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rtrapasso -> RE: Combat results (10/10/2005 7:13:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Speedy Related to this all - Do you not feel that have 5 US CV's in separate TF's is a little gamey? Regards, Steven Not really - the US separated its CVs into smaller TFs for precisely this reason to prevent a single attack from destroying the entire force (and had less coordination - and so we have the US with a "coordination penalty"). The IJN did not separate their CVs into separate TFs, had better coordination - and lost 4 in one devastating attack at Midway. I think the coordination rules are somewhat bogus - that they are an artifact of how the two different navies split their CVs up (or didn't). If the USN didn't split up the CVs, i doubt they would have been less coordinated than the IJN (particularly given the IJN's penchant for AC without radios).

Speedysteve -> RE: Combat results (10/10/2005 7:16:26 PM)
Hi, Sure they had smaller TF's. Coral sea - 2 CV's in 1 TF. Midway - 2 in 1 and 1 in another. But I don't recall them ever have 5 separate TF's of 1 CV? Just my thoughts [:)] Steven

rtrapasso -> RE: Combat results (10/10/2005 7:32:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Speedy Hi, Sure they had smaller TF's. Coral sea - 2 CV's in 1 TF. Midway - 2 in 1 and 1 in another. But I don't recall them ever have 5 separate TF's of 1 CV? Just my thoughts [:)] Steven I don't think (the USN) had 5 CVs in operation in the PTO at any one time until the KB had lost many of its carriers. Now, of course, if you would LIKE to continue to make the mistakes the various admirals made in WW2, you are free to do so - just don't be too surprised when it doesn't work out too well![:'(]

Terminus -> RE: Combat results (10/10/2005 7:34:54 PM)
During the initial phase of Operation Watchtower, the US carriers operated independently. I know there were three on station at one point; there might have been 4.

Yamato hugger -> RE: Combat results (10/10/2005 7:36:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Speedy Related to this all - Do you not feel that have 5 US CV's in separate TF's is a little gamey? Regards, Steven Why would it be "gamey"? Thats the way they were deployed. Coral Sea had 2 carriers in 2 TFs. Strikes coordinated. Midway had 3 carriers in 2 TF. Strikes were uncoordinated. Eastern Solomons had 3 carriers in 2 TF. Strikes were uncoordinated. Santa Cruz had 2 carriers in 1 TF. Strikes were uncoordinated. After Santa Cruz, damaged Enterprise was the only American carrier left in the Pacific. This caused them to sit back and firgure out what was wrong.

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