Nonetheless, her casemate and deck armor is impressive at 57mm which gives her the ability to shatter high caliber 305mm HE shells as well as Italian 203mm SAP shells. 27mm armor is overmatched by 406mm and larger shells, meaning that most battleships at Tier VIII and above can overmatch her bow and stern. Her armor is light, with a 27mm bow and stern compared to the 32mm plating of the other US Tier VIII battleships. She is the second fastest Tier VIII battleship (without factoring in speed boost) at 33.3 knots, falling just behind Champagne at 34 knots. In World of Warships, Constellation has been completed and later modernized - a true battlecruiser.Īs a Lexington-class battlecruiser, Constellation sacrifices armor for speed. Four (including Constellation herself) were cancelled and scrapped on the ways in 1922 due to the Washington Naval Treaty, while two – Lexington and Saratoga – were converted to aircraft carriers that served with distinction in WWII. Navy set out to build only one class of battlecruiser: the Lexington class. The high speed would give them more tactical options, including the ability to control engagements, while maintaining hitting power. Even as power plant efficiency improved, navies were considering the 'battlecruiser' - a capital ship with battleship armament that traded some armor mass for sleekness and speed. 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'.Īt the turn of the century, capital ships were slow due to the enormous mass of guns and armor that they carried and the wide hull forms required to keep that mass afloat.

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