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propbeanie · 10-13-19, 09:32 PM

Ahh, so you're trying to be the Flying Fish, only with a different agenda, eh?...

You're laying in wait on the groups coming out of Tawitawi / Guimaras, eh?... According to what I see, there should 30 ships of the CarDiv1 departing Tawitawi 13th June, 1944, and then exiting the San Bernardino Strait at 1930 15th June 1945, in the deep water by 1940, the message coming across at 2000...

Edit: A little side-note to that. The group is built wide, at 4x across, plus the escorts. Just because the Mission Editor says they'll make it on time, does not mean that they will... The ships are spaced at 1,000 yard apart, to that's a minimum of 3,000 yards wide between the four columns, then add an escort either side makes that 5,000 yards at a minimum. Then the DD have to do their Knuckle turns to check their baffles, that another 1000 yards either side, so now we're 7,000 yards across... real close to three and a half nautical miles wide, making turns through the Masbate and Ticao passes and the Strait... not an easy feat to do... I've never investigated if they do make it through. If I get some time in a few weeks, I might make that trip just to see...

10-13-19, 09:32 PM	#2325
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,749 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	Ahh, so you're trying to be the Flying Fish, only with a different agenda, eh?... You're laying in wait on the groups coming out of Tawitawi / Guimaras, eh?... According to what I see, there should 30 ships of the CarDiv1 departing Tawitawi 13th June, 1944, and then exiting the San Bernardino Strait at 1930 15th June 1945, in the deep water by 1940, the message coming across at 2000... Edit: A little side-note to that. The group is built wide, at 4x across, plus the escorts. Just because the Mission Editor says they'll make it on time, does not mean that they will... The ships are spaced at 1,000 yard apart, to that's a minimum of 3,000 yards wide between the four columns, then add an escort either side makes that 5,000 yards at a minimum. Then the DD have to do their Knuckle turns to check their baffles, that another 1000 yards either side, so now we're 7,000 yards across... real close to three and a half nautical miles wide, making turns through the Masbate and Ticao passes and the Strait... not an easy feat to do... I've never investigated if they do make it through. If I get some time in a few weeks, I might make that trip just to see... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna Last edited by propbeanie; 10-13-19 at 09:39 PM. Reason: I wonder...