Saipan

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Aircraft Carrier | U.S.A. | Tier VIII

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VIII

Special

Saipan — American special premium Tier VIII aircraft сarrier.

A high-speed light aircraft carrier based on the Baltimore-class cruiser. Despite relatively small dimensions, the ship carried a rather powerful air group and was armed with numerous AA artillery. She boasted very good armor comparable with the protection of far larger attack aircraft carriers.

Saipan was first released for sale on 12 April 2016 for the NA server and 13 April 2016 for the EU server.

Modules

	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 ()
Saipan	47,900	6	152			15/10/5				0	0

	Speed (knot)	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_MED_DAMAGE (HP/min)	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_AMMO_AMOUNT	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
F8F Bearcat	176			1,660		0	0

	Maximum Torpedo Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
BTD Destroyer	6,467	131	2,040		0	0

	Maximum Bomb Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
BTD Destroyer		131	2,150		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 120,000 hp	33		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Player Opinion

Performance

As a premium USN aircraft carrier, Saipan’s uniqueness comes from her aircraft being very similar to Midway’s in speed, survivability, and armament count per plane. Additionally, the ship itself has much better concealment and rudder shift than her USN peers Lexington and Enterprise, allowing players to move faster to their desired location and stealthily closer to their strike targets. This gives players an edge over their same tier counterparts in faster and quicker strikes to whittle down the enemy.

However, she does not have the same attack flight size and squadron size of Midway’s nor does she have Lexington’s armor. The lack of armor means that enemy battleship salvos and torpedoes will cause much more damage to the ship when the player's ship is detected. Players must be careful of where to position their ship for maximizing their strike capabilities while keeping their ship intact.

Furthermore, while Saipan’s torpedo bombers do carry two torpedoes each like Midway’s, this amplifies the effect of lost damage output for each plane shot down by the enemy. Furthermore, her aircraft restoration time is the longest out of all carriers currently, making each aircraft lost a massive decrease in her constant damage output. Players should carefully select targets, as randomly lashing out at any target that may have a formidable anti-air defense will result in a complete exhaust of available strike aircraft.

The culmination of these characteristics allows Saipan to have higher overall potential damage output with most other same tier carriers. Players should attempt to use each squadron as effectively as possible through minimizing losses and getting the most damage in each attack run.

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

Pros:

Tier 10 planes, the same used on a fully upgraded Midway
Very high potential damage output with all plane types
Very high fire chance and penetration with the Tiny Tim rockets and the AN-M66 bombs
Torpedo bombers drop four (4) torpedoes with each attack run
Excellent ship speed of 33 knots
Much better concealment compared to techtree counterpart Lexington
Decent mid- and short-ranged AA defenses

Cons:

Longest plane restoration time of all aircraft carriers
Small squadrons with few deck reserves for each plane type
Torpedo bombers have a very long aiming time
Torpedo bombers and dive bombers are frustratingly slow
No long range AA aura
Saipan is a fragile ship, with low health and poor armor

Research

As a premium ship, Saipan does not have any upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Saipan are as follows:

Slot 1: Air Groups Modification 1
Slot 2: Aircraft Engines Modification 1
Slot 3: Attack Aircraft Modification 2
Slot 4: Torpedo Bombers Modification 2
Slot 5: Flight Control Modification 1

Commander Skills

The following information is provided for players who wish to create a permanent captain for the ship. Those players who are retraining captains or using the ship to gain extra experience for a captain should consult the page relevant to the ship to which the captain will be assigned.

Key skills for Saipan include Air Supremacy, Improved Engines, Aircraft Armor, Survivability Expert, and Sight Stabilization

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. Χ	Expert Loader -50% to reload time when shell type is switched. Χ	Air Supremacy -5% aircraft restoration time. ★★★	Direction Center for Fighters +1 fighter to carrier fighter squadrons or catapult fighters.	Improved Engine Boost +10% Aircraft engine boost time. ★★	Incoming Fire Alert Indicator of long-range enemy artillery fire. Χ	Last Gasp Completely restores the engine boost for the last attack flight of the carrier's planes. ★★★
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. Χ	Torpedo Acceleration +5 knots to torpedo speed. -20% to torpedo range. ★★★	Smoke Screen Expert +20% to the radius of the smoke screen. Χ	Improved Engines +2.5% Squadron speed. ★★★	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. Χ
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. ★★★	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. Χ
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. Χ	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. Χ	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. ★★★	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. Χ	Radio Position Finding Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken. Χ	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

Consumables

As Saipan is an aircraft carrier, players cannot modify for premium consumable versions and has standard aircraft consumables for a Tier VIII carrier.

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Saipan comes included with Type 10 camouflage that lowers her detection radius, reduces the accuracy of incoming shells, reduces the cost of the ship's post-battle service, and increases the amount of experience she earns.

Signals

As a carrier, Saipan has no risk of detonating and a very fast fire extinguishing time. Players should mount Equal Speed Charlie London (🚫) for increased XP gain per battle, Zulu Hotel (🚫) to help increase the speed of commander (re)training, Juliet Yankee Bissotwo () for faster flooding recovery time, and Juliet Whiskey Unaone () to have a better chance at causing flooding to enemy ships. Players can also choose to equip the Dragon Flag (🚫) for faster commander (re)training for the other carrier that the captain is trained on.

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 +10% 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.

References

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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

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Japan	IV Hōshō • VI Ryūjō • VIII Shōkaku • VIII Kaga • VIII Kaga B • X Hakuryū • ★ Sekiryu
U.K.	IV Hermes • VI Furious • VI Ark Royal • VIII Implacable • VIII Indomitable • VIII Colossus • X Audacious • X Malta • ★ Eagle
France	VI Béarn
U.S.S.R.	IV Komsomolets • VI Serov • VIII Pobeda • VIII Chkalov • VIII Chkalov B • X Admiral Nakhimov
U.S.A.	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
Germany	IV Rhein • VI Weser • VI Erich Loewenhardt • VIII August von Parseval • VIII Graf Zeppelin • VIII Graf Zeppelin B • X Manfred von Richthofen • X Max Immelmann
Pan-Asia	VIII Sanzang
Spain
Europe
Netherlands
Italy	VIII Aquila
Commonwealth
Pan-America

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 |Pros=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
-* Shares ''[[Midway]]’s'' aircraft characteristics of speed, survivability, and armament loadout
+* Tier 10 planes, the same used on a fully upgraded ''[[Midway]]''
-* Has good ship concealment and rudder shift time
+* Very high potential damage output with all plane types
-* Decent anti-aircraft suite
+* Very high fire chance and penetration with the Tiny Tim rockets and the AN-M66 bombs
+* Torpedo bombers drop four (4) torpedoes with each attack run
+* Excellent ship speed of 33 knots
+* Much better concealment compared to techtree counterpart ''[[Lexington]]''
+* Decent mid- and short-ranged AA defenses
 |Cons=<!-- write list of negative points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
-* Longest aircraft restoration time of all carriers - each plane lost requires at least two minutes to be restored
+* Longest plane restoration time of all aircraft carriers
-* Small hangar capacity for each strike aircraft
+* Small squadrons with few deck reserves for each plane type
+* Torpedo bombers have a very long aiming time
+* Torpedo bombers and dive bombers are frustratingly slow
+* No long range AA aura
+* ''Saipan'' is a fragile ship, with low health and poor armor
 |Research=<!-- write text about priority sequence of research below -->
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 | rating11 =  <!-- Priority Target -->
-| rating12 =  <!-- Preventive Maint -->
+| rating12 = 0 <!-- Preventive Maint -->
-| rating13 =  <!-- Expert Loader -->
+| rating13 = 0 <!-- Expert Loader -->
 | rating14 = 3 <!-- Air Supremacy -->
 | rating15 =  <!-- Direction Center for Fighters -->
 | rating16 = 2 <!-- Improved Engine Boost -->
-| rating17 =  <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
+| rating17 = 0 <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
-| rating18 = 2 <!-- Last Gasp -->
+| rating18 = 3 <!-- Last Gasp -->
 | rating21 =  <!-- High Alert -->
 | rating22 =  <!-- Jack of All Trades -->
-| rating23 =  <!-- Expert Marksman -->
+| rating23 = 0 <!-- Expert Marksman -->
 | rating24 = 3 <!-- Torpedo Acceleration -->
 | rating25 = 0 <!-- Smoke Screen Expert -->
 | rating26 = 3 <!-- Improved Engines -->
-| rating27 = 2 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
+| rating27 =  <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
-| rating28 =  <!-- Last Stand -->
+| rating28 = 0 <!-- Last Stand -->
 | rating31 =  <!-- Basics of Survivability -->
 | rating32 = 3 <!-- Survivability Expert-->       <!-- 3? Really ?? -->
-| rating33 =  <!-- Torpedo Armament Expertise-->
+| rating33 = 0 <!-- Torpedo Armament Expertise-->
 | rating34 = 3 <!-- Aircraft Armor -->
 | rating35 =  <!-- Basic Firing Training -->
 | rating36 =  <!-- Superintendent -->
 | rating37 = 2 <!-- Demolition Expert -->
-| rating38 =  <!-- Vigilance -->
+| rating38 = 0 <!-- Vigilance -->
-| rating41 =  <!-- Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament -->
+| rating41 = 0 <!-- Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament -->
 | rating42 =  <!-- Fire Prevention -->
-| rating43 =  <!-- Inertia Fuse for HE Shells -->
+| rating43 = 0 <!-- Inertia Fuse for HE Shells -->
 | rating44 = 3 <!-- Sight Stabilization -->
 | rating45 =  <!-- Advanced Firing Training -->
-| rating46 =  <!-- Massive AA Fire -->
+| rating46 = 0 <!-- Massive AA Fire -->
-| rating47 =  <!-- Radio Position Finding -->
+| rating47 = 0 <!-- Radio Position Finding -->
-| rating48 = 1 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
+| rating48 = 2 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
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 |Ref= <!-- write below -->
+# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saipan_(CVL-48) USS ''Saipan'' (CVL-48) - Wikipedia]
+# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saipan-class_aircraft_carrier ''Saipan''-class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia]
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