CORPEN 18 FLEET DATABASE
 

Updates: June 26, 2003: Added Emile Bertin, Mogador, Dido, Battle, Alaska, Yakov Sverdlov (Novik), Canarias, Churruca, Alfonso, Marcilio Diaz, Veinticinco de Mayo, Niels Juel, Espana, Chao Ho, Rivadavia, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Almirante Latorre, Almirante Lynch classes.

Ship Ratings
    Argentina
    Brazil
    Chile
    China
    Finland
    France
    Denmark
    Germany
    Italy
    Japan
    Netherlands
    Poland
    Soviet Union
    Spain
    Sweden
    Thailand
    United Kingdom
    United States
Ship Rating Methodology

SHIP RATINGS:
This section provides data for several ship classes of the WW2 era for the Corpen 18 rules. Additional ship ratings will follow, and in addition the rating criteria listed above can be used by the players themselves to rate other classes. Crew qualities listed below should be listed only as a general guideline and an overall fleet average, as all navies had ships whose performance was either above or below the par. Therefore players should feel free to assign different crew ratings than ones indicated below. Note that no navy is rated as having Elite crews. Only select ships with exceptionally capable crews and commanders should be given such a rating.

Argentina
Trained, NFP

Class: Rivadavia BB     Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 2/2
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  5 VL       Range: 7     To-hit:  -1/+3/-1
Secondary: 2     Range: 5     To-hit: --/0/--
Tertiary: U5        Range: 4     To-hit: --/+1/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 7/5

Class:  Veinticinco de Mayo CL     Category: Cruiser
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  3       Range: 7    To-hit:  -1/0/-2
Secondary: U5    Range: 3   To-hit: --/0/--
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 2

Class:  Mendoza DD     Category: Escort   
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery: U6   Range: 5    To-hit:  -1/+2/-1
Torpedoes: 4
Protection: U6

Brazil
Trained, NFP

Class: Minas Gerais BB     Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 2/2
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  5 VL       Range: 7     To-hit:  -1/+2/-1
Secondary: U6     Range: 5     To-hit: --/+2/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 6/5

Class:  Bahia CL     Category: Cruiser
Movement: 3/2
Fire Control: II
Main Battery:  U6       Range: 5    To-hit:  -2/0/-2
Protection: U7/1

Class:  Marcilio Diaz DD     Category: Escort   
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery: U6   Range: 5    To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Torpedoes: 2
Protection: U6

Chile
Experienced, NFP

Class: Almirante Latorre BB     Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 2/2
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  7 VL       Range: 7     To-hit:  -1/+2/-1
Secondary: 2     Range: 5     To-hit: -2/+1/-2
Tertiary: U5        Range: 4     To-hit: --/+1/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 6/5

Class:  Almirante Lynch DD     Category: Escort   
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: I
Main Battery: U5   Range: 4    To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Torpedoes: 2L
Protection: U5

China:
Trained, non-NFP.

Class:  Ning Hai CL     Category: Cruiser
Movement: 3/2
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  U6/1    Range: 5    To-hit: -2/0/-1
Torpedoes: 1
Protection: U7/1F
Notes: Escort for purposes of Sea State effects

Class:  Chao Ho CL     Category: Cruiser
Movement: 2/2
Fire Control: I
Main Battery:  2    Range: 5    To-hit: -2/-2/-2
Secondary: U4     Range: 4    To-hit: --/-1/--
Protection: 2F
Notes: Escort for purposes of Sea State effects

Denmark
Experienced,non-NFP

Class:  Niels Juel CL     Category: Cruiser
Movement: 2/1
Fire Control: II
Main Battery:  2    Range: 5    To-hit: -2/0/-2
Protection: 5/3

Finland
Experienced in 1939, Veteran, NFP from 1940 onward.

Class:  Ilmarinen CA     Category: Cruiser  
Movement: 2/1
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: 4L        Range: 8    To-hit: -2/-1/-2
Secondary: U5     Range: 5      To-hit: -2/-/-
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 2

France:
French warships are considered Experienced, non-NFP in 1939 and Veteran in 1940. Vichy French warships, however, degrade to Experienced in 1941 and Trained in 1942 due to lack of training. Free French ships are Veteran through the end of the war, and acquire NFP after upgrades in the United States.

Class:  Richelieu BB     Category: Capital Ship  
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: IV
Main Battery: 8VL        Range: 11    To-hit: +2/+2/--
Secondary: 2     Range: 7     To-hit:  --/0/+2
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 8/9
Notes: Fire Control V after modernization in the US.

Class: Dunkerque BC      Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: IV
Main Battery:  6VL       Range: 11     To-hit:  +2/+2/--
Secondary: U6     Range: 5     To-hit:  --/+2/+3
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 6

Class:  Algerie CA     Category: Cruiser
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: 4L       Range: 8     To-hit:  -1/+1/-1 
Secondary: U5    Range: 4    To-hit: --/-1/--
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 3/4R

Class:  Emile Bertin CL     Category: Cruiser
Movement: 4/4
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  2       Range: 7    To-hit:  0/+2/-1
Secondary: U4    Range: 3   To-hit: --/0/--
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: U7/2
Notes: FireCon IV after modernization in the US.

Class:  La Galissonniere CL     Category: Cruiser
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  2       Range: 7    To-hit:  0/+2/-1
Secondary: U4    Range: 3   To-hit: --/-1/--
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 3
Notes: FireCon IV after modernization in the US.

Class:  Bourrasque DD     Category: Escort   
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: I
Main Battery: U6   Range: 5    To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Torpedoes: 3
Protection: U5 F

Class: Le Fantasque DD      Category:   Escort
Movement: 4/4
Fire Control: II
Main Battery: U7/1        Range: 5     To-hit:   -1/+2/-1
Torpedoes: 3/5
Protection: U7
Notes: Fire Control III after refit in the US.

Class: Le Fantasque DD      Category:   Escort
Movement: 4/4
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: U7/1        Range: 5     To-hit:   +1/+4/+1
Torpedoes: 3/5
Protection: U7

Class:  Le Hardi DD     Category: Escort
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery: U6        Range: 5     To-hit: -1/+3/+1
Torpedoes: 3/4
Protection: U6 F

Germany:
Experienced in 1939, Veteran, NFP from 1940 onward. Due to the effects of inaction, however, capital ships and cruisers are reduced to Experienced in 1942.

Class: Bismarck BB      Category:  Capital Ship
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: IV
Main Battery: 8VL        Range: 10    To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Secondary: 2     Range: 7    To-hit:  --/0/--
Tertiary: U5    Range: 4   To-hit: --/+1/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 7R

Class: Scharnhorst BC      Category:   Capital Ship
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: IV
Main Battery:  5VL       Range: 11    To-hit:  +3/+2/+1
Secondary: 2     Range: 7    To-hit:  --/0/--
Tertiary: U5   Range: 4    To-hit: --/+1/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 7

Class: Deutschland CA      Category: Cruiser  
Movement: 3/2
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: 5VL        Range: 10    To-hit: -1/0/-1
Secondary: 2     Range: 7    To-hit: --/-1/--
Tertiary: U5    Range: 4    To-hit: --/-1/-2
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 3

Class: Admiral Hipper CA      Category:  Cruiser 
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: 4L        Range: 9   To-hit: -1/+1/-1
Secondary:  U5    Range: 4    To-hit:  --/-1/--
Torpedoes: 2/3
Protection: 3

Class:  Nuernberg CL     Category:   Cruiser
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  2       Range: 7     To-hit:   -1/+2/0
Secondary:  U5    Range: 4     To-hit:  --/-1/--
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 2F

Class: Leberecht Maass DD      Category: Escort   
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery:  U6       Range: 5     To-hit:  -1/+2/-1
Torpedoes: 4
Protection: U6

Class: Z-34  DD   Category: Escort   
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery:  U6       Range: 5     To-hit:  -1/+2/-1
Torpedoes: 4
Protection: U6

Class: T-22 TB      Category: Escort
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: I
Main Battery: U5        Range: 4     To-hit:  -2/+1/-1
Torpedoes: 3
Protection: U5

Class: S-boot      Category: FAC  
Movement: 4/4
Main Battery:  U3 H       Range: 0     To-hit: +1 
Torpedoes: 2 (2)
Protection: U3
Notes: Treat as Escort for purposes of Sea State effects.

Italy:
Italian warships are rated as Experienced, non-NFP, with the exception of MAS-boats, which may be considered Veteran, NFP.

