No problem Tonnage Ace.
The Japanese did have a bad habit of putting all their eggs in the 'offensive' basket. Japanese destroyer captains considered escort duty to be defensive and therefore detestable and usually went about it a in half-hearted manner. Sadly, the poor performance of American torpedoes up until 1943 convinced many high ranking Japanese naval officers that their lukewarm to non-existent escort policies were working just fine.
However, I think the Japanese probably put up the best fight they could with what they had on hand. Their industry back in the 1940s was a thin reed which eventually snapped under the massive strains of a total world war. Especially against an opponent like the US which was ten times their size. The US built more submarines than the Japanese did warships
of all types in WW2.
