Texas

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Texas

Battleship | U.S.A. | Tier V

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase price5,150

Hit Points49,100

Main Battery

356 mm/45 Mk.8 in a turret5 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire1.75 shots/min.

Reload Time34.28 sec.

Rotation Speed3 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time60 sec.

Firing Range16.42 km.

Maximum Dispersion224 m.

HE Shell356 mm HE/HC Mk22

Maximum HE Shell Damage5,000

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell30 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity834 m./s.

HE Shell Weight578.34 kg.

AP Shell356 mm AP Mk16

Maximum AP Shell Damage10,300

Initial AP Shell Velocity792 m./s.

AP Shell Weight680.4 kg.

Secondary Armament #1

127 mm/51 Mk.7 on a Mk.13 mount6 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range4.3 km.

Rate of Fire8.57 shots/min.

Reload Time7 sec.

HE Shell127 mm HE/HC Mk39

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,800

Initial HE Shell Velocity960 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell6 %

AA Defense

20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.4 mount44 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second158.4

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

76 mm/50 Mk.22 on a single mount10 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second28

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

40 mm/56 Bofors on a Mk.2 mount10 х 4 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second159

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed20.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius650 m.

Rudder Shift Time14 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range15.54 km.

Air Detectability Range8.54 km.

Battle Levels

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13.3

Texas

Battleship | U.S.A. | Tier V

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase price5,150

Hit Points49,100

Main Battery

356 mm/45 Mk.8 in a turret5 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire1.75 shots/min.

Reload Time34.28 sec.

Rotation Speed3 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time60 sec.

Firing Range16.42 km.

Maximum Dispersion224 m.

HE Shell356 mm HE/HC Mk22

Maximum HE Shell Damage5,000

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell30 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity834 m./s.

HE Shell Weight578.34 kg.

AP Shell356 mm AP Mk16

Maximum AP Shell Damage10,300

Initial AP Shell Velocity792 m./s.

AP Shell Weight680.4 kg.

Secondary Armament #1

127 mm/51 Mk.7 on a Mk.13 mount6 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range4.3 km.

Rate of Fire8.57 shots/min.

Reload Time7 sec.

HE Shell127 mm HE/HC Mk39

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,800

Initial HE Shell Velocity960 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell6 %

AA Defense

20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.4 mount44 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second158.4

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

76 mm/50 Mk.22 on a single mount10 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second28

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

40 mm/56 Bofors on a Mk.2 mount10 х 4 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second159

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed20.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius650 m.

Rudder Shift Time14 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range15.54 km.

Air Detectability Range8.54 km.

Battle Levels

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V

5,150

Texas — American premium Tier V battleship.

During World War I, New York-class battleship USS Texas took part in patrol and convoy missions in the Atlantic. During World War II, the battleship escorted convoys across the Atlantic, took part in the landings of Allied forces in North Africa and Normandy, and supported landing forces in the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa. After her service in the Navy concluded, Texas became a museum ship in Houston, Texas, and then became the first battleship to receive the status of being a National Historic Landmark of the United States.

USS Texas is preserved as a military museum ship. She is currently in drydock for a major restoration. Her home port has yet to be announced.

Texas first went on sale in May 2016.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
356 mm/45 Mk.8 in a turret	1.8	60	224	5,000	30	10,300		0	0

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Texas	49,100	13	356	5	6	44/10/10				0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Mk5 mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 28,100 hp	20.5		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

Background

Summary

Texas is a upgraded New York with a heavy emphasis on her historical late war refit focusing on anti air capabilities. While retaining the same main armament, turret traverse, range, and armor, there are subtle differences like speed, turret angles, and concealment, as well as the vastly upgraded AA suite that make Texas a better all around ship than her tech tree sister.

Armor

Texas is fairly armored for a tier V battleship, her bow and stern are a standard 19mm, with her torpedo protection being 25mm. The citadel on Texas extends just above the waterline and is protected by 76mm of armor on the sides and a 254mm casemate above it, making it decently protected. The downside to Texas’s armor scheme is that while having a relatively small superstructure, much of the upper side and deck armor is also 19mm, making her susceptible to cruiser and battleship fire. Overall Texas is well protected from citadel damage, but her large, lightly armored profile leaves a large target for all types of fire.

