St. Louis

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St. Louis — American Tier III cruiser.

A typical "big" cruiser of the pre-dreadnought era. The ship was armed with numerous artillery, whose rate of fire was quite rapid for her time, and an armor belt protecting the propulsion, but featured only moderate speed.

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 ()
152 mm/50 Mk.6 on a single mount/casemate mount	6	30	111	2,100	7	3,000		0	28,000
152 mm/50 Mk6	6.7	22.5	111	2,100	7	3,000		600	64,000

	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 ()
St. Louis (A)	27,300	6	102	10	18					0	40,000
St. Louis (B)	29,500	6	102	14	18	8				800	98,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Mk3 mod. 1		0		0	21,000
Mk III mod. 2		0		400	53,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 24,000 hp	22		0	18,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2

Player Opinion

Performance

More pocket battleship than cruiser, new players and experienced hands alike will enjoy this ship's high firepower but dislike it's slow top speed. With the decent fire rate and and large volume of shells, St. Louis is effective against all opponents, even at long range. When fighting enemy battleships, one should "rake" them - target the front, center, and back sections in turn to maximize your chances of setting multiple fires. Players should stay vigilant for enemy torpedoes as St. Louis doesn't have great rudder shift time. Additionally, players should not need to activate Damage Control Party 

for any knocked main battery, as the ship still has another seven main batteries constantly firing. St. Louis is one of the few cruisers that can take on an equal Tier battleship on relatively even terms (especially the underpowered South Carolina). It can even prove a threat to the Tier IV ships.

Pros:

Has the most hit points of any Tier III cruiser - almost comparable to its fellow Tier III USN battleship South Carolina battleship
The most main batteries and secondaries of any Tier III cruiser - boasts a whopping 14x1 152mm guns and 18x1 76.2mm guns, while its Tier III VMF cruiser counterpart Bogatyr has as many but only 130mm, fire, and turn slower. Additionally, due to the side mounted guns, it allows for flexibility and quick reaction to switching targets from either side.
Better than average gun range for her tier.
Good turning radius.

Cons:

Low top speed - barely faster than South Carolina
Slow reload for her tier and higher dispersion (less accurate)
Negligible anti-air capabilities - because it is Tier III, it will most likely see carriers Langley and Hosho; will have no self-defense.
Side mounted guns means only a maximum of eight out of the fourteen primary guns can be used on a single target when broadside, and even fewer when facing directly ahead or rearward.

Research

This is a suggested research path:

St. Louis (B) Hull
152 mm/50 Mk6 main batteries mod. 2
Mk3 FCS mod. 2

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for St. Louis are as follows:

Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1 keeps the guns active and firing.
Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1  the ship takes a lot of HE shell hits, this helps decrease the amount of fires set.

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. Χ	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. Χ	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

Consumables

As a Tier III USN cruiser, St. Louis has access to only Damage Control Party .

Camouflage

The St. Louis is one of the 3 tier III ships to have a premium camouflage known as "Igor", the Halloween variant of the St. Louis, which was available for limited time through Halloween crates earned from the Scenario "Sunray in the Darkness" and through the Premium shop.

Signals

As a Tier III ship, it is highly recommended to save signals for use in the later tiers. But should the player have a surplus and enjoy playing this ship, they should utilize the following recommended signals.

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.

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+More pocket battleship than cruiser, new players and experienced hands alike will enjoy this ship's high firepower but dislike it's slow top speed. With the decent fire rate and and large volume of shells, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is effective against all opponents, even at long range. When fighting enemy battleships, one should "rake" them - target the front, center, and back sections in turn to maximize your chances of setting multiple fires. Players should stay vigilant for enemy torpedoes as ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' doesn't have great rudder shift time. Additionally, players should not need to activate {{Damage Control Party}} for any knocked main battery, as the ship still has another seven main batteries constantly firing. ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is one of the few cruisers that can take on an equal Tier battleship on relatively even terms (especially the underpowered ''[[South Carolina]]''). It can even prove a threat to the Tier IV ships.
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 |Pros=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
+* Has the most hit points of any Tier III cruiser - almost comparable to its fellow Tier III USN battleship ''[[South Carolina]]'' battleship
+* The most main batteries and secondaries of any Tier III cruiser - boasts a whopping 14x1 152mm guns and 18x1 76.2mm guns, while its Tier III VMF cruiser counterpart ''[[Bogatyr]]'' has as many but only 130mm, fire, and turn slower. Additionally, due to the side mounted guns, it allows for flexibility and quick reaction to switching targets from either side.
+* Better than average gun range for her tier.
+* Good turning radius.
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+* Low top speed - barely faster than ''[[South Carolina]]''
+* Slow reload for her tier and higher dispersion (less accurate)
+* Negligible anti-air capabilities - because it is Tier III, it will most likely see carriers ''[[Langley]]'' and ''[[Hosho]]''; will have no self-defense.
+* Side mounted guns means only a maximum of eight out of the fourteen primary guns can be used on a single target when broadside, and even fewer when facing directly ahead or rearward.
+|Research=<!-- write text about priority sequence of research below -->
+This is a suggested research path:
+# St. Louis (B) Hull
+# 152 mm/50 Mk6 main batteries mod. 2
+# Mk3 FCS mod. 2
+|Upgrades=<!-- write text about best upgrades below -->
+The recommended upgrades for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' are as follows:
+* '''Slot 1''': {{Main Armaments Modification 1}} keeps the guns active and firing.
+* '''Slot 2''': {{Damage Control System Modification 1}} the ship takes a lot of HE shell hits, this helps decrease the amount of fires set.
+|CommanderSkills=<!-- write text about best set of Commander Skills below -->
+<!--Key skills for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' commanders include INSERT TEXT HERE. -->
+{{Commander Skills 2
+| rating11 = 3 <!-- Priority Target -->
+| rating12 = 2 <!-- Preventive Maint -->
+| rating13 = 1 <!-- Expert Loader -->
+| rating14 = 0 <!-- Air Supremacy -->
+| rating15 = 0 <!-- Direction Center for Fighters -->
+| rating16 = 0 <!-- Improved Engine Boost -->
+| rating17 = 1 <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
+| rating18 = 0 <!-- Last Gasp -->
+| rating21 = 2 <!-- High Alert -->
+| rating22 =  <!-- Jack of All Trades -->
+| rating23 = 3 <!-- Expert Marksman -->
+| rating24 = 0 <!-- Torpedo Acceleration -->
+| rating25 = 0 <!-- Smoke Screen Expert -->
+| rating26 = 0 <!-- Improved Engines -->
+| rating27 = 2 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
+| rating28 = 1 <!-- Last Stand -->
+| rating31 = 2 <!-- Basics of Survivability -->
+| rating32 = 1 <!-- Survivability Expert-->
+| rating33 = 0 <!-- Torpedo Armament Expertise-->
+| rating34 = 0 <!-- Aircraft Armor -->
+| rating35 = 1 <!-- Basic Firing Training -->
+| rating36 =  <!-- Superintendent -->
+| rating37 = 3 <!-- Demolition Expert -->
+| rating38 = 2 <!-- Vigilance -->
+| rating41 =  <!-- Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament -->
+| rating42 = 2 <!-- Fire Prevention -->
+| rating43 = 3 <!-- Inertia Fuse for HE Shells -->
+| rating44 = 0 <!-- Sight Stabilization -->
+| rating45 =  <!-- Advanced Firing Training -->
+| rating46 = 0 <!-- Massive AA Fire ; no AA -->
+| rating47 = 1 <!-- Radio Position Finding -->
+| rating48 = 2 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
+}}
+|Consumables=<!-- write text about selection of Consumables below -->
+As a Tier III USN cruiser, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' has access to only {{Damage Control Party}}.
+|Camouflage=<!-- write text about useful camouflage below -->
+The St. Louis is one of the 3 tier III ships to have a premium [[Ship:Camouflage|camouflage]] known as "Igor", the Halloween variant of the St. Louis, which was available for limited time through Halloween crates earned from the Scenario "Sunray in the Darkness" and through the Premium shop.
+|Signals=<!-- write text about best set of signals below -->
+As a Tier III ship, it is highly recommended to save signals for use in the later tiers. But should the player have a surplus and enjoy playing this ship, they should utilize the following recommended signals.
+{{Signal Flags
+| November Echo Setteseven =
+| Mike Yankee Soxisix =
+| India X-Ray = 3
+| Juliet Whiskey Unaone =
+| Victor Lima = 3
+| Hotel Yankee = 2
+| November Foxtrot = 1
+| Sierra Mike = 2
+| India Delta =
+| Juliet Yankee Bissotwo =
+| India Yankee = 2
+| Juliet Charlie = 1
+| Zulu =
+| India Bravo Terrathree =
+| Equal Speed Charlie London = 2
+| Zulu Hotel = 2
+| Papa Papa =
+| Wyvern =
+| Red Dragon =
+| Dragon Flag =
+| Ouroboros =
+| Hydra =
+}}
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+File:St Louis Bow.jpeg
+File:St Louis Stern.jpeg‎
+File:Igor Bow.jpeg‎
+File:Igor Tesla.jpeg
+File:Igor Stern.jpeg‎
+</gallery>
-</gallery>|History=<!-- write text below -->
+|History=<!-- write text below -->
-As part of three armored cruisers authorized to be constructed in the early 1900s, the USS ''St. Louis'' (C-20) was initially constructed as an improved version of the ''Columbia''-class cruiser. However, initial design decisions led her to have an increase in size and weight, from 6000 tons to 9700 tons - the same weight as a fully armored cruiser but without similar armor or armament. The ''St. Louis'' was intended to be outfitted with 203mm, increased speed, cruising range, and armor, but was completed with 152mm cannons, a larger power plant, and extra fuel capacity. Due to this mishmash of improvements, the ''St. Louis''-class cruisers were considered as semi-armored cruisers, in between the class of protected cruisers and armored cruisers. But at the time, the ''Register of Ships of the US Navy'' listed them as "protected cruisers." The ''St. Louis''-class cruisers were decommissioned in early 1920s and sold for scrap in 1930 as per the London Naval Treaty.
+<div class="thumb tright">
-|HistoricalGallery=<!-- write below list of files without tags. description (if necessary) for each should be separated with template {{!}} --><gallery>
+{{AnnoWiki|content=
-File:USS St Louis C-20.jpeg|USS St. Louis (C-20) off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts
+<h2>''{{#var:ship_name}}'', 1910</h2>
-</gallery>|Video=<!-- put below video clips with using template VideoYT. You can use html-tags for formatting. -->
+===Construction===
+:Builder: Neafie & Levy Company; Philadelphia,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pennsylvania, United States
+:Laid down: 31 July 1902
+:Launched: 4 May 1905
+:Commissioned: 18 August 1906
+----
+===Specifications===
+:9,900 tons displacement, standard
+:130m length
+:20m beam
+:7m draft
+----
+====Machinery====
+:Twelve (12) boilers feeding two (2)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;triple expansion steam engines
+----
+====Performance====
+:22 knots at 21,000 shaft horsepower
+----
+====Armor====
+:Main belt: 102mm
+:Decks: 51mm-76mm
+:Conning tower: 127mm
+----
+====Armament====
+=====Main=====
+:Fourteen (14) 6"/50
+=====Secondary=====
+:Eighteen (18) 3"/50
+}}</div>
+[[File:USS St Louis C-20.jpeg|none|frame|x350px|link=|USS ''St. Louis'' (C-20) off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts.]]
+===History===
+====Design====
+====Service====
+USS ''St. Louis'' was the lead ship of her class of protected cruisers. Laid down on 31 July 31 1902 and launched on 4 May 1905, she spent until August 1906 fitting out and was then commissioned into service.  She was designated as "C-20", the 20th protected cruiser of the United States Navy.
+The first ten years of her career ''St. Louis'' spent in the Pacific, where she served multiple purposes. The first six years she was a training ship; in 1914, she was designated as a receiving ship for new cadets to live on. Two years later, in 1916, she was used as a submarine support ship.
+With the entrance of the US into World War I in 1917, ''St. Louis'' was sent to the Atlantic to serve as an escort and transport vessel. After the armistice and subsequent end of the war, she transported numerous American soldiers back home from Europe.  After being re-numbered as "CA-18" in July 1920, she departed for the Mediterranean as there was a great turmoil in Turkey, and the Civil War in Russia was still raging on.  ''St. Louis'' returned from this mission in 1921.
+''St. Louis'' was decommissioned on 3 March 1922, and served as a reserve ship for the next eight years.  The London Naval Treaty of 1930 put limits onto the total tonnage of cruisers that the treaty nations were permitted; as a result, older ships and reserve vessels were selected for disposal.  In August 1930, ''St. Louis'' and her sister ships were sold for scrap.
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+C2013.jpg|
+C2009.jpg|
+</gallery>
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-*Wikipedia
+#[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_St._Louis_(C-20) USS ''St. Louis'' (C-20) - Wikipedia]
-*Project Gutenburg Self-Publishing Press
+#[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis-class_cruiser ''St. Louis''-class cruiser - Wikipedia]
-*Navypedia
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