The BBs were obviously out in force during the southern advance, but yeah, they frequently found themselves at anchor at Truk, Palau, Davao, or tawi Tawi (some at Singapore), particularly as oil became even more of a problem. The spawn rates are pretty rare though, many of the TF groups only make one journey every few months.
As for easy sinkings, a huge amount has to do with the broken stock damage model. All the Cvs die to ONE fish since they have a cloned DM from a medium merchant.
When Werner dials NSM in, that will be fixed, and you'll have to work to kill a BB or CV without them steaming away from you (and they repair one out of render range).
That will make a huge difference.
At least Asashio is virtually identical to Kagero visually (and aside from improvements in reliability mechanically as well).
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