However, due to Japan's lack of financial and industrial power at the time, the plan was reduced to the 8-4 in 1917. As it's named, the 8-8 program was a plan to build a fleet consisting of eight battleships and eight battlecruisers, and the lifespan of the capital ships being eight years. In 1914, the Japanese government unofficially declared the 8-8 program, which would be in accord with Japan's interests in the Far East. The famous Japanese naval architect Yuzuru Hiraga oversaw her construction, and would later on incorporate his ideas (of weight reduction as well as outfitting ships with maximum firepower possible into a given displacement) into the later cruisers, such as Furutaka. Originally ordered under the 1917 8-4 program, Yūbari was constructed as the main base for the upcoming new and 'modern' Japanese cruiser design of its time. Yūbari at anchor, date and location unknown. Read the situation and employ the appropriate weapon and you will find in her a good deal of fun. She plays more like an IJN torpedo destroyer without a smoke generator. Yūbari can be played as a gunship, but that is not her main strength. She is among the fastest and most maneuverable of the Tier IV cruisers - good for dodging. In addition to her base AA firepower, she equips Defensive AA Fire for a couple of extra punches, although it will won't prevent a persistent carrier from dropping you once or even twice. While it can hardly be said to be 'good' it is the best of any Tier IV cruiser save Giussano, and better than most Tier Vs.

Yūbari can equip the legendary Aiming Systems Modification 0 - one of only three ships that can do so - for large buffs to all main and secondary armament (except AA).Ī surprising feature of the ship is Yūbari's anti-aircraft capability. To offset this, though, Yūbari has the lowest detectability range of all Tier IV cruisers: 9.6km. Unfortunately, with a 6km range, only two tubes per side, and narrow firing angles, they are dangerous to employ offensively. The armament that would shine if it could is her 610mm torpedoes that are faster and much harder hitting than older models.

Consider them adequate and lament that she has only four rifles.

She has the same slow turrets of all IJN low-tier cruisers, and at Tier IV the 140mm rifles do not show up well against the better armored ships at the tier. She has an okay health pool, though not nearly as good as Tier III Katori. Tier IV Japanese light cruiser Yūbari is an interesting departure from other cruisers at tier. 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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