Armament

Retaining the same armament as her sister, Texas is armed with 5 twin mounted 356mm turrets. 2 of the turrets are at the bow, 2 on the stern, and 1 mounted in the center of the ship, between the forward and rear superstructure. Her AP shells deal a maximum of 10300 damage, and overmatch 24mm of armor, allowing her to overmatch most bow and stern armor at the tier. The reload is one of the slowest at the tier, at 34.3 seconds. While the reload is nearly 5 seconds slower than New York at 30.5 seconds, the forward firing angles are considerably better to get all guns on target. This allows for less broadside to be shown and less of a chance for damage to be taken. Texas’s range is not the best, sitting at 16.4km, over 2km less than New York. To help with the low range, Texas comes equipped with a spotter plane which can bring her more in line with other tier V battleships. Overall Texas is in the middle of the road in terms of her main battery, with a slower than average reload and mediocre accuracy, but a high alpha strike and the ability to overmatch the standard armor threshold at the tier.

Anti-Aircraft

Both historically and in game Texas is known for her anti aircraft armament. She is not equipped with any long range anti aircraft batteries or flak, but her medium and short range AA defense more than make up for the lack of long range AA. With a max range of 3.5km, Texas’s medium range battery deals a continuous 329 damage, and her 2km short range battery deals 336 damage. No US battleship until North Carolina, with the exception California, comes close to contesting the AA power of Texas

Battle Performance

Texas like most of the low and mid tier US Battleships, is slow and should be played with that in mind. Crawling along at 20.5 knots without modifiers, Texas should play centrally to work with friendly battleships to provide crossfire. If found on a flank, Texas should be cautious while pushing, if the flank fails then her slow speed will make it difficult to retreat. Her large and lightly armored upper hull and superstructure means HP will be lost quickly if succumbed to focus fire. When encountering enemy aircraft, Texas should have little trouble shooting down aircraft that decide to attack, while it may not be enough to completely stop an attack, a carrier will feel the effects of the AA batteries.

LittleWhiteMouse's Premium Ship Review: Texas from the NA forums

Pros:

• Best-in-tier AA defense; in fact, the continuous DPS of her AA guns is higher than almost any other battleship until Tier VIII. Aircraft from tier IV carriers melt in her vicinity and tier VI carriers will have significant difficulty attempting a second strike if her AA suite is intact.
• The third (amidships) turret has much better firing angles than New York
• Slightly better torpedo protection and detection ranges than New York.
• Solid AP performance at mid to close ranges
• Lowered citadel is difficult to hit by equivalent tier battleships
• Good turn radius owing to the low length to beam ratio characteristic of dreadnought battleships
• 19 km main battery range with Artillery Plotting Room Modification 1 , and up to 22.8 with Spotting Aircraft  active

Cons:

• Slow speed of 20.5 knots means she will frequently find herself left behind by her teammates.
• Slightly worse rudder shift than New York gives her less reaction time to dodge incoming torpedoes.
• Main guns have a slower rate of fire than her tech tree sister New York.
• Her biggest strength — her AA armament — is vulnerable to being knocked out by incoming high explosive rounds; the longer she is under sustained HE fire, the less AA firepower she will have.
• Short ranged AA (3.6km) with no flak explosions; this can work in her favor by enticing carrier aircraft closer where her medium and short-ranged AA will make quick work of them, but more often just means she has no long-range AA deterrent capable of assisting allies
• Poor gun firing angles like her sister, you will have to give a significant amount of broadside to bring all her guns to bear
• Prone to poor shell dispersion, accurate long-range gunnery will be difficult
• 19mm deck and extremity sections make bow-tanking against any battleship or large gun cruisers such as Graf Spee ill-advised, Texas will easily take penetration damage through the nose or rear. Bouncing shells will have to be done with her belt armor

Research

As a premium ship, Texas has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Texas are as follows:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1 *
• Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1 
• Slot 3: Main Battery Modification 2 *

Slot 1 is most commonly filled with Main Armaments Modification 1, though Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1 is a popular pick for captains who go for a full AA build with other upgrades and commander skills. Slot 3 offers two viable options: Main Battery Modification 2 increases turret traverse speed, while Artillery Plotting Room Modification 1 increases range and gives secondaries a slight boost in range and accuracy.

Commander Skills

Most aircraft carrier drivers know better than to mess with Texas, but without the adequate firing training skills/modifications, it is still possible to be torped or bombed by aircraft when the battleship is in a position where the carriers have no other choice. As a battleship, survivability is also an important benchmark, which means investing skill points into maximizing both her survivability and her anti-air defenses are the way to go.

The following information is provided for players who wish to create a permanent captain for the ship. Those players who are retraining captains or using the ship to gain extra experience for a captain should consult the page relevant to the ship to which the captain will be assigned.

