W. Virginia '41
Tier VI · Battleship · U.S.A. · Premium
Rating B- (Below average within its tier and class · overall score 41) · Durable battleship
Durable battleship. AP penetration of 416 mm is 15% above average and handles thick armor. Sluggish acceleration means you must start turning early to dodge shells and torpedoes. Its weak detectability (11.88 km) drops to 10.57 km with a stealth/mobility equipment build (at −5% HP). Detectability of 11.88 km is 1.15 km above average, so it gets spotted early; move behind islands.
Key stats
- HP: 38,755
- Top speed: 20.43 kn
- Surface detectability: 11.88 km
- Main battery: 406 mm 4X2 · reload 21 s · range 11.64 km
The third and final Colorado-class battleship. USS West Virginia spent the interwar period conducting training voyages and exercises. Before World War II, the battleship was supposed to receive bulges, reinforced deck armor, and air defenses, as well as new boilers and a new fire-control system, but the modernization was postponed until 1942, and the ship never went through it. During the Pearl Harbor raid, West Virginia took multiple torpedoes and bomb hits, then sank on an even keel. In May 1942, the battleship was raised and repaired, and only then did she finally undergo a radical modernization.