La Argentina
Tier V · Cruiser · Pan-America
Rating C (Weak within its tier and class · overall score 31) · Balanced cruiser
Balanced cruiser. It is weak against battleships (AP deals a same-tier battleship's HP in about 19 min on paper · torpedoes supply 47% of it). Each Repair Kit restores 20% of max HP, up to 60% over a battle (standard 50%). Tanking damage and healing it back is this ship's biggest weapon. Unique skill: 'Combat Instruction: Observed Fire' gives main battery reload +11%, main battery accuracy +11%, penetration +10% for 20 s after landing 30 main battery hits. Detectability of 7.8 km is 0.2 km above average, so it gets spotted early; move behind islands.
Key stats
- HP: 18,032
- Top speed: 29.47 kn
- Surface detectability: 7.8 km
- Main battery: 152 mm 3X3 · reload 8.5 s · range 9.96 km
Cruiser La Argentina was built according to the 1926 program in Great Britain. The British Arethusa-class light cruiser was used as the basis of the design, with a number of changes regarding enhanced armament to add training functions to the ship. La Argentina became part of the Argentine Navy in 1939.