The speed at which she pummels enemy targets is a sight to behold, whether she is punishing an enemy destroyer caught by her radar, or pumping super-heavy American armor-piercing shells into the sides of enemy cruisers and battleships.Įnemy aircraft carriers don't enjoy seeing a Salem on the other team either her adequate AA suite is only a touch worse than Des Moines’, as Salem here is rendered without her short-range 20mm Oerlikons. The primary trait of Salem is her absurd rate of fire for a heavy cruiser: each of her barrels loads a fresh 203mm round every 5.5 seconds. Most other vital statistics remain identical - or roughly comparable - between the two. Des Moines can choose between Surveillance Radar (with a 10.0 km range), Catapult Fighter, or Spotting Aircraft for her Slot 3 consumable, and equips the standard version of Repair Party Salem - who wasn't completed with her aircraft catapults installed - eschews aircraft entirely and has access to either Surveillance Radar (with a 8.5 km range) or Hydroacoustic Search in Slot 3, and equips a specialized repair teams consumable similar to those on Royal Navy cruisers. The largest difference between the two comes in the form of consumable choices.

Captains familiar with the American heavy cruiser branch should adapt to Salem’s minor quirks fairly quickly.

The first non-tech tree Tier X ship in the game, Salem plays much like her tech tree sister Des Moines, albeit with more survivability at the trade off of less utility. 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'.

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