Supertest: U.S. Tier VIII Premium Cruiser Congress

So… Congress… well let’s make something clear with that thing, it is NOT based on the CA2-F (preliminary to the Alaska-class Large Cruisers). It is literally a copy-pasted Alaska hull (there is even the pennant number left on each side of the bow) on which they slapped two twin 305 mm gun turrets.

This here is the CA2-F:

It was much smaller, with two funnels; catapults on the stern and the turret layout was different with the triple turret being at the rear. When it comes to Congress, as I said, it’s literally the Alaska with a better-looking superstructure and the X and A turrets being twin instead of triple.
Somehow the displacement remains the same even though she has a reduced main battery and AA armament but at this point, whatever.

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
Congress	Propulsion: 180 000 hp	‎Mk8 mod. 1	305 mm/50 Mk.8 in a turret

General Characteristics

Main Battery

1 x 3 305 mm/50 Mk.8 in a turret 2 x 2 305 mm/50 Mk.8 in a turret
Maximum Firing Range	17.500 km
Reloading Time	22.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	30.0 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	30°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	37°
Sigma	2.05 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	195 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 305 mm HE Mk17 mod. 1
Alpha Damage	4 300 HP
Damage	2 810 HP
Penetration capacity	51 mm
Explosion size	1.62
Fire chance	27 %
Projectile Speed	808 m/s
Air Drag	0.343
Projectile Mass	462.3 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 305 mm AP Mk18 mod. 1
Alpha Damage	8 900 HP
Projectile Speed	762 m/s
Air Drag	0.334
Projectile Mass	517 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 470
Projectile Detonator	0.033 s
Detonator threshold	51 mm
Ricochet Angles	60° – 67.5°

Secondary battery

6 x 2 127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.32 mount
Maximum Firing Range	6.600 km
Reloading Time	6 s
Sigma	1.00 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 127 mm HE Mk32
Alpha Damage	1 800 HP
Damage	380 HP
HE penetration	21 mm
Explosion Size	0.38
Chance to Cause Fire	5 %
Projectile Speed	792 m/s
Air Drag	0.347
Projectile Mass	24.5 kg

Anti-air Armament

Consumables

Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 60 s	Defensive AA Fire Number of charges: 3 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 80 s Continuous Damage: +50% Damage from shell explosions: +300%	Surveillance Radar Number of charges: 3 Work time: 35 s Cooldown: 120 s Ship spotting range: 10.0 km	Repair Party Number of charges: 3 Work time: 28 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration: 0.5%/s
	Hydroacoustic Search Number of charges: 3 Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 120 s Torpedo spotting range: 3.5 km Ship spotting range: 5.0 km	Fighter Number of charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 90 s Number of planes in a squadron: 3
		Spotting Aircraft Number of charges: 4 Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 240 s Maximum firing range: +20%

The Armor

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Congress has the exact same armor protection as Alaska but a tier lower.

General External Armor Protection:

Front and Read Internal Protection of the Middle Section:

Hidden Armored Deck:

Citadel Protection:

Turrets Armor Protection:

Personal Opinion

Hmmm… Why do I have a feeling of déjà vu? OH RIGHT! It’s from that time WG made a downtiered premium version of Yamato that absolutely didn’t end up being completely busted for its tier.

At least, in the case of Congress, they already nerfed her HP pool but well… the rest of the package still looks very impressive for a tier VIII cruiser.

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