Arkansas Beta

Construction

New York Shipbuilding Company; New York, United States

Laid down: 21 January 1910

Launched: 14 January 1911

Commissioned: 17 September 1912

Specifications

26,000 tons displacement, standard

171.3m length

28.4m beam

8.7m draft

Machinery

12 boilers, 4 turbines

Performance

20.5 knots at 28,000 shaft horsepower

8,000 nautical miles at 10 knots

Armor

Main belt: 229-279mm

Barbettes and Turrets: 279mm barbette, 305mm turrets

Casemates: 165-229mm

Conning tower: 292mm

Armament

Main

Twelve (6x2) 305mm guns

Secondary

Twenty-one (21x1) 127mm guns

Torpedoes

Two (2x1) 533mm submerged torpedo tubes

History

Design

USS Arkansas (BB-33) was a dreadnought battleship, the second member of the Wyoming class, built by the United States Navy. She was the third ship of the US Navy named in honor of the 25th state, and was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was laid down in January 1910, launched in January 1911, and commissioned into the Navy in September 1912. Arkansas was armed with a main battery of twelve 12 in (300 mm) guns and capable of a top speed of 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph).

Service

Arkansas served in both World Wars. During the First World War, she was part of Battleship Division Nine, which was attached to the British Grand Fleet, but she saw no action during the war. During the interwar years, Arkansas performed a variety of duties, including training cruises for midshipmen and goodwill visits overseas.

Following the outbreak of World War II, Arkansas conducted Neutrality Patrols in the Atlantic prior to America's entry into the war. Thereafter, she escorted convoys to Europe through 1944; in June, she supported the invasion of Normandy, and in August she provided gunfire support to the invasion of southern France. In 1945, she transferred to the Pacific, and bombarded Japanese positions during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. After the end of the war, she ferried troops back to the United States as part of Operation Magic Carpet. Arkansas was expended as a target in Operation Crossroads, a pair of nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946.

In-game historical inaccuracies

• Arkansas is depicted in her original 1912 condition. See Wyoming for the modernized version.
• Premium camouflage resembles the Measure 32 camouflage, which was introduced in 1943; Arkansas was never camouflaged in 1912. During World War 2, she was painted in Measure 31a, Design 7B camouflage.
• Arkansas had 120-127 mm of armor on the bow. The in game model only has the standard 19 mm.
• Firing range of the 120 mm secondary guns is actually 16 km, not a measly 4.5 km.

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  Arkansas‍ '​s four after turrets firing during gunnery practice

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  Arkansas in her 1944 configuration, with tripod foremast

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  Arkansas underway in 1920

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  President Taft boarding Arkansas on 14 October 1912

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  Arkansas visiting Kiel, Germany in July 1930. Photo taken from the battleship Schleswig-Holstein

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  Arkansas engaging shore batteries off Omaha beach

See here for links to Update notes.

• Added to the game in Update 0.4.0.
• Awarded to all participants in the closed beta test who played at least 49 battles in co-op and standard battles on July 2, 2015.
• Update 0.5.0.3:
  • Main battery turret traverse speed increased from 3 to 4 degrees per second.
• Update 0.5.3.2:
  • Type 6 camouflage renamed Type 9.
• Update 0.5.6:
  • The selling price in credits was adjusted from 375,000 to 2,137,500 credits.
• Update 0.5.7:
  • Fixed display of the crane and its model.
• Update 0.5.9:
  • The armor model of the hull was refined.
• Update 0.6.2:
  • The appearance was improved with the use of a special technology for improved rendering of thin elements (rigging, etc.).
• Update 0.6.3:
  • Base firing range increased from 12,060 to 14,380 m.
• Update 0.6.12:
  • Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 10.77 km.
  • Improved appearance of the ship using special technology for improved rendering of subtle elements (mainly rigging). This did not affect the performance of the game in any way.
• Update 0.6.13:
  • Secondary battery range was increased from 3.5 to 4.5 km and accuracy was significantly increased.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • Added the ability to install the "Damage Control System Modification 2" module.
  • A bonus was added to the "Type 9" permanent camouflage: a -10% discount to the cost of post-battle service.
• Update 0.9.2:
  • Added the ability to install the "Ship Consumables Modification 1" module.
• Update 0.9.6:
  • The value of the in-game turning circle radius was changed to 590 m to correct prior discrepancy.