Class:  Vittorio Veneto BB     Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: IV
Main Battery: 8VL   Range:  11   To-hit: 0/+2/-1
Secondary: 2     Range: 7    To-hit:  --/0/--
Tertiary: U5    Range: 4  To-hit: --/+1/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 7

Class:  Zara  CA      Category:   Cruiser
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  4L       Range: 9    To-hit:   -1/+1/-1
Secondary:  U5    Range: 4    To-hit:   --/+1/--
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 3 F

Class: Abruzzi CL      Category:  Cruiser 
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  2       Range: 7    To-hit: 0/+2/0
Secondary: U4     Range: 4    To-hit:   --/-1/--
Torpedoes:
Protection: 3

Class: Attilio Regolo CL      Category:   Cruiser
Movement: 4/4
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: U7/1        Range: 5    To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Torpedoes: 2
Protection: U7

Class: Soldati DD      Category: Escort   
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery:   U5     Range: 5    To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Torpedoes: 3
Protection: U5

Class:  Spica TB     Category: Escort  
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: I
Main Battery: U5        Range: 4     To-hit:  -2/0/-1
Torpedoes: 2 L
Protection: U4 F

Class: MAS 526     Category: FAC   
Movement: 5/4
Main Battery: U2  H      Range: 0     To-hit:   -1
Torpedoes: 2 L
Protection: U1

Japan:
Japanese crews start the war as Veteran, NFP. Extensive losses among the well-trained pre-war crews, however, caused the quality to drop to Experienced, non-NFP by 1944.

Class: Yamato BB      Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 3/2
Fire Control: IV
Main Battery: 9VL       Range: 10    To-hit:  0/+2/-1
Secondary: 2     Range: 7     To-hit:  -1/+2/-1
Tertiary: U6    Range: 4    To-hit: --/0/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 9

Class: Kongo BB      Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: IV
Main Battery: 7 VL        Range: 10     To-hit:   -1/+1/-1
Secondary: U6     Range: 4     To-hit:   --/+1/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 5

Class: Mogami CA     Category:   Cruiser
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: 4 L     Range: 8     To-hit:   -1/+2/-1
Secondary: U6     Range: 4     To-hit:  --/-1/--
Torpedoes: 2/4 (2) H
Protection: 3 F

Class: Yugumo DD      Category: Escort   
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery: U6        Range: 5     To-hit:  -1/+3/+1
Torpedoes: 4 (4) H
Protection: U6 F

Class: Akitsuki DD      Category: Escort   
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery:  U5      Range:  4    To-hit: +1/+4/+1
Torpedoes: 2 H
Protection: U6

Netherlands:
Experienced in 1939, Veteran and NFP beginning in 1940.

Class:  Tromp CL     Category:   Cruiser
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  2       Range: 7     To-hit:  -1/0/-2
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 1/2

Poland:
Experienced in 1939, Veteran from 1940 onward, NFP in 1940 or 1941.

Class: Grom DD      Category: Escort
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery:  U6   Range: 5     To-hit: 0/+4/+1
Torpedoes: 3
Protection: U6

Soviet Union:
At the outset of the war, capital ships are rated as Trained, cruisers, escorts, and FACs as Experienced. During the war, destroyers and cruisers drop to Trained. FACs retain their Experienced status. Soviet crews are non-NFP.

Class: Marat BB     Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 2/2
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: 5VL        Range: 6    To-hit:  -1/+3/-1
Secondary: U6     Range: 4     To-hit:  --/+1/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 5/4

Class:  Kirov CA     Category:  Cruiser 
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  3VL       Range: 10     To-hit:   0/+2/-1
Secondary:  U5    Range:  4    To-hit: --/-1/--
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 2/3

Class:  Krasnyy Kavkaz CA     Category:   Cruiser
Movement: 3/2
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  3VL      Range: 10    To-hit: -2/-1/-2
Secondary:  U5    Range: 4/2/1     To-hit:  --/-2/--
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 2 F

Class: Leningrad DD      Category:   Escort
Movement: 4/4
Fire Control: II
Main Battery:  U6      Range: 5    To-hit:   -1/+2/-1
Torpedoes: 4
Protection: U6 F

Class: Type 7, 7U DD      Category: Escort   
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery:  U6       Range: 5   To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Torpedoes: 3
Protection: U5 F

Class: Yakov Sverdlov DD      Category: Escort   
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: I
Main Battery:  U5       Range: 4   To-hit:  -2/+1/-2
Torpedoes: 5 L
Protection: U5
Notes: WWI-era Novik-class

Class:  Yastreb TB     Category: Escort   
Movement: 3/2
Fire Control: I
Main Battery: U5       Range: 4    To-hit:   -2/0/-1
Torpedoes: 2 L
Protection: U4 F

Class: G-5 FAC (T)      Category:  FAC 
Movement: 5/4
Main Battery:  U1  H    Range: 0    To-hit:   +1
Torpedoes: 2
Protection: U1

Spain
Experienced, NFP throughout the war.

Class:  Espana BB     Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 2/2
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: 5  VL      Range: 7   To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Secondary: U5     Range:  4    To-hit:  --/0/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 5/2 F

Class: Canarias CA     Category:  Cruiser 
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  4 L     Range: 8   To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Secondary: U6    Range: 4     To-hit:  --/-1/--
Torpedoes: 2/3
Protection: 1

Class: Alfonso CL     Category:  Cruiser 
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  2 L     Range: 8   To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Secondary: U6    Range: 4     To-hit:  --/-1/--
Torpedoes: 2/3
Protection: 1

Class: Churruca DD    Category:  Escort 
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery:  U6     Range: 4   To-hit:  -1/+2/-1
Torpedoes: 3
Protection: U6

Sweden:
Experienced, NFP throughout the war.

Class: Sverige CA     Category:  Cruiser 
Movement: 2/2
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  5 VL      Range: 7   To-hit:  -2/-1/-2
Secondary: 2     Range: 6     To-hit:  -2/0/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 5/3

Class: Gotland CL      Category: Cruiser  
Movement:3/2
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: 2        Range: 6   To-hit:  -2/0/-2
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 2

Class:  Goeteborg DD     Category:   Escort
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery: U5        Range:  5   To-hit:  -2/0/-1
Torpedoes: 3
Protection: U4

Class: T-21      Category:   FAC
Movement: 5/4
Main Battery:  U2   H   Range:  0    To-hit:  -1
Torpedoes: 2
Protection: U1

Thailand:
Trained, non-NFP.

Class:  Sri Ayuthia CA     Category:   Cruiser
Movement: 2/1
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: 4 L        Range: 8     To-hit:  -2/-1/-2
Secondary: U4     Range: 2    To-hit:   --/-2/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 2

Class:  Tachin     Category:  Escort 
Movement: 2/1
Fire Control: II
Main Battery: U5        Range: 5   To-hit:   -1/+1/-1
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: U5

Class: Puket TB      Category:  Escort 
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: I
Main Battery: U4        Range: 2     To-hit: -2/0/-2
Torpedoes: 3 L
Protection: U3

United Kingdom:
Experienced in 1939, Veteran throughout the war, NFP from 1940.

Class:  Hood BC     Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: IV
Main Battery: 8  VL      Range: 8   To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Secondary: U5     Range:  4    To-hit:  --/0/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 6/4 F

Class:  Renown BC     Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: IV
Main Battery: 8   VL     Range: 8     To-hit:   -1/0/-2
Secondary: U6     Range: 5     To-hit:  --/+2/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 6/5 F
Notes: FireCon increased to V by the end of the war.

Class:  Queen Elisabeth II BB     Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 3/2
Fire Control: IV
Main Battery:  8  VL    Range: 8     To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Secondary: U6     Range:  5    To-hit:   --/+2/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 8
Notes: FireCon increased to V by the end of the war.

Class: Rodney BB      Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 2/2
Fire Control: IV
Main Battery:  9 VL      Range: 10   To-hit:  +1/+2/---
Secondary: 2     Range: 6     To-hit:  --/+1/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 8
Notes: FireCon increased to V by the end of the war.

Class: King George V BB      Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 3/2
Fire Control: V
Main Battery: 7  VL      Range: 10    To-hit: 0/+2/-1
Secondary: U7/1     Range: 6     To-hit:   --/+1/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 8

Class: County CA     Category: Cruiser  
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: 4 L       Range: 8     To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Secondary: U5     Range: 4     To-hit:  --/-1/--
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 1
Notes: FireCon increased to IV by the end of the war.

Class: Southampton CL      Category:   Cruiser
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  2       Range:  6    To-hit:  0/+3/0
Secondary: U5     Range: 4     To-hit:  --/0/--
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 3
Notes: Edinburgh, Belfast similar, but have protection of 3R. FireCon increased to IV by the end of the war.

Class: Fiji CL     Category:  Cruiser 
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: 2        Range: 6     To-hit:  0/+2/-1
Secondary:  U5    Range: 4    To-hit:  --/+1/0
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 3
Notes: FireCon increased to IV by the end of the war.

Class: Exeter CA      Category:  Cruiser 
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: 4 L      Range: 8    To-hit:   -1/0/-2
Secondary: U5    Range: 4   To-hit: --/-1/0
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 2/1
Notes: FireCon increased to IV by the end of the war.

Class:  Leander CL     Category:  Cruiser 
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: 2        Range: 6    To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Secondary: U5     Range: 4    To-hit:  --/-1/--
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 2

Class:  Dido CL     Category:  Cruiser 
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: U7/1       Range: 5    To-hit:  0/+1/-1
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 2

Class:  D, E, F, G, H, I-Class DD     Category: Escort  
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery: U6        Range: 4   To-hit: -1/+1/-1 
Torpedoes: 4 (2 in ships with TTs replaced by AA)
Protection:  U5

Class:  Tribal DD     Category: Escort  
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery: U6        Range: 5    To-hit: +1/+4/+1
Torpedoes: 2
Protection: U6

Class: J, K, L, M, N-class DD      Category: Escort  
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II
Main Battery: U6        Range: 5    To-hit:  +1/+3/-1
Torpedoes: 5 (4  in L, M classes, 3 in ships with TTs replaced by AA)
Protection: U6

Class:  O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Z, C-class DD     Category: Escort
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II (III late war)
Main Battery:  U6       Range: 5    To-hit:   -1/+1/-1
Torpedoes: 4
Protection: U6
Note: Some O,P,Q,R DDs have Main Battery battery of U5 (range 4) instead of U6.

Class:  Battle-class DD (1st Group)    Category: Escort
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery:  U6       Range: 5    To-hit:   +1/+1/--
Torpedoes: 4
Protection: U6
Note: Battle 2nd Group have Main Battery to-hit +1/+2/-2 and 5 torpedo spreads.

Class: Hunt type 3 DE      Category:   Escort
Movement: 3/2
Fire Control: II
Main Battery: U5        Range: 4    To-hit:  -1/+1/-1
Torpedoes: 1
Protection: U5

Class: Vosper 23ft      Category: FAC  
Movement: 4/4
Main Battery: U2  H      Range: 0   To-hit:   +2
Torpedoes: 2L
Protection: U1

United States:
Experienced, NFP in 1941 and 1942, Veteran NFP toward the end of the battles around the Solomons.
Class: Iowa BB      Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: V
Main Battery: 9 VL     Range: 10    To-hit:  0/+2/-1
Secondary: U6     Range:  5   To-hit:   --/+2/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 8/9 R

Class: South Dakota BB      Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 3/2
Fire Control: V
Main Battery: 9 VL       Range: 10    To-hit:  0/+2/-1
Secondary: U6     Range:  5   To-hit:   --/+2/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 8/9

Class:  New Mexico (modernized) BB   Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 2/2
Fire Control: V
Main Battery: 7 VL    Range: 9   To-hit:  0/+3/0
Secondary: U6     Range: 5/2/1   To-hit:  --/+1/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 8/7

Class: Maryland (modernized) BB   Category: Capital Ship
Movement: 2/2
Fire Control: V
Main Battery: 9 VL       Range: 9   To-hit: -1/+2/-1
Secondary: U6     Range: 5/2/1    To-hit:  --/+1/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 9/8

Class:  Alaska BC     Category:  Capital Ship 
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: V
Main Battery:  5 VL      Range: 8  To-hit:  0/+1/-1
Secondary: U6     Range: 5  To-hit:  0/+1/0
Torpedoes: --
Protection:5/6

Class:  Baltimore CA     Category:  Cruiser 
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: IV
Main Battery:  4 L      Range: 8  To-hit:  0/+2/-1
Secondary: U6     Range: 5  To-hit:  0/+1/0
Torpedoes: --
Protection:3R

Class: New Orleans CA      Category:   Cruiser
Movement:3/3
Fire Control: III (IV late war)
Main Battery: 4 L      Range: 8 To-hit:  0/+2/-1
Secondary: U6     Range: 5/2/1  To-hit: --/-2/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 3
 
Class: Cleveland CL     Category:  Cruiser 
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: IV
Main Battery: 2        Range: 7    To-hit: 0/+3/0
Secondary: U6     Range: 5  To-hit:   -2/+1/-2
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 3

Class:  Brooklyn CL     Category:   Cruiser
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III (IV late war)
Main Battery: 2        Range: 7     To-hit: 0/+4/0
Secondary: U6     Range: 5    To-hit:  --/-1/--
Torpedoes: --
Protection: 3 F

Class: Atlanta CL     Category:   Cruiser
Movement: 3/3
Fire Control: III
Main Battery: U6        Range: 5   To-hit:  0/+4/0
Torpedoes: 1/2
Protection: 2

Class: Allen Sumner/Gearing DD      Category:   Escort
Movement: 4/3
Fire Control: II (III late war)
Main Battery: U6         Range: 5 To-hit: +1/+3/-1 
Torpedoes: 5
Protection: U6

Class: Fletcher DD      Category:   Escort
Movement:4/3
Fire Control: II (III late war)
Main Battery: U6         Range: 5  To-hit: -1/+2/-1
Torpedoes: 5
Protection: U6

Class: PT-boat      Category:   FAC
Movement: 4/4
Main Battery: U2  H      Range: 0     To-hit: +2 
Torpedoes: 4 L
Protection: U1

SHIP RATING METHODOLOGY:

Category: all battleships, battlecruisers, and aircraft carriers are considered Capital Ships. Light and heavy cruisers, "pocket" and coast defense battleships are considered Cruisers. Destroyers, escort destroyers, torpedo boats, frigates, minesweepers, and corvettes are considered Escorts, and each Escort playing piece in the game represents two actual ships. PT-boats, Schnellboots, MTBs, MGBs, MAS-boats, and other torpedo- or gun-armed fast attack craft (with displacement of under 250 tons) are considered FACs, and each FAC piece represents four actual ships.

Protection: belt thickness/50mm +1, up to a maximum value of 10. Vessels with splinter protection and other similar light protection schemes are rated as having armor protection of 0, but are nevertheless still treated as armored vessels. "Fragile" rating is assigned to vessels which have shown poor ability to absorb damage or unbalanced armor protection of other parts of the ship, whereas "rugged" ships represent ships with uncommon structural strength, particularly good subdivision or armor protection of other areas, etc.

If belt and deck armor yield different protection ratings, record the belt-derived value first, then the deck-derived value after a /.

Unarmored ships are rated according to their tonnage.

Each torpedo spread represents 4 torpedoes. Ships which cannot launch all of their torpedoes into a single broadside aspect have two torpedo numbers (each equal to half the total spread number) separated by /. Reload torpedo spreads are put in parentheses.

Battery to-hit modifiers represent the number of guns that can fire into a given facing (forward, broadside, aft, in that order)
1-2 guns: -2, 3-4: -1, 5-7: 0, 7-8: +1, 9-10: +2, 11-12: +3, 13+: +4 

Since Escort and FAC-class ships in the game represent two and four actual ships, respectively, use the total number of weapons for all the ships represented by the model/counter, not just the number of weapons on one ship.

Range: divide the range of the gun (in kilometers) by 4.

Rate of fire: guns with caliber greater than 203mm are considered to have Very Low rate of fire. 160mm-203mm guns have Low rate of fire. High rate of fire (H) is assigned to various light automatic weapons. All other weapons do not have any special rate of fire-based rules, and do not receive a rate of fire value on their ship displays.

Movement: Each movement point represents 5 knots. When the result is an odd number, the first movement phase movement allowance is greater by 1 point than the second.

Fire Control:
I: local control.
II: WW1-era directors.
III: Interwar-era directors.
IV: late interwar, early WW2 directors.
V: late WW2, advanced, radar-assisted directors.
The above applies to capital ships. Cruisers and escorts usually have lower FireCon ratings (by 1 and 2 levels, respectively) than contemporary capital ships. FACs are not assigned fire control, since all gunnery combat between FACs takes place at 0 hex range.

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