Tristanjohn
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-Definately- get damaged ships from PH attack to the WestCoast as soon as feasible. Think of West Coast 4 attitional Pearl Harbors, all working happily to repair your blown-up fleet.
Don't forget Vancouver ("the fourth" port on the West Coast). It's also a large port, and just because it doesn't have a specific yard, it's still fine at repairing things. Yes, it's slower, so I don't put BBs there, but it does just fine CAs and smaller.
Using these additional ports will get you back into action in no time. I got pasted by the mega-attack (now fixed, not complaining, we didn't know it was a bug). Lots of stuff damaged (including 4 BBs sunk). But it's mid-February now, and I've got my first round of CA/CLs are already repaired (yes even down to 0 Sys Dmg). Have several BBs still being worked on, but they should be ready "soon" (editted by censors).
But if you leave all that crap in PH, it's going to be -very- overloaded. There -is- a war on by the way! If you thot PH strike was bad, just wait 'til you really get to fighting.
For me, anything with more than 15 sys dmg goes to the West Coast (urgency permitting). PH will be very busy just keeping up with your normal wartime repairs. And lets face it, as Allies, you can normally afford to be without a 15 sys dmg ship for month. Unless it's really urgent, I also set ships returning from West coast to "cruise", because I like them in the best condition possible (obviously, you have to consider this as you plan on how you can be without the ship).
And don't forget about all your "minor" yards.
Good ports elsewhere:
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Townsville - A little close to bomber range from Rabaul. But if it's safe enough, it's usually a size 9 port.
Brisbane - Everybody loves the beach.
Sydney - You have a 50 repair yard here. Very nice.
Melborne - Don't forget about him. Has smaller yard (25?), but not much farther than Sydney.
Noumea - Nice port, but a little close to Japanese bombers or raids by KB.
Aukland - Everybody forgets about the Kiwis. Don't let their dock workers be slouches. This is great for minor reparis on your ships in SWPac that are DDs or smaller. If anything, can take the overflow from Noumea/Bris, or use it as a sub repair base.
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Columbo/Tricom - Both are large ports. Columbo has the yard so is better. Keep some CAP up tho, your Aunt Betty will crash the party (also be vary of raids by KB).
Diamond Harbor / Chadpur - Both reasonable ports. You have to feel pretty secure in you CAP to put something here, becaus you're definately in LBA range. But if you need to put something here, these ports are good size.
Bombay - Everybody forgets Bombay.
Karachi - Another port where the dock-workers tend to have 3-day work weeks.
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Wow. Sounds to me like you have lots of damaged ships. 
I try to keep mine out of harm's way until the odds are right. A fleet in being can go a long way toward "keeping the Jap in play" if you know what I mean. Plus, I escort all of my convoys, so that's a lot of destroyers committed to duty right there.
I have used Melbourne, but only for incidental items on account of how small the yards are over in Sydney--a few sub upgrades, an AK or two, that's about it. Haven't need to go near Auckland. Brisbane's my mine port along with Noumea now in SWPAC. Townsville has served as a sub base on occasion, but mostly it's for bringing destroyers back on line (I've a cocuple of ADs there and two ARs). I've another two ARs and an AS and AD up in Darwin.
You can't forget Bombay. There are four very small yards in India/Ceylon and I've made constant use of all of mine there.
As for Brisbane being close to bomber range at Port Moresby: you're not supposed to lose PM in the first place.  If the Japanese are foolish enough to stuff a lot of good stuff over there, though, so much the better for the Allies in the long run. It all dies, and that's that much less the Japs have to use for their defense elsewhere later on. If they don't stuff it full of good stuff then simply take it back. If KB's hanging around to deny you that opportunity, then that's better still. My view on that is I don't care where KB is as long as I know where it is. So if it's busy defending PM there's a golden opportunity open somewhere in the Central Pacific, right? Make the Jap pay one way or the other. Remember, he only has so many tokens.
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