Continuing our exploration of the new ships’ statistics, let’s have a look at the Yuudachi, the tier VII Japanese destroyer.

Why do I already fear a spam of “Poi~” in the game’s chat or on Reddit when the ship will be released?….

Anyway, the Yuudachi was the 4th ship of the Shiratsuyu-class of Japanese destroyer built under the “Circle One” Program.

The ship served during World War II and took part in the invasion of the Philippines. She will later take part in operations in the Netherlands East Indies, including the invasions of Tarakan, Balikpapan and eastern Java. She would also participate in the Battle of the Java Sea during which she engaged enemy destroyers and cruisers.

In 1942, Yuudachi was assigned to “Tokyo Express” high-speed transport runs to Guadalcanal and assisted in the sinking of the destroyers USS Gregory and USS Little.

It is during the battle of Guadalcanal that she will meet her end. The problem is that the reports of her actions during the battle are a bit confusing so nobody can say accurately what happened to her during the battle.

After scoring a hit on the USS Portland with her torpedoes, her sailors mistook the destroyer USS Sterett as an allied ship and used the ship’s recognition signals. The Sterett then proceeded to fire at Yuudachi hitting the ship’s boilers and leaving her dead in the water.

To boost the morale of the crew, it was ordered to raise a white sail (that might have helped the ship to keep moving I guess?) that turned out to be interpreted as a white flag to surrender by the U.S. warships which angered the Americans when the ship kept firing. The captain of the USS Portland then ordered to the gunnery officer to “sink the S.O.B.”

As for World of Warships, the ship was announced to carry similar torpedoes to the Asashio, AKA deep-water torpedoes only able to hit battleships and aircraft carriers. However, for now, she has standard (and pretty underwhelming) torpedoes so not sure what is going on.

3D Preview Yudachi by Harkonnen on Sketchfab

Modules Hull Engine Gun Fire Control System Main battery Torpedoes Yudachi Propulsion: 42 000 HP Type7 mod. 1 127 mm/50 3rd Year Type Type90

Please Note All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change during the testing.

Characteristics General Main Battery Torpedo Tubes Air Defense Consumables Tier VII Health 13 200 HP Main Armament Maximum Firing Range 11.810 km 127 mm/50 3rd Year Type mod. C

127 mm/50 3rd Year Type 2 x 2 127 mm

1 x 1 127 mm Torpedo Armament Maximum Firing Range 15.000 km 610 mm Quad 2 x 4 610 mm Maximum speed 34 kt Turning Circle Radius 570 m Rudder Shift Time 3.4 s Surface Detectability 6.48 km Air Detectability 2.784 km Detectability After Firing Main Gus in Smoke 2.4 km 2 × 2 127 mm/50 3rd Year Type mod. C

1 x 1 127 mm/50 3rd Year Type Reloading Time 9.0 s 180 Degree Turn Time 30.0 s Optimal front firing angle

30° Optimal rear firing angle 30° Sigma 2.00 sigma Maximum Dispersion 104 m Shells Type of Projectile HE Alpha Damage 2 150 HP Damage 470 HP HE penetration 20 mm Explosion Size 0.41 Chance to Cause Fire 9 % Projectile Speed 915 m/s Air Drag 0.334 Projectile Mass 23 Projectile Krupp 450 Type of Projectile AP Alpha Damage 2 200 HP Chance to Cause Fire -0.5 % Projectile Speed 915 m/s Air Drag 0.334 Projectile Mass 23 Projectile Krupp 2 266 Projectile Detonator 0.03 s 2 x 4 610 mm Quad Reloading Time 101 s Maximum Distance 15.0 km Optimal front firing angle 60° Optimal rear firing angle 61° Damage 17233 Speed 57 kt Surface Detectability 2.5 km 2 x 1 40 mm “HI” Type91 Sector range 1.0 km – 2.0 km Hit chance 93 % Sector’s damage 90 Sector’s damage frequency 3.39 s Sector’s damage per second 27 Flak clouds number 1 Flak cloud damage 560 Sector reinforcement Sector reinforcement bonus +50% Sector reinforcement time 5 s Sector reinforcement shift time 5 s Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 60 s Number of charges: 2 Work time: 20 s Cooldown: 240 s Radius: 450 m Lifetime: 85s Number of charges: 2 Work time: 120 s Cooldown: 180 s Boost: +8% maximum speed Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 40 s Number of charges: 3 Work time: 20 s Cooldown: 160 s Radius: 450 m Lifetime: 85s Number of charges: 3 Work time: 120 s Cooldown: 120 s Boost: +8% maximum speed

The armor analysis

As a tier VII destroyer, Yuudachi possesses the classic tier VII destroyer armor. The hull is 16 mm thick, the superstructure is 10 mm thick and the turrets are protected by 20 mm of armor.

Personal opinion on the ship

Since the ship is supposed to get Asashio-like torpedoes, this is a big nope for me. I simply hate the concept of these torpedoes that limit your target choice a lot.

As for the rest, the ship’s statistics are overall superior to those of a fully researched Shiratsuyu except for the main battery reload (9 s vs 7.5 s).

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