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Pacific Storm: Allies - Naval Vessels Overview
Pacific Storm: Allies gives the player the power to command their forces strategically and tactically over the vast Pacific theater. This includes the many classic ships from the war, including famous battlecruisers like the HMS Hood and aircraft carriers like Japan’s Akagi. There are, in fact, many ships and ship classes that a player can produce and command in the game; listed here are but a small fraction of some of various nations' ships in the game.
GREAT BRITAIN
Great Britain may not have the gigantic battleships of Japan or the city-ship carriers of the U.S., but their Royal Navy has been commanding the seas for centuries and their ships reflect this by maintaining an excellent balance between cost and function. In other words, the Great Britain player will get good mileage for their money!
Two of the most famous Royal Navy ships, the Hood and the King George V-class, are included in the game. While the Hood indeed did not serve in the Pacific (she was in fact sunk in the Atlantic by the German battleship Bismark), the Great Britain player has the option to build Hood-type ships. The King George V battleship, for example, was a powerful battleship packed into a low-cost package.
Hood (Great Britain)
Standard Production Time: 400 days
Cost (in thousands of GBP): 31,681.5
Iron (Tons): 69,707.8
The HMS Hood was a Royal Navy battlecruiser and considered to be the pride of the fleet. She was the only battlecruiser of her class to be completed and was named after the 18th century admiral Samuel Hood.
Its good protection and powerful armament make the Hood a tough opponent for any battle cruiser, while its high speed allows it to prevent most ships from fleeing a battle. The Hood was inferior only to Iowa-class battleships, the first of which was laid down in 1940.
The Hood is more expensive that most of its class in the game, but is worth the cost for those that can afford it, especially if Japan employs a lot of capital ships.
King George V-class battleship (Great Britain)
Standard Production Time: 400 d
Cost (in thousands of GBP): 30,865.4
Iron (Tons): 67,094.7
Created during a heavy financial crisis, King George V battleships were the only ships built before WWI that measured up to the Washington Treaty’s requirements. Despite the strict limitations on its design, increased tension between the various major European powers made it clear that the treaty might not be renewed and the battleship’s design could be implemented. Designers managed to create a well-balanced ship with good combat abilities; the main guns, while smaller in caliber than those of the Bismark, had shells of about the same mass.
The King George V battleship is a good offensive platform for a British player, not costing as much as other battleships and projecting a decent amount of power for its cost.
UNITED STATES
The United States starts the Pacific War with decent ships, but as the war progresses, will be host to some of the most technologically advanced and powerful ships ever seen on (or under) the waves. Two ships in particular, the Gato-class submarine and Essex-class aircraft carrier, are excellent examples of this trend during the war.
Gato-class submarine (U.S.A.)
Standard Production Time: 90 days
Cost (in thousands of USD): 6,182.5
Iron (tons): 1,505.5
The Gato-class submarine was the state-of-the-art in American design at the start of World War II. Modifications to the diesel engines and batteries increased its patrol duration over previous classes, and internal alterations provided more space for the crew. During the war, this submarine class contributed to heavy Japanese merchantman losses starting in 1943. It was armed with ten 533mm torpedo tubes, two 127mm dual-purpose guns, and two 40mm anti-aircraft guns.
Surfaced, the Gato displaced 1,825 tons; submerged, 2,410 tons. It could cruise at up to 20 knots on the surface and 10 knots submerged. The improvements to the Gato-class over previous submarine classes gave it a patrol range of 12,000 miles; it was truly the pinnacle of U.S. submarine technology during the war.
The Gato submarine is an essential part of any U.S. strategy to ‘strangle’ the Japanese empire economically; they’re also good in a scrap.
Essex-class aircraft carrier (U.S.A.)
Standard Production Time: 325 days
Cost (in thousands of USD): 48,268.1
Iron (Tons): 32,310.8
The Essex-class aircraft carriers are among some of the best-known ships during the Pacific war. Twenty-four of these massive and technologically advanced (for the day) ships were produced in a few short years, and helped to thoroughly cement Allied victory in the Pacific; from 1943 on, ships of this class participated in every major battle. The Essex could carry 90 aircraft.