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack			Defense
1	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type. ★★	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire +15% to the fragmentation damage area of HE ordnance when firing at submarines.	Consumables Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except:  Damage Control Party ,  Repair Party . ★★	Emergency Repair Specialist -3% cooldown time of Damage Control Party  and Repair Party . ★★	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning about a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5 km.	Preventive Maintenance −30% chance of main armament, engines, steering becoming incapacitated +15% to HP of secondary and AA guns. ★★
2	Grease the Gears +20% main turret traverse speed. ★★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells. Base fire chance reduced by half.	Brisk So long as the ship remains undetected: +10% ship speed. ★	Vigilance +25% detection range of enemy torpedoes +7% damage reduction of Torpedo Protection System. .	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery. ★★	AAA & ASW Expert +15% continuous AAA and flak damage . +10% damage inflicted by depth charges. While AAA is active: −40% ship consumables reload time.. ★★
3	Super-Heavy AP Shells +7.5% AP shell damage −10% fire and flood damage received +25% fire and flood duration.	Long-Range Secondary Battery Shells +20% secondary battery firing range.	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★★	Basics of Survivability -15% repair, fire, and flooding duration. ★★	Improved Repair Party Readiness −0.8% reload time of Repair Party each time your ship receives potential damage equal to 100% of the ship's base HP. After receiving 2M HP potential damage: +1 charge of Repair Party .. ★★	Focus Fire Training In an active priority AA sector: •  +1.5% (to 5%) immediate damage. •  +25% continuous damage. •  +1 flak burst per salvo. −10% aircraft preparation time. −15% reload time of Airstrike armament.. ★★
4	Furious 1st fire / flood   −10% Main battery reload time 2nd etc. (up to 5), each   −5% Main battery reload time ★	Manual Secondary Battery Aiming −10% secondary battery reload time. −10% secondary battery dispersion. When firing at a manually selected target: dispersion gradually improves from -25% to -50%.	Close Quarters Combat -10% reload time of main battery if an enemy ship is spotted within secondary range.	Emergency Repair Expert Damage Control Party  and Repair Party : +1 charge (each). +10% action time . ★★★	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★★	Fire Prevention Expert -10% risk of fire. Three fires maximum. ★★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Texas can equip the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Repair Party  – 4 charges
• Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft  – 4 charges

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Texas comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Juliet Charlie -100% to the risk of magazine detonation. ★★	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration. ★★	India Yankee -20% to fire duration. ★★★	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy. ★	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding. ★	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★★	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts. ★	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables. ★★	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used. ★★★
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire .

Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.

Gallery

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  Premium Ship

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  Type 9 Texas camo

Historical Info

USS Texas, 1944

Construction

Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Company;
   Newport News, Virginia, United States

Laid down: 17 April 1911

Launched: 18 May 1912

Commissioned: 12 March 1914

Specifications

27,000 tons displacement, standard

174.7m length

29.1m beam

8.7m draft

Machinery

14 boilers, 2 turbines

Performance

21 knots at 28,100 shaft horsepower

7,060 nautical miles at 10 knots

Armor

Main belt: 254-305mm

Decks: 50mm

Barbettes and Turrets: 305mm barbette, 356mm face, 51mm side,
   204mm rear, 102mm roof

Casemates: 279mm lower casemates, 165mm upper casemates

Conning tower: 356mm side, 102mm top

Armament

Main

Ten (5x2) 356mm guns

Secondary

Twenty-one (21x2) 127mm guns

Torpedoes

Four (4x1) 533mm submerged torpedo tubes

History

Design

The New York class of battleship was a class of ships designed and constructed by the United States Navy between 1908 and 1914. The two ships of the class, USS New York (BB-34) and USS Texas (BB-35), each saw extensive service beginning in the occupation of Veracruz, World War I, and World War II.

Designed as a more heavily armed improvement over the previous Wyoming class, the New York class was the first battleship to feature the 14"/45 caliber gun, but was one of the last battleship classes designed with several features, including a five-turret layout and coal for fuel. The class also suffered several deficiencies such as a lack of anti-aircraft weaponry and armor layout, which were addressed with the subsequent Nevada class. Because of these deficiencies, both ships saw several extensive overhauls over the course of their careers which greatly changed their profiles.

USS Texas (BB-35) was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the US state of Texas. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914.

Service

Soon after her commissioning, Texas saw action in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I. When the United States formally entered World War II in 1941, Texas escorted war convoys across the Atlantic, and later shelled Axis-held beaches for the North African campaign and the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Texas was decommissioned in 1948, having earned a total of five battle stars for service in World War II, and is now a museum ship near Houston, Texas.

Though not the oldest American museum ship, an honor going to USS Constitution which was one of six original warships ordered by the United States Navy in 1797. The Texas is, among the world's remaining battleships, notable for being the only remaining WWI era dreadnought battleship, though she is not the oldest surviving battleship: Mikasa (a pre-dreadnought battleship ordered in 1898 by the Empire of Japan), and HMS Victory, launched 1765 (Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar), are both older than Texas. She is also noteworthy for being one of only six remaining ships and the only remaining capital ship to have served in both World Wars. Among US-built battleships, Texas is notable for her sizable number of firsts: the first US Navy vessel to house a permanently-assigned contingent of US Marines, the first US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns, the first US ship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers (analog forerunners of today's computers), the first US battleship to launch an aircraft (from a platform on Turret 2), one of the first to receive the CXAM-1 version of CXAM production radar in the US Navy, the first US battleship to become a permanent museum ship, and the first battleship declared to be a US National Historic Landmark.

