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Re: IJN Battleships
Based on the last time Yamato and Musashi came out at the same time, late October 1944, how do you suppose "a few" submarines are going to distract something like 9 fleet carriers, 8 light carriers, 18 escort carriers, and their something like 1600 combined aircraft; 12 battleships, 9 heavy cruisers, 15 light cruisers, 96 destroyers and 17 destroyer escorts enough to keep them from going after the pair? And where were the behemoths planning on refueling once they burned up what was in their bunkers? And how were the Japanese planning on locate these convoys? And, for that matter, to which convoys do you refer? If you are referring to replenishment groups, don't forget they had CVE escorts. Last time Yamato went after a bunch of CVEs, they only managed to sink one and there were a whole lot more Japanese guns on the scene of that action. And since the US was reading the Japanese mail, how long do you think it would take to divine the Japanese intentions? And even if they don't talk about it, remember what happened to Yamato? Located and shadowed by patrol planes until the carrier planes arrived on the scene. What do you suppose would be the odds of a repeat that bags the both of them?
Sorry, I don't think it would work.
Regards
Rich
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