PetrOs
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I usually try to get at least one escort ship in every cargo/tanker/transport TF, just to prevent surfaced subs going for easy prey. If none there, I sometimes use warships without ASW as escort as this usually tends to keep subs underwater. A few times this also had good effect with such escort attacking the surfaced sub with guns - just a few turns ago, PG Uji just shelled S-40 submarine to the bottom, with around 20 120mm shell hits. Normal supply convoys with cheap transports running mainly outside of ASW get 1-2 PGs (converted AKLs), tanker, troop and fast cargo convoys usually use PCs, SCs, W-class DMS, Es and similar fast escorts. Often an AV with seaplanes at ASW mission is added. Invasion convoys usually get a full complement of invasion support ships from the start, I usually use individual convoys for each division, and each division gets a battleship, 2-4 cruisers, 4-10 destroyers, and 1-2 DMS as escort. Such convoys are usually set to "follow" each other, and are usually also followed by a CV and 1-2 bombardment groups (usually set to surface combat until really running the bombardment, to prevent enemy surface guys to wreak havoc to my transports), which however might join the invasion force late, only as it enters danger zone.
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