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For the Orange Dawn Scenario, an 18-inch gun US battlecruiser. Two of these will enter the game as reinforcements, Congress and President.

Test battle between Japanese BC Atago and conjectural 18-inch gun US battlecruiser Congress, both ships given commanders with high naval combat and aggression ratings.

Combat opened at 20,000 yards, closed to 7,000, then backed out to 25,000 and disengagement.

Results:
Atago was hit 6 times by 18-inch shells. Damage: 69 SYS, 71 FLT, 14 FIRE, "scuttle" button is available.
Congress was hit 6 times by 16-inch shells. Damage: 39 SYS, 57 FLT, 12 FIRE, "scuttle" button not available.