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Originally Posted by akdavis
Destroyers were frequently attacked, especially after a directive was issued to prioritize destroyers as targets after it was realized that escort availability was a big weakness in the Japanese system.
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It was much easier for USN skippers to take on destroyers in the PTO than it was for their European counterparts. Thanks to the American TDC being much faster than its KM or RN equivalents and the ability for American torpedoes to have their gyro angle set at the last moment before firing, the destroyer lost some of its advantage of agility.
Do you know when the anti-destroyer order was given?
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