Marblehead

12.2

Marblehead

Cruiser | U.S.A. | Tier V

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points27,000

Main Battery

152 mm/53 Mk.12 on a Mk.13 casemate mount8 х 1 / 2 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire9 shots/min.

Reload Time6.67 sec.

Rotation Speed7.5 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time24 sec.

Firing Range13.88 km.

Maximum Dispersion128 m.

HE Shell152 mm HE/HC Mk34 mod. 1

Maximum HE Shell Damage2,200

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell12 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity914 m./s.

HE Shell Weight47.7 kg.

AP Shell152 mm AP/SC Mk27 mod. 5

Maximum AP Shell Damage3,100

Initial AP Shell Velocity914 m./s.

AP Shell Weight47.6 kg.

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm Triple2 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire1.58 shots/min.

Reload Time38 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

TorpedoBliss Leavitt Mk9 mod. 1

Maximum Damage6,233

Torpedo Speed49 knot

Torpedo Range8.22 km.

AA Defense

76 mm/50 Mk.22 on a single mount4 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second11.2

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed34 knot

Turning Circle Radius600 m.

Rudder Shift Time5.7 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range13.09 km.

Air Detectability Range5.36 km.

Battle Levels

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12.2

Marblehead

Cruiser | U.S.A. | Tier V

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points27,000

Main Battery

152 mm/53 Mk.12 on a Mk.13 casemate mount8 х 1 / 2 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire9 shots/min.

Reload Time6.67 sec.

Rotation Speed7.5 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time24 sec.

Firing Range13.88 km.

Maximum Dispersion128 m.

HE Shell152 mm HE/HC Mk34 mod. 1

Maximum HE Shell Damage2,200

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell12 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity914 m./s.

HE Shell Weight47.7 kg.

AP Shell152 mm AP/SC Mk27 mod. 5

Maximum AP Shell Damage3,100

Initial AP Shell Velocity914 m./s.

AP Shell Weight47.6 kg.

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm Triple2 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire1.58 shots/min.

Reload Time38 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

TorpedoBliss Leavitt Mk9 mod. 1

Maximum Damage6,233

Torpedo Speed49 knot

Torpedo Range8.22 km.

AA Defense

76 mm/50 Mk.22 on a single mount4 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second11.2

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed34 knot

Turning Circle Radius600 m.

Rudder Shift Time5.7 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range13.09 km.

Air Detectability Range5.36 km.

Battle Levels

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V

Special

Marblehead — American special premium Tier V cruiser.

A high-speed scout cruiser with a torpedo armament and powerful artillery. The warship also carried aircraft handling equipment. Arrangement of her main battery guns was different from other ships of the same class.

Marblehead was originally released as a gift ship with decorative camouflage. It was given away in August 2015 at the PAX 2015 convention, and as a reward for a contest on the NA forums.

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 ()
152 mm/53 Mk.12 on a Mk.16 mount/Mk.13 mount/Mk.13 casemate mount	9	24	128	2,200	12	3,100		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 ()
Marblehead	27,000	10	76	8/2		4	2			0	0

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	Torpedo Tubes Reload Time (sec)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Damage (HP)	Torpedo Speed (knot)	Torpedo Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Mk9 mod. 1	1.6	38	7.2	6,233	49	8.2		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: 90,000 hp	34		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.
For a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's "Actual AA DPS".

Marblehead is a variant of the American Tier V cruiser Omaha. When the two ships are put side-by-side, Marblehead has the most in common with Omaha’s Hull (B), with the gun and firing control upgrades. As such, it has eight guns. In addition, the AA remains the same as on Omaha’s Hull (A), which means it's all but non-existent. However, it does come with a catapult fighter, which can be launched to intercept incoming bombers and can make up for the small amount of AA if used wisely.

Unfortunately, it does not have the lower torpedo launchers of Omaha, and Marblehead’s launchers use different torpedoes with completely different statistics. As a result, the play style when using torpedoes is quite different. To begin with, the salvo has fewer torpedoes as the hull is left with two triple-tube launchers instead of four. While they have an impressive range of 8.2 km, making them more useful for flooding or weakening BBs, they cannot be relied upon to sink an enemy at range due to poor speed of only 49 knots, making each salvo easier to evade. Furthermore, the low damage is painful if attempting to kill a single target, as each inflicts only 6233 damage max. However, at close range or against multiple targets, the torpedoes do have a fast reload time of 38 seconds compared to Murmansk’s 69 seconds and Omaha’s 44.

Pros:

• Very rapid firing weapons, and lots of them, with faster rate of fire than Omaha's.
• Torpedoes have longer range than Omaha's.
• Carries a catapult fighter to supplement AA defenses.
• Good maneuverability.
• Adequate main battery firing range.
• Can be very effective at setting fire to enemy ships.
• Can train six guns forward or aft when facing the enemy bow on of kiting away.

Cons:

• Weak armor makes it susceptible to citadel penetrations from the enemy.
• Large detection range.
• Torpedoes have low damage, have low speed and are easy to avoid (especially at long range).
• Worst AA defense of all tier 5 cruisers.
• No secondaries.

  
  

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

Research

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

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1 keeps the guns active and firing.
• Slot 2: Engine Room Protection helps keep the engines and steering working.
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1 improves accuracy and generates more main battery hits on enemies.

