Originally conceived to be more additions to the North Carolina-class ships, it was decided to delay their design by a year in order to implement some solutions to the shortcomings discovered on the preceding “fast-battleship” class. Still designed in the late 1930s, they remained under the limitations imposed by the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty and the subsequent 1936 London Naval Treaty.
The South Dakota-class battleships were the next evolution in battleship design from the previous North Carolina-class. Just like Alabama, Massachusetts has a small turning circle allowing some tight turns for dodging torpedoes and shells.Īll told, Massachusetts is an American battleship built for mid- and close range brawling, but may struggle at long range due to her dispersion and slow shell velocity (similar to North Carolina), but played well, and thanks to those secondaries, she can be a monster in players hands. She packs in a few more 40mm Bofors mounts than Alabama, and her dual purpose 127mm guns remain as potent as ever. Massachusetts brings with her the typically powerful anti-aircraft battery that veterans of high tier American battleships are accustomed to. Enemy destroyers in particular must be wary these secondaries will tear them apart in very short order if they are not actively maneuvering while spotted under Massachusetts’s guns. Sporting a four second reload, a max range of 11.3km, and incredible accuracy with the right buffs - such as Mike Yankee Soxisix flag ( ), Secondary Battery Modification 1, and the captain skill Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament - Massachusetts are a terror to all enemy units that are spotted within range. Her secondaries fire faster, farther, and are far more accurate than those found on any other American battlewagon. Where Massachusetts really departs from Alabama is in her secondary battery indeed, Massachusetts is unique among American battleships with the power of her secondaries. It will lead to some accuracy issues at long range, and encourages captains to close the range against enemy ships in order to improve her hit percentage this style of play is further reinforced by her reduced main battery range compared to Alabama as well.
The difference is slight, but noticeable. Massachusetts’s main battery has a lower sigma value and worse dispersion than that of her sister, and will generally produce slightly worse shot groupings than Alabama. The primary differences are found in her main and secondary batteries. Massachusetts is the second South Dakota-class battleship to come to World of Warships, and - despite appearances - plays very differently than her sister Alabama in several ways. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's "Actual AA DPS".
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