★ Puerto Rico - WoWS: Legends | Stats + Builds

After the failure of the second London Naval Treaty but before the outbreak of World War II, the United States began preliminary design works with the intention of building ships specifically tailored for countering cruisers. In 1938, the U.S. Navy High Command provided technical specifications to i...

Puerto Rico Stats

Survivability

Hitpoints	64,500
Effective HP	82,560
Armor	16-325mm
Torpedo Protection	28%

Armament

Main Battery
Main Battery	305 mm 4x3
Range	15.70 km
Reload Time	22.0 s
Turret Turn Time	30.0 s
Gun Traverse Speed	6.0°/s
Sigma	2.00
HE Damage	4,300
HE Alpha Strike	51,600
HE DPM	140,727
Fires Per Minute	2.66
AP Damage	8,900
Overmatch	21 mm
AP Alpha Strike	106,800
AP DPM	291,273
Secondary Battery
Secondary Range	7.00 km
Battery 1	127 mm 8x2
Reload	4.0 s
Damage	1,800
Fire Chance	9.0%

Air Defense

AA Max DPS	474
AA Max Range	5.20 km
AA Mount 1	26x1 20mm
AA DPS 1	94
AA Range 1	2.00 km
AA Mount 2	16x4 40mm
AA DPS 2	254
AA Range 2	3.50 km
AA Mount 3	8x2 127mm
AA DPS 3	126
AA Range 3	5.20 km

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed	33.5 kt
Turning Circle	910 m
Rudder Shift Time	15.9 s

Detectability

Surface Detectability	13.60 km
Air Detectability	8.10 km
Firing in Smoke Penalty	10.40 km

Puerto Rico Records

damage167724

saschafrank1991

Jul 2025

damage165003

Misterpick11

Aug 2025

base_xp2886

saschafrank1991

Jul 2025

Type	Value	Member	Date
Damage	167724	saschafrank1991	Jul 2025
Damage	165003	Misterpick11	Aug 2025
Base XP	2886	saschafrank1991	Jul 2025

Puerto Rico Reviews

Power4.00

Fun3.50

Learning Curve5.00

Skill Ceiling4.00

Utility5.00

ZetaJ115

Power4

Fun3

Learning Curve5

Skill Ceiling5

Utility5

FOR STEALTH RADAR: From my personal experience, his ship seems to do better with a stealth radar build. Running (16.3 Shelley Beapley) as the Commander with the (10.0 Francesco Mimbelli) and (16.1 Gunichi Mikawa) i was able to hold my own against a VIII Wisconsin with a (16.4 Takanashi Hoshino) and win. By the end of the match, I was The last ship standing on my team. I wouldn't recommend building into the secondaries, but definitely take advantage of there range and fire setting capabilities when getting in close. I would still be cautious around destroyers even though you have sonar. As this ship does not turn the best even for a cruiser. While the ship can be played at long-range, I think it's better as middle range support ship. (As a Puerto Rican, I love this ship, but it definitely has its ups and downs.)

Misterpick11

Power4

Fun4

Learning Curve5

Skill Ceiling3

Utility5

I am experienced with Alaska and Puerto Rico feels better in terms of offense. I beat my Alaska record in the Puerto Rico in the second game and it shows the offensive improvement. The defense is worser as you loose a heal and your heals are worser and also the 27mm bow and stern (overmatched by 406mm and above which is basically the standard size in matchmaking spread) does cause bow tanking to be out of the question yet angling at a distance will normally make you practically invincible against people to don’t know how to deal with angled ships. Secondary improvement is nice to have yet doesn’t provide that much usefulness as Puerto Rico’s 27mm bow/stern won’t allow you to get close to battleships before getting yeeted. The ship is still more powerful than any other (or at least most) cruisers at the tier at medium to close range. Don’t hold back from pushing cruisers or even battleships if you know what you are doing. You will almost always win a 1v1 fight against cruisers and keeping that in mind will make you very dangerous to enemy cruisers (this strategy works in any super cruisers, even in Azuma). Also the increased radar range is nice (you now got a Des Moines radar which is to my knowledge the best US radar in the game). The Puerto Rico is better than the Alaska, yet is much less versatile and survivable which causes it to be harder to play. You can’t play it like an Alaska, but more like an Yoshino or Azuma (delicate super cruisers that I am familiar with as I played quite a bit in the Azuma which made it easier to get used to Puerto Rico). Overall I will give it 4.5/5 but I can’t rate is as “Overall Rating” so I will put 5 stars there.

Peer Comparison

Legendary Cruisers

Ships	Hitpoints	Reload	AP Damage	Max Speed	Surface Detectability
Alaska	60,800	20.0 s	8,900	33.0 kt	13.30 km
Alaska B	60,800	20.0 s	8,900	33.0 kt	13.30 km
Brisbane	43,300	4.5 s	3,200	33.5 kt	12.70 km
Colbert	36,100	3.2 s	2,600	34.0 kt	12.90 km
Defence	60,600	18.0 s	10,500	33.0 kt	12.60 km
Des Moines	50,600	6.0 s	4,500	33.0 kt	13.00 km
Gouden Leeuw	51,900	15.0 s	7,600	33.5 kt	12.40 km
Henri IV	53,300	10.5 s	6,200	35.0 kt	14.30 km
Hindenburg	55,500	9.8 s	6,000	31.5 kt	14.20 km
Jinan	39,900	3.5 s	2,100	35.0 kt	11.90 km
Minotaur	43,300	3.2 s	3,200	33.5 kt	12.10 km
Napoli	59,200	17.0 s	6,150	35.5 kt	11.50 km
Napoli B	59,200	17.0 s	6,150	35.5 kt	11.50 km
Puerto Rico	64,500	22.0 s	8,900	33.5 kt	13.60 km
Stalingrad	65,000	20.0 s	8,800	35.0 kt	14.40 km
Venezia	51,800	19.0 s	4,800	36.6 kt	12.30 km
Worcester	45,400	6.0 s	3,200	33.0 kt	12.80 km
Yoshino	61,800	18.5 s	8,650	34.0 kt	13.10 km
Zao	44,900	13.5 s	5,400	34.5 kt	12.70 km

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Puerto Rico Consumables

Slot 1

Damage Control Party

Charges: ∞
Cooldown: 60 s
Duration: 5 s

Slot 2

Sonar

Charges: 2
Cooldown: 180 s
Duration: 100 s
Ship Detection: 4.9 km
Torpedo Detection: 3.4 km

Defensive AA Fire

Charges: 3
Cooldown: 140 s
Duration: 25 s
AA Damage Boost: 200%

Slot 3

Radar

Charges: 2
Cooldown: 180 s
Duration: 30 s
Radar Range: 9.9 km

Catapult Fighter

Charges: 4
Cooldown: 80 s
Duration: 70 s

Slot 4

Repair Party

Charges: 2
Cooldown: 80 s
Duration: 28 s
Health per second: 0.50%

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