I am so going to get that ship, which means I need to acquire more steel to get it. Anyway, on to the history lesson: IJN Daisen was based on the Design III battlecruiser, one of four Imperial Japanese Navy battlecruiser designs invented and forwarded by Yuzuru Hiraga in 1916. Hiraga was one of the chief naval architects who was responsible for leading the "Eight-Eight Fleet" program (Hachihachi Kantai), which authorized the construction of eight battleships and eight battlecruisers in response to the United States passing the Naval Act of 1916. The point of these studies was to determine the kind of hull that would be required to reach a top speed of 35 knots on a capital ship. The ships were originally armed with 356mm main battery guns, which is equal to its U.S. counterpart, the Lexington-class battlecruisers. However, when HMS Hood, the only Admiral-class battlecruiser was launched by the Royal Navy, she was armed with eight 381mm (15 inch) guns, which caused the Lexington-class ships to be upgraded with 406mm (16 inch) main battery guns, the Japanese decided to do the same. As a result, all had a main battery of eight 410 mm guns (16.1 inches) in four twin turrets, completed by a large number of casemate-mounted 140 mm secondary batteries. In all cases, the high-top speed of 34.5 to 35 knots was achieved by powerful engines driving six shafts. Designs I and II were the smallest with an overall length of 284 m and a 229 mm main belt. The design I could reach 35 knots with 205,000 HP and had a standard displacement of 40,850 tons. Design II could only reach 34.5 knots with 186,000 SHP (shaft horsepower) and had a standard displacement of 40,430 tons. As for Designs III and IV, they were much bigger with an overall length of 294 m and a main armor belt of 305 mm. Design III could reach 35 knots with 215,000 SHP and had a standard displacement of 44,500 tons. The reason that the Daisen is SUPER LONG is because of the increased thickness of the belt and deck armor and the need to make room to fit the 6 Gihon geared steamed turbines as well as 12 boilers. Design IV could only reach 34.5 knots with 195,000 SHP and had a standard displacement of 43,950 tons. When it comes to Daisen, she would logically be based on the Design III as she has the same size, armor protection, and speed. In the Wargaming cinematic universe, the ship underwent an extensive rebuild in 1939, had if the Washington Naval Treaty was not signed in Japan, thereby giving it a modern superstructure (including the iconic pagoda-style mast), stronger deck armor protection, but also stronger anti-air, and the addition of four quadruple torpedo launchers mounted above water. To maintain the speed of 35 knots, the engine power was greatly increased to reach a whooping 305,000 SHP (Shaft horsepower). Until the beginning of the 20th century, large Japanese warships-namely, battleships and cruisers-most often were named in honor of mountains. That’s not only because Japan is a mountainous country, but also because in traditional Japanese religion, mountains are considered the habitats of powerful deities. Since many of these mountains are volcanoes, the association with powerful ships spewing equally destructive fire is quite appropriate. According to the rules approved in 1905, the names of the mountains began being assigned to armored cruiser of the Japanese Navy, and then to the battlecruisers that eventually replaced them. However, in the case of ships being reclassified after refit-for example, Kongo-class battlecruisers which were converted into battleships in the 1930s-they were not renamed. In the case of Daisen, she is named after Mount Daisen, a dormant stratovolcano located in Tottori Prefecture found in the southwest area of Japan. It has an elevation of 1,729 meters. This mountain is the highest in the Chūgoku region, and the most important volcano on the Daisen volcanic belt, which is a part of the Southwestern Honshu volcanic arc, where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting under the Amurian Plate. As the most prominent mountain far and wide, Daisen has long been a spiritual icon and a center of mountain worship. Daisen-ji Temple, whose buildings are spread out along the wooded slope and are connected by mountain trails, was built near the base of the mountain and is an important Buddhist temple. Additionally, the Ōgamiyama Jinja (shrine of the mountain of the great god.) is found further up the trail above the temple.
First thing I did when I saw the ship was to check her turning radius and I was kinda expecting it.. that thing is MASSIVE.. she's one of the longest ships in the game for sure
Daisen is in fact shorter than the Hood, HMS Hood had a beam of 31.8 meters, Daisen had a beam of 29.7 m. But the overall length of the ship is different. The overall length of the HMS Hood is 262.3 m, whereas Daisen has an overall length of 294.9 m, that is 32.6 meters longer than Hood.
Well, you left the 3, 2, 1 in again 😂. But yeah, we got effectively Rickrolled with this ship. Since the CS is Karl XIV, I’m reconsidering my previous position on the Campaign.
I’m wondering why spartan didn’t use commander Yamato. A little better accuracy but her 4th trait is dealing damage in distances over 10km. I never use Takagi anymore so please enlighten me
@@SpartanElite43 oh wow. That’s probably the only thing I’ve used that you haven’t lmao😂. From one Ohio brother to another, her first 3 traits are the same but her 4th is way better than XXL. Plus her base trait is Main batt dispersion and turret traverse
To be honest it kinda looks like a foot long from subway lol but Spartan can make even the goofiest ships fantastic as the guy from ratatouille said anyone can cook and Spartan cooked us a great video today.
So, plays a bit like a Japanese Constellation? Between the speed, torp protection, main batt reload and sheer volume of secondaries, she seems tailor-made for bullying DD's and CL's out of caps late game, when they have fewer heavies to help them out and may be damaged.
Good video I well get this but after the Mighty Mo, also yeah this at Tier 8 for brawling not good as you said do you think this should be a tier 7 ship?
Wargaming is overcoming themselfs at creating ridiculous fake ships. It looks like Nagato that someone decided to make 70 meters longer and called it a day
Nobody Literally Nobody ... *Daisen Arrives* Iowa: Who the hell are you? Daisen: Daisen Iowa: The vaccum cleaner? Daisen: Bold words for someone who's named after the pig state -_- Iowa: *Emotional Damage* All: OHHHHHHHH!!!!! Yamato: SHOTS FIRED SHOTS FIRED!! (XD 👍❤)
Sorry to disagree respectfully, if you want a sniper ijn bb there are tons of choice out there no need to waste tons of steel but this one is clearly designed for secondary build. Combining with engine boost and extraordinary secondary consumable, this one can melt dd in range like no one else and start tons of fire 🙏 I played 4 years and just have barely enough steel to buy this one so don't waste your resources if u want another sniper battleship 🙏
Okay 53% torp reduction is absurd since it looks like the Kongo and leaner than Iowa even Yamato with all that amour and width has 55% maybe it's like Iowa which has an inner amour belt for more protection but I digress since even Iowa herself doesn't have that kind of torp reduction.
