Well here is an update.
replayed from my save point at patrol station, did 1/3 back to midway. consumption seemed to be the same but was able reach the refit point on battery power after running out of fuel.
while steaming back did a report for a time stamp & got assigned Luzon straight,
so did another save point (an overwrite of the patrol one) at midway & headed SW at 2/3, checked weather every sun rise/set, and marked progress @every 10% drop. made it 2250nm on 50%, 450 every 10th of tank, there and back. only had a 130 mile stretch that was not fair seas or better. every that was still 450nm/10%.
reloaded from save point, exact same #s doing 1/3, reload again & tried standard, again 450nm/10th. Turned around and tried running on batteries & recharging on standard, and got the same damn thing. ????
refitted (on the same game, didn't reload) and headed home to pearl at 2/3s, but after 200nm notice the fuel isn't dropping as fast, I'm still @ 98%.
head her WSW towards Luzon & get 1000nm from 98-88% @ 2/3s, knock it down to 1/3, get 1500nm on the next 10%. Make it all the way there with plenty to spare, (where promptly I got wasted by a destroyer). ????
I doubt bad fuel modeled in this game; not that that would account for the same mpg no matter the speed.
I guess the next test is to re-load, run just outside of midway & turn back in to refit.
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