California

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Battleship | U.S.A. | Tier VII

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California — American special premium Tier VII battleship.

A Tennessee-class battleship armed with twelve 356 mm guns and possessing quite modest speed characteristics. After Pearl Harbor, she underwent thorough refurbishment, which significantly changed the ship's design and greatly enhanced her AA defenses.

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 ()
356 mm/50 Mk.7 in a turret	1.8	60	259	5,000	30	10,500		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 ()
California	58,300	16	457	4	8	41/14/8				0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Mk7 mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 29,500 hp	20.5		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Player Opinion

Pros:

Firing range is greater than that of Colorado and
Extremely powerful AA for a Tier VII battleship

Cons:

She has a very slow speed of 20.5 knots making her the slowest battleship at tier VII

Optimal Configuration

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Endurance		Attack		Support		Versatility
1	Priority Target Situational Awareness indicator will show the number of opponents currently aiming at you with main battery guns. ★★	Preventative Maintenance -30% to the risk of incapacitation of main turrets, torpedo tubes, steering gear, engines. ★★★	Expert Loader -50% to reload time when shell type is switched. ★	Air Supremacy -5% aircraft restoration time. Χ	Direction Center for Fighters +1 fighter to carrier fighter squadrons or catapult fighters. ★★	Improved Engine Boost +10% Aircraft engine boost time. Χ	Incoming Fire Alert Indicator of long-range enemy artillery fire. ★★	Last Gasp Completely restores the engine boost for the last attack flight of the carrier's planes. Χ
2	High Alert -10% to reload time of Damage Control Party consumable. ★★	Jack of All Trades -5% to reload time of all consumables. ★★	Expert Marksman +2.5 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber up to 139mm. +0.7 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber above 139mm. ★★★	Torpedo Acceleration +5 knots to torpedo speed. -20% to torpedo range. Χ	Smoke Screen Expert +20% to the radius of the smoke screen. Χ	Improved Engines +2.5% Squadron speed. Χ	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% to reload times of all types of armament for each 1% of total health lost. +0.2% squadron speed for each 1% of total health lost. ★★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★
3	Basics of Survivability -15% to time of repair, fire extinguishing, and recovery from flooding. ★★★	Survivability Expert +350 ship HP for each ship tier. +15 aircraft HP for each ship tier. ★★	Torpedo Armament Expertise -10% to reload time of torpedo tubes. Χ	Aircraft Armor Reduces continuous damage to aircraft in all AA defense zones. -10% continuous damage. Χ	Basic Firing Training -10% to reload time of main battery guns with a caliber up to and including 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +10% to continuous damage from AA guns. ★★	Superintendent +1 additional charge to all consumables mounted on a ship. ★★★	Demolition Expert +2% chance of HE shells causing a fire on target. +1% chance of rockets causing a fire on target. +5% chance of HE bombs causing a fire on target. ★	Vigilance +25% to detection range of enemy torpedoes. ★★★
4	Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament Tightens dispersion of secondary batteries. -15% for Tier I-VI ships. -60% for Tier VII-X ships. Manually selected target only. ★	Fire Prevention -10% to the risk of fire. The maximum number of fires on a ship is reduced to three. ★★★	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells +25% to the armor penetration of HE shells. -50% to base chance of fire caused by HE shells.	Sight Stabilization Speeds up the aiming of a carrier's aircraft. +7.5% attack aircraft and torpedo bomber aiming speed. +15% dive bomber aiming speed. Χ	Advanced Firing Training +20% to firing range of main battery guns with a caliber up to 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +15% AA flak burst damage. ★★	Massive AA Fire +100% instantaneous damage. No boost to continuous damage in a reinforced sector. Shorter effective cooldown.	Radio Position Finding Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.	Concealment Expert -10% to the detection radius of all ships and aircraft. ★★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Meh Χ - Not recommended

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Historical Info

References

Ships of U.S.A.

Destroyers	II Sampson • II Smith • III Wickes • IV Clemson • V Nicholas • V Hill • VI Farragut • VI Monaghan • VII Mahan • VII Sims • VII Sims B • VIII Benson • VIII Kidd • IX Fletcher • IX Benham • IX Halford • IX Black B • IX Black • X Gearing • X Somers • X Forrest Sherman • ★ Joshua Humphreys
Cruisers	I Erie • II Chester • II Albany • III St. Louis • III Charleston • IV Phoenix • V Omaha • V Marblehead • V Marblehead Lima • V Rattlehead • VI Pensacola • VI Dallas • VII Atlanta • VII New Orleans • VII Helena • VII Indianapolis • VII Atlanta B • VII Boise • VII Flint • VIII Baltimore • VIII Cleveland • VIII Wichita • VIII Anchorage • VIII Congress • VIII Rochester • VIII San Diego • VIII AL Montpelier • IX Buffalo • IX Seattle • IX Vallejo • IX Alaska • IX Tulsa • IX Alaska B • X Des Moines • X Worcester • X Puerto Rico • X Salem • X Austin • ★ Annapolis
Battleships	III South Carolina • IV Wyoming • IV Arkansas Beta • V New York • V Oklahoma • V Texas • VI New Mexico • VI Arizona • VI W. Virginia '41 • VII Colorado • VII Florida • VII West Virginia '44 • VII California • VIII North Carolina • VIII Kansas • VIII Nebraska • VIII Alabama • VIII Massachusetts • VIII Alabama VL • VIII Constellation • VIII Massachusetts B • VIII Alabama ST • VIII North Carolina CLR • IX Iowa • IX Minnesota • IX Delaware • IX Missouri • IX Kearsarge • IX Illinois • IX Kearsarge B • IX Georgia • X Montana • X Vermont • X Louisiana • X Ohio • X Rhode Island • X Wisconsin • ★ Maine
Aircraft Carriers	IV Langley • VI Independence • VI Ranger • VIII Yorktown • VIII Lexington • VIII Enterprise • VIII Saipan • VIII Hornet • VIII Saipan B • X Essex • X Midway • X Franklin D. Roosevelt • ★ United States

