I’m thinking that while the PvE “Co-operative Battle” mode is not a good fit for “base XP” Clan Naval Battle weeks, it seems to work out well for “ribbons” and “damage” weeks.
I had a good match in my USS Alabama, the slow firing guns may not rack up a lot of ribbons, but her main battery 16-inch guns do hit hard, and cleared that 65K damage threshold on the last of my 10 attempts. 
