CV and CVL Tech Tree Suggestion (US, UK, JP, DE, FR, IT, RU, CWoN)

[S0und_Theif]

Hi WG Dev Team,

Suggesting complete CV lines. Including odd tier.
 

US

CV Line:

T5 Wasp
Note: No summon fighter aircraft at T5.

T6 Ranger
Note: Used to be T7, now at T6

T7 Yorktown
Note: Treaty CV.

T8 Lexington
Note: Lexington class battle cruiser converted to full fledged CV.

T9 Essex
Note: Most produced CV.

T10 Midway
Note: Ultimate wartime CV. Served until 1991.

 

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CVL Line:

T4 Langley
Note: Starter CV.

T5 Bouge
Note: CVE
Note: No summon fighter aircraft at T5.

T6 Commencement Bay
Note: Although clasified as a CVE, her size and load is almost CVL level.

T7 Independence
Note: Cleveland class hull converted to CV.

T8 Wright
Note: Baltimore class hull converted to CV.

T9 ????
Note: Project CA-B or CA-C [Buffalo hull] converted to CVL.

T10 ????
Note: Heavy cruiser study scheme 2 / 3 / 4 converted to CVL.
Note: Heavy cruiser study scheme 2 / 3 / 4 is an Alaska class preliminary with 12 - 8 inch guns or upgradeable to 6 - 12 inch guns.

 

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Converted hull CV Line:

T8 Manila
Note: Alaska class hull (Project CA-2A) converted to CV.
Note: USS Philippines (CB-4)
Note: Battle of Manila 1902.

T9 San Juan
Note: Puerto Rico hull (Project CA-2D) converted to CV.
Note: USS Puerto Rico (CB-6)
Note: Battle of San Juan 1898.

T10 Mill Springs
Note: Iowa class hull converted to CV.
Note: USS Kentucky (BB-66)
Note: Battle of Mill Springs 1862.

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UK

CV Line:

T5 Eagle
Note: Almirante Cochrane battleship converted to CV
Note: No summon fighter aircraft at T5

T6 Furious
Note: Furious battle cruiser converted to CV

T7 Illustriuos
Note: Proper CV built from the ground up.

T8 Implacable
Note: Proper CV built from the ground up.

T9 Audacious
Note: Proper CV built from the ground up.

T10 Malta
Note: Proper CV built from the ground up.

 

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CVL Line:

T4 Argus
Note: Starter CV

T5 Hermes
Note: No summon fighter aircraft at T5

T6 Vindictive
Note: Hawkins class hull converted to CV

T7 Unicorn
Note: Proper CVL built from the ground up.

T8 Colossus
Note: Proper CVL built from the ground up.

T9 Majestic
Note: Proper CVL built from the ground up.

T10 Centaur
Note: No Data

 

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Converted hull CV Line

T8 (No Name)
Note: Planned British Alaska (Enlarged Drake) hull coverted to CV.

T9 (No Name)
Note: Planned British Puerto Rico (Enlarged Goliath) hull coverted to CV.

T10 (No Name)
Note: Lion class hull converted to CV.

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Japan

CV Line

T5 Hiyo
Note: Luxury passenger liner converted to CV.

T6 G-6 or G-8
Note: Soryu Preliminary.

T7 G-10 / Hiryu
Note: Improved Soryu.

T8 G-11 / Shokaku
Note: Soryu without treaty limits.

T9 G-13 / Taiho
Note: Armored deck CV.

T10 G-14 / ????
Note: 50,000 to aircraft carrier
Note: Carries 90 to 130 aircraft
Note: Armored deck CV.

 

T10 G-15 Hakuryu
Note: T10 Hakuryu becomes a special ship. Just like Moskova, GK, and Khabarosk.
Note: She is only an improved version of Taiho. Not a successor.

 

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CVL Line

T4 Hosho
Note: Starter CV. Also a CVL.

T5 G-5
Note: CVL preliminary.
Note: No summon fighter aircraft at T5

T6 Ryujo
Note: Full CVL

T7 Chitose
Note: Seaplane tender converted to CVL
or
T7 Zuiho
Note: Submarine tender converted to CVL

T8 G-7 / Ryuho
Note: Submarine tender Tegei converted to CVL

T9 "Ibuki"
Note: Ibuki hull converted to CVL

T10 G-18 / ????
Note: Planned CVL but not built.

 

 

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Converted hull CV Line

T8 B-G? / "Azuma"
Note: Azuma hull converted to CV

T9 B-G? / "Yoshino"
Note: Yoshino hull converted to CV

T10 G-17 / Shinano
Note: Yamato hull converted to CV

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Germany

CV Line:

T5 Rhein
Note: Bump from T4 to T5.
Note: No summon fighter aircraft at T5.

T6 Jade
Note: Passenger ship Potsdam converted to CV.

T7 (No Name)
Note: Copy of E. Loewenhardt. Graf Zeppelin Preliminary.

T8 Av Parseval
Note: Alternate Graf Zeppelin Design.

T9 Europa (I - 1942)
Note: Transport ship Europa converted to CV.

T10 Mv Richthofen
Note: H-1939 class hull converted to CV.

 

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CVL Line:

T4 (No Name) (I - 1915)
Note: No name just some data.
Note: Starter CV.
Note: Passenger ship Ausonia converted to CV.

T5 (No Name)
Note: Deutchland / Lutzow class hull converted to CVL.
Note: No summon fighter aircraft at T5.

T6 Wesser
Note: Hipper class hull converted to CVL.

T7 (No Name)
Note: Roon / Hindenberg hull converted to CVL.

T8 (No Name)
Note: Agir hull coverted to CV.

T9 (No Name)
Note: T10 Large cruiser hull coverted to CV.

T10 ????
Note: ????

 

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Incomplete French and Italian CV line.

Adding an incomplete set of French and Italian CV.

 

France

CV line:

T4 ????
Note: ????

T5 "De Grasse"
Note: Since she is considered as a Light Carrier, She will get the 3 aircraft attacking, 6 - 9 aircraft squadron
Note: Although it is the Germans who planned the conversion, this is a "what if" scenario, where the French continued her conversion as a CVL.

T6 Bearn
Note: Normandie class hull converted to CV

T7 Joffre
Note: Only true CV built from the ground up.

T8 ????
Note: ????

T9 ????
Note: No Data
Note: Richelieu hull converted to CV

T10 ????
Note: No Data
Note: Alsace hull converted to CV.

 

Italy

CV line:

T4 ????
Note: ????

T5 "Trento"
Note: Since she is considered as a Light Carrier, She will get the 3 aircraft attacking, 6 - 9 aircraft squadron

T6 Aquila
Note: Passenger ship Roma converted to CV.

T7 Sparviero
Note: Passenger ship Augustus converted to CV.

T8 ????
Note: ????

T9 ????
Note: No Data
Note: Littorio hull converted to CV

T10 ????
Note: No Data
Note: Lepanto hull converted to CV

 

Work in Progress Indefinitely.

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Soviet CV

With the recent reveal of even tier Soviet CV line, this is a theory craft on what a full (odd and even tier) Soviet CV tech tree would look like.

 

CV Line:

T4 Komsomolets
Note: Based on a unknown training ship
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/komsomolets-1927.htm

T5 Mikhail Frunz
Note: Based on Ganut hull (1932)
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/gangut-1911-cccp.htm#cv

T6 Ishmael
Note: Based on Izmail hull (1925)
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/cb-izmail.htm#cv

T7 Kondor
Note: Based on Moskova hull (Project 66AV)
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/66.htm#cv

T8 Pobeda
Note: Based on Kronshtadt hull (Project 69AV)
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/69-schem.htm#cv

T9 Admiral Kuznetsov (?)
Note: Project 72
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/72.htm

T10 Admiral Nakhimov
Note: Based on S. Soyuz hull (Project 23AV)

 

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CVL Line

T5 (No Name)
Note: Possibly based on Schors hull (Project 28) or Budyonny hull (Project 94) or Kaganovich (Project 26bis2)
Note: Around 9,000 - 10,000 tons

T6 Serov
Note: Based on Chapaev hull (Project 68AV -> Project 71A)
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/71.htm

T7 (No Name)
Note: Based on Sverdlov hull (Project 68bisAV -> Project 71A)
Note: Around 13,500 - 15,000 tons

T8 (No Name)
Note: Based on A. Nevsky hull (Project 84AV) or Based on D. Donskoi hull(Project 65AV)
Note: Around 15,000 - 18,000 tons

T9 (No Name)
Note: Based on Riga or Petropavlovsk hull (Project 82AV)
Note: Around 23,000 - 25,000 tons

T10 (No Name)
Note: Project 85
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/85.htm

 

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TBH, I did not expect to see having both CV and CVL line for the Soviet Navy.

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Will update the USN line. USN line updated.

Will add CVL in the German line.

And possibly have a look again at the IJN line. IJN line updated.

 

Once time permits.

 

Updated.

France and Italy in WIP indefinitely.

[1nfy]

The funniest thing about all this being that the Spanish and Australian Navies actually had aircraft carriers.

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13 hours ago, 1nfy said:

The funniest thing about all this being that the Spanish and Australian Navies actually had aircraft carriers.

Currently with my limited library,

Can only have high tier CWoN CV, while have little to none mid tier.

Spanish CV has some holes in their tiering. Probably will have to wait till WG releases the Spanish tech tree before I can start plugging the missing tiers.

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CWoN CVL

CWoN carriers will feature an all CVL line.

 

CVL:

T4 HMS Argus
Note: Same ship as RN HMS Argus.
Note: Gimmicks are CWoN gimmicks
Note: Although she is a RN ship, CWoN crew trained together with RN crew to try and test naval aviation. (Story is made up. CWoN can now have a T4 CV and train players how to play CWoN CV gimmicks and playstyle.)

T5 HMS Nabob (Ruler Class)
Note: Crewed by Canadians.
Note: CVE

T6 HMS Vindex (Nairana Class)
Note: Operated by Brisith in the Far East (Technically not a CWoN ship nor crewed by CWoN personnel, but operates between UK and AU, so~).
Note: CVE

T7 HMAS ???? / HMCS ????
Note: Paper ship or proposed ship

T8 HMAS Vengeance or HMCS Warrior
Note: Majestic Class

T9 HMCS Bonaventure
Note: Colossus Class

T10 HMAS ????
Note: Design 1 - HMAS Melbourne replacement study. (In-house Australian design)
Note: Design 2 - Centaur Class for the Australian Navy

[Grey_Hood]

Very nice ... I do hope WG puts these ships in WoWs... thank you!