Black B

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 Black B — American • Premium • Tier VII • Destroyer.

One of the numerous and very successful Fletcher-class destroyers which boasted a suffienciently high speed, powerful dual-purpose artillery, efficient AA defenses, and decent torpedo armament.

 Navy: USN
 Ship: American
 Nation: United States
 Category: Premium

 Tier: VII
 Class: Destroyer

 Entered Service: 1943
 Ships in Series: 175
 Variants: Black

━━ Ship Traits ━━

Extended Smoke: Increased smoke screen duration.

Reloader: Above average main battery reload time.

Slow Torpedoes: Below-average torpedo speed.

Money Maker: Grants a significant bonus to XP and credit earnings.

Ship Stats

Survivability

SURVIVBILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Hitpoints	16 700	-
• Armor (mm)	6 - 20	-
• Torpedo damage reduction (%)	0	-

Maneuverability

MANEUVERABILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Maximum speed (kt)	35	-
• Turning circle radius (m)	560	-
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	3	-

Concealment

CONCEALMENT	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Detectability by sea (km)	7.1	-
• Detectability by air (km)	3.5	-
• Detectability while firing in smoke (km)	2.6	-

Torpedoes

TORPEDOES	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	533mm quintuple	-
• Arrangement	2x5	-
• Reload time (sec)	96	-
• 180° turn time (sec)	7.2	-
• Maximum simulated damage	21 600	-
• Detectability by sea (km)	0.9	-
• Range (km)	13.7	-
• Speed (kt)	43	-

Main Artillery

MAIN BATTERY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Main artillery name	127mm Mk30 mod. 0	-
• Main artillery arrangement	5x1	-
• Firing range (km)	11	-
• Reload time (sec)	3.6	-
• 180° turn time (sec)	5.3	-
• HE maximum damage	1800	-
• HE fire chance (%)	5	-
• HE penetration (mm)	21	-
• AP maximum damage	2100	-
• Sigma	2.0	-

Anti-Aircraft Artillery

AA ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	20mm Oerlikon Mk4	-
• Arrangement	7x1	-
• DPS	25	-
• Range (km)	2	-
AA ARMAMENT 2	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	20mm Oerlikon Mk20	-
• Arrangement	2x2	-
• DPS	12	-
• Range (km)	2	-
AA ARMAMENT 3	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	40mm Bofors Mk1	-
• Arrangement	3x2	-
• DPS	34	-
• Range (km)	3.5	-
AA ARMAMENT 4	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	127mm Mk30 mod. 0	-
• Arrangement	5x1	-
• DPS	54	-
• Range (km)	5	-

Modules, Modifications & Consumables

Modules

Destroyer - Black B

	Hit Points	Min Armor (mm)	Max Armor (mm)	Torpedo Damage Reduction (%)	Main Battery Turrets	Torpedo Launchers	Rudder Shift (s)
Stock	16 700	6	20	0	5x1	2	3

	Turret Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max HE Damage	HE Fire Chance (%)	Max AP Damage
127mm Mk30 mod. 0	5x1	3.6	5.3	1800	5	2100

	Main Battery Firing Range
Stock	11 km

	Launcher Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max Damage	Range	Speed	Detection
533mm quintuple	2x5	96s	7.2s	21 600	13.7	43	0.9

	Maximum Speed
Stock	35 kn

Modifications

Destroyer - Black B

SLOT 1	Main Battery Mod 2 Main battery traverse speed +20% Torpedo launchers traverse speed +20%	Aiming Systems Mod 1 Main battery dispersion -7% Secondary battery firing range +5% Secondary battery dispersion -5%	AA Guns Mod 2 AA guns firing range +20%
SLOT 2	Damage Control System Mod 2 Damage Control Party duration +20% Fire duration -15% Flood duration -15%	Steering Gears Mod 2 Rudder-shift time -25%	Propulsion Mod 2 Time taken to reach full power when accelerating -50%
SLOT 3	Chromium Plated Barrels Main battery dispersion -5%	Concealment System Mod 1 Detectability range -10% Incoming fire dispersion +5%	Target Acquisition System Mod 1 Spotting range +20% Torpedo acquisition range +20% RGA of ships +50%	Steering Gears Mod 3 Rudder-shift time -40% Steering gear repair time -80%
SLOT 4	Main Battery Mod 3 Main battery reload time -10% Main battery traverse speed -15%	Torpedo Launchers Mod 3 Torpedo launcher reload time -15% Risk of torpedo launchers becoming incapacitated +50%	Gun Fire Control System Mod 2 Main battery dispersion -3% Main battery range +5%	AA Guns Mod 3 Cooldown time for all consumables -10% Average AA damage per second +25%

Consumables

Destroyer - Black B

Damage Control Party

Accelerates repairs to damage modules, firefighting efforts and flooding recovery.

Duration: 5s Reload time: 40s The number of consumables is unlimited

Smoke Generator

Generates a smoke screen behind the ship that reduces the risk of being detected by the enemy.

Duration: 28s Dispersion time: 124s Reload time: 240s Number of consumables: 2

Engine Boost

Temporarily increases the ship's maximum speed according to its base parameters with no bonuses applied.

Maximum speed: +8% Duration: 120s Reload time: 180s Number of consumables: 2

Radar

Significantly increases guaranteed acquisition range of enemy ships, including those located within a smoke screen.

Range: 7.5km Duration: 19s Reload time: 150s Number of consumables: 3

Community Contributions

Player Opinion

Destroyer - Black B

Pros:

• Extremely fast main battery traverse speed
• Very quick main battery rate of fire
• Torpedoes have very low detectability, good reload speed, good range and high alpha damage
• Has access to the Surveillance Radarconsumable
• Good turning circle radius and quick rudder-shift time
• Long duration Smoke Generatorconsumable

Cons:

• Poor shell velocity and very high arcs make long range gunnery difficult
• Torpedoes are exceptionally slow
• Slower ship speed than tech-tree counterpart Fletcher
• Needs to get rid of its Engine Boostconsumable to get Surveillance Radar, which prevents it from getting the important speed boost it needs due to its low speed

Performance

USS Black, unlike the rest of her American contemporaries, has access to Smoke Generator and Surveillance Radar, which gives it the option to reject typical concealment skills and inspirations in favor of a more aggressive loadout to make better use of its Radar. The torpedoes compliment the idea of holding chokepoints and reading your opponents with more than enough damage output to scare anything in close quarters, while having the range to keep people guessing provided you're ok with their 43 knots speed. However, in exchange for the ability to play more aggressively and decisively win cap contests the ship gets weaker AA, can't run Engine Boost and Radar at the same time for added mobility, and has worse shell ballistics and shell alpha.

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