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Bluewater Fleet
USS Moffett
III
Rank
AB
5.0
RB
5.0
Battle rating
USA
Game nation
Destroyer
Main role
1,750
GE
Purchase
Premium vehicle
Status
General information

The USS Moffett is the 7th ship in the Porter-class of USN destroyers. Laid down in January 1934 and commissioned in August 1936, she would serve throughout WW2. She did not participate in any major battles, serving most of the war as an escort in the Atlantic theatre. She did however sink the German U-boat U-128 along with USS Jouett, and managed to sink another submarine, U-604, after drawn out battle over 3 days in August 1943. She would later defend convoy YN-78 from air attack in Tunisia, and be brought in for repairs afterwards. These would last until the end of the war, at which point they were halted. USS Moffett would be sold for scrap in May of 1947.

USS Moffett was introduced in Update "New Power", and with its battery of 8x 5-inch/38 rapid firing guns is one of the most powerful destroyers in the US bluewater fleet. The guns can get down to a 22 rounds-per-minute reload, allowing Moffett to easily dispatch most destroyers and even light cruisers, although the guns begin to struggle against more heavily armoured light cruisers such as the Brooklyn class. The anti-aircraft battery is respectable, and the main battery also has access to HE-VT shells to deal with aircraft as well. This allows Moffett to help protect ships with less anti-aircraft defences such as the USS Northampton easily.



Specification
Armour
Main fire tower 3 / 3 / 3 mm
Hull 16 mm (steel)
Superstructure 4 mm (steel)
Number of sections 7
Displacement 2,597 t
Crew 194 persons
Max speed
Forward 69598462 km/h
Backward 29253526 km/h
Primary armament
4 × Turret — 2 × 5 inch/38 Mk.12 cannon, mount Mk.22
Ammunition 2,880 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
3.6 → 2.8 s
Vertical guidance -10 / 35°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 14.712.514.712.5 °/s
Vertical 11.69.911.69.9 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
1000 m2500 m5000 m7500 m10000 m15000 m
HE363636363636
Common12510990797162
SP Common152132110968675
HE-VT363636363636
Secondary armament
2 × Turret — 4 × 1.1 inch/75 Mk.1 automatic gun
Ammunition 15,600 rounds
Belt capacity 65 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
19.5 → 15 s
Fire rate 150 shots/min
Vertical guidance -15 / 89°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 3025.53025.5 °/s
Vertical 2420.42420.4 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
HEF-T444444
Anti-aircraft armament
5 × Turret — 20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mk.II autocannon
Ammunition 9,000 rounds
Belt capacity 60 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
5.2 → 4 s
Fire rate 450 shots/min
Vertical guidance -10 / 65°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 7563.87563.8 °/s
Vertical 6555.36555.3 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
HEF-T/HEF-I/AP-T343226211816
AP-T/AP-T/AP-T/HEF-I343226211816
HEF-T/HEF-I/AP-T/HEF-I343226211816
Additional armament
Setup 1 8 × 533 mm steam turbined Mk.15 torpedo
Setup 2 20 × Mk.6 mortar depth charge
Setup 3 8 × 533 mm steam turbined Mk.15 torpedo
20 × Mk.6 mortar depth charge
Economy
Repair cost
AB 3,824 SL
RB 1,871 SL
Crew training 10,000 SL
Experts 290,000 SL
Aces 700 GE
Research Aces 790,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB
2 x (300 / 600) % SL
2 x 154 % RP
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All modifications are unlocked

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