San Martín
Tier X · Cruiser · Pan-America
Rating S- (Near elite within its tier and class · overall score 81) · Gunnery cruiser
The Pan-American tech-tree tier X light cruiser, rated by the wiki as currently the best tech-tree cruiser in random battles. Twelve 152 mm AP guns firing every 5.0 s give DPM of 94,273, 40% above average, with dispersion 11% tighter than average. Landing 50 main battery hits unlocks the Combat Instruction Spotting Fire, granting +43% reload and accuracy and +30% penetration for 20 s for a big firepower spike. 2 charges of Radar II and 3 of Air Defense Alert III let it hunt destroyers and handle carriers too. However, with 45,864 HP and no smoke, it must rely on evasion and island cover when exposed to battleships.
Key stats
- HP: 38,720
- Top speed: 33.36 kn
- Surface detectability: 9.06 km
- Main battery: 152 mm 4X3 · reload 5 s · range 12.18 km
After World War II, the Argentinian leaders planned on ordering the construction of new cruisers in the U.K. or U.S. The main requirement was for their main guns to be dual-purpose. The most suitable ships for these parameters at that time were cruisers of the Worcester class that designers would have been guided by if such ships had ever been ordered. One such ship could have been San Martín.