If you want to play a dedicated Minelayer, the Bogatyr and Pallada CL's in the Soviet line are probably the best in the game. with 8 launchers and ability to hold a reload each, plus two real R mounts, they fit the bill nicely.
The IJN torpedo ships are a close second, but they have so much more potential if they're using torpedoes instead.
In third place, the US Brooklyn CL. It has 8 launchers with no reloads, but it's R slots more than make up for this. Drop your mines and get on with the business of hunting smaller ships.
And mines in clusters do VASTLY more damage the more of them that hit. 1 mine is annoying, 5 mines in a tight group are lethal, even to large battleships. Squadrons of scout planes can use this to good advantage as well.
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