Cimmaron Tanker Tonnage

[Galanti]

Well, personally I'm using the model as a stand-in for a generic large tanker, because, if we're being realistic, the Cimarron was a USN-only fleet repleshment oiler (when they weren't converted to escort carriers. So I've got the baseline tonnage at around 8000 with a variation of 3000 tons either way (the displacementvariation parameter appears to go both ways, btw, I thought it just added to the base tonnage). I've also renamed it to just 'Large Tanker'.

With the limited shipset, we've got ATM, I just don't see any point to applying realistic stats to the merchant vessels. IMO make them as generic as possible. Same with the Hog Island. Make it a generic small to medium merchant, until we get more ships.

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by Galanti

Well, personally I'm using the model as a stand-in for a generic large tanker, because, if we're being realistic, the Cimarron was a USN-only fleet repleshment oiler (when they weren't converted to escort carriers. So I've got the baseline tonnage at around 8000 with a variation of 3000 tons either way (the displacementvariation parameter appears to go both ways, btw, I thought it just added to the base tonnage). I've also renamed it to just 'Large Tanker'.

That is a quandary, because technically these Cimmaron tankers were under the command of the USN, so the technically correct tonnage that should be applied to them would be their Standard or Light Displacement. However, since the game treats them as a merchant, and GRT was used when crediting merchant tonnage, the GRT tonnage value would be correct.

But yeah, right now the merchant variety in the game stinks, so it may be necessary right now to not be so strict about tonnage values.