Now, let me be clear: Arizona, the tier VI American premium, is awesome. So imagine my disappointment when, against all advice, Wargaming stuck to their guns and pulled a copy-paste job of USS Arizona's performance and tacked it onto California. This is why I took issue with West Virginia appearing in her Pearl Harbor mien and not that of Surigao Strait. So, you can keep your Iowas, the romance (to me) lies in names like West Virginia, Tennessee and California. They could have just as easily remained a footnote in the war, left behind by fate. Despite their outdated designs, they went on to not only find a role in the fast-modernizing US Navy but they went on to engage triumphantly in one of the final battleship surface actions in history. They are phoenixes that rose from the ashes of Pearl Harbor. I think they are some of the most interesting warships of the Second World War. I should preface this by saying that I love the American standard-type battleships. USS California's inclusion in World of Warships bothers me on so many levels. I'm not going to waste too much time on this review (she says, and then spends four whole days on it). Please be aware that her performance may change in the future.

To the best of my knowledge, the statistics discussed in this article are current as of patch 0.9.5.1. This ship has been provided to me by Wargaming for evaluation purposes - I did not have to pay for this thing, which is a good thing because I would have felt offended had I shelled out money for this horribly mistreated piece of history. The following is a review of California, the tier VII American battleship.

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