There was a picket line formed IIRC and on time but little more
effect than the IJN picket line that formed after the US carriers
had passed through the area.
The USN had more than its fair share of sailors luck at point luck that
day, no complaints I think is fair, the subs can only see so far to the
horizon even with radar, and D/F wouldnt work with the invasion force
under blackout.
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