Name:    USS Sioux (USA)

Card:    FN #080 (Uncommon)

Points:  11

Masts: 3

Cargo: 2

Moves: L

Guns : 3S,2L,3S

Hit %: 167 (S), 67 (L)

Ability: This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against any non-American ship.

This ship, like the Kentucky we reviewed yesterday, is a potentially good fighter held back by her low speed. Her ratings are a bit worse than the Kentucky's because she has one fewer mast and her point cost is the same. But she has some useful features that make her worth a long look.

She has three fair-to-good cannons that will be very good against anything that isn't American. She needs a Captain and Helmsman, of course, and that brings up the Sioux's other handicap, her tiny cargo holds. Two crew is all she can carry. You can't do much to improve her with crew; the only real possibility is to use Jonathan Haraden for a combined Captain and reroller.

This ship is very similar to the USS Overton; that ship gives you all L-range cannons and double the cargo for one point more. They both have the virtue of not missing many shots (depending on your own dice luck, of course). USS Sioux is not the USA's best medium-weight fighter, but she's far from the worst, and she deserves a chance to show what she can do.

Goldship rating: 2.0 / 5

Gun Ship rating: 2.9 / 5

Boarding rating: 2.5 / 5

Value for points: 2.7 / 5