The Colorado is BB2, while the NM 30 is a BB1. As such, it is vastyl better. The NM 45
is closer in performance, though.

Also, the lesser engineer reqiremets, greater scout count, higher base speed, and AA mean
that (especially at-level), a Guam can do a lot more for your team than an NM 30.

If your supports and gunners are 10+ levels above your BO ... then the colorado will
be the funnest ship ever

if its at level then either ship is fine i guess, however if it was me i would still go
colorado

I would highly recommend doing another US line and leveling your supports up, the
Sodak has horrible spread at level, infact the spreads bad with even 90 lvl gunners, i
ended up playing colorado all the way to iowa. Doing a second line is a alot easier
than the 1st and the effort pays off

Ive played an iowa with a bad crew before and it really put me off leveling a US crew.
I decided to do 2 US lines and by the time i hit iowa ive hit the speed cap and SD
cap. My spread is really good with lvl 100 gunners and its made me realize that the
iowa owns when you do the crew right