I am leaning towards the Boorklyn route myself. The Brook looks like a fun ship to play with. But if you go that route, then no CV.

Brook all the way, man. U'll hear that alot from me. If u want Cv tho do what everyelse is doing, stick a neutral sailor on and lvl him up, when he reaches Cv lvl change him to a CV bo. Hey presto, u got best of both worlds,

All tho u hear the NH sucks the ships that come after r much better, and have some cool bb down the line

The Brooklyn is way better.

Both the NH and Brook are at level 38. if you want to go CV then NH route is the only way.

i think its at lvl 34..thats an oak.lvl 39 is the NH.

Go brook if you want nice BB or NH for the CVs. Generally, NH is a waste of money.

I strongly agree,Brook is such a nice ship that there is no need to chose Northampton unless you are interested in using Cv,Northampton is also quite expensive.

well not counting upgrades after the atlanta you get either the brook or the NH at level 38.
I play the brook and regularly smak down british and Jap CL's its a really nice ship.