User blog comment:FlammeumDraco333/Tales From the Not so Blocky Seas/@comment-5889313-20150706235339/@comment-25373667-20150707012752

Super Type A B-65 Heavy Cruiser is a good option. I think it comes armed with 3x3 12inch, which I believe can be upgraded to 3x2 of a larger caliber, much like Yamato. From what I've seen in battles, it has good armor and speed, outrunning my 27knot Kongo, while still taking 14inch and 16inch hits.

I remember one battle it was a B-65 and I, in ny Kongo, against a Lion-class and a Colorado. I died immediately, but the B-65 champed out and sunk both, before succumbing to submarine torpedoes.