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I agree the biggest dangers are planes and shore batteries. But there are definitely destroyers here and there.

Late in the war I noticed a lot of shipping going in and out of Haikou on the north side of Hainan. So I went nearby trying to pick off merchants coming and going. Eventually I approached Haikou itself and there were 2 destroyers guarding it.

Same wit Macau. A lot of traffic. But in the bay northeast is the port of Kowloon which also has destroyer protection.

I have gone up the west side of Shikoku in Japan. I did run into destroyers. But once past them if you wind your way up towards Hiroshima there are warships in many of those ports. Seems like I had a mission to photo there at Kure. I exited to the east side of Shikoku and ran into destroyers there too.

I remember I had a photo mission at a port on the other side of the island Melekeok is on. Can't remember the name but there were 4 destroyers guarding it. Maybe that was because it was a mission though.

I think there was another port I visited that also had destroyer protection but I cannot recall where. I have not been to any others I don't think. Wait there was one somewhere on the main island of Japan that I had to drop off a spy. No destroyer but shore batteries kicked my can.