Through the Spy Glass: San Diego

San Diego was an Atlanta-class cruiser, and she was one of the most highly decorated USN ships during World War II, receiving as many as 18 battle stars! She had plenty of opportunities to earn them: San Diego participated in a considerable number of engagements from 1942 onward. They included supporting the Guadalcanal landings; participating in the First Battle of the Philippine Sea; Operations Galvanic, Flintlock, and Catchpole; and various escort and raiding missions. Let's take a look at her in-game configuration!

San Diego is an American Tier VII Premium cruiser armed with sixteen 5-inch (127 mm) main battery guns that can fire SAP and AP shells.

She shares a similar playstyle to that of Atlanta and comes equipped with two charges of Repair Party, two charges of 3.1 km Sonar with a 96-second duration, and two charges of Main Battery Reload Booster with a 15-second duration.

Our Сommander build suggestion focuses on improving San Diego’s main battery range, ramping up the damage of her main battery shells, and boosting the versatility of her consumable set.

We recommend the following: Norman Scott with his Directed Impact base trait, improving the shell grouping of your main battery guns by up to 5%.

• Beyond Range, improving the range of your ship’s main battery by up to 10%.
• Before It’s Too Late, improving your torpedo acquisition range by up to 15%.
• Punch Through, improving your cruiser’s main battery AP shell damage by up to 10% and AP shell penetration multiplier by up to 6%.
• Fixated, improving your cruiser main battery shell grouping by up to 5%, and your main battery dispersion by up to 5%.
• Fully Packed, providing an additional consumable charge for each of your ship’s consumables (giving you an additional Radar charge) and improving their cooldown time by up to 5%. If your ship is within proximity of an allied ship, it improves your consumable cooldown time by up to a further 30%.

Regarding Inspirations, you should try:

• Günther Lütjens, increasing your cruiser’s main battery gun AP shell damage by up to 5%.
• Nikolay Kuznetsov, increasing your cruiser’s main battery range by up to 6%.

Turn the tide with San Diego!