Her combat potential is decidedly on the low-end of the heavy cruisers. She does have a niche as a main fleet heavy cruiser if you leverage her fit bonuses with the 8" guns. But even then, she'll fall short of other Kai Ni heavy cruisers with upgraded 20.3 no3.
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Priority: '''Low'''
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:At first remodel, this American heavy cruiser has decent Firepower but a low Torpedo stat, making her usable for daytime surface combat thanks to [[Artillery Spotting]] but not so much for night battle.
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:No further remodels have been implemented for her yet (as of January 2020).