World of Warships Supertest: Japanese Battleship Ashitaka
1 min readThe Amagi class was a series of four battlecruisers planned for the Imperial Japanese Navy as part of the Eight-eight fleet. The ships were to be named Amagi, Akagi, Atago, and Ashitaka. The Amagi design was essentially a lengthened version of the Tosa-class battleship, but with a thinner armored belt and deck and a modified secondary battery arrangement.
Ashitaka will be the upcoming tier VII premium IJN battleship, based on the old A-hull of the Amagi. She follows the same ‘large-brush’ camouflage pattern of the Shinonome and Mutsu. All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers, and are subject to change before the final release.
Initial Stats
| Tier | 7 |
| Hitpoints | 59,400 |
| Plating | 25 mm |
| Belt | 6-330 mm |
| Main battery | 5×2 410mm |
| Firing range | 19.9 km |
| HE damage | 6,500 |
| AP damage | 12,400 |
| Reload time | 31 s |
| 180 degree turn time | 45 s |
| Maximum dispersion | 227 m |
| HE initial velocity | 805 m/s |
| AP initial velocity | 790 m/s |
| Sigma | 1.8 |
| Maximum speed | 30 kt |
| Turning circle radius | 870 m |
| Rudder shift time | 14.9 s |
| Surface detectability | 16.8 km |
| Air detectability | 13.7 km |
| Detectability after firing in Smoke |
16.9 km |
If you read through the eight-eight fleet plan, the fourth ship of the Amagi cl*** should be Takao. But actually at first Japanese named this ship as A****aka and changed her name when construction began. We already have an ARP Takao in game so wg use A****aka, ??(????) in Japanese, as her name.