
JapanEliteLestaAoba
WoWS World of Warships Japan Cruiser · Tier VI
- Main Battery
- 203 mm/50 3rd Year Type No.2 in a Model C turret
- 3 turrets × 2 barrels
- Range 13.6 km
- Secondaries
- 120 mm/45 10th Year Type on a Model B2 mount
- Range 4.96 km
- Torpedoes
- 610 mm Quad
- 2 launchers × 4 tubes
- Range 10 km
Specifications
Survivability
Main Battery
Torpedoes
Secondary Battery
AA Defense
Maneuverability
Concealment
Consumables

Extinguishes fires, removes instances of flooding, and repairs damaged modules. Prevents enemy acoustic torpedoes from homing.

Partially restores the ship's HP by repairing any light damage.

Increases the range of assured acquisition of enemy ships and torpedoes, including those within smoke screens.

Increases the intensity of AA fire.

Extends main battery firing range.

Follow the ship and automatically attack enemy aircraft. Can attack Airstrike squadrons multiple times before returning to the ship. Cannot spot enemy ships.

Carries out aerial bombardment of the marked area with depth charges. Depth charges can hit enemy submarines. They also have chances of causing fire, flooding, and incapacitating modules. Increased chances of incapacitating sonar. Effective against enemy mines. Cannot spot enemy ships.
Ballistics
Armor Model
Overview
The Aoba-class cruisers were originally intended to replicate the Furutaka class; however, at the insistence of the Japanese Navy General Staff, a series of changes were made to the design. Thus, the single-gun main battery turrets were replaced with twin-gun turrets, the 76-mm anti-aircraft guns were replaced with new 120-mm ones, and a catapult for seaplanes was installed between the aft superstructure and the turret. The lead ship of the class, Aoba, was built in Nagasaki. Between 1938 and 1940, the cruiser underwent a modernization that included strengthening its anti-aircraft armament and converting all boilers to oil-firing. The ship actively participated in World War II: it landed troops on Guam and Wake Island, fought in the Coral Sea, off Savo Island, at Cape Esperance, and also escorted convoys. The cruiser Aoba sank in Kure harbor after being bombed by Allied forces on July 24, 1945.
