Capn Scury wrote: Other facts persist after the American studies of Japanese equipment and doctrine......they just weren't as capably as we had thought, nor did they possess the same capabilities as the German technology. These two "team members" did not have the same ideals toward scientific performance. The idea the Japanese should perform as the Germans is just not accurate. Nor, where they on the same level as the American technology. The thinking that the Pacific war had the same fundamental aspects as the Atlantic is just not correct.
Additionally, the Japanese believed it was more honorable to be on warships going after the enemy - the forces on merchant protection duty were often those who had not performed at the highest levels. And those who performed the highest were assigned to warships going after the enemy.
I assume there were instances where highly qualified crews ended up protecting convoys but it was not the norm.
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