Supertest: Soviet Tier VI Aircraft Carrier Serov

Historical background

The Serov is based on the Project 71 of light carrier for the Soviet Navy. This project from 1939, pushed by Nikolai Kuznetsov, was part of the Five-Year Plan to expand the Soviet Navy. However, as Stalin was more interested in having big battleships, carriers were off the table for him. This did not stop Kuznetsov who kept giving instructions to the naval engineers for the Project 71.
It was planned to use the unfinished hulls of Chapayev-class light cruisers (Project 68) and the project was eventually approved.

In total, 6 ships were planned and the first would have been laid down in 1942. However, as operation Barbarossa started, the project was canceled.

The Project 71 carriers were meant to carry a bit more than 30 planes that would have been able to take off normally from the deck or with the assistance of catapults if needed.

In World of Warships, we are getting a fairly accurate representation of this design. It is with Serov that we start seeing skip bombers while the Komsomolets still had standard dive bombers.

Ship’s preview

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.

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Modules

Hull	Attack Aircraft	Skip Bombers	Torpedo Bombers	Propulsion
Serov (A)	Polikarpov I-153	Polikarpov R-5	Polikarpov R-5T	Propulsion: 124 600 hp
Serov (B)	‎Polikarpov I-180	‎Kochyerigin BSh-1	Grokhovsky G-37

Stock ship

General Characteristics

Tier	VI
Health	38 600 HP
Torpedo damage reduction	7 %
Displacement	10 800 tons
Dimensions
Overall length	213.26 m
Beam	28.0 m
Overall height (keel to the highest point on the ship)	29.0 m
Freeboard	10.0 m
Aircraft on deck
Attack Aircrafts	12
Skip Bombers	12
Torpedo Bombers	12
Secondary Armament
85 mm/52 Model 1939 on a 92-K mount	8 x 2 85 mm
Maximum Firing Range	5.000 km
Anti-Air Armament
85 mm/52 Model 1939 on a 92-K mount 37 mm V-11 mount	8 x 2 85 mm 4 x 2 37 mm
12.7 mm DShK on a turret mount	3 x 1 12.7 mm
Maximum speed	35.5 knots
Turning Circle Radius	880 m
Rudder Shift Time	13.3 s
Surface Detectability	12.32 km
Air Detectability	8.21 km
Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2
Damage Control Party Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 90 s	Fighter Number of charges: 4 Work time: 600 s Cooldown: 40 s Patrol Radius: 3.0 km Planes in a squadron: 4

Attack Aircrafts

Attack Aircrafts – ‎Polikarpov I-153
Tier	V
Hit points per plane	830
Cruise speed	136 knots
Maximum speed	176 knots
Engine boost time	5 s
Engine boost reload time	10 s
Size of attacking flight	6
Aircraft per squadron	6
Rocket type	HE RS-132
Rocket per plane	2
Machine gun sequence	2.4 s
Maximum rocket damage	2 150
HE penetration capacity	26 mm
Explosion size	0.35
Fire chance	8 %
Detectability range	10.0 km
Aircraft restoration time	48 s
Aircraft on deck	12

Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2
Engine Cooling Number of Charges: 2 Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 80 s	Patrol fighter Number of Charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 10 s Aircraft per squadron: 3 Patrol radius: 2.5 km

Skip Bombers

Skip bomber – ‎Polikarpov R-5
Tier	V
Hitpoints per plane	1 140
Cruise speed	99 knots
Maximum speed	134 knots
Engine boost time	20 s
Engine boost reload time	40 s
Size of attacking flight	6
Aircraft per squadron	6
Bomb type	FAB-100
Bomb per plane	1
Maximum bomb damage	6 100
HE penetration capacity	32 mm
Explosion size	0.98
Fire chance	35 %
Number of skips	2
Detectability range	10.0 km
Aircraft restoration time	56 s
Aircraft on deck	12

Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2
Engine Cooling Number of Charges: 2 Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 80 s	Patrol fighter Number of Charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 10 s Aircraft per squadron: 3 Patrol radius: 2.5 km

Torpedo Bombers

Torpedo bomber – Polikarpov R-5T
Tier	V
Hit points per plane	1 280
Cruise speed	99 knots
Maximum speed	134 knots
Engine boost time	20 s
Engine boost reload time	40 s
Size of attacking flight	6
Aircraft per squadron	6
Torpedo type	TAN-12
Torpedoes per plane	1
Maximum torpedo damage	3 833
Maximum torpedo range	6.0 km
Torpedo speed	41 knots
Torpedo arming time	6 s
Flooding chance	33%
Detectability range	10.0 km
Aircraft restoration time	57 s
Aircraft on deck	12

Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2
Engine Cooling Number of Charges: 2 Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 80 s	Patrol fighter Number of Charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 10 s Aircraft per squadron: 3 Patrol radius: 2.5 km

Secondary Armament

8 x 2 85 mm/52 Model 1939 on a 92-K mount
Maximum Firing Range	5.000 km
Reloading Time	4.0 s
Sigma	1.00 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 85 mm HE O-365M
Alpha Damage	1 200 HP
Damage	210 HP
HE penetration	14 mm
Explosion Size	0.22
Chance to Cause Fire	4 %
Projectile Speed	792 m/s
Air Drag	0.314
Projectile Mass	9.24 kg

Anti-air Armament

8 x 2 85 mm/52 Model 1939 on a 92-K mount 4 x 2 37 mm V-11 mount
Sector range	0.1 km – 3.5 km
Hit chance	100 %
Sector’s damage	42
Sector’s damage frequency	0.29 s
Sector’s damage per second	147
20 x 1 12.7 mm DShK on a turret mount
Sector range	0.1 km – 1.5 km
Hit chance	95 %
Sector’s damage	54
Sector’s damage frequency	0.29 s
Sector’s damage per second	189