Adatara
Tier IX · Battleship · Japan
Rating C (Weak within its tier and class · overall score 28) · Agile battleship
Agile battleship. AP penetration of 491 mm is 9% above average and handles thick armor. Key skills: High-Precision Spotter I ×3 (main battery range +10%, main battery accuracy +11%, 25 s); Air Defense Alert II ×3. With only 57,449 effective HP, hit-and-run from cover works better than head-on fights. A survival equipment build adds damage reduction +9 pp, fire/flood resistance +10 pp, torpedo damage reduction +16 pp to shore up survivability.
Key stats
- HP: 50,268
- Top speed: 30.02 kn
- Surface detectability: 11.52 km
- Main battery: 457 mm 4X2 · reload 20.5 s · range 14.64 km
Following the announcement of an ambitious shipbuilding program by the U.S. in 1919, Japan reconsidered the plans for the development of its Navy and gave the order to build four more battleships and four more battlecruisers. Thirteen variants of battleships and battlecruisers were presented. Project A was selected as the Kii-class battleship, and Project K was used for the battlecruiser. Construction was meant to start in 1922, but the battlecruisers were never laid down in the aftermath of the Washington Naval Conference.