Vermont

Tier Legendary | Type: Battleship
Preceded by	Succeeded by
Minnesota	none
Cost (Research Bureau)	30 000 000

STOCK STATS

Survivability

Hitpoints102 800

Armor19 - 508 mm

Torpedo Damage Reduction40 %

Artillery

Main Battery

457mm/45 Mk.A4x3

Firing Range17.8 km

Reload Time35 s

180° Turn Time45 s

HE Maximum Damage6100

HE Fire Chance43 %

HE Penetration76 mm

AP Maximum Damage15 000

Sigma1.95

Secondary Armament 1

127mm Mk328x2

Firing Range5 km

Reload Time6 s

HE Maximum Damage1800

HE Fire Chance5 %

HE Penetration21 mm

AA Defense

AA Armament 1

20mm Oerlikon Mk2036x2

DPS220

Range2 km

AA Armament 2

40mm Bofors Mk221x4

DPS334

Range3.5 km

AA Armament 3

127mm Mk328x2

DPS121

Range5 km

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed24.5 kn

Turning Circle Radius850 m

Rudder Shift Time19.1 s

Concealment

Detectability by Sea16 km

Detectability by Air12.8 km

Detectability while firing in smoke15.7 km

Vermont — American Legendary Tier Battleship.

During the World War I dreadnought race, six projects for a battleship with maxed out capabilities were created. The engineers were given a lot of room to maneuver with only one limitation: the ship had to be able to go through the Panama Canal. The first project was a bit more conservative than the others, featuring 12 high-caliber guns in four turrets, along with exceptionally powerful armor.


Year of Design: 1945

Ship Traits
Big Guns: This ship is armed with high-caliber main battery guns.	Guns Aplenty: A high number of guns allows for a lot of damage from a single salvo.	Slow: Below average maximum movement speed.

Modules

	Hit Points	Min Armor (mm)	Max Armor (mm)	Torpedo Damage Reduction (%)	Main Battery Turrets	Rudder Shift (s)
Stock	102 800	19	508	40	4x3	19.1

	Turret Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max HE Damage	HE Fire Chance (%)	Max AP Damage
457mm/45 Mk.A	4x3	35	45	6100	43	15 000

	Main Battery Firing Range
Stock	17.8 km

	Maximum Speed
Stock	24.5 kn

Modifications

SLOT 1	Main Battery Mod 2 Main Battery traverse speed +20%	Secondary Battery Mod 2 Secondary Battery firing range +20% Dispersion of Secondary Battery -20%	AA Guns Mod 2 AA guns firing range +20%
SLOT 2	Damage Control System Mod 2 Fire duration -15% Flood duration -15%	Steering Gears Mod 2 Rudder shift time -20%	Propulsion Mod 2 Time taken to reach full power when accelerating -50%
SLOT 3	Concealment System Mod 1 Detectability range -10% Incoming fire dispersion +5%	Target Acquisition System Mod 1 Spotting Range +20% Torpedo visibility range +20% Range of Guaranteed Acquisition of ships +50%
SLOT 4	Main Battery Mod 3 Main battery reload time -10% Main battery traverse speed -15%	Secondary Battery Mod 3 Secondary battery reload time -20%	Artillery Plotting Room Mod 2 Dispersion of Main Battery -10%	AA Guns Mod 3 Average AA damage +25%

Consumables

Damage Control Party

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

Duration: 20s Reload time: 80s The number of consumables is unlimited

Repair Party

Partially restores the ship's HP by repairing light damage.

HP per second: +513 Duration: 28s Reload time: 80s Number of consumables: 3

Defensive AA Fire

Increases the efficiency of AA fire.

Average AA damage: +200% Duration: 40s Reload time: 180s Number of consumables: 3

Catapult Fighter

Follows the ship and automatically attacks enemy aircraft.

Duration: 90s Reload time: 80s Number of consumables: 3

Observation Seaplane

Temporarily tightens main battery shell grouping.

Main battery shell grouping: +10% Duration: 30s Reload time: 200s Number of consumables: 3

Enhanced Secondary Targeting

Lower the dispersion and improve the shell grouping of your secondary armament.

Secondary battery shell grouping: +100% Secondary battery dispersion: -50% Duration: 30s Reload time: 160s Number of consumables: 3

Player Opinion

Pros:

• Largest HP pool in the game
• 51mm central deck armor, enough to shatter low caliber HE shells.
• 38mm covers the midsection of the hull allowing her to bounce AP shells when angled.
• Twelve 18-inch (457 mm) guns, the second heaviest broadside in the game (barely edged out by Cristoforo Colombo).
• Great main battery dispersion, which can be improved further with Artillery Plotting Room mod. 2.
• Above average AP penetration, on par with Yamato.
• Above average torpedo protection.
• Tight turning circle.
• Extremely powerful AA defenses, which can be increased in power via the Defensive AA Fireconsumable.

Cons:

• Raised citadel, vulnerable while broadside.
• Prone to taking large chunks of damage even when angled due to large freeboard.
• Long main battery reload time of 36 seconds.
• Slow shell velocity.
• Slow, with a base speed of 24.5 knots.

Performance

Changes

Breeze of Inspiration

• Main battery AP shell damage increased from 14 200 to 15 000
• Main battery reload time reduced from 36 s to 35 s

History

Vermont is based on a mix between multiple US Navy hypothetical battleship proposals dated from the late 1916 to early 1917, designed under the request of the US Senator Benjamin R. Tillman; more accurately, Vermont is a mix between the first Design No.171 and Design No.171 scheme IV-1. This series of battleship designs aimed to create a ship with the maximum armament and armour possible, while still able to pass through the Panama Canal and using contemporary harbour facilities. The first design focused on the maximum protection possible on a 70 000 tons displacement with a speed of 26.5 knots ; Scheme IV-1 focused on the heaviest armament possible, with a broadside of 13 18 inches/457mm guns on a 80 000 tons displacement with a speed of 25.2 knots. None of the ships were ever built because of the purely hypothetical nature of these designs.

In World of Warships Legends, the ship is named after the state of Vermont, following the US Navy tradition of naming battleships after US states.

Vermont shares elements from both the first Design No.171 and Design No.171 Scheme IV-1 : she has the same number of guns as the first design, but has the same armour scheme, triple funnel layout and main battery caliber as Scheme IV-1. She’s also slower than both designs, as the first design was meant to go 26.5 knots and Scheme VI-1 25.2 knots. In game, Vermont has a max speed stock of 24.5 knots. She's also represented with a fictional 1945 modernisation, in the same style as those applied to the US Standard battleship (the same kind of modernisation visible in-game with the Tennessee class battleship California) that suffered the Japanese raid of Pearl Harbor : she’s wider due to her new torpedo bulges, and fitted with modern AA weaponry, new electronics and dual-purpose secondary battery.

Sources :

• Photo # S-584-107 Picture Data, https://www.shipscribe.com/styles/S-584/images/s-file/s584107c.htm
• Photo # S-584-116 Picture Data, https://www.shipscribe.com/styles/S-584/images/s-file/s584116c.htm

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