The Essex was, in fact, so useful that they were the mainstay of the American fleet until the 1960s and 1970s, when nuclear-powered supercarriers began to replace them.
The U.S. player should build as many Essex-class carriers as possible, as there are few ships that can match its power.
JAPAN
Japan starts the war with some very powerful ships (compared to what the Allies could put to sea at the time). Two examples of this might are the Akagi (an excellent aircraft carrier) and the Yamato (a battleship that dwarfed most ships). While the Yamato didn’t make an appearance until nearer to the end of the war, it held up a typical Japanese wartime design philosophy: “bigger is sometimes better.”
Akagi aircraft carrier (Japan)
Standard Production Time: 350 days
Cost (in thousands of Yen): 79,384.3
Iron (Tons): 35,860
The best-known of all Japanese aircraft carriers, the Akagi began its life initially as a battlecruiser but was converted and launched as a carrier-class in 1925. For the next 17 years, it served the Imperial Japanese Navy well, participating in all major operations of the beginning of the Pacific War, including Pearl Harbor, the Port Darwin raid in Australia, and engaging British ships in the Indian Ocean. At Midway Island her luck ran out, and she was sunk by a determined U.S. air attack.
The Akagi is a well-balanced aircraft carrier for Japan and should be a priority for anyone who plans on surviving the war for any length of time; once the U.S. starts building Essex-class carriers, having several Akagi-class carriers on your side (and still afloat, hopefully) will help keep Japan in the war.
Yamato battleship (Japan)
Standard Production Time: 450 d
Cost (in thousands of Yen): 277,419.5
Iron (Tons): 79,923.8
Yamato was truly a monstrous vessel for the time, displacing 72,800 tons, almost three quarters the displacement of a modern-day Nimitz-class U.S. aircraft carrier. Her large size allowed her to shoot some of the largest shells on the planet, which weighed almost a ton and a half each.
As such, the Yamato has little equal on top of the waves, but building this monster means it’s necessary to surround it with a well-balanced fleet to protect it from air and submarine attack.
GREAT BRITAIN
Great Britain may not have the gigantic battleships of Japan or the city-ship carriers of the U.S., but their Royal Navy has been commanding the seas for centuries and their ships reflect this by maintaining an excellent balance between cost and function. In other words, the Great Britain player will get good mileage for their money!
Two of the most famous Royal Navy ships, the Hood and the King George V-class, are included in the game. While the Hood indeed did not serve in the Pacific (she was in fact sunk in the Atlantic by the German battleship Bismark), the Great Britain player has the option to build Hood-type ships. The King George V battleship, for example, was a powerful battleship packed into a low-cost package.
Hood (Great Britain)
Standard Production Time: 400 days
Cost (in thousands of GBP): 31,681.5
Iron (Tons): 69,707.8
The HMS Hood was a Royal Navy battlecruiser and considered to be the pride of the fleet. She was the only battlecruiser of her class to be completed and was named after the 18th century admiral Samuel Hood.
Its good protection and powerful armament make the Hood a tough opponent for any battle cruiser, while its high speed allows it to prevent most ships from fleeing a battle. The Hood was inferior only to Iowa-class battleships, the first of which was laid down in 1940.
The Hood is more expensive that most of its class in the game, but is worth the cost for those that can afford it, especially if Japan employs a lot of capital ships.
King George V-class battleship (Great Britain)
Standard Production Time: 400 d
Cost (in thousands of GBP): 30,865.4
Iron (Tons): 67,094.7
Created during a heavy financial crisis, King George V battleships were the only ships built before WWI that measured up to the Washington Treaty’s requirements. Despite the strict limitations on its design, increased tension between the various major European powers made it clear that the treaty might not be renewed and the battleship’s design could be implemented. Designers managed to create a well-balanced ship with good combat abilities; the main guns, while smaller in caliber than those of the Bismark, had shells of about the same mass.
