String -> RE: Surviving the first 6 months as the Allies (Long) (3/8/2009 11:32:58 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Commander Stormwolf 1) Avoid losing any carriers 2) Combine carriers into this type of fleet Allied Carrier Force ~ 9/42 F4F SBD TBF CV Lexington 60/18/15 CV Saratoga 60/18/15 CV Yorktown 60/18/15 CV Enterprise 60/18/15 CV Hornet 60/18/15 CV Wasp 30/30/12 BB North Carolina BB South Dakota BB Washington CLAA San Juan CLAA Atlanta CLAA Juneau CLAA San Diego 12 x Benson Class Destroyers (8 ASW) Somewhat unassailable by surface units, submarines, or aircraft F4F --> Shoot down any strike planes SBD --> Sink any Carriers TBF --> Sink any battleships I see a couple of problems with this. There are far too many aircraft in the TF, so you will be affected by the air strike coordination rule. Another problem is that with this many capital ships in the TF, signals intel is likely to make it easier to track. A question that I have is how are you getting airgroups with 60 F4F on the carriers at this time of the war? I think he does that by putting the 24 plane marine squadrons on them, in addition to the 36 plane VF squadrons. Personally I'd divide this TF atleast into three separate TF's, provided I could find escorts. It would probably require most of the USN surface ships, but it's a good use.
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