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Battleships
Battleships have traditionally been the flagships of a given
nation's navy, originating from the Age of Sail's ships-of-the- How to Play: Battleships | …
line, to World War I's dreadnoughts, to modern day battleships
sporting longer ranges, higher speeds, and advanced equipment.
Incredibly expensive, with massive firepower and protection (and equally
manpower-intensive), they were used as a projection of power and a major
component of military and diplomatic strategy, creating arms races and
being a focal point of naval treaties. However, their practical purpose was
often questioned; their deployments were few and far between due to their
costs and the low (depending on opinion) risk-return; they were
(link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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accuracy, naval artillery were being increasingly supplanted by aircraft in
the long-range ordinance delivery role, arguably the actual role of the How to play battleships
battleship. Sidelined into fire support roles and with the development of
long-range missiles, battleships were slowly and completely phased out in
favor of aircraft carriers.

Large, well-armored warships brandishing massive, main guns and numerous secondary and defensive AA
batteries, battleships are the heaviest, and some of the most powerful ships in the game. They can rain fire
upon enemies with impunity due to their long gun ranges, weather more fire than any other class, and their
secondary batteries make short work of any smaller ships or aircraft that foolishly attempt to close the

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distance without the use of tactics. Unfortunately, slow rudder shift times, coupled with long turning times of
the main battery turrets, render them unable to respond quickly to rapid changes in the battlefield; it is
recommended for battleship commanders to think several steps ahead before taking any action, especially
when facing the battleship's biggest weakness, the torpedo. Forget about subtlety; battleships can be seen from
miles away, even without firing, but with a well-placed salvo, they can cripple any enemy they encounter, if
not outright kill them. However, as shown in history and reflected accordingly in-game, lone or unescorted
battleships are nothing but sitting ducks for enemies to pounce upon and overwhelm, especially by destroyers
and aircraft carriers.

Starting off from Tier III, all battleships have access to some variation of the Repair Party  consumable,
allowing them to repair some damage taken during battle and giving them unmatched survivability. As
captains progress up the tiers, battleships gain access to additional abilities: Spotting Aircraft  , which
launches an unarmed spotter plane for the battleship, increasing the range of her already long-range main guns
by 20% (at 32km, Yamato can basically fire on enemies across the entire map) and patrols in an area around
the battleship, revealing nearby enemies that would have been otherwise hidden from sight; Catapult Fighter 
launches fighter aircraft from the battleship's catapults that escorts the battleship and engages enemy
aircraft that wander too close. Remember that these two abilities can be prematurely shut down by shooting
down the aircraft; and German battleships and battlecruisers have access to Hydroacoustic Search  starting
at Tier VIII and VI respectively, giving them greatly increased spotting range for incoming torpedoes. French
battleships receive Engine Boost  starting at Tier VIII, giving them a slight speed boost when it is used.

See also: List of Ships

Japan

II Mikasa  III Kawachi IV Myōgi IV Ishizuchi 

V Kongō V ARP Kongō  V ARP Kirishima  V ARP Haruna 

V ARP Hiei  V HSF Hiei  VI Fusō VI Mutsu 

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VI Ise  VII Nagato VII Ashitaka  VII Hyūga 

VIII Amagi VIII Kii  VIII Ignis Purgatio  VIII Ragnarok 

IX Izumo IX Musashi  IX Hizen  IX Iwami 

X Yamato X Shikishima X ARP Yamato ★ Satsuma

U.S.A.

III South Carolina IV Wyoming IV Arkansas Beta  V New York

V Oklahoma  V Texas  VI New Mexico VI Arizona 

VI W. Virginia 1941  VII Colorado VII Florida  VII California 

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VIII North Carolina VIII Kansas VIII Nebraska VIII Alabama 

VIII Massachusetts  VIII Alabama VL VIII Constellation  VIII Massachusetts B 

VIII Alabama ST  IX Iowa IX Minnesota IX Delaware

IX Missouri  IX Kearsarge  IX Kearsarge B  IX Georgia 

X Montana X Vermont X Louisiana X Ohio 

Pan-Asia

IX Bajie  IX Wujing  IX Sun Yat-Sen

Germany

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III Nassau III Von der Tann III König Albert  IV Kaiser

IV Moltke V König V Derfflinger VI Bayern

VI Mackensen VI Prinz Eitel Friedrich  VII Gneisenau VII Prinz Heinrich

VII Scharnhorst  VII Scharnhorst B  VIII Tirpitz  VIII Bismarck

VIII Zieten VIII Odin  VIII Brandenburg  VIII Anhalt 

VIII Tirpitz B  IX Friedrich der Grosse IX Prinz Rupprecht IX Pommern 

IX Pommern B  X Grosser Kurfürst X Schlieffen X Preussen

X Mecklenburg
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★ Hannover

Europe

V Viribus Unitis 

U.S.S.R.

III Knyaz Suvorov IV Imperator Nikolai I  IV Gangut V Pyotr Velikiy

V Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya  VI Izmail VI Novorossiysk  VII Sinop

VII Poltava  VIII Vladivostok VIII Lenin  VIII Borodino 

VIII V. I. Lenin IX Sovetsky Soyuz IX AL Sov. Rossiya  X Kremlin

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X Slava ★ Admiral Ushakov

U.K.

III Bellerophon III Indefatigable III Dreadnought  IV Orion

IV Queen Mary V Iron Duke V Tiger V Agincourt 

VI Warspite  VI Queen Elizabeth VI Renown VI Repulse 

VII King George V VII Rooke VII Hood  VII Nelson 

VII Duke of York  VII Collingwood  VII Renown '44 VIII Monarch

VIII Hawke VIII Vanguard  IX Lion IX Duncan

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IX Marlborough  X Conqueror X St. Vincent X Thunderer 

X Incomparable

Italy

IV Dante Alighieri V Conte di Cavour V Giulio Cesare  VI Andrea Doria

VII Francesco Caracciolo VIII Vittorio Veneto VIII Roma  VIII AL Littorio 

IX Lepanto IX Marco Polo  IX Giuseppe Verdi  X Cristoforo Colombo

France

III Turenne IV Courbet V Bretagne VI Normandie

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VI Dunkerque  VI Dunkerque B  VII Lyon VII Strasbourg 

VIII Richelieu VIII Gascogne  VIII Champagne  VIII Flandre 

IX Alsace IX Jean Bart  IX Jean Bart B  X République

X Bourgogne  ★ Patrie

Commonwealth

VII Yukon 

Pan-America

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VIII Atlântico 

V Rio de Janeiro 

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