"US sub capts would go to most convenient port depending on patrol, encounters, evasion and supplies, especailly food. They always however went 'home' afterwards."
On the contrary, it was pretty common for them to get orders;
Patrol Area (X) and return
Patrol Area (X) and go to new home port in Australia
Leaving Australia, Patrol Area (X) and return to Australia
Leaving Australia again, Patrol Area (X) and go to new home port Midway
Leaving Midway Patrol Area (X) and return to Pearl Harbor
And so on, there was no "transfer request" to a different home port, they were moved around where and when they were needed. The stock game allows transfer requests after so many months and patrols but then requires a certain number of months and patrols in the new "home port" before allowing another transfer, not how it worked in real life.
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