Through the Spy Glass: Rhode Island

Rhode Island is a hypothetical battleship based on a "fast battleship" design. Her alternative armament configuration was originally considered for the North Carolina-class battleships in 1937, with the main battery comprising twelve 14-inch (356 mm) guns housed in quadruple-gun turrets.

In World of Warships: Legends, Rhode Island is a U.S. Legendary Tier battleship. Among her strengths are her effective secondary guns, supported by the Enhanced Secondary Targeting II consumable, as well as the option to choose between Engine Boost and Radar. Her main guns are relatively small, but they reload quickly and fire AP shells with improved ricochet angles.

Here's the list of recommended upgrades:

• Secondary Battery Mod. 2
• Propulsion Mod. 2
• Concealment System Mod. 1
• Main Battery Mod. 3

We recommend assigning William Sims as a Commander for Rhode Island. His Built to Last base trait will improve the ship's survivability by boosting her HP by up to +400.

Recommended skillset:

• Flammable Cannonier, increasing main battery range by up to 8% and tightening shell grouping by up to 5% at the cost of increasing the chances of catching fire by up to 13%.
• Gyrating Drillbits, improving your battleship's main battery gun traverse speed and increasing the AP shell damage by up to 10%; however, this skill has a negative trade-off that worsens your battleship's maximum speed by up to 10%.
• Marksmanship, improving main battery shell grouping by up to 8% at the cost of increasing rudder-shift time by up to 5%.
• Properly Meticulous, reducing secondary battery reload time by up to 15% and increasing Enhanced Secondary Targeting duration by up to 35%.
• Fight Fire With Fire, reducing the fire damage your ship takes over time for each active fire by up to 15%. It also removes all damage-over-time effects (including flooding) from your ship when three concurrent fires are burning while your Damage Control Party consumable is on cooldown or fully depleted.

Inspirations:

• Franz von Hipper, improving the range of your secondary guns by up to 15% and their shell grouping by up to 5%.
• Jerzy Świrski, improving ship concealment by up to 4%.

Turn the tide with Rhode Island!