46 %
Detectability range	10.0 km
Restoration time	120 s

Consumable
Engine Cooling Number of Charges: 2 Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 80 s

Secondary Armament

10 x 2 127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.32 mount
Maximum Firing Range	6.600 km
Reloading Time	6.0 s
Sigma	1.0 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 127 mm HE Mk32
Alpha Damage	1 800
HE penetration	21 mm
Explosion Size	5.7 m
Chance to Cause Fire	5 %
Projectile Speed	792 m/s
Air Drag	0.347
Projectile Mass	24.5 kg

Anti-air Armament

Consumables

Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
Damage Control Party Work time: 20 s Cooldown: 80 s	Repair Party Number of charges: 4 Work time: 28 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration speed: +0.5%/s Casemate damage regeneration: 50% Citadel damage regeneration: 10%	Fighter Number of charges: 3 Work time: 90 s Cooldown: 70 s Number of planes in a squadron: 4 Patrol radius: 3.0 km

The Armor

External armor protection:

Front and rear armor protection of the middle section:

Main deck:

Citadel armor protection:

Turrets armor protection:

Hidden armor protection inside the stern:

Personal Opinion

Nebraska… Well, she already looks fairly strong. The thing with Nebraska is that, unlike the following ships, she has inferior armor to the ship she is based on. North Carolina has a 38 mm deck armor while Nebraska is fully covered with 32 mm armor. Also, compared to Delaware and Louisiana, the sides of the hangar are entirely covered with 19 mm of armor.

As for the rest, 2×3 406 mm guns with 2.0 sigma and shorter reload is more than fine in terms of firepower. Also, those bombers will definitely be able to nuke destroyers with that small reticule.

Essentially, it will be a glass canon and quite a nasty one. Able to nuke destroyers and slap the rest but also a ship that might get farmed down easily. Also, with her rear firing angles, kiting away will be particularly dangerous.

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