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Post by ADM Halsey »
ORIGINAL: jwxspoon
I remember this battle well. I was able to get the majority of the air units off my Light carrier group. The Sara went down on her own and I lost all the light carriers. To me it was a good trade since damage was caused to the other carriers.
What a fight it was to try and keep Saratoga alive. Of course, you didn't help by running a surface combat tf into the port with her.
jw
I find this amazing and annoying. A CV takes that much damge and not a single a/c is damaged or an Op loss[:@]. If only this happened IRL.ORIGINAL: jwxspoon
5. I'm able to limp Saratoga to a nearby size 1 port. Damage is roughly 90-80-10 when I get there. Sara still has her full compliment of aircraft - 72 planes at an average 80 exp. I am frantic to try and save some. The base Sara was able to get to has no airfield. I am unable to unload anything or even transfer to another ship in the same port.
jw
Post by Mike Solli »
ORIGINAL: ADM Halsey
ORIGINAL: Mike Solli
ORIGINAL: Hoplosternum
I recently lost an allied CVL off Wake after an ill fated nuisance raid on Japan in mid '43. The Fighters and Avengers transfered to it's sisters after she went well over 50 in all three catagories (sank a day or two later). Now these were fragments and the parents went down with the ship even though the parents had neither any planes or pilots in them! And fragments can't upgrade or get reinforced (well easily anyway).
That's normal with "leftovers" from sunken carriers. You can either use them as is until the planes are gone or disband them into other units.
I am not sure if this has been hit on yet. Carrier base fragments can only be disbanded to other carrier base air units.
I remember this battle well. I was able to get the majority of the air units off my Light carrier group. The Sara went down on her own and I lost all the light carriers. To me it was a good trade since damage was caused to the other carriers.
