Louisiana
Tier X · Battleship · U.S.A.
Rating C- (Quite weak within its tier and class · overall score 21) · Balanced battleship
An American hybrid battleship based on the Montana class, pairing twelve 406 mm guns with air strikes every 62.4 s. AP DPM of 56,710 is slightly below average, but AA is 30% above average, so it is very strong against carriers. Per the wiki, though, the rear quad turret has poor firing arcs, so firing only the forward guns costs a lot of firepower, and the huge flight deck creates a large target area that gets penetrated by everything. It is better to build damage from the second line with a mix of bombs and gunfire than to lead the push. Demanding and team-dependent, it has clear limits in solo play.
Key stats
- HP: 59,653
- Top speed: 30.02 kn
- Surface detectability: 12.36 km
- Main battery: 406 mm 3X4 · reload 22 s · range 14.4 km
This was one of the options for completing the Montana-class battleships. To create a hybrid battleship-carrier, a flight deck of at least 350 feet long was required, which could only be done by removing the third turret. To preserve her combat power, it was suggested to replace the fourth turret with a quadruple-gun turret.