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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
Not to mention they were inexperienced because almost the entire atlantic fleet had been sent to the pacific ocean.
I think elsewhere in books i have read they point out that there were only a hand full of coast guard cutters and airplanes available in early 1942 to defend the east coast.
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And worst of all the American top brass refused to listen to the advice of the British brass on how to go about ASW. They did the same stuff the Brits did in 39/40: DD patrols to random places, sending a DD to chase after U-boat sightings, not actually moving ships in convoy.
They learned the hard way. Ego.