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Industrial Capacity

Each nation's shipbuilding capacity will be determined by its naval Industrial Capacity (IC).

IC represents the manufacturing capability of domestic factories (both state-owned and private) that produce armor plating, guns, and turrets. Huge, industrialized nations will have more resources to devote to navies than small, agrarian countries.

IC is given in yearly capacities. You can increase your industrial capacity by building more armament factories. You may also purchase unused IC from another nation, which is equivalent to buying armor and turrets overseas. This was very common for smaller powers like Italy and Japan.

Two types of IC are available: normal IC and Heavy Industrial Capacity (HIC). Think of the latter as a percentage of your Total IC that can be devoted toward capital ship construction.

Unused IC points do not carry over at the end of each year.



Docks and Dockyards

In addition, you must also build docks if you want to maintain a large navy. Docks are where ships are berthed and repaired. Their costs are given below.

- Small (handles submarines, torpedo boats, destroyers, scout cruisers, ironclads and smaller)
- Medium (handles armoured cruisers, predreadnought battleships and smaller)
- Large (handles dreadnought battleships and smaller)
- Extra Large (handles super-dreadnought battleships and smaller)
- Huge (handles up to modern battleships, large aircraft carriers and other massive ships)

Docks are necessary to do extensive repairs or overhauls on vessels.



Minimum Ship Construction Times

(BB) Battleships: 30 months
(BC) Battlecruisers: 28 months
(CA) Heavy / Armored Cruisers: 24 months
(CL) Light / Protected Cruisers: 18 months
(DD) Destroyers and Torpedo Boats: 12 months
(SS) Submarines: 12 months

IC must be distributed over the entire time of building the ship. You cannot pay 100% of the IC cost up front and let it sit in the docks building for 3 years.

The maximum point allocation you can make per month is equal to the total IC cost of the ship divided by the minimum build time.



Example:

Japan
Industrial Capacity: 115/50


The first number (115) is Japan's yearly Total IC.
The second number (50) is Japan's HIC, the maximum Total IC that can be devoted to heavy (capital) ship construction.


Suppose we had three ship classes that we want to build in the times specified:
- Battleship of 14,000 tons: 20 HIC/yr (over 4 years, for 80 Total IC)
- Cruiser of 3,500 tons: 10 IC/yr (over 2 years, 20 total)
- Destroyer of 535 tons: 3 IC/yr (over 1 year, 3 total)

Japan's Total IC is 115, meaning that in theory, it could build 5 battleships, 11 cruisers, or 38 destroyers simultaneously at full speed.

However, only 50 of the Total IC points are available for construction of huge capital ships. This means Japan can only build 2 battleships at a time (40 points) at full speed. The remaining 10 HIC points available per year could go toward another battleship's (or battlecruiser's) construction, but that ship will take about twice as long to launch. To run its construction at full speed, you would have to purchase 10 unused HIC from another country each year.

If you used all 50 HIC points on battleships, only 65 regular IC points would be left for smaller ships.
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Construction Costs

For: Industrialized / Semi-Industrialized / Agricultural Nations

All costs given in 1990 dollars.

Costs
Small Dock: $3,000,000 / $5,000,000 / $7,500,000
Medium Dock: $7,500,000 / $10,000,000 / $15,000,000
Large Dock: $20,000,000 / $25,000,000 / ---- NA ----
Extra Large Dock: $30,000,000 / $40,000,000 / ---- NA ----
Huge Dock: $50,000,000 / $75,000,000 / ---- NA ----


Construction Times
Small Dock: 48 months / 72 months / 96 months
Medium Dock: 60 months / 90 months / 120 months
Large Dock: 72 months / 108 months / ---- NA ----
Extra Large Dock: 84 months / 126 months / ---- NA ----
Huge Dock: 96 months / 144 months / ---- NA ----
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Ship Construction Prices


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Ship Costs in Industrial Capacity

IC costs are based on tonnage. The formula is IC cost = 0.0056 x ship's displacement in long tons. (If several figures are listed, use the ship's normal displacement. Round to the nearest 1 IC point.)

The exception to this formula is submarine construction, where the basic IC cost is doubled to simulate extra complexity. The formula for submarines is IC cost = 2 x 0.0056 x ship's surfaced displacement in long tons. (Round only the final answer.)
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Expanding Ship Industrial Capacity

Industrialized / Semi-Industrialized / Agricultural

Costs Per IC Point:
$2,500,000 / $4,000,000 / $5,000,000

Costs Per HIC Point (double basic IC cost):
$5,000,000 / $8,000,000 / $10,000,000

Time to construct:
24 months / 30 months / 36 months

Note: Remember that HIC points also count as normal IC points. If you buy a HIC point, you are effectively buying a regular IC that can also be used for capital ship construction.
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