Having checked in at Area 6 in July 1944, I liberally reinterpreted my orders and went hunting off Hokkaido instead. While checking out Aomori Bay for itinerant warships, radar indicated a carrier-type vessel tied up at the docks. Although the weather wasn't bad enough to keep ASW vessels in port, I couldn't resist a CV, so I went in, running silently and taking no observations until in the plotted firing position.
When I raised the scope, instead of a CV or AV, a Modern Passenger/Freighter occupied the berth. Two torps later, it was on the bottom and I started moving away...only to notice a sonar contact in the same spot. The MP/F was still there and I had credit for sinking a completely undetected Ada Maru. Another two torps later, I had credit for both. There was no carrier.
Is the choice of a CV/AV symbol for the MP/F intentional?
Also, what constitutes a Neutral TF? Is it just a couple of hospital ships or do they have escorts of some sort?
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