The statement....
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What is currently known....
III Michigan
USS Michigan and her sister ship USS South Carolina were the first dreadnoughts of the US fleet. Eight 12in (305mm) artillery guns on Michigan were
divided between four turrets: two fore and two aft. The turrets were
placed in a superfiring arrangement where one turret was mounted
slightly behind and above the other—quite an innovation for those times.
Unlike her Japanese counterpart Kawachi,
she could use all her guns to fire a full broadside. As to her maximal
speed, it left much to be desired: she would not go faster than 18
knots.
IV Arkansas
USS Arkansas carries guns of the same calibre as her predecessor, but her firepower is significantly increased. The ship has twelve guns installed in six turrets. The layout of the turrets is quite unique: two of them are mounted forward, two aft, and two amidships. As a result, bow guns and after guns can fire straight and sideways, while central turrets can only fire sideways.
The ship has the same level of armour as her predecessor Michigan, however her speed is increased to 21 knots.
V New YorkThe first super-dreadnought of the US Navy. She carried new more powerful and long-range guns with a calibre of 14in (356mm). Engineers had to give up one of the gun mounts to not exceed the designed displacement. The ship is armed with ten guns installed in five turrets.
Other than that, New York is very similar to her Tech Tree predecessor; even the speed remained the same—21 knots.
Source: http://blog.worldofwarships.eu/tech-trees-american-battleships/
And, a little speculation....
By using ingame materiel and two real word reference sites http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/battleships/bb-list.asp and http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-bb.html I will start from the bottom and work my way up, in an attempt to decipher the "BB Code".
At tier III is the Michigan, along with the speculative premiums Florida and Delaware. The real life Michigan (BB-27) and South Carolina (BB-26) were both battleships of the same class, named after the last ship listed. Both were scrapped under terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.
The speculative ships North Dakota (BB-29) and sister ship Delaware (BB-28) are of the same class, last ship listed. Both were scrapped in 1930 under the terms of the London Naval Treaty.
Both the Michigan and speculative Delaware are well situated at tier III, either as tech ships and/or premiums. The Michigan Class, if armed with 8X12 inch guns, are better suited for their selected tier and could struggle at tier IV. However, the Delaware class, if armed with 10X12 inch guns could be moved up to tier IV, I believe it could make for a stronger and less frustrating performer, based on the opponents found at the higher tiers that MatchMaker would select.
The Utah (BB-31) and Florida (BB-30) are sisters of the same class. The Florida was scrapped in 1930 under the terms of the London Naval Treaty, while the Utah escaped the same fate by becoming a radio-controlled target ship for the interwar period. Utah was attacked and sunk at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, her remains can still be seen there to this day.
The Florida class was armed pretty much the same as the preceding Delaware Class, with 10X12 inch guns, therefore, the comments from there apply here.
Sitting at tier IV is the confirmed Arkansas (BB-33) and her sister, the speculative Wyoming (BB-32) of the latter ship class. Both were armed with 12X12 inch guns and would survive the war. Wyoming would be scrapped in 1947, while Arkansas would be used in a nuclear bomb test at Bikini Atoll in 1946.
There is a very strong possibility that if the Arkansas becomes the tech tree ship, the Wyoming could very well be either the premium counterpart, Beta Test reward, or a battleship for a second American line.
Now, for tier V. The New York class consisted of the New York (BB-34), survived the war and sunk as target practice in 1948 and Texas (BB-35), also surviving the war and now preserved as a museum ship in the state for which she was named. If armed with 10X14 inch guns, the New York is well suited for tier V. Like the Wyoming class before, the same comments of possibility apply here as well.
To be perfectly clear, this is purely my opinion, based on the available evidence currently available at the time of this posting. If you were here looking for which specific ship the Beta Tester rewards was, sorry to disappoint you. There are two reasons why that wasn't posted, one, nobody with strong credibility has told me what it was (and, I would feel bond to a level of confidentiality, so I wouldn't even post it anyways) and two, there could be a last minute switch/addition that would catch a lot of folks off guard.
I would rather stand by my opinions and let the cards fall where they may, seeing if I was on the right track or not, rather than make an unfounded/unproven statement and shown to be wrong, when the ship is finally revealed.
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