Kuma Kai is 42 and is a good TW ship, of course not as good as Kita but must have anyway. I myself have also two [good] AA gunners so I load them on K-K with double 5*4.7" (lvl 36) AA and trash incoming aircafts when I'm out of torps. lol

kuma is 38, but not really worth it as it only carries 2 launchers to each side. At least wait till Kuma Kai (not sure on its level, maybe 44?) or Kita (52)

not sure for kuma, but a kita is lvl 52.....

btw whts lvl for kuma/kita?

skeleton crew is a double edged sword... if you run a skeleton crew be prepared to wait 45 seconds for torps to reload. I did this for a while and enjoyed the speed but I think I prefer the experts now. Also, try not rushing straight into the bettle, but go north or south at an angle. Then wait till you can see an enemy and launch your torps on slow, wide, and gradual. If you can put up a good torp wall you can get some good DD kills and some nice CL or even CA hits. Generally after the first rush I reccomend reloading and then rushing at a CL or group of DDs and getting them with fast torps. Anyway, thats my advice. I'm in a lv38 fubu so I've been at it a while (though not long enough to get my kita or lvl my DBs up...)

a few pointers, make sure your ship is set for speed, meaning try to have a skeleton crew and not to much armor if at all none, scrap guns as well.....and basically you will be doing hit and run tactics. i also recommened u serptine your way to a target, especially if it's a cl or bigger to increase the odds of your target to miss with guns.
oh and always try to hit isolated targets for best results, however that is if you are a rookie in the way of the torp.

cool link...
should make it as sticky

http://www.navyfield.com/board/view.asp?Num=758&Sort=D07&Order=re_upday&PageSize=20&Page=1

Don't get sunk.. btw..if everyone gave all their tips.. there would be no use in torp whoring anyways... you have to surprise the enemy... LOL if not you can just get the mark 90 torps for your fubu... or mark 93 because there is no use in the first one... can't remember the lvl required but i guess it is lvl 24 or something... and then turn them on Fast and wide.. it should make it easier... get close to enemy ships and fire torps and run home waiting for reload