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?The Nicholas is a welcome upgrade from the Clemson, and a very fun and strong destroyer for its tier. Compared to the Clemson, the Nicholas is a vast improvement in nearly every way. Perhaps the most conspicuous upgrade is the main battery, which previously on the Clemson was practically the same 102mm arnament found on the tier 2 American destroyer, the Sampson, including practically the samerange and rate of fire. For the Nicholas, not only has the caliber been buffed to 120mm and rate of fire buffed to a monstrous 12 RPM, the range of the guns can now reach 10.9km away even stock. The Nicholas also gets increased top speed by 2 knots, 8 seconds faster artillery rotation time, and a 0.3 km shorter spotting range. Finally, the torpedoes of the Nicholas have been improved in speed - 65 knots speed with the upgrade compared to the Clemson's 56, with a very insignificant damage decrease. The torpedo rate of fire has not improved, however, so don't expect to beat the Japanese tier 5 destroyer, the Minekaze, in torpedo firepower. The Nicholas has a fairly tall sillhoulette due to the tower in the front of the vessel, so once you're spotted you should be more careful as a destroyer's armor is basically nonexistent. Otherwise, the Nicholas is an excellent destroyer for its tier and can be very effective in both assaulting with torpedoes and harassing with its fast firing guns.+The Nicholas is a welcome upgrade from the Clemson, and a very fun and strong destroyer for its tier. Compared to the Clemson, the Nicholas is a vast improvement in nearly every way. Perhaps the most conspicuous upgrade is the main battery, which previously on the Clemson was practically the same 102mm arnament found on the tier 2 American destroyer, the Sampson, including practically the samerange and rate of fire. For the Nicholas, not only has the caliber been buffed to 127mm and rate of fire buffed to a monstrous 12 RPM, the range of the guns can now reach 10.9km away even stock. The Nicholas also gets increased top speed by 2 knots, 8 seconds faster artillery rotation time, and a 0.3 km shorter spotting range. Finally, the torpedoes of the Nicholas have been improved in speed - 65 knots speed with the upgrade compared to the Clemson's 56, with a very insignificant damage decrease. The torpedo rate of fire has not improved, however, so don't expect to beat the Japanese tier 5 destroyer, the Minekaze, in torpedo firepower. The Nicholas has a fairly tall sillhoulette due to the tower in the front of the vessel, so once you're spotted you should be more careful as a destroyer's armor is basically nonexistent. Otherwise, the Nicholas is an excellent destroyer for its tier and can be very effective in both assaulting with torpedoes and harassing with its fast firing guns.
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Nicholas

Ship_PASD014_Leader_1919.png
Overview
1300000 Credits.png Cost
12000 Hit Points
Mobility
37 kt Max Speed
4 s Rudder Shift Time
600 m Turn Radius
Armor
-1 - -1 mm Hull Armor
-1 - -1 mm Citadel Armor
-1 - -1 mm Deck Armor
-1 - -1 mm Extremities Armor
Primary Armament
Guns
Secondary Armament
Guns
Torpedoes
Torpedoes
Aircrafts
Recon Squadrons
Visibility
2.5 km Aerial Detection Range
6.5 km Surface Detection Range
V
Nicholas
1300000
The construction of a large number of destroyers in the absence of cruisers raised a discussion in the U.S. Navy about the need to produce destroyer leaders. Some officers suggested creating an intermediate ship type that would combine the features of a cruiser and a destroyer. After a series of sketches, a project for the destroyer leader with a displacement of 2,200 tons and equipped with five 127 mm guns was proposed. The beginning of the construction of the Omaha-class cruisers eventually eliminated the need for a destroyer leader, and it was decided to abandon the construction of this class.

Modules

Cost, artilleryShotspeed artilleryRotationtime artilleryDamagehe artilleryDamageap
127 mm/51 Mk.7 on a Mk.15 mount 127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.21 mount 95000 15 12 1800 2100

Cost, health planesAmount artilleryNumbarrels atbaNumbarrels aaNumbarrels
Nicholas (A) 140000 12000 --- 1 0 1/1
Nicholas (B) 380000 13100 --- 1 0 4/1

Cost, torpedoesDamage torpedoesMaxdist torpedoesSpeed torpedoesShotspeed
Mark 11 152000 11733 5.5 56 0.9

Cost, suoMaxdist suoIncreasedistpercent
Mk5 mod. 1 90000 0 ---

Cost, mobilityMaxspeed
Propulsion: 55,000 hp 120000 37


Compatible Equipment

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Player Opinion

Performance

The Nicholas is a welcome upgrade from the Clemson, and a very fun and strong destroyer for its tier. Compared to the Clemson, the Nicholas is a vast improvement in nearly every way. Perhaps the most conspicuous upgrade is the main battery, which previously on the Clemson was practically the same 102mm arnament found on the tier 2 American destroyer, the Sampson, including practically the samerange and rate of fire. For the Nicholas, not only has the caliber been buffed to 127mm and rate of fire buffed to a monstrous 12 RPM, the range of the guns can now reach 10.9km away even stock. The Nicholas also gets increased top speed by 2 knots, 8 seconds faster artillery rotation time, and a 0.3 km shorter spotting range. Finally, the torpedoes of the Nicholas have been improved in speed - 65 knots speed with the upgrade compared to the Clemson's 56, with a very insignificant damage decrease. The torpedo rate of fire has not improved, however, so don't expect to beat the Japanese tier 5 destroyer, the Minekaze, in torpedo firepower. The Nicholas has a fairly tall sillhoulette due to the tower in the front of the vessel, so once you're spotted you should be more careful as a destroyer's armor is basically nonexistent. Otherwise, the Nicholas is an excellent destroyer for its tier and can be very effective in both assaulting with torpedoes and harassing with its fast firing guns.


Historical Info

First sketches were of 'flush deckers' armed with either six 5" guns and two triple Torpedo Tubes, or four 5" guns and four Torpedo Tubes. The ultimate design (February 1919), was a 2,200-ton boat mounting five 5" guns on the centerline with twelve Torpedo Tubes mounted on the wings.



The final design would have provided the following armament:


5-In/51 x5

3-In. AA x2

21-In. TT 4x3

None of these designs ever made it to the production stage.

Special Note:

After an extensive search, the 'class' name of Nicholas produced no results whatsoever in relation to the 1919 Destroyer Leader. As such, one can only ascertain this was a 'placeholder' name. Should the development team ever seek to properly name this particular class, it would be suggested they use 'Huse'.


Historical Gallery

Sources and External Links

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Destroyers
USA IISampson IISmith IIIWickes IVClemson IVDD 214 VNicholas VHill VIFarragut VIMonaghan VIIMahan VIISims VIIHughes VIISims B VIIIBenson VIIIOsborne VIIIKidd IXFletcher IXChristopher IXBenham IXHalford IXBlack B IXBlack IXJohnston IXGQ Johnny IXFrank Friday XGearing XBurrows XSomers XForrest Sherman XLaffey XHull X[Gearing] Joshua Humphreys
UK IIMedea IIIValkyrie IIICampbeltown IVWakeful VAcasta VIIcarus VIGallant VIIJervis VIIJupiter '42 VIIILightning VIIICossack VIIICossack B VIIIEskimo IXJutland IXSomme IXBarfleur XDaring XDruid
USSR IIStorozhevoi IIIDerzki IVIzyaslav VGremyashchy VGnevny (< 06.03.2017) VPodvoisky VOkhotnik VIOgnevoi (< 06.03.2017) VIGnevny VIIKiev (< 06.03.2017) VIIMinsk VIILeningrad VIITashkent '39 VIIITashkent (< 06.03.2017) VIIIOgnevoi VIIIKiev VIIIProvorny IXUdaloi IXTashkent IXNeustrashimy XKhabarovsk XGrozovoi XDelny X[Grozovoi] Zorkiy
Japan IITachibana IIUmikaze IITachibana Lima IIIWakatake IVIsokaze VMinekaze VFūjin VKamikaze VKamikaze R VMutsuki VIMutsuki (< 01.12.2016) VIFubuki VIHatsuharu VIShinonome B VIShinonome VIIHatsuharu (< 01.12.2016) VIIAkatsuki VIIShiratsuyu VIIYūdachi VIIIFubuki (< 01.12.2016) VIIIAkizuki VIIIKagerō VIIIAsashio VIIIHSF Harekaze II VIIIAsashio B VIIIHSF Harekaze VIIIAL Yukikaze IXKagerō (< 01.12.2016) IXYūgumo IXKitakaze IXMinegumo IXSTAR Kitakaze XShimakaze XHarugumo XHayate XAL Shimakaze X[Shimakaze] Yamagiri