Kitakaze

Kitakaze — Japanese Tier IX destroyer.

A V7 project destroyer. This ship was a further development of the Akizuki-class destroyers. Compared to her prototype, she had a higher speed and carried more powerful torpedo armament.

Ship Stats

Survivability

Health: 19,470

Citadel Protection: 5%

Fire and Flooding Resistance: 10%

Damage Reduction: 4.50%

Torpedo Damage Reduction: 3%


Armour

Bow: 15 mm

Stern: 15 mm

Deck: 19 mm

Belt: 19 mm


Maneuverability

Top Speed: 35.57 Knots 

Time to Full Speed: 10.48 s

Max Traverse Speed: 7.40 deg/s

Turn Time: 4.23 s


Main Guns (100 mm L/65 Type 98 4x2)

Reload Time: 3 s

Range: 9.48 km

Dispersion Min/Max/Vertical: 48 m / 132 m / 50.40 m

Sigma: 2 σ

HE Damage: 260

Fire Chance: 3.50%

AP Damage: 283

Citadel Chance: 0%

Turret Traverse: 18 deg/s


Torpedo Tubes (610 mm Type 93 1x6)

Reload Time: 90 s

Range: 9 km

Min/Max Torpedo Spread: 1.75 deg / 3.50 deg

Torpedo Damage: 5,015

Flood Chance: 30%

Torpedo Concealment: 2.44 km

Torpedo Traverse Speed: 18 deg/s


Anti-Aircraft Armament

Large Caliber AA Damage: 170

Large Caliber AA Range: 3.78 km

Small Caliber AA Damage: 127

Small Caliber AA Range: 1.80 km

Total AA Damage: 297


Concealment

Surface Detection: 7.02 km

After Firing Guns: 9.30 km

Ship Skills and Elite Bonus

Engine Accelerator I x2

Max Speed: 8% for 25 seconds

Before: 35.57 Knots

After: 38.42 Knots


Smoke Generator I x2

Smoke Activation: 9 s

Smoke Time: 24 s

Cooldown: 90 s


Torpedo Reload I x2

Immediately reloads one torpedo tube.

Cooldown: 120 s


Air Defense Alert I x2

Large Caliber AA damage: +75% for 20 s

Small Caliber AA damage: +75% for 20 s

Before: 170 / 127

After: 298 / 222

Cooldown time: 75 s


Advanced Engine

Max Speed: +5%

Acceleration: +10%

Before: 35.57 knots / 10.48 s

After: 37.34 knots / 10 s


Advanced Torpedo

Torpedo Damage: +3%

Torpedo Flooding Chance: +7%

Before: 4,720 / 24%

After: 4,862 / 25.68%

Ship Play-style

Historical Info