Okay, July 24th 1942 and I just got my Gato boat and didn't get bounced from Brisbane back to Pearl, even though the TMO Manual has Nov '42 as the date the Gato is available there.
So I won't complain. I like operating out of that port, even moreso than Fremantle. Not too many shallow operations there. Kinda tight when operating in the Solomons, but it's a good challenge to lose DDs in the "Slot".
The tower still has the old style look, like a billboard advertising free coffee and donuts at a used car sales lot. So I will see how long it takes to get a refit if one is offered and I will play with the value in the UPC.cfg file to see what it does at different levels on a patrol basis.