- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
USS Newport News will be one of the top prizes awaiting participants of this season’s winter event in War Thunder.
USS Newport News (CA-148), Heavy Cruiser, USA, Rank V, Event Vehicle.
Features:
- Auto-loaded 8’’ cannons
- Excellent dual-purpose arsenal
- Large crew
- Extensive protection
The Des Moines-class heavy cruisers were created as a result of the U.S. Navy’s need to incorporate all the lessons learned during WWII into one ultimate heavy cruiser design, capable of outperforming all previous vessels in terms of its combat capabilities. A focus of this undertaking was to provide the new vessel with a much higher rate of fire in its 8’’ guns through the fitting of an autoloading mechanism. As the last ship of the class, USS Newport News was laid down in October of 1945 and commissioned into service in July 1949. In the postwar period, USS Newport News saw combat action during the Vietnam War and acted as the flagship of the U.S. Second Fleet. USS Newport News was decommissioned in 1975 after over 25 years of continuous service and was ultimately sold for scrap in 1993.
USS Newport News will be one of the top prizes awaiting participants of this season’s winter event in War Thunder. This cutting edge heavy cruiser represents the pinnacle of American heavy cruiser design, incorporating the most advanced technologies available to shipbuilders of the time. Derived from the Baltimore-class, already familiar to some captains, USS Newport News’ most prominent feature includes the fitting of a novel autoloading mechanism for its 8’’ (203mm) Mk.16 primary battery. As a result, USS Newport News possesses a rate of fire more akin to 6’’-armed light cruisers and can thus engage its targets with an unrelenting hail of shells. Alternatively, captains can also more easily engage multiple targets at once since the fast reload enables for quick adjustments in between salvos.
Apart from the lethal primary arsenal, USS Newport News’ auxiliary weapons are no less formidable. In fact, consisting of a number of 5’’and 3’’ cannons, USS Newport News is a true floating fortress, posing a considerable threat to smaller surface vessels and aircraft in particular! Complementing the ship’s excellent firepower is also a good balance between protection and mobility, with the vessel featuring an armored belt of up to 152 mm as well as a top speed of 33 kts (61 kmh).
All in all, USS Newport News is an excellent reinforcement in any seasoned captain’s high-tier naval lineup and a worthy prize for those going the full nine yards in this season’s winter event!
Comments (45)
Comments will be premoderatedDude autoloader 8" should be an insane rate of fire. These classes did something like 3-4x the amount of shelling per minute than the Baltimore class did. Very hype
Will Italy get anything useful in this update? (Mb326k, Mb339k, Harrier)?
Wow. Finally a Des-Moines in game. :) Only if it weren't for the sky high repair cost, I would still go through the event or the grind. :(
Uss Newport vs IJN Agano cant wait for such an intense matchup!!
Now thats a cruiser!!! cant wait to get er
Grinding through the naval german tree, will look forward to this USA cruiser to start grinding that tree too
i hope M60T will be there as tank reward
Ah yes the Boat of the star events, the best way to get free GJN while you consider if you want to keep the other rewards
Can you please add the Bismarck now, not just to have the ship in the game, just so I can download the wallpaper you guys make for it (:
OK! Love this class of ship and have visited it IRL at the Philadelphia Navy base. Also visited the Salem in Fall River Mass. The class can make short work of old pre-WW1 battleships with its rate of fire.