World of warships closed beta stats10/3/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Even though she is mostly known with the configuration among World of Warships players, in the end… she only had it until August 1942 and basically did nothing with it as she was either on simple escort or training duties.įrom August to September 1942, she was reconverted into a fast transport. As an additional drawback, her speed dropped from the original 36 knots to less than 32 knots. These were replaced by no less than 10 quadruple 610 mm torpedo launchers with 5 on each side for a total broadside of 20 “Long Lance” torpedoes per side. Her deck was made wider, 3 of her single 140 mm mounts were removed as well as her 4 twin 533 mm torpedo launchers. In August 1941, Kitakami returned to Sasebo to be converted into a torpedo cruiser. The first major action the Kitakami saw was during the Second Sino-Japanese war where she was assigned to cover the landing of troops in central China. The Kuma-class was for all intends and purposes a bigger version of the previous Tenryuu-class but faster, with a great action range and heavier armament with 7 140 mm guns instead of 4 on the Tenryuu. The ship was laid down on the 1st of September 1919, launched on the 3rd of July 1920 and commissioned on 30 November 1921. The Kitakami was the third ship of the Kuma-class, a group of 5 light cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. More than 5 years later, possibly to fit the already apocalyptic atmosphere of 2020, Wargaming decided to bring back this ship! And now, a bit of history… I wasn’t around back in the days but from what I understand, she was removed because of the excessive teamkilling as well as the fact that she was really a one-trick pony. ![]() She was present way back in the days of the closed beta in 2015 as a tier VIII premium Japanese cruiser but was removed and replaced by the well known and respected Atago. She is back my friends! The Ultimate wall of skill, the Grand Master of teamkilling, the Torpinator, the Kitakami is back! The Kitakami is a bit of a legendary ship in the game. ![]()
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