Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25730832-20160122165904/@comment-27396171-20160220043635

USN had the best machinery of the war. That's why Iowa's range is ridiculous even though her bunkerage is not that much bigger than other battleships. At any given speed she's liable to be more efficient than Bismarck, Yamato, Nagato...

But once you ring her up to 32.5 she will unhinge her jaw like a snake and swallow your fuel stockpiles.