[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by quitefrankly

What difference does it make?

It makes a lot of difference. A captain would have to decide what was more valuable: The fuel and materiel that makes the warship go or the warship itself. Standing USN orders were that capital ships, which we have here, take priority over other vessels, but the navy did not stricly enforce this policy, and left execution up to the individual commander at sea. This would seem very simple: That the BB should be the target, but bookworm only has 8 torpedoes left. The Yamato displaces 63k tons. Assuming the high rate of torpedo malfunctions it may or may not be enough to sink her.

Does he gamble and attack the battleship? Does he target a series of tankers? It is a conundrum.


EDIT: I forgot to give my opinon: I voted to take out the big Y. Given the malfunctions, the number of escorts described and the fact that your torpedoes are unevenly split between fore and aft tubes, you will probably not get more that one salvo off before you have to duck and run. Point your stern at her, empty the tubes and get under the thermal.