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Originally Posted by Maj. T J King Kong
In 1944, JAPANS position was both critical and desperate, hence; sending the Battleship Yamato into action against a far more superior force. (Battle Off Samar, SH4 stock mission) Although its fun, its a turd of for understanding what really happened, On top of it, having a chance to change history with history.
(hypothetical-USTF 2008;6 Battle ships with the Arizona,Oklahoma included,16 Cruisers,22 Destoyers, this would be the "pincer" maneuver from the north east of Samar Island to the west to trap the wounded Japanese Nothern Force (Ozawa) after just having an engagement against 3rd Fleet/Halsey) and having to retreat back to the north.
Just a side thought to this , roll back to 12/7/1941, what if...The U.S. had the A/C carriers in port and all the battleships were out to sea, this would have turned out to be a very different war thats for sure,hehe. Im pretty sure there would have been tasked huge BB groups twice the size they had and sailed them straight into Toyko Harbour in summer of 1942!
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Halsey's Third Fleet was by no means "far superior" to Kurita's Center Force, I do believe that had Halsey remained at the San Bernardino strait the American Third Fleet could've been seriously damaged even as much as to make it a pyrrhic victory or even a tactical Japanese victory
I also doubt the American's would make a move to trap the Japanese fleet, they were never looking for a "decisive battle" and taking the Philippines would render the IJN useless anyway (As seen later in the war)
Oh, and if American Battleships woud've been sent anywhere near Japan in 1942 they would be slaughtered by land-based air power
Anyway, IIRC there's a fix somewhere that makes surface ships attack at much longer ranges, have to look