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Originally Posted by 9th_cow
i keep hoping that ill manage to get involved in the battle for midway, but always get retired before it happens.
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Don't start with an old boat. Some people have reported that if they start the career with an old boat (probably S class), when the boats get retired so do they, even if they've since switched to a different boat. Starting in 1942 with a Gato based in Pearl will have you leaving port on June 12. I can't recall the precise dates I encountered these task forces, either.
However, I can give you some ideas. If you look at the map, you'll see a line of small islands trailing southwest from the Japanese home islands down towards Formosa (modern day Taiwan). Task forces run up and down the eastern side of these islands a lot. Many of them are small 4 ship groups, 3 destroyers and a liner carrying troops of some type, but the larger groups also run these routes. There's quite a few in the East China Sea as well. The presence of the merchant ships slows the task forces down. Auxiliary oilers in the big ones tend to limit the speed to about 12 knots, so it's possible to intercept if you're both close and ahead of them.