Blackhorse
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ORIGINAL: msieving1 I don't know if this has been reported before, but in Scenario 6, the December 8 start, the CLs Achilles and Leander are commanded by ensigns. The correct COs for these ships should be W E Parry for Achilles and S W Roskill for Leander. Also, some of the Australian DDs were being refit at the start of the war. Stuart was in the shipyard in Melbourne, Voyager was in Sydney, and Vendetta was in Singapore. Voyager completed her refit in March 1942, Stuart finished in April 1942, and Vendetta was scheduled to complete in April 1942. In the event, Vendetta had to be towed from Singapore to Melbourne, and didn't complete refitting until September 1942. Voyager and Stuart start Scenario 6 with 10 and 15 points system damage, respectively, but that takes just a few days to repair, rather than the 4-5 months actually required. They should have a lot more damage to start. Vendetta is undamaged to start in the scenario; she should have about the same damage as Stuart. One more thing, which is maybe less significant. The scenario has all the US Asiatic Fleet submarines (except S-36 and S-39, which were at sea) in Manila. Several of the submarines (Sturgeon, Pike, Shark, Tarpon, Pickerel, and S-38), along with the AS Otus, were actually in Mariveles Bay, on the Bataan penisula, and one sub, Porpoise, was at Olongapo, in Subic Bay, which would also be in the Bataan hex (or maybe the Clark Field hex). Bataan has just a size 1(1) port in the scenario, but Mariveles and Olongapo were fairly significant ports, and it seems like Bataan's port size should be at least 3. And of course, Subic Bay became a major USN base after the war, so there was clearly a lot more potential for development than in the game. FYI - Subic Bay is considered part of the Clark Field hex. The "Subic Bay Defenses" LCU includes two 10" guns.
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