USS North Dakota
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Description
The Delaware-class, USS North Dakota (BB-29), 1919 is a rank V American battleship
with a battle rating of 6.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "New Power".
General info
Survivability and armour
Talk about the vehicle's armour. Note the most well-defended and most vulnerable zones, e.g. the ammo magazine. Evaluate the composition of components and assemblies responsible for movement and manoeuvrability. Evaluate the survivability of the primary and secondary armaments separately. Don't forget to mention the size of the crew, which plays an important role in fleet mechanics. Save tips on preserving survivability for the "Usage in battles" section. If necessary, use a graphical template to show the most well-protected or most vulnerable points in the armour.
Mobility
Spaded Top Speed Forward 40 km/h and in Reverse 18 km/h. In Realistic.
| Mobility Characteristics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Game Mode | Upgrade Status | Maximum Speed (km/h) | |
| Forward | Reverse | ||
| AB | |||
| Upgraded | 46 | 21 | |
| RB/SB | |||
| Upgraded | 40 | 18 | |
Armament
Primary armament
- 5x 12-Inch/45 Mk.5 Cannons
The 12-Inch/45 Mk.5 only comes with AP.
Secondary armament
- 14x 5-Inch/45 Mk.5 Cannons (7 per side) Comes with Common Shells stock and a APC round in "Firepower, Rank 1"
- 2x 3-Inch/50 Mk.10 Cannons (1 per side)
Torpedo armament
2x 533-mm Bliss Leavitt Mk.1 Launchers with 6 Torpedo's Each.
Usage in battles
Your main goal as a battleship (dreadnaught) in Realistic battles that also include "Naval EC" is to fight and control the battlefield with your high-caliber shells, mainly targeting HEAVY CRUSIERS and BATTLESHIPS, due to lacking any HE shells.. It is not advisable to shoot at light cruisers due to your high pen AP shells (487mm at 1km), but this does not mean you cannot shoot at them, your effectiveness will go down compare to shooting at Heavy Cruisers and Battleships, but this should not warrant much problems, you will still do MAJOR damage to the interior of the ship with your shells... Stay near allies that can be helpful with taking down enemies larger than Heavy Cruisers... Do not be the main force to push onto the battlefield, your ships is slower compare to the other ships that you will be fighting, and if a fight goes sour you can easily die due to focus firing, while trying to run away...
Stay near friendly ships that can support in the anti-air area, this battleship has VERY poor anti-air defense capabilities and what little AA it does receive are 2x 3-inch guns...... A list of ships to stay near during battles, these ships can support you with volume of different but strong AA support.... There is other ships that can support your ship but with the size and speed of this ship, the ships you need to stay by either need, Long Range AA, or Mass of Shells AA. A good list is below:
- USS Sumner (DD-692)
- USS Phelps (DD-360)
- USS Cleveland (CL-55)
- USS Helena (CL-50)
- USS Northampton (CA-26)
- USS New Orleans (CA-32)
- Type 1936A (Mob)
- Leipzig
- Nürnberg
- Prinz Eugen
- Admiral Hipper
- Admiral Graf Spee
- HMS Arethusa
- HMS Hawkins (D86)
- HMNZS Leander
- HMS York (90)
- HMS London (69)
- IJN Tone
- IJN Suzuya
- IJN Mogami
- IJN Mikuma
Modules
| Tier | Seakeeping | Unsinkability | Firepower | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Dry-Docking | Tool Set | Anti-Air Armament Targeting | 5-Inch APC | ||
| II | Rudder Replacement | Fire Protection System | Auxiliary Armament Targeting | |||
| III | Propeller Replacement | Shrapnel Protection | Ventilation | Primary Armament Targeting | Improved Rangefinder | |
| IV | Engine Maintenance | New Pumps | Ammo Wetting | |||
Pros and cons
Pros:
- First iteration battleships War Thunder Introduced in Update "New Power".
- Large caliber shells
- Can take a quite of bit of damage
- First Battleship for America
Cons:
- Slow
- Lack of "Real" AA support
- Long Reloads
- Lack of HE for the Main Guns
- Insanely High "ACE Crew"
History
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Media
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See also
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- reference to the series of the ship;
- links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.
External links
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- other literature.
| USA battleships | |
|---|---|
| Delaware-class | USS North Dakota |
| Wyoming-class | USS Wyoming · USS Arkansas |
| New York-class | USS Texas |
| Nevada-class | USS Nevada |
| Pennsylvania-class | USS Arizona |
| New Mexico-class | USS Mississippi |
| Tennessee-class | USS Tennessee |