The King George V battleship is a good offensive platform for a British player, not costing as much as other battleships and projecting a decent amount of power for its cost.
UNITED STATES
The United States starts the Pacific War with decent ships, but as the war progresses, will be host to some of the most technologically advanced and powerful ships ever seen on (or under) the waves. Two ships in particular, the Gato-class submarine and Essex-class aircraft carrier, are excellent examples of this trend during the war.
Gato-class submarine (U.S.A.)
Standard Production Time: 90 days
Cost (in thousands of USD): 6,182.5
Iron (tons): 1,505.5
The Gato-class submarine was the state-of-the-art in American design at the start of World War II. Modifications to the diesel engines and batteries increased its patrol duration over previous classes, and internal alterations provided more space for the crew. During the war, this submarine class contributed to heavy Japanese merchantman losses starting in 1943. It was armed with ten 533mm torpedo tubes, two 127mm dual-purpose guns, and two 40mm anti-aircraft guns.
Surfaced, the Gato displaced 1,825 tons; submerged, 2,410 tons. It could cruise at up to 20 knots on the surface and 10 knots submerged. The improvements to the Gato-class over previous submarine classes gave it a patrol range of 12,000 miles; it was truly the pinnacle of U.S. submarine technology during the war.
The Gato submarine is an essential part of any U.S. strategy to ‘strangle’ the Japanese empire economically; they’re also good in a scrap.
Essex-class aircraft carrier (U.S.A.)
Standard Production Time: 325 days
Cost (in thousands of USD): 48,268.1
Iron (Tons): 32,310.8
The Essex-class aircraft carriers are among some of the best-known ships during the Pacific war. Twenty-four of these massive and technologically advanced (for the day) ships were produced in a few short years, and helped to thoroughly cement Allied victory in the Pacific; from 1943 on, ships of this class participated in every major battle. The Essex could carry 90 aircraft.
The Essex was, in fact, so useful that they were the mainstay of the American fleet until the 1960s and 1970s, when nuclear-powered supercarriers began to replace them.
The U.S. player should build as many Essex-class carriers as possible, as there are few ships that can match its power.
JAPAN
Japan starts the war with some very powerful ships (compared to what the Allies could put to sea at the time). Two examples of this might are the Akagi (an excellent aircraft carrier) and the Yamato (a battleship that dwarfed most ships). While the Yamato didn’t make an appearance until nearer to the end of the war, it held up a typical Japanese wartime design philosophy: “bigger is sometimes better.”
Akagi aircraft carrier (Japan)
Standard Production Time: 350 days
Cost (in thousands of Yen): 79,384.3
Iron (Tons): 35,860
The best-known of all Japanese aircraft carriers, the Akagi began its life initially as a battlecruiser but was converted and launched as a carrier-class in 1925. For the next 17 years, it served the Imperial Japanese Navy well, participating in all major operations of the beginning of the Pacific War, including Pearl Harbor, the Port Darwin raid in Australia, and engaging British ships in the Indian Ocean. At Midway Island her luck ran out, and she was sunk by a determined U.S. air attack.
The Akagi is a well-balanced aircraft carrier for Japan and should be a priority for anyone who plans on surviving the war for any length of time; once the U.S. starts building Essex-class carriers, having several Akagi-class carriers on your side (and still afloat, hopefully) will help keep Japan in the war.
Yamato battleship (Japan)
Standard Production Time: 450 d
Cost (in thousands of Yen): 277,419.5
Iron (Tons): 79,923.8
Yamato was truly a monstrous vessel for the time, displacing 72,800 tons, almost three quarters the displacement of a modern-day Nimitz-class U.S. aircraft carrier. Her large size allowed her to shoot some of the largest shells on the planet, which weighed almost a ton and a half each.
As such, the Yamato has little equal on top of the waves, but building this monster means it’s necessary to surround it with a well-balanced fleet to protect it from air and submarine attack.
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