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Skilled Lookouts
No.129 熟練見張員
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Refittable Class | |
Coastal Defense Ship | Destroyer |
Light Cruiser | Torpedo Cruiser |
Heavy Cruiser | Training Cruiser |
Aviation Cruiser | Fast Battleship |
Battleship | Aviation Battleship |
Light Carrier | Standard Aircraft Carrier |
Armored Carrier | Seaplane Tender |
Submarine | Aircraft Carrying Submarine |
Submarine Tender | Fleet Oiler |
Repair Ship | Amphibious Assault Ship |
Introduction
水上戦闘艦に配備可能な熟練見張員です。
その鍛え抜かれた肉眼視力による偵察力・索敵力は状況によっては大きな威力を発揮し、敵艦隊のレーダー兵装が充実するまでは、特に夜戦などで水上艦隊の攻撃力を支えました。
Skilled lookouts can be deployed on surface warships. Using their skilled naked eyes, they can largely contribute in scouting the enemy depending on the situation and before the advent of enemy radars, can spot for targets especially during night battles.
Notes
Unbuildable
- January 2015 Ranking Reward for Top 5, 20, and 100.
- Was obtainable via a Hishimochi 2015 mini-event quest.
- Fall 2015 Event E-1 Hard reward.
- Available to be equipped on the Reinforcement Expansion slot
Increases cut-in base rate by 5 for the ship it's equipped on during night battle; unlike Star Shells or Searchlights it does not affect other ships in your fleet.
The visual effect of the equipment can be seen here. You see a sparkle at the corner of the ship's image right before the cut-in animation.
Bonuses
Ship | Extra Requirement | Note | |||||||
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IJN Destroyers | +1 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +2 | ||||
IJN Light Cruisers | +1 | +2 | +3 | +2 | |||||
IJN Heavy Cruisers | +1 | +3 | +2 |
Trivia
A crow's nest is a structure in the upper part of the main mast of a ship or a structure that is used as a lookout point. This position ensured the best view for lookouts to spot approaching hazards, other ships or land. It was the best device for this purpose until the invention of radar.
The IJN took great pains to maximize the capabilities of their lookouts, who were carefully selected for their superior night vision, supplied with enormous pedestal-mounted binoculars and trained to cover their eyes whenever their ships' guns were about to fire (as signaled by a double buzzer). Japanese ships always fired in salvo rather than continuous fire at night to ensure that lookouts could protect their night vision and the Japanese put considerable effort into developing flashless powder that both protected their lookouts' night vision and made the flashes harder for an enemy to detect and get a fix on.