Historical Inaccuracies

• Texas is represented in World of Warships only in her 1944 condition, when she was painted in Measure 31a/8B camouflage. None of her other paint schemes, overall gray (late 1941), Measure 12 modified (November 1942), Measure 22 (March 1943) and Measure 21 (January 1945), are represented. Measure 21 also represents Texas' museum ship scheme but it only exists in the game as expendable camouflage.

Historical Gallery

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  USS Texas undergoing sea trials, October 1913.

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  Texas in New York Harbor, January 1917.

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  Texas in the Gatun Locks, while transiting the Panama Canal en route to the U.S. east coast, 21 June 1937.

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  Texas underway off Norfolk, Virginia, 15 March 1943, with her main battery gun turrets trained to port.

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  A heavy German coast artillery shell falls between Texas, in the background, and USS Arkansas, while the two battleships were engaging Battery Hamburg during the bombardment of Cherbourg, France, 25 June 1944.

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  The sun rises over Texas’ current home at San Jacinto State Park, along the Houston Ship Channel. The San Jacinto Monument - commemorating Texas' independence from Mexico in 1836 - is in the background.

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  Texas as she appears today, painted in the color scheme she wore during service in the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II.

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References

1. USS Texas (BB-35) - Wikipedia
2. New York-class battleship - Wikipedia
3. History Spotlight: USS Texas - News - World of Warships
4. Naval Legends: USS Texas - News - World of Warships
5. Premium Ship Spotlight: Texas - News - World of Warships
6. Save USS Texas with Project VALOR - News - World of Warships
7. Squall Line: Texas - News - World of Warships
8. USS Texas - Life Aboard in Peace and War - News - World of Warships
9. Battleship USS Texas in World of Warships (NA) - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube
10. Naval Legends - USS Texas Teaser - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube
11. Naval Legends: USS Texas - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube
12. Premium Ship Spotlight - Battleship Texas - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube
13. Talkin' Ship - Dynamo Room! - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube
14. Talkin' Ship - Engine Room! - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube
15. Talkin' Ship - Help Restore Battleship Texas - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube
16. Talkin' Ship - Main Street - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube
17. Talkin' Ship - Navigation Room! - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube
18. Talkin' Ship - Trevzor on Battleship Texas - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube
19. Talkin' Ship - USS Texas Powder Room - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube
20. USS Texas. The Story of Superdreadnought - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube
21. USS Texas: New York-class battleship (NA) - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.5.4.2.
• Update 0.5.5.1:
  • Went on sale in the Premium store.
• Update 0.5.6:

• AA defenses were reinforced.
• 12x1 20mm Oerlikon Mk4 AA mounts were added on top of the second and the third main turrets. As a result, average AA damage within the 2km AA engagement area radius increased by 43 points (from 115 to 158).

• Update 0.5.8.1:
  • Added an additional permanent camouflage “Stars and Stripes” available for purchase for 1000 doubloons.
• Update 0.5.9:
  • The Stars and Stripes permanent camouflage is no longer available for purchase.
• Update 0.5.10:
  • Fixed display of the shadow from the rack under the radar.
• Update 0.6.1:
  • Improved appearance with the use of special technology for improved rendering of thin elements (mainly rigging).
• Update 0.6.3:
  • Base firing range increased from 15,580 to 16,420 m.
• Update 0.6.12:
  • Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 13.99 km.
  • Added a new permanent camouflage "The Lone Star".
• Update 0.6.13:
  • Improved display of thin elements.
  • The survivability of air defense weapons was tested and brought to a single standard. The change affects 76.2 mm and 40 mm guns.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • The permanent camouflages "Type 9", "Stars and Stripes", "The Lone Star" received a bonus: a -10% discount to the post-battle service cost.
• Update 0.7.6:
  • Minor fixes to ship textures and geometry.
• Update 0.7.9:
  • Catapults were added to the main battery turrets.
  • Added the Spotting Aircraft consumable.
• Update 0.7.11:
  • Became available in the game client for purchase for doubloons.
• Update 0.9.6:
  • The value of the in-game turning circle radius was changed to 650 m to correct prior discrepancy.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 4.3 km.
• Update 0.10.4:
  • Fixed a bug due to which the visual effect of the Repair Party consumable was incorrectly displayed on the ship.

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