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Date Reviewed - March
25, 2010
Cadet-Captain Mike
Name: USS Seattle
(USA)
Card: OE #146 (Special Edition)
Points: 13
Masts: 4
Cargo: 4
Moves: L
Guns : 3S,3L,3L,3S
Hit %: 200 (S), 100 (L)
Ability: This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls
against any non-American ship or fort.
The USA got another good value-box ship in the USS
Seattle. She also looks different from most USA
ships, with a colorful hull and sail markings from
the Pacific Northwest Native Americans (Haida
tribe?).
In terms of effectiveness, she's a fighter. Her
cannons are 2-rank against most opponents, and she
has enough cargo to carry a fighting crew and still
have a space or two left for gold if she can ram and
board somebody. She's very similar to another
value-box ship, HMS Burma; the Englishman costs one
point less but has one fewer cargo. That means the
Seattle is a pretty good value. I usually use her
with just Captain and Helmsman; I save the expensive
crew for bigger ships, since the Seattle actually
costs less than most big American fighters.
It's that 13-point price tag that makes the
difference. The Americans have some good ships for
that price (Roanoke, Freedom, and my all-time
favorite, the Franklin), but they also have some
poor ones (Sea Serpent, Shark, and the dreadful
Seminole). This four-master is near the top of that
list. I've used her several times and she has never
disappointed me.
Name: USS Seattle
Masts: 4
Cargo: 4
Speed: L
Firepower: one 3S, two 3L, one 3S
Cost: 13pts
Ability: This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls
against any non-American ship or fort.
Now this is my kind of ship. Cheap, good
firepower and straight forward no nonsense. She’s a
simple out and out gunship.
Tool her up with the usual fighting crew and away
you go. Another good value ship from value box week.
I guess we should just expect value in value boxes.
So there you have it....Value box....It’s exactly
what it says on the box.
The breakdown of points.
Masts – 2pts
Cargo¬ – 2pts
Speed – 2pts
Cannons – 3pts
Ability – 4pts
Gunship rating 4/5
Gold ship rating 2.5/5
Fleet support rating 3/5
Value rating 4/5
