St. Louis
Ship Overview
St. Louis — American
• Tech Tree • Tier II • Cruiser.
A typical "big" cruiser of the pre-dreadnought era. The ship was armed with numerous artillery, whose rate of fire was quite rapid for her time, and an armor belt protecting the propulsion, but featured only moderate speed.
Navy: USN
Ship: American
Nation: United States
Category: Tech Tree
Tier: II
Class: Cruiser XP: 1000
Agile: Above average ability to change direction.
Guns Aplenty: A high number of guns allows for a lot of damage from a single salvo.
Slow: Below average maximum movement speed.
Ship Stats| SURVIVBILITY | STOCK | UPGRADED |
|---|---|---|
| • Hitpoints | 25 000 | 27 000 |
| • Armor (mm) | 6 - 102 | - |
| • Torpedo damage reduction (%) | 0 | 0 |
| MANEUVERABILITY | STOCK | UPGRADED |
|---|---|---|
| • Maximum speed (kt) | 22 | 22 |
| • Turning circle radius (m) | 450 | 450 |
| • Rudder-shift time (sec) | 8.4 | 6.4 |
| CONCEALMENT | STOCK | UPGRADED |
|---|---|---|
| • Detectability by sea (km) | 9.1 | - |
| • Detectability by air (km) | 5.4 | - |
| • Detectability while firing in smoke (km) | 4 | - |
| MAIN BATTERY | STOCK | UPGRADED |
|---|---|---|
| • Main artillery name | 152mm Mk6 | 152mm Mk6 |
| • Main artillery arrangement | 10x1 | 14x1 |
| • Firing range (km) | 10.1 | 11.1 |
| • Reload time (sec) | 10 | 8 |
| • 180° turn time (sec) | 30 | 22.5 |
| • HE maximum damage | 2100 | 2100 |
| • HE fire chance (%) | 7 | 7 |
| • HE penetration (mm) | 25 | 25 |
| • AP maximum damage | 3000 | 3000 |
| • Sigma | 2.0 | - |
| SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1 | STOCK | UPGRADED |
|---|---|---|
| • Name | 76.2mm Mk4 | 76.2mm Mk4 |
| • Arrangement | 18x1 | 18x1 |
| • Firing range (km) | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| • Reload time (sec) | 5 | 5 |
| • HE maximum damage | 1100 | 1100 |
| • HE fire chance (%) | 4 | 4 |
| • HE penetration (mm) | 13 | 13 |
Modules, Modifications & ConsumablesModules
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Hit Points | Min Armor (mm) | Max Armor (mm) | Torpedo Damage Reduction (%) | Main Battery Turrets | Rudder Shift (s) | Purchase Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock | 25 000 | 6 | 102 | 0 | 10x1 | 8.4 | 0 |
| Hull B | 27 000 | 6 | 102 | 0 | 14x1 | 6.4 | 2600 |
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Turret Arrangement | Reload Time (s) | 180° Turn Time (s) | Max HE Damage | HE Fire Chance (%) | Max AP Damage | Purchase Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152mm Mk6 | 10x1 | 10 | 30 | 2100 | 7 | 3000 | 0 |
| 152mm Mk6 | 14x1 | 8 | 22.5 | 2100 | 7 | 3000 | 320 |
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Firing Range Increase (%) | Main Battery Firing Range | Purchase Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stock | 0 % | 10.1 km | 0 |
| Targeting System Mk2 mod. 2 | 10 % | 11.1 km | 320 |
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Maximum Speed |
|---|---|
| Stock | 22 kn |
Modifications
Cruiser - St. LouisConsumables
Cruiser - St. Louis
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| Accelerates repairs to damage modules, firefighting efforts and flooding recovery. |
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Community ContributionsChanges
Cruiser - St. Louis- Stock hull HP reduced from 27 300 to 25 000
- Bow HP reduced from 2400 to 2200
- Casemate HP reduced from 3400 to 3100
- Stern HP reduced from 1600 to 1400
- Hull HP reduced from 20 500 to 18 800
- Magazine HP reduced from 13 700 to 12 500
- Steering gear HP reduced from 8200 to 7500
- Upgraded hull HP reduced from 29 500 to 27 000
- Bow HP reduced from 2600 to 2300
- Casemate HP reduced from 3700 to 3400
- Stern HP reduced from 1700 to 1600
- Hull HP reduced from 22 100 to 20 300
- Magazine HP reduced from 14 800 to 13 500
- Steering gear HP reduced from 8900 to 8100
- Superstructure HP reduced from 900 to 800
History
Cruiser - St. LouisUSS St. Louis (C-20, later reclassified as CA-18) was a protected cruiser and the lead ship of her class, laid down for the US Navy in 1902. Originally designed as an improvement over the USS Olympia, she was heavily reworked, ending as a large protected cruiser having a similar displacement to contemporary armored cruiser but with less protections : some authors considered them as “semi-armored cruisers”.
Commissioned in 1906, USS St. Louis was assigned to the Pacific Fleet in 1907 following her trials. In 1909, she was put into reserve and decommissioned the next year to be recommissioned, still in reserve, in 1911. In 1912, St. Louis returned to reserve in the Pacific Reserve fleet, where she stayed until 1914, when she became a receiving ship at San Francisco. She returned again to reserve in 1916. The same year, she was assigned as a submarine tender for the Submarine Division Three of the Pacific fleet. In 1917, her crew boarded the German sloop Geier to avoid her scuttling at Pearl Harbor. When the United States entered the world war, she was assigned to escort duty in the Atlantic while still in half-commission. The same year, she was accepted in full commission and spent the majority of the conflict escorting convoys. After the Armistice, St. Louis contributed to bring back home the US Troops deployed in Europe between 1918 and 1919. Redesignated as CA-18, St. Louis was assigned to the European Squadron and fulfilled humanitarian duties in the context of the Russian Civil War and the Turkish Revolution. She returned home in 1921 to start pre-inactivation work, and she was fully decommissioned in 1922. Kept into reserve until 1930, when St. Louis was sold for scrap to respect the tonnage limitations of the London naval treaty, alongside her sister ships.
Sources :
- Friedman, Norman, U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History, Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1984
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