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed.	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed.	Consumables Specialist -10% cooldown time of Main Battery Reload Booster, Torpedo Reload Booster, Spotting Aircraft, Catapult Fighter, and Defensive AA Fire.	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning of a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5km. ★★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★★
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the fragmentation damage area of HE ordnance fired at submarines.	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time.	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search, Surveillance Radar, Smoke Generator, & Engine Boost. ★★	Eye in the Sky Spotting Aircraft: • +2 charges • -50% cooldown time • -50% action time.	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery.	Focus Fire Training In the priority AA sector:   +25% continuous damage.   +1 flak burst per salvo –10% reload time of Air strike armament.
3	Heavy HE and SAP Shells +10% HE and SAP shell damage. +15% ship detectability guns 149mm and up. ★★	Enhanced Torpedo Explosive Charge +15% torpedo damage.	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★	Heavy AP Shells +5% damage for AP shells 190mm and larger.	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables. ★★	Survivability Expert +450 HP per ship tier.
4	Top Grade Gunner -10% reload time of secondary batteries If enemy ship is spotted within detectability range, -8% reload time of main battery.	Outnumbered If there are fewer allies than visible enemies within the ship's base main caliber firing range: +8% ship speed -10% main battery dispersion.	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken..	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half. ★★	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship.	AA Defense and ASW Expert +20% continuous AA damage. +20% flak damage. +15% damage from depth charges. ★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Marblehead equips the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search 
• Slot 3: Catapult Fighter 

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Marblehead 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 +15% 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 Marblehead Camo

Historical Info

USS Marblehead (CL-12) was an Omaha class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the town of Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Marblehead was laid down on 4 August 1920 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia; launched on 9 October 1923. sponsored by Mrs. Joseph Evans; and commissioned on 8 September 1924, Captain Chauncey Shackford in command.

In-game historical inaccuracies

• Marblehead’s 1933 modernization is missing.
• Contrary to the in-game description, the arrangement of Marblehead’s main battery guns is exactly the same as Omaha’s. Marblehead is essentially a stock Omaha with two sets of torpedo tubes instead of four. The in-game description refers to how Marblehead was experimentally mounted with a single superfiring aft turret so that its broadside wouldn't be diminished when the lower level aft casemate guns were removed. While successful, this arrangement was not carried over to the rest of the Omaha class and the turret was eventually deleted to make room for additional anti-aircraft armament.
• Premium camouflage resembles the Measure 32 camouflage, which was introduced in 1943 during World War II; Marblehead is in interwar configuration and was in overall gray at the time of her commissioning.
• Catapult aircraft is a Boeing F4B; no floatplane version of this fighter existed. Marblehead was equipped with either the Curtiss SOC "Seagull" or Vought OS2U "Kingfisher".

Historical Gallery

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  USS Marblehead (CL-12).

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  USS Marblehead in February 1942 showing bomb damage received in the Battle of Makassar Strait.

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  Unloading casualties after being damaged by Japanese air attack in Tjilatjap, Java, on 4 February 1942. Marblehead’s 76 mm/50 caliber guns are visible at right.

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  Marblehead in October 1942 following the completion of repairs.

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  Marblehead off New York City in October 1942. Note the 76 mm/50 caliber gun and 20 mm Oerlikon cannons on the aft superstructure

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  Marblehead in May 1944.

References

1. USS Marblehead (CL-12) - Wikipedia
2. Omaha-class cruiser - Wikipedia
3. Premium Ship Spotlight: Marblehead - News - World of Warships

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.4.0.3.
• Update 0.4.0.4:
  • The Hydroacoustic Search consumable was added.
• Update 0.5.3.2:
  • Type 6 camouflage renamed Type 9.
• First appeared on sale in March 2016.
• Update 0.5.6:
  • Went on sale for doubloons in the game client (before that was only available in the Premium store).
• Update 0.5.8:
  • The armor model of the hull was refined.
• Update 0.5.9:
  • The thickness of the casemate closest to the bow was increased from 6 to 10 mm.
• Update 0.5.10:
  • Fixed display of some decorative objects and rigging.
• Update 0.6.0:
  • Updated the guns on the ship:
  • Main battery reload time decreased to 6.67 s, the torpedo tube firing sector was increased by 7 degrees towards the stern.
• 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 12,650 to 13,880 m.
• Update 0.6.12:
  • Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 6.87 km.
• Update 0.6.13:
  • Fire extinguishing time now 30 s instead of 60 s.
  • Improved display of thin elements.
  • The survivability of air defense weapons was tested and brought to a single standard. The change affects the 76.2 mm gun.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • A bonus was added to the "Type 9" permanent camouflage: a 10% discount to the cost of post-battle service.
• Update 0.7.7:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures on the ship and camouflage.
• Update 0.7.10:
  • The range of the Hydroacoustic Search consumable was unified: 4 km for detecting ships, 3 km for detecting torpedoes.
• Update 0.8.8:
  • Updated silhouette of the ship.
• Update 0.9.2:
  • HE shell penetration increased from 24 to 25 mm.
  • Central armor reinforced from 13 to 16 mm.
• Update 0.9.3:
  • Available for purchase in the Armory for 34,000 Coal.
• Update 0.11.9:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.

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