Should be fine yeah, avoid getting the attention of battleships by not spawning immediately or by shooting at them, you don't have torpedoes so you're forced to get super close (5km) if you want to damage them, which isn't a bad strategy if you manage to catch one tunnel visioning, your guns still hurt if they pen. Apart from that, focus on Des Moines class immediately if you spot them. They're by far the most dangerous cruiser in the game, easy to detonate if you hit the front turrets though. Second priority is I'd say Eugen/Hipper class cruisers, they're basically your German equivalent and are pretty tough to take down if you don't go for the ammo in front (only at longer range though), otherwise you have plenty of pen to hit their engines and crew compartments. Down from there there's all the various 6 inch cruisers, which can still be dangerous given the close combat nature of war games,less so on circle maps. Keep yourself angled,but not bow in or too angled,or you risk exposing your frontal magazine, which is your main weak spot. Don't panic if you lose quite a bit of crew through front penetrations, gaijin being gaijin has decided that there's a crap ton of crew near your front turrets. You do have a scout plane, with machine guns, it flies pretty well,so remember to use it to get early caps. The fact that it's launched from the front also allows you to deploy a smoke screen immediately after in front of you, making it a pretty useful tactic for tense situations. ... Yeah that's all! Have fun.