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The Light Cruiser Atlanta (CL-51) was a ship that heavily focused on anti-aircraft. It may not have the biggest guns but it's design focused on clearing the skies. Because of that her was sometimes designated CLAA-51. This battle is the first time I've played this premium ship so I hadn't figured her out yet. Towards the end of the battle I tried to help one of our ships under attack. Moving in for a torpedo attack, I quickly realized the ships in the distance had greater range than the Atlanta.

The Murmansk began life as the American Omaha Class Light Cruiser, USS Milwaukee (CL-5). The "Milwaukee Deep", the deepest recorded depth of the Atlantic ocean, was discovered and named after this vessel. In 1944 she was loaned to the Soviet Navy and renamed Murmansk. She served as convoy escort and patrol duty as well as training vessel. In 1949 she was returned to the US in poor condition with an infestation of rats and roaches, requiring the need to be fumigated. Deemed unfit for service she was eventually sold for scrap. In this battle it would seem my fate was decided early on. With my ship getting disabled and as a result, I took a lot of shelling. Able to get the engines back online at the last minute I saved myself. Barely alive but still battle worthy, I still managed to take on a Battleship. Just goes to show that even if you're almost dead, every hit you can score before your out of the game can help your team achieve victory.

The Iwaki ship was going to be an improvement of the Tenryu class of cruisers, which were an in-between vessel to bridge the gap between cruisers and destroyers for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Sometimes in the heat of battle mistakes get made. Near the end I wasn't paying attention and allowed myself to almost run aground. By the time I went to correct myself, my steering got damaged and they finished me off.

The Imperial Japanese ship, Tenryu was basically designed to be a step between destroyer class and cruiser class ships. Because of this it shares similarities with both; some could argue it's an over-sized destroyer or a light-sized cruiser. It's design was influenced by the British Arethusa class ships. In this battle, I was able to take cover from a lot of the initial fire by hiding behind an island. Then peeking out to unleash cannons and torpedoes at the enemy. Myself and a few other cruisers tried to flank the enemy with the intention of taking out one of their carriers and her supporting battleship. We achieved our goal but at the cost of my ship when torpedo planes broadsided me.

The Chester Light Cruiser served many duties, including protective patrol during World War I, the US Occupation of Veracruz in 1914, and escort for the RMS Carpathia with Titanic survivors. It seems that the in-game battle recording feature has not yet been optimized. My past videos were just me recording in real-time. This battle was from a recording but it seems to "jump" and have performance issues when zooming in to "scope mode" on the main guns. On the flip side, you don't hear the "ding" sound by me changing my course or speed.

The recent beta update saw the removal of the Imperial Japanese Light Cruiser Katori. She was the Tier I vessel for the IJN and the first ship I ever played when I started Alpha Testing. She will be replaced with the Japanese Gunboat Hashidate. I'm kinda sad to see her go but I speculate she may return as a Tier II with future tech tree expansions. The last night of her in-game existence I decided to take her into battle one last time. This video is the Katori's final battle under my command.

This Pallada class protected cruiser served in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I. In 1917 she fired shots to signal the assault on the Winter Palace which eventually lead to the rise in power of the Bolshevik party and the removal of the Tsar Nicholas II. Today the ship is a floating museum located in St. Petersburg and is currently (as of 2015) undergoing a maintenance overhaul in Kronstadt.