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South Carolina
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Battleship | U.S.A. | Tier III
Tech Tree Position
St. Louis
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General
Research price2800 exp
Purchase price309,000 Credits
Hit Points29,000 
Main Battery
305 mm/45 Mk.5 in a turret4 х 2 pcs.
Rate of Fire2 shots/min.
Reload Time30 sec.
Rotation Speed4 deg./sec.
180 Degree Turn Time45 sec.
Firing Range14.24 km.
Maximum Dispersion202 m.
HE Shell305 mm HE 
Maximum HE Shell Damage4,100 
Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell20 %
Initial HE Shell Velocity823 m./s.
HE Shell Weight394.6 kg.
AP Shell305 mm AP 
Maximum AP Shell Damage8,100 
Initial AP Shell Velocity823 m./s.
AP Shell Weight394.6 kg.
Secondary Armament #1
76.2 mm/50 Mk.5 on a single mount22 х 1 pcs.
Firing Range3.2 km.
Rate of Fire10 shots/min.
Reload Time6 sec.
HE Shell76 mm HE 
Maximum HE Shell Damage1,100 
Initial HE Shell Velocity823 m./s.
Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell4 %
Maneuverability
Maximum Speed15.84 knot
Turning Circle Radius480 m.
Rudder Shift Time13.1 sec.
Concealment
Surface Detectability Range13.44 km.
Air Detectability Range6 km.
Battle Levels
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South Carolina — American Tier III battleship.

The first dreadnought in the U.S. Navy. Due to limited dimensions, the ship carried relatively weak armament and had a low speed. Battleships of her class were the first to receive superfiring turrets. This meant she could fire a full broadside with all main battery guns.

Modules

Main Battery Guns 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
(Credits)
305 mm/45 Mk.5 in a turret2362023,700207,300 036,000
Hull 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
(Credits)
South Carolina (A)29,00010305422 070,000
South Carolina (B)31,700103054204 1,400150,000
Fire Control System IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST
(%)		Maximum Firing Range
(km)		 Research price
(exp)		 Purchase price
(Credits)
Mk3 mod. 10 022,000
Mk III mod. 20 70076,000
Engine Maximum Speed
(knot)		 Research price
(exp)		 Purchase price
(Credits)
Propulsion: 16,000 hp15.8 017,000
Propulsion: 17,600 hp18 30040,000

Compatible Upgrades

 Slot 1 
 Main Armaments Modification 1
 Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
 Damage Control Party Modification 1
 Slot 2 
 Damage Control System Modification 1
 Engine Room Protection

Player Opinion

Performance

The first battleship in the American tech tree, South Carolina is a fairly decent ship. For her tier, she has quite good armor and range, which prove to only be a problem when she faces higher tier ships. South Carolina is one of the first ships in the game to feature superfiring main turrets which allows for maximum firepower while maintaining a small silhouette. She does have severe limitations, however, when it comes to her top speed — a pattern that is repeated with the succeeding U.S. battleships until North Carolina — and maintains a top speed when upgraded of only 18 knots.

Players who want to do well with her must utilize her strengths. She is not a long-range sniper; she is a brawler. Make sure that South Carolina is always headed towards the fight. Load AP shells and citadel cruisers and battleships at close range; turn away and kite once the enemy begins to give chase. Don't be afraid of destroyers; blast them with a broadside and turn away in anticipation of their torpedoes. Just like any other ship, it's generally best to remain with the fleet and always angle her armor from enemy battleships.

Pros:

  • Decent guns for tier: receives eight 305mm guns with best-in-tier range and better handling than some of her counterparts (such as Kawachi).
  • Superfiring turrets: can train at least half her guns in any direction, and bring all eight guns to bear on most aspects for a broadside.
  • Good armor for tier.
  • Good turning radius.
  • Good accuracy and penetration against broadside cruisers and battleships.

Cons:

  • Struggles when up-tiered; Tier IV pack a heavier armament and are frequently faster.
  • Poor secondary armament: extremely weak AA armament though unlikely to encounter aircraft at her tier, and ineffective 76.2mm secondary guns leave her vulnerable to destroyers.
  • Abysmally slow top speed: she can make only 15.8kts stock, and not much better upgraded, making her one of the slowest ships in the game.
  • High detection range: worst detection radius of all Tier III battleships.
  • General sluggishness can be frustrating to new players who may be new battleships.

Research

This is a suggested research path:

  1. Propulsion mod. 2
  2. Mk3 GFCS mod. 2
  3. South Carolina (B) Hull


The major hindrance to South Carolina’s combat potential is her speed - having a top speed of only 16kts means that most ships — including St. Louis — can easily escape her firing range. Thus, attempting to position this ship correctly can prove very difficult. As such, the propulsion module upgrade is probably the most important to unlock and mount early on to be able to perform better. Although due to the low-tier nature of this ship, it is likely that players will fully upgrade the ship in only a few battles with decent performance.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for South Carolina are as follows:

Commander Skills

Consumables

South Carolina can equip the following consumables:

Camouflage

Type 1, 2, or 5 camouflage can be equipped for credits; Types 2 or 5 are recommended at a minimum to reduce the accuracy of incoming shells.

Signals

Gallery

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  • SCBroadside.png
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  • An enemy Clemson maneuvers to avoid South Carolina’s salvo.

Historical Info

Historical Gallery


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Battleships  III South Carolina • IV Wyoming • IV Arkansas BetaDoubloons • V New York • V OklahomaDoubloons • V TexasDoubloons • VI New Mexico • VI ArizonaDoubloons • VI W. Virginia '41Doubloons • VII Colorado • VII FloridaDoubloons • VII West Virginia '44Doubloons • VII CaliforniaDoubloons • VII Colorado 2 • VIII North Carolina • VIII Kansas • VIII Nebraska • VIII AlabamaDoubloons • VIII MassachusettsDoubloons • VIII Alabama VLDoubloons • VIII ConstellationDoubloons • VIII Massachusetts BDoubloons • VIII Alabama STDoubloons • VIII TennesseeDoubloons • VIII North Carolina CLRDoubloons • VIII Alabama BDoubloons • VIII Volunteer State • VIII North Carolina 2 • IX Iowa • IX Minnesota • IX Delaware • IX MissouriDoubloons • IX KearsargeDoubloons • IX IllinoisDoubloons • IX Kearsarge BDoubloons • IX GeorgiaDoubloons • IX AL KearsargeDoubloons • IX Iowa 2 • X Montana • X Vermont • X Louisiana • X OhioDoubloons • X Oregon • X Rhode IslandDoubloons • X WisconsinDoubloons • X BA MontanaDoubloons • X [[Ship:[Montana]|[Montana]]] • X Montana 2 • X Utah • ★ Maine 
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Battleships
Netherlands  X Willem de Eerste 
U.S.A.  III South Carolina • IV Wyoming • IV Arkansas BetaDoubloons • V New York • V OklahomaDoubloons • V TexasDoubloons • VI New Mexico • VI ArizonaDoubloons • VI W. Virginia '41Doubloons • VII Colorado • VII FloridaDoubloons • VII West Virginia '44Doubloons • VII CaliforniaDoubloons • VII Colorado 2 • VIII North Carolina • VIII Kansas • VIII Nebraska • VIII AlabamaDoubloons • VIII MassachusettsDoubloons • VIII Alabama VLDoubloons • VIII ConstellationDoubloons • VIII Massachusetts BDoubloons • VIII Alabama STDoubloons • VIII TennesseeDoubloons • VIII North Carolina CLRDoubloons • VIII Alabama BDoubloons • VIII Volunteer State • VIII North Carolina 2 • IX Iowa • IX Minnesota • IX Delaware • IX MissouriDoubloons • IX KearsargeDoubloons • IX IllinoisDoubloons • IX Kearsarge BDoubloons • IX GeorgiaDoubloons • IX AL KearsargeDoubloons • IX Iowa 2 • X Montana • X Vermont • X Louisiana • X OhioDoubloons • X Oregon • X Rhode IslandDoubloons • X WisconsinDoubloons • X BA MontanaDoubloons • X [[Ship:[Montana]|[Montana]]] • X Montana 2 • X Utah • ★ Maine 
Commonwealth  VII YukonDoubloons • X Irresistible 
Europe  V Viribus UnitisDoubloons • VII LugdunumDoubloons • IX Karl XIV JohanDoubloons • IX NiordDoubloons 
Germany  III Nassau • III Von der Tann • III König AlbertDoubloons • IV Kaiser • IV Moltke • V König • V Derfflinger • VI Bayern • VI Mackensen • VI Prinz Eitel FriedrichDoubloons • VII Gneisenau • VII Prinz Heinrich • VII ScharnhorstDoubloons • VII AL Prinz HeinrichDoubloons • VII Scharnhorst BDoubloons • VII Scharnhorst '43Doubloons • VIII TirpitzDoubloons • VIII Bismarck • VIII Zieten • VIII OdinDoubloons • VIII BrandenburgDoubloons • VIII AnhaltDoubloons • VIII Brandenburg BDoubloons • VIII Tirpitz BDoubloons • VIII BA TirpitzDoubloons • VIII Odin TE • VIII AL BismarckDoubloons • IX Friedrich der Grosse • IX Prinz Rupprecht • IX PommernDoubloons • IX Pommern BDoubloons • IX Prinz Sigismund • X Grosser KurfürstDoubloons • X Schlieffen • X Preussen • X MecklenburgDoubloons • X [[Ship:[Grosser Kurfürst]|[Grosser Kurfürst]]] • ★ Hannover 
U.S.S.R.  III Knyaz Suvorov • IV Imperator Nikolai IDoubloons • IV Gangut • V Pyotr Velikiy • V Oktyabrskaya RevolutsiyaDoubloons • VI Izmail • VI NovorossiyskDoubloons • VII Sinop • VII PoltavaDoubloons • VIII Vladivostok • VIII LeninDoubloons • VIII BorodinoDoubloons • VIII V. I. Lenin • VIII Borodino TE • IX Sovetsky Soyuz • IX NavarinDoubloons • IX AL Sov. RossiyaDoubloons • IX Zarya Svobody • X Kremlin • X SlavaDoubloons • ★ Admiral Ushakov 
Italy  IV Dante Alighieri • V Conte di Cavour • V Giulio CesareDoubloons • VI Andrea Doria • VII Francesco Caracciolo • VIII Vittorio Veneto • VIII RomaDoubloons • VIII AL LittorioDoubloons • VIII Marcantonio Colonna • IX Lepanto • IX Marco PoloDoubloons • IX Giuseppe VerdiDoubloons • X Cristoforo Colombo • X Ruggiero di LauriaDoubloons • X SiciliaDoubloons • X Amerigo Vespucci 
Pan-America  V Rio de JaneiroDoubloons • VIII Ipiranga • VIII AtlânticoDoubloons • IX Los Andes • IX ValparaísoDoubloons • X Libertad • X Comodoro 
Japan  II MikasaDoubloons • III Kawachi • IV Myōgi • IV IshizuchiDoubloons • V Kongō • V ARP KongōDoubloons • V ARP KirishimaDoubloons • V ARP HarunaDoubloons • V ARP HieiDoubloons • V HSF HieiDoubloons • VI Fusō • VI MutsuDoubloons • VI IseDoubloons • VI Ise 2 • VI Ise 3 • VII Nagato • VII AshitakaDoubloons • VII HyūgaDoubloons • VIII Amagi • VIII Yumihari • VIII KiiDoubloons • VIII Ignis PurgatioDoubloons • VIII RagnarokDoubloons • IX Izumo • IX Adatara • IX MusashiDoubloons • IX HizenDoubloons • IX IwamiDoubloons • IX DaisenDoubloons • IX TsurugiDoubloons • IX Iwami BDoubloons • IX Hotaka • X Yamato • X Bungo • X ShikishimaDoubloons • X ARP YamatoDoubloons • X [[Ship:[Yamato]|[Yamato]]] • ★ Satsuma 
U.K.  III Bellerophon • III Indefatigable • III DreadnoughtDoubloons • IV Orion • IV Queen Mary • V Iron Duke • V Tiger • V AgincourtDoubloons • VI WarspiteDoubloons • VI Queen Elizabeth • VI Renown • VI RepulseDoubloons • VI Repulse BDoubloons • VII King George V • VII Rooke • VII HoodDoubloons • VII NelsonDoubloons • VII Duke of YorkDoubloons • VII CollingwoodDoubloons • VII Renown '44Doubloons • VII RodneyDoubloons • VIII Monarch • VIII Hawke • VIII VanguardDoubloons • IX Lion • IX Duncan • IX MarlboroughDoubloons • IX Scarlet ThunderDoubloons • X Conqueror • X St. Vincent • X ThundererDoubloons • X IncomparableDoubloons • X Cumberland • X [[Ship:[Conqueror]|[Conqueror]]] • ★ Devastation 
France  III Turenne • IV Courbet • V Bretagne • VI Normandie • VI DunkerqueDoubloons • VI Dunkerque BDoubloons • VII Lyon • VII StrasbourgDoubloons • VIII Richelieu • VIII GascogneDoubloons • VIII ChampagneDoubloons • VIII FlandreDoubloons • VIII PicardieDoubloons • VIII [[Ship:[Richelieu]|[Richelieu]]]Doubloons • IX Alsace • IX Jean BartDoubloons • IX Jean Bart BDoubloons • X République • X BourgogneDoubloons • ★ Patrie 
Pan-Asia  VII Teng SheDoubloons • IX BajieDoubloons • IX WujingDoubloons • IX Sun Yat-SenDoubloons • IX LouchuanDoubloons • IX Xuan WuDoubloons • IX TaihangDoubloons 
Spain  IX VictoriaDoubloons
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