Since 7.9 I have had constant crashes while in battle including in the operations area. Support had no idea and 4 uninstalls/installs proved no better. The game crashed with or without mods at random times. The mini patch did not fix the issue either as play yesterday proved just as frustrating. However, I spotted a post where a person suggested a direct shortcut to the Warships.exe file may fix this. Out of ideas and options I gave it a shot.
I played numerous games today and even ran Operation Dynamo all without a crash or glitch of any kind. The game ran perfectly normal. For what it is worth, give it a try. It fixed my problem.
This points to the game center launcher as the issue. Something is not right.