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Originally Posted by Threadfin
Those boats were Darter and Dace. Darter attacked first and sank Kurita's flagship CA Atago. Darter also damaged CA Takao. Dace attacked next and sank CA Maya....
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One important thing to remember is that the American version of the 'wolf-pack' was to have the boats "staggered" so that as the units that were attacked continued on, there would be another boat waiting for them to attack and there may be another. But in no way was it a massive onslaught of many boats within the same area (where the chance of 'friendly fire' could have been possible).
Another thread mentioned something about Japan invading Hawaii (or something to that effect), what needs to be remembered is that the ONLY reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor was to destroy the fleet that they felt would threaten their plan of a "Sphere of Influence" in the far east. They did not want us to interfere with that plan... they didn't want any part of us at all... just out of the way
And Midway was just another attempt to protect that plan by providing a threat to the US fleet if they chose to go west (fortunately (for us), it had hurt the Imperial Navy).
But I'm glad that SHIV will be set in the Pacific... change is good for the soul
(Just imagine, SHIII and SHIV on your computer... hog heaven:rotfl: )