My County loadouts

[LordMichael]

Loadout 1 for CL/CA battles or CL/CA/BB battles

4x8" dual L with light HE
3" deck armor (rest on bulkhead about 10 bulkhead at level 53)
CA heavy engine
Aiming FCS
Full crew

average damage about 15-20k

Generally with deck armor you actually want to close with opponents so they are shooting at about 20-30 degrees (their shells will do 0 damage if you are positioned right unless they are using bigger than 12" US shells)

Loadout 2 for All Welcome Battles (or DD/CL/CA or DD vs CA etc)

4x6" triples L with Heavy HE
10.1" belt (5 bulkhead)
CA heavy engine
Aiming FCS
Full crew

average damage about 20-30k

interestingly the belt actually provides good torp protection 1 hit from a good jap torp does about 1.5k with about 700-1k burn damage

[mixmkz]

omg lol, i hate it when my 7.9" shells do 0 dmg on didos and sirus when i hit them at exactly 20 degress -.-"

[Jester]

I personaly like the dual 8 long of course, but I put a CL engine in it, I go 26 normal and 34 on overheat. and now i can put on 4.3 inches of deck. But I only use it for CA/CL.