625 [O_O] Rustyhole Members 674 posts Report post #1 Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) Brief History: Despite the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty, in early 1936 the USN found itself with 15,000t remaining to build another aircraft carrier. The new Yorktown Class carriers came in at just under 20,000t, so the USN sought to squeeze a comparable air group onto a ship that had 25% less displacement. Wasp was launched in April 1939 and was commissioned a year later. She began her career patrolling the Atlantic, and later joined Force 'W' of the Home Fleet to aid in the transportation of RAF units to the besieged Island of Malta. After the losses at the Coral Sea and Midway, Wasp suddenly found herself at the front lines in the Pacific Theater supporting the invasion of Guadalcanal. Wasp took three out of six torpedoes launched from I-19 on the 15th of September, 1942, leaving her engulfed in fire and gradually losing speed. She was abandoned within 40 minutes and scuttled hours later. Wasp was rediscovered by RV Petrel in January 2019, laying upright on the sea floor at 14,000ft. Armor Layout: (educated guesses here, not an expert on warship armor) 6-120mm (belt 120mm, deck 25mm, hull is a mix of 16mm and 19mm) Survivability: (launched with no torpedo protection; so either non at all or very little) Hit Points: 44,500 Torpedo Protection Damage Reduction: 0% Aircraft: (I choose her final air group from July 1942 - September 1942) Attack Aircraft: F4F Wildcat Torpedo Bombers: TBF Avenger Dive Bombers: SBD Dauntless (AP please?) Artillery: Secondary Armament: 8x1 127mm/38 Mk24 AA Defense: AA Guns 24x1 12.7mm Browning M2 mod. 2 AA Guns 4x4 28mm/75 Mk2 mod. 2 AA Guns 8x1 127mm/38 Mk24 Maneuverability: Speed: 29.5 kts Turning Circle: 1 km Rudder Shift: 15 seconds Concealment: Detectability Range by Sea: 14.0km Detectability Range by Air: 10.0km Why Wargaming should make it: The Yorktown class model is already in-game in the form of Enterprise, so the modeling for Wasp is mostly done already save the downsizing that would be required. All you need to do is tweak my balancing decisions a bit (or a lot...) and you are GOLD Wargaming, GOLD! Thanks for reading! Edited February 18, 2020 by Rustyhole 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
860 [HELLS] GrandAdmiral_2016 Members 2,752 posts 29,459 battles Report post #2 Posted February 17, 2020 Ranger-sized hull with different internal arrangements, not a Yorktown derivative. Need essentially a new model. At T6, she would need Lexington or Enterprise's T8 planes. Tough sell.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10,069 [SALVO] Crucis Members 25,815 posts 28,106 battles Report post #3 Posted February 17, 2020 28 minutes ago, GrandAdmiral_2016 said: Ranger-sized hull with different internal arrangements, not a Yorktown derivative. Need essentially a new model. At T6, she would need Lexington or Enterprise's T8 planes. Tough sell.... No, the Wasp was a reduced size Yorktown derivative. The USN had some tonnage left over under the Washington Naval Treaty for one more carrier. However, it wasn't enough for a full sized Yorktown. So the USN designed a CV with about 25% less displacement than the Yorktown, aka the USS Wasp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,104 [FOXEH] Umikami Banned 14,364 posts 20,301 battles Report post #4 Posted February 17, 2020 31 minutes ago, GrandAdmiral_2016 said: she would need Lexington or Enterprise's T8 planes. Didn't she pretty much use the same planes as Lexington / Enterprise? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
123 [BTH] Klaus_Conqueror Members 333 posts 17,996 battles Report post #5 Posted February 17, 2020 What about Akagi? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
625 [O_O] Rustyhole Members 674 posts Report post #6 Posted February 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, GrandAdmiral_2016 said: Ranger-sized hull with different internal arrangements, not a Yorktown derivative. Need essentially a new model. At T6, she would need Lexington or Enterprise's T8 planes. Tough sell.... Historical accuracy has been sacrificed many times for ships in this game. I have a better chance convincing Wargaming to downsize an Enterprise and sell it at tier 6 as Wasp with a new tower and stack, than I do asking them to build a new hull. I am aware that Wasp was Ranger sized, that is one of my justifications for placing her at tier 6 instead of tier 8. It was an accidental coincidence that I was choosing planes from the tier 8 CVs; I only wanted Wasp's final air group composition to be represented ingame. But the issue you point out with the aircraft is a simple fix: either the aircraft I choose can stay and have their stats reduced from tier 8 stats, or an earlier air group composition with Vindicators and Devastators can be used. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
63 [COOLI] dawggunner Members 101 posts 11,973 battles Report post #7 Posted February 28, 2020 i just want to say quietly i wouldn't mind a few more T6 CVs, even premiums, and this seems kinda fun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
