The PERFECT WAR Mod

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ORIGINAL: RevRick

One problem in Real History - they wouldn't fit on CVE's.

This is not 100% correct. The biggest US CVE's could, and did, carry them.

[RevRick]

I don't think it was a whole lot of them, though. By and large, most F4U's went to the fleet carriers and CVLs, didn't they? The only CVE's that I know of that could hand F4U's were the Commencement Bay class and they were commissioned in late 44 and on.

[Symon]

Thing about the Commencement Bays was they were designed and fitted with catapults. Otherwise they were very similar to, and of a size with, the Sangamon class. Their flight deck lengths were within 1 foot of one another, only the designed-in catapults allowed F4U operations.

I too would limit the availability of F4Us on CVEs to the Commencement Bays and perhaps the Sangamons, but would make the Sangamons get an “upgrade” that includes a virtual catapult before allowing F4U ops from them.

just mho. JWE

[John 3rd]

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Bringing this forward to read with discussion on the new Treaty Mod.

[Jellicoe]

As a marginal aside could I put in a suggestion that as a reaction to the much increased Japanese naval strength posited in RA that the USN would put rather more effort into their negotiations with the Chileans to purchase/lease Almirante Latorre and the 6 Serrano class destroyers (equivalent to RN A class - HMS Arrow in the game. Discussions certainly took place but the Chileans were reluctant due to issues with Argentina. A more pressured situation may have pushed the US to up their price. I am a real sucker for those classic 5 turret RN dreadnoughts and it would be great to see one in the game. Shouldn't make too much balance difference either as she is about the equivalent of a Fuso at best.