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Originally Posted by Torplexed
You are correct in that there were boats in the waters around Oahu on December 7th Sailor Steve, but not really on a war footing. Pompano, Pollack, and Plunger were arriving from overhaul at Mare Island on the West Coast. Gudgeon was training at Lahaina Roads. Thresher was returning from Midway Island and was driven down numerous times by friendly destroyers, bombed by the US Army Air Corps and was feeling kinda unloved by the time she made Pearl Harbour. (Wonder if that sort of fratricide will be in the sim?) :hmm:
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NO simulation of the armed forces of the USA is complete without fratricide!!! They have SUCH a talent for it!! Indeed, there are more recent examples where they've spread the 'brotherly love' to their unfortunate allies - witness the fate of Brit APCs in first Gulf War. As a side note, I've read an account of the inquiry into that incident as writen by Geoffrey Robertson - highly accomplished QC/Judge - and it's pretty disgusting.
Actually, the inquiry into the sinking of the
USS Frank E Evans by the Australian crrier
HMAS Melbourne was pretty crooked, too - they hung the skipper of the
Melbourne out to dry despite the official finding being "no case to answer" and it clearly being the fault of the
Evans. What is the yanks have about acknowledging their screw-ups? They happen, we're human. Lying about it doesn't do much to help, or present yourself in a very flattering light....