[REQ] Pearl Harbor Water Depth

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It is in this movie and discussed by Namamoto and his Air Attack lead....

Specialy modified Aerial torpedo's along with training in shallow drop methods allowed the average harbor depth at Pearl to be notaproblem....

Naval Intelligence long concluded that Pearls shallow waters offered protection from aerial torpedo atack...

Namamoto knew of the use of aerial toredo attacks in the Mediteraranean and knew his Air officers could be trained to do such an attack as welll. Training began long before departure of the attack fleet and the methodology was perfected.

So running around Pearl in shallow water is fairly realstic with Deep draft vessels limited to approach and departure to specific channels. The fear of bottling up Pearl like a cork by sinking a BB or Carrier in the entrance channel was a genuine concern.

Pearl being of such importance could have been modeled more effectively than SH4 shows it. Battleship row with it's sunk BB's and all the other damage vessels, etc could have been modeled readily from available historic documents. Another UBI miss.. I am grateful for what they do show and am sure modders will make this a special project to get this harbor looking realistic... Diamond Head would also be nice visual candy..