ebb1's are novelty ship, they're just for fun (with high level sailor though it has displacement issue only) but its not for grinding... 

its actual guns are those 14" with 15 degree  and ebb can't enter blitz btw... wait till your gunners at 80 or 90 or 100+ it will have a better spread...

have fun with your novelty ship

Like Phantom said, EBB1s are mostly for fun. Some players like the challenge of taking on other ships, or enjoy their unique nature, or the ease of the NYs 15 degree guns. (Despite this low angle, they still have around BB1 range). As such, EBB1s can normally fit a full crew even if its lvl 120, but at the level of the ship a crew isnt going to perform very well. Until your crew develops the guns won't be great and the speed/OH will not help.

It's not a grinder, I wouldn't call it novelty, that makes it sound useless imo. But at level, it won't be any fun.

Look forward to it in the future, but for now you are better off using your standard line ships to level your crew.

Like almost all of the lower tier USN BB's the ship comes alive with a few high level saliors added to the mix. If your below lvl 80 USN just sucks anyway, all ships, this game is the hardest on low level USN crews. No matter what BB your food. NF went through a long dry period when none of the events allowed you to get the NY, took me a long time to get one and I love it. They rock in the Skirmish rooms, just don't ever think your the big dog on the block in GB. NOTHING in the rules say that the first key hit has to be FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.

I put on a high level RLD gun crew, one high level ENG, and one REP, the rest are leveling saliors, The plus of the NY is its a tough bird, a little bulge armor goes a long way, it can take a beating from all but the biggest guns and get away to repair, the ONLY USN ship the can do this effectivly IMHO. The rest sacrifice speed, turrets, and bulge to be able to fit high level sailors. The 14" guns dial in nice and the reload is superfast, like 4 - 5 sec. I wish it had a little more range, but thats the whole USN class IMHO. It can clear the board at endgame of all the crippled ships just on shear volume of shots. Drive BW cv drivers nuts with its small hit box. Make a hobby out of chasing nooby montys, its fun seeing it from the other end....

I wish the T slots had more space, I just preferr the 5" x2 AA over the 3", but loading HH into these spots works well.

Between my 53 knot Guam and the Machine gun like NY its a toss up when it comes time to noob it up in a BB1

I am curious to know how you got an EBB into blitz?

As far as I knew, they werent allowed.

Thanks, I didn't realize this but I'll get my gunners to level 100 and see if the spread improves.

Lol..

New York is the most fun you can have in this game..The thing's hilarious. It's ridiculously funny to watch BB5s and BB6s run away from you because you're driving 15* shells into their belt..

It may be "useless" if you're trying to accomplish anything, but if you want to faceroll GBs and then laugh at BB5s and 6s when they got raped by a BB1, New York's your ship..