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Originally Posted by tater
As an example, if you have 10 DDs that are every bit as capable as the best US escorts, you could use them very effectively to escort 1 or 2 convoys if your doctrine was to convoy ships. If your doctrine ws to take the 10 DDs, and give 1 to each of 10 ports, then have the DDs patrol zones alone, the effectiveness might be near zero. Same ships, all highly capable, utterly different outcomes. The japanese use was more like the 2d example.
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That's also my understanding of the Japanese doctrine on ASW and convoy escort. IIRC, convoy escort was regarded as something demeaning. Hence the IJN did not assign their capable skippers, nor the resources, into ASW and convoy duties.
I wonder if SH4 simulates this? :hmm: