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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a Rank {{Specs|rank}} American destroyer {{Battle-rating|1}}.
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
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! Armour !! Front (Slope angle) !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
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| Hull || - (°) || - || - || -
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| Turret || - || - || - || -
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=== Mobility ===
 
=== Mobility ===
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== Armament ==
 
== Armament ==
 
=== Primary armament ===
 
=== Primary armament ===
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Broadly describe the ammunition available for the primary armament, and provide recommendations on how to use it and which ammunition to choose.''
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Broadly describe the ammunition available for the primary armament, and provide recommendations on how to use it and which ammunition to choose.''-->
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{{main|50 Mk.9 (4 in)}}
  
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The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is outfitted with:
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4 x 4 in. 50 Mk.9 cannons (??? RPG = ??? total)
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! data-sort-type="text" rowspan="2" | Ammunition
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! colspan="6" | '''Penetration''' '''''in mm''''' '''@ 90°'''
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! class="unsortable" rowspan="2" | Type of <br /> warhead
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! rowspan="2" style="width:5em" |Velocity <br /> in m/s
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! rowspan="2"|Projectile<br />Mass in kg
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! rowspan="2"| ''Fuse delay in m:''
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! rowspan="2"| ''Fuse sensitivity in mm:''
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! rowspan="2"| ''Explosive Mass in <br /> TNT equivalent <br /> in g:''
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! rowspan="2"| ''Normalization At 30° from horizontal:''
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! colspan="3" | ''Ricochet:''
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|-
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| (Shell #2 name) ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || ° || ° || ° || °
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|-
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| (Shell #3 name) ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || ° || ° || ° || °
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|-
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|}
 
=== Secondary armament ===
 
=== Secondary armament ===
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{{main|23 Mk.4 (3 in)}}
  
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The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is outfitted with:
  
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1 x 3 in. 23 Mk.4 cannon (??? RPG = ??? total)
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! data-sort-type="text" rowspan="2" | Ammunition
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! colspan="6" | '''Penetration''' '''''in mm''''' '''@ 90°'''
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! class="unsortable" rowspan="2" | Type of <br /> warhead
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! rowspan="2" style="width:5em" |Velocity <br /> in m/s
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! rowspan="2"|Projectile<br />Mass in kg
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! rowspan="2"| ''Fuse delay in m:''
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! rowspan="2"| ''Fuse sensitivity in mm:''
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! rowspan="2"| ''Explosive Mass in <br /> TNT equivalent <br /> in g:''
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! rowspan="2"| ''Normalization At 30° from horizontal:''
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! colspan="3" | ''Ricochet:''
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|-
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! style="width:4em"|10m
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! style="width:4em"|100m
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! style="width:4em"|500m
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! style="width:4em"|1500m
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| (Shell #2 name) ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || ° || ° || ° || °
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|}
 
=== Anti-aircraft armament ===
 
=== Anti-aircraft armament ===
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=== Torpedo armament ===
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{{main|Mk.8}}
  
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4 x 21 in. Mk.8 torpedoes
  
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! # on ship !! Mass (kg) !! Maximum speed <br> in water (km/h) !! Travel distance (km) !! Depth stroke (m) !! Arming<br>distance (m) !! Explosive type !! Explosive mass (kg) !! TNT<br>equivalent (kg)
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=== Special armament ===
 
=== Special armament ===
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== Usage in the battles ==
 
== Usage in the battles ==
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=== Pros and cons ===
 
=== Pros and cons ===
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'''Pros:'''
 
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'''Cons:'''
 
'''Cons:'''
 
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===Modules and improvements===
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===Modules===
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!colspan = "1"| Unsinkability
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| I
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| Dry Docking
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| Tool Set
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| Rudder Replacement
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| Fire Protection
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| Propeller Replacement
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| Engine Maintenance
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| New Pumps
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'''Recommendation:'''<br>
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== History ==
 
== History ==
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== Media ==
 
== Media ==
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{{USA destroyers}}

Revision as of 12:32, 31 January 2019

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USS Litchfield
us_destroyer_clemson_litchfield.png
USS Litchfield
USA flag.png USA
I Rank
Battle rating:
AB RB SB
3.3 3.3 3.3
Class:
Research:Free
Purchase:Free
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Description


The Clemson-class, USS Litchfield (DD-336), 1936 is a Rank I American destroyer with a battle rating of 3.3 (AB/RB/SB).

General info

Survivability and armour

Armour Front (Slope angle) Sides Rear Roof
Hull - (°) - - -
Turret - - - -

Mobility

Armament

Primary armament

Main article: 50 Mk.9 (4 in)

The USS Litchfield is outfitted with:

4 x 4 in. 50 Mk.9 cannons (??? RPG = ??? total)

Ammunition Penetration in mm @ 90° Type of
warhead 		Velocity
in m/s 		Projectile
Mass in kg 		Fuse delay in m: Fuse sensitivity in mm: Explosive Mass in
TNT equivalent
in g: 		Normalization At 30° from horizontal: Ricochet:
10m 100m 500m 1000m 1500m 2000m 0% 50% 100%
(Shell #1 name) ° ° ° °
(Shell #2 name) ° ° ° °
(Shell #3 name) ° ° ° °

Secondary armament

Main article: 23 Mk.4 (3 in)

The USS Litchfield is outfitted with:

1 x 3 in. 23 Mk.4 cannon (??? RPG = ??? total)

Ammunition Penetration in mm @ 90° Type of
warhead 		Velocity
in m/s 		Projectile
Mass in kg 		Fuse delay in m: Fuse sensitivity in mm: Explosive Mass in
TNT equivalent
in g: 		Normalization At 30° from horizontal: Ricochet:
10m 100m 500m 1000m 1500m 2000m 0% 50% 100%
(Shell #1 name) ° ° ° °
(Shell #2 name) ° ° ° °

Anti-aircraft armament

Torpedo armament

Main article: Mk.8

The USS Litchfield can be outfitted with:

4 x 21 in. Mk.8 torpedoes

21 in Mk.8 torpedoes
# on ship Mass (kg) Maximum speed
in water (km/h) 		Travel distance (km) Depth stroke (m) Arming
distance (m) 		Explosive type Explosive mass (kg) TNT
equivalent (kg)
_ _,___ __ _.__ _._ __ _____ ___ ___

Special armament

Usage in the battles

Pros and cons

Pros:

Cons:

Modules and improvements

Modules

Tier Seakeeping Unsinkability Firepower
I Dry Docking Tool Set
II Rudder Replacement Fire Protection
III Propeller Replacement
IV Engine Maintenance New Pumps

Recommendation:

History

Media

An excellent addition to the article will be video guides, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.

Read also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example,

  • reference to the series of the ship;
  • links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

ETC.

Sources

Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:

  • topic on the official game forum;
  • page on ship encyclopedia;
  • other literature.


USA destroyers
Clemson-class  USS Welborn C. Wood · USS Barker · USS Litchfield
Farragut-class  USS Aylwin
Bagley-class  USS Bagley
Porter-class  USS Porter · USS Phelps · USS Moffett
Somers-class  USS Somers · USS Davis
Fletcher-class  USS Fletcher · USS Bennion · USS Cowell
Allen M. Sumner-class  USS Sumner
Gearing-class  USS Gearing · USS Frank Knox
Mitscher-class  USS Mitscher · USS Wilkinson

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