Battleships

Japan	II Mikasa • III Kawachi • IV Myōgi • IV Ishizuchi • V Kongō • V ARP Kongō • V ARP Kirishima • V ARP Haruna • V ARP Hiei • V HSF Hiei • VI Fusō • VI Mutsu • VI Ise • VII Nagato • VII Ashitaka • VII Hyūga • VIII Amagi • VIII Yumihari • VIII Kii • VIII Ignis Purgatio • VIII Ragnarok • IX Izumo • IX Adatara • IX Musashi • IX Hizen • IX Iwami • IX Daisen • IX Tsurugi • IX Iwami B • X Yamato • X Bungo • X Shikishima • X ARP Yamato • ★ Satsuma
U.K.	III Bellerophon • III Indefatigable • III Dreadnought • IV Orion • IV Queen Mary • V Iron Duke • V Tiger • V Agincourt • VI Warspite • VI Queen Elizabeth • VI Renown • VI Repulse • VI Repulse B • VII King George V • VII Rooke • VII Hood • VII Nelson • VII Duke of York • VII Collingwood • VII Renown '44 • VII Duke of Bronte • VIII Monarch • VIII Hawke • VIII Vanguard • IX Lion • IX Duncan • IX Marlborough • IX Scarlet Thunder • X Conqueror • X St. Vincent • X Thunderer • X Incomparable • ★ Devastation
France	III Turenne • IV Courbet • V Bretagne • VI Normandie • VI Dunkerque • VI Dunkerque B • VII Lyon • VII Strasbourg • VIII Richelieu • VIII Gascogne • VIII Champagne • VIII Flandre • VIII Picardie • IX Alsace • IX Jean Bart • IX Jean Bart B • X République • X Bourgogne • ★ Patrie
U.S.S.R.	III Knyaz Suvorov • IV Imperator Nikolai I • IV Gangut • V Pyotr Velikiy • V Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya • VI Izmail • VI Novorossiysk • VII Sinop • VII Poltava • VIII Vladivostok • VIII Lenin • VIII Borodino • IX Sovetsky Soyuz • IX Navarin • IX AL Sov. Rossiya • X Kremlin • X Slava • ★ Admiral Ushakov
U.S.A.	III South Carolina • IV Wyoming • IV Arkansas Beta • V New York • V Oklahoma • V Texas • VI New Mexico • VI Arizona • VI W. Virginia '41 • VII Colorado • VII Florida • VII West Virginia '44 • VII California • VIII North Carolina • VIII Kansas • VIII Nebraska • VIII Alabama • VIII Massachusetts • VIII Alabama VL • VIII Constellation • VIII Massachusetts B • VIII Alabama ST • VIII North Carolina CLR • IX Iowa • IX Minnesota • IX Delaware • IX Missouri • IX Kearsarge • IX Illinois • IX Kearsarge B • IX Georgia • X Montana • X Vermont • X Louisiana • X Ohio • X Rhode Island • X Wisconsin • ★ Maine
Germany	III Nassau • III Von der Tann • III König Albert • IV Kaiser • IV Moltke • V König • V Derfflinger • VI Bayern • VI Mackensen • VI Prinz Eitel Friedrich • VII Gneisenau • VII Prinz Heinrich • VII Scharnhorst • VII AL Prinz Heinrich • VII Scharnhorst B • VII Scharnhorst '43 • VIII Tirpitz • VIII Bismarck • VIII Zieten • VIII Odin • VIII Brandenburg • VIII Anhalt • VIII Brandenburg B • VIII Tirpitz B • IX Friedrich der Grosse • IX Prinz Rupprecht • IX Pommern • IX Pommern B • X Grosser Kurfürst • X Schlieffen • X Preussen • X Mecklenburg • ★ Hannover
Pan-Asia	IX Bajie • IX Wujing • IX Sun Yat-Sen • IX Louchuan
Spain	IX Victoria
Europe	V Viribus Unitis • IX Karl XIV Johan
Netherlands
Italy	IV Dante Alighieri • V Conte di Cavour • V Giulio Cesare • VI Andrea Doria • VII Francesco Caracciolo • VIII Vittorio Veneto • VIII Roma • VIII AL Littorio • IX Lepanto • IX Marco Polo • IX Giuseppe Verdi • X Cristoforo Colombo • X Ruggiero di Lauria • X Sicilia
Commonwealth	VII Yukon
Pan-America	V Rio de Janeiro • VIII Atlântico

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 {{Commander Skills 2
-| rating11 =  <!-- Priority Target -->
+| rating11 = 2 <!-- Priority Target -->
-| rating12 =  <!-- Preventive Maint -->
+| rating12 = 3 <!-- Preventive Maint -->
-| rating13 =  <!-- Expert Loader -->
+| rating13 = 1 <!-- Expert Loader -->
 | rating14 = 0 <!-- Air Supremacy -->
-| rating15 =  <!-- Direction Center for Fighters -->
+| rating15 = 2 <!-- Direction Center for Fighters -->
 | rating16 = 0 <!-- Improved Engine Boost -->
-| rating17 =  <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
+| rating17 = 2 <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
 | rating18 = 0 <!-- Last Gasp -->
-| rating21 =  <!-- High Alert -->
+| rating21 = 2 <!-- High Alert -->
-| rating22 =  <!-- Jack of All Trades -->
+| rating22 = 2 <!-- Jack of All Trades -->
-| rating23 =  <!-- Expert Marksman -->
+| rating23 = 3 <!-- Expert Marksman -->
 | rating24 = 0 <!-- Torpedo Acceleration -->
 | rating25 = 0 <!-- Smoke Screen Expert -->
 | rating26 = 0 <!-- Improved Engines -->
-| rating27 =  <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
+| rating27 = 2 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
-| rating28 =  <!-- Last Stand -->
+| rating28 = 1 <!-- Last Stand -->
-| rating31 =  <!-- Basics of Survivability -->
+| rating31 = 3 <!-- Basics of Survivability -->
-| rating32 =  <!-- Survivability Expert-->
+| rating32 = 2 <!-- Survivability Expert-->
 | rating33 = 0 <!-- Torpedo Armament Expertise-->
 | rating34 = 0 <!-- Aircraft Armor -->
-| rating35 =  <!-- Basic Firing Training -->
+| rating35 = 2 <!-- Basic Firing Training -->
-| rating36 =  <!-- Superintendent -->
+| rating36 = 3 <!-- Superintendent -->
-| rating37 =  <!-- Demolition Expert -->
+| rating37 = 1 <!-- Demolition Expert -->
-| rating38 =  <!-- Vigilance -->
+| rating38 = 3 <!-- Vigilance -->
-| rating41 =  <!-- Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament -->
+| rating41 = 1 <!-- Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament -->
-| rating42 =  <!-- Fire Prevention -->
+| rating42 = 3 <!-- Fire Prevention -->
 | rating43 =  <!-- Inertia Fuse for HE Shells -->
 | rating44 = 0 <!-- Sight Stabilization -->
-| rating45 =  <!-- Advanced Firing Training -->
+| rating45 = 2 <!-- Advanced Firing Training -->
 | rating46 =  <!-- Massive AA Fire -->
 | rating47 =  <!-- Radio Position Finding -->
-| rating48 =  <!-- Concealment Expert -->
+| rating48 = 3 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
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 <!-- {{Signal Flags
-| November Echo Setteseven =
+| November Echo Setteseven = 1
-| Mike Yankee Soxisix =
+| Mike Yankee Soxisix = 2
 | India X-Ray =
 | Juliet Whiskey Unaone =
-| Victor Lima =
+| Victor Lima = 1
 | Hotel Yankee =
-| November Foxtrot =
+| November Foxtrot = 3
-| Sierra Mike =
+| Sierra Mike = 1
-| India Delta =
+| India Delta = 3
 | Juliet Yankee Bissotwo =
 | India Yankee =
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 | Zulu =
-| India Bravo Terrathree =
+| India Bravo Terrathree = 2
 | Equal Speed Charlie London =
 | Zulu Hotel =
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 <h2>''{{#var:ship_name}}'', YEAR</h2>
 ===Construction===
-:Builder: Yard; City, Country
+:Builder: Mare Island Naval Shipyard; Vallejo, California United States
-:Laid down: DD MONTH YEAR
+:Laid down: 23, October, 1916
-:Launched: DD MONTH YEAR
+:Launched: 20, November, 1919
-:Commissioned: DD MONTH YEAR
+:Commissioned: 10, August, 1921
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 ===Specifications===
-:XX tons displacement, standard
+:32,300 tons displacement, standard
-:XXm length
+:190.3m length
-:XXm beam
+:29.7m beam (Original)
-:XXm draft
+:35m beam (Rebuild)
+:9.2m draft
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 ====Machinery====
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 :Upper belt:
 :Torpedo bulkhead:
-:Decks:
+:Decks: 89mm
 :Bulkheads:
-:Barbettes and Turrets:
+:Barbettes and Turrets: 330mm barbettes, 457mm face, 229-254mm sides, 229mm rear, 127mm roof
-:Conning tower:
+:Conning tower: 406mm sides,
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 ====